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.