🌐 Players should know that the grand prize covers $2,000 of travel support. Additional costs for hotels, PC rentals, and other expenses will still need to be covered by their team.

⚠️ All teams must have 3/5 MENA players at any and every point during a match.

🛠️ All support will take place through the Team Falcons Discord.

Open Qualifier: September 26

• One open qualifier for 8 slots
• Unlimited signups
• Single elimination best-of-one matches, qualifying matches best-of-three

Closed Qualifier: September 27-28

• 8 teams qualify from the Open Qualifier
• Double elimination best-of-three matches
• Winning team advances to DreamHack Knockout @ Stockholm (November 28 – 30, 2025)

Schedule - Open Qualifier (Time in Saudi Arabia/GMT+3)

• Timeslot #1: 19:00 - Ro256/128 teams - BO1
• Timeslot #2: 20:10 - Ro128/64 teams - BO1
• Timeslot #3: 21:10 - Ro64/32 teams - BO1
• Timeslot #4: 22:10 - Ro32/16 teams - BO3 - Winners advance to Closed Qualifier

The number of rounds/timeslots depends on the number of teams signed up on the day of the event. Example: If fewer than 64 teams register, all timeslots will shift up by 1 (Ro128/64 teams is played at Timeslot #1, Ro64/32 teams at Timeslot #2, etc).

Schedule - Closed Qualifier (Time in Saudi Arabia/GMT+3)

Upper Bracket

• Round 1: Sep27 @ 15:00 - BO1
• Round 2: Sep27 @ 16:10 - BO1
• Round 3: Sep27 @ 17:10 - BO1

Lower Bracket

• Round 1: Sep27 @ 16:10 - BO3
• Round 2: Sep27 @ 19:10 - BO3
• Round 3: Sep28 @ 14:00 - BO3
• Round 4: Sep28 @ 17:00 - BO3

Grand Finals

• Grand Finals: Sep28 @ 20:00 - BO3