Registrations for Esports Nations Cup CS2 Open Qualifiers Go Live

Registrations for the Open Qualifiers for the Esports Nations Cup (ENC) Counter-Strike 2 event are now live, as confirmed by The Esports Foundation (EF) on June 19th.

For the uninitiated, the Esports Nations Cup CS2 event will be held in Riyadh from November 10-15 and will feature a prize pool of $1.32 million USD.

According to EF, the upcoming tournament will see the “largest open qualifier in Counter-Strike history,” with a whopping 96 qualifiers being organized throughout the globe. The winners of these national qualifiers will then advance to regional qualifiers, where 24 teams will earn their spots at the main event in Saudi Arabia.

Esports Nations Cup CS2 Event Qualifier Details

Below, we have included a breakdown of the national qualifiers, regional divisions, and slot distribution:

• Western Europe (4 ENC Slots): Denmark, France, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Finland, Portugal, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Iceland, and Italy
• Eastern Europe (4 ENC Slots): Ukraine, Israel, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Kosovo, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia
• North America (3 ENC Slots): United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico
• South America (3 ENC Slots): Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Paraguay
• Middle East & Central Asia (3 ENC Slots): Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Armenia
• North Africa (1 ENC Slot): Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt
• Sub-Saharan Africa (1 ENC Slot): South Africa, Mauritius, Senegal, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ghana, and Angola
• South & East Asia (2 ENC Slots): Mongolia, People’s Republic of China, Pakistan, India, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong China, Chinese Taipei, and Japan
• Southeast Asia (2 ENC Slots): Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Brunei Darussalam
• Oceania (1 ENC Slot): Australia, New Zealand, Guam, and Fiji

The list was created as per the ENC rankings of the teams, which were based on the June VRS.

The scores of the participating countries were determined by combining the points of the top five highest-ranked players, with no more than three players from the same VRS team contributing to the total.

Countries that didn’t have enough VRS-ranked players were ranked separately based on the combined FACEIT ELO of their top 40 active players during May.

The national qualifiers for the ENC will run from July 6-16, followed by the regional qualifiers from July 17-19.

Teams looking to sign up for the ENC Open Qualifiers can do so by heading over to the official FACEIT page for the event.