A significant monthly update to Valve’s Regional Standings was published on Monday, which will influence invites to multiple tier-one tournaments in the initial half of the 2025 season.
The invite dates were revealed for BLAST Open Lisbon, PGL Bucharest, YaLLa Compass Qatar, IEM Melbourne, and IEM Dallas, as well as their respective qualifiers, stating that they must utilize the first update of February according to Valve’s “Tournament Operating Requirements” guide.
Here’s a comprehensive overview of the invitations that each tournament will distribute:
Contents
BLAST Open Lisbon (March 19 to March 30)
- 12 spots by Global VRS to main event
- 16 spots by NA/SA/Asia/EU in each regional qualifier
PGL Bucharest (April 5 to April 13)
- 12 spots by Global VRS to main event
- 24 spots by NA/SA/EU in each regional qualifier + more in sub-regional Asia qualifiers
YaLLa Compass Qatar (April 15 to April 20)
- 6 teams by Global VRS to main event
- 12 teams by Global VRS to closed qualifier
IEM Melbourne (April 21 to April 27)
- 2 spots by Europe VRS
- 2 spots by Americas VRS
- 2 spots by Asia VRS
- 10 spots by Global VRS
IEM Dallas (May 19 to May 25)
- 5 spots by Europe VRS to main event
- 1 spot by NA VRS to main event
- 1 spot by SA VRS to main event
- 1 spot by Asia VRS to main event
- 10 spots by Europe VRS to EU closed qualifier
- 2 spots by NA VRS to NA closed qualifier
- 2 spots by SA VRS to SA closed qualifier
- 2 spots by Asia VRS to Asia closed qualifier
Current Top 20 VRS Teams
If a team falls below the theoretical cut-off for an invite, it doesn’t necessarily mean they will not get to participate. We have seen several teams skip tournaments already, especially PGL Cluj-Napoca, to which only half of the top 10 teams accepted an invitation.
In the case where a team decides to decline an invitation, it goes to the next eligible team on the corresponding VRS used.
All standings, both global and regional, can be found on the VRS page.
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