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IEM Chicago NA closed qualifier bracket revealed

ESL has unveiled the bracket for the IEM Chicago North America closed qualifier, which is set to take place on June 26.

The qualifier will have a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket, with four invited and four qualified sides in attendance.

The winning team will punch their ticket to the $250,000 LAN event, where they will be joined by six invited teams and the winner of GG.BET Chicago Invitational, on July 18-21.

Complexity are among the invited teams

The highest ranked team in the North American qualifier, Complexity, will take on Ownagioin their first match, while Ghost squares off against Luminosity.

The initial matchups can be found below:

Complexity vs. Ownagio
ATK vs. Envy
Ghost vs. Luminosity
New Identity vs. Lazarus