MSI MGA North America Closed Qualifier bracket drawn

The organisers of the MSI Masters Gaming Arena have revealed the playoff bracket for the upcoming North America Closed Qualifier.

The tournament is set to kick off on August 11 and will see 14 teams battle for a single spot at the main event, which will be held as part of ESL One New York, with $60,000 on the line.

Only the winner of the qualifier will earn a spot at the main event, where they will join three other qualified sides in a double-elimination bracket, with the matches being commentated on and analyzed by the ESL One New York talent.

steel and co. will face Drama Dogs in the opener

Twelve teams will kick off the action in the qualifier, with the first-round winners joining Complexity and eUnited in the quarter-final stage.

In the initial games, Ghost, Dignitas, Gorilla Gang, Mythic and Brazilian pair TeamOne and FURIA are the favorites to advance to the quarterfinals, while underdogs Ace High, Drama Dogs, and Andrew's Big Toe will look to make their mark.

You can find the initial matchups below:

Mythic
TeamOne
Ace High
Ghost
Fam143
Gorilla Gang vs. Vision
vs. Andrew's Big Toe
vs. Dignitas
vs. Drama Dogs
vs. FURIA
vs. Vireo.pro

To see the full bracket, check out the event page here.

FURIA #57 Guilherme 'spacca' SpaccaAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Ghost #38 Joshua 'steel' NissanKenneth 'koosta' SuenYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikMatthew 'WARDELL' Yu Fam143 #150 Ahsan 'draek' IsmailzadahJustin 'NEX' McLellanToryon 'KLUMZ' KelleyCaleb 'jchancE' Davis Drama Dogs #122 Jonathon 'Mala' MahalchickNick 'mdn' GorbunovKeenan 'Lylo' CooperLogan 'LilDraM' LiskaCaleb 'Strik3r' Yurek Ace High #161 Sam '1YOD4' BrookTimothy 'Timmy' BristowJoshua 'KiiroKami' Kim TeamOne #50 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato Mythic #63 Eric 'adreN' HoagTodd 'anger' WilliamsJames 'hazed' CobbErik 'fl0m' FlomAdam 'Polen' Polen Dignitas #41 Peter 'ptr' GurneyRonnie 'ryx' BylickiMitch 'mitch' SemagoGage 'Infinite' Green Gorilla Gang #58 Ryan 'ryann' WelshAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaCameron 'cam' KernJosh 'oSee' OhmBen 'ben1337' Smith Vision #62 Jake 'kaboose' McDonaldRicky 'floppy' KemeryAlex 'lanhero' SuarezDanny 'huynh' HuynhGabe 'Spongey' Greiner eUnited #33 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn Vireo.pro #69 Donovan 'zNf' FroidRustun 'Rustun' LuskJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueEthan 'paperboy' Lillie Andrew's Big Toe #178 Adam 'Ange' MilianBrandon 'fluxvx' Banda'senx' Chris 'Slash' Petersen Complexity #25 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor