EPICENTER 2017 Qualfiers CIS

Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia will be the venue of this year's EPICENTER CS:GO tournament. Astralis, G2, Gambit, North, SK, and VP got a direct invite to the tournament while the last two will be decided by a Wild Card stage. Two-stage open qualifiers will be held between September 2 and 10 in Europe, the CIS, America, and China. A closed qualifier stage will follow from September 11 to October 1. On October 23, qualifier winners will battle each other in the Wild Card stage for the two spots in the group stage.