NetEase, owners of the Shanghai Dragons Shanghai Dragons OWL Rank #5 Izayaki Kim Min-chul (김민철) flex support Void Kang Jun-woo (강준우) off tank Fleta Kim Byung-sun (김병선) dps LIP Lee Jae-won (이재원) dps Fate Koo Pan-seung (구판승) tank LeeJaeGon Lee Jae-gon (이재곤) support , have announced the NetEase Esports X Tournament - Summer, featuring an impressive 200,000 CNY ($29,251~ USD) prize pool. RunAway RunAway Contenders KR Rank #10 F4zE Lim Si-hyun off tank Revenge An Hyeong-geun (안형근) flex support WOOHYAL Sung Seung-hyun (성승현) off tank Mer1t Choi Tae-min dps and Lucky Future Zenith Lucky Future Zenith Inactive YARG Kim Gwan-woo dps Lucid Yoo Jun-seo (유준서) support have received automatic invites to the event's offline playoffs, which are expected to be held in Guangzhou on the 26th and 27th of September.

The final two LAN spots will be determined by an online qualifier, running from the 11th to the 20th of September. Sixteen Chinese teams have been split into four groups. They will compete in a round robin, with all group matches played in a best-of-three maps format. The top team from each group will advance and play a single best-of-five maps qualifying match. The two victors will earn themselves a place at the LAN finals.

Teams

The following teams will compete in the Online Qualifier:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Tune in to matches live at cc.163.com/zt/nextow and keep track of the scores at the event page.