Red Bull has announced the third edition of the Red Bull Home Ground tournament, which will run as a LAN event in Manchester, England from December 9-11.

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The event will feature a mix of invited North American and European teams in addition to two qualified teams through EMEA open qualifiers and Turkish closed qualifiers.

The "Home Ground" series features a unique format in which each team picks a "home" map. If a team wins both initial maps, the team will immediately win the series; if not, the series will continue on as a normal Bo5.

The inaugural Home Ground saw G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive take the crown, while Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Unranked paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak claimed last year's championship.

This year's iteration marks the first time a North American team has been invited, as well as the transition to a LAN event.

Signups for the 64-team EMEA open qualifiers will open on September 9. Further details can be found here.