Starladder has announced that Virtus.pro, North, Heroic and Imperial are the invitees for the StarSeries i-League Season 5 Europe closed qualifier.

The four invited teams will join the four squads that have qualified from the open stage in a battle for two spots at StarSeries i-League Season 5.

AGO, GODSENT, Windigo and Kinguin are the participants coming from the open qualifier after leaving behind the likes of eXtatus and Singularity in the GSL, best-of-three group stage.

MSL's North will be looking to return to Kiev

North are the highest-ranked team in attendance despite struggling lately, failing to secure a spot in the ESL Pro League Season 7 finals and at ESL One Belo Horizonte.

Another invitee is Virtus.pro, who are currently ranked No.13 in the world, will participate in the qualifier after a disappointing run at Bets.net Masters, where they finished in 4th place, and having failed to qualify for IEM Sydney 2018.

The European qualifier will consist of a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket. The team list looks as follows:

Virtus.pro	North
HEROIC	Imperial
AGO	GODSENT
Windigo	Kinguin

eXtatus #46 Richard 'queztone' StrnátkoJindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaPatrik 'DEV7L' StuchlíkDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýMartin 'MonttY' Melišek Virtus.pro #13 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller Kinguin #41 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski North #12 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz Windigo #26 Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninKamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov AGO #23 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Imperial #21 Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićRokas 'EspiranTo' MilasauskasŽygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas GODSENT #19 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Singularity #44 André 'BARBARR' MöllerBenjamin 'BENDJI' SöderenaAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonHugo 'HugoXD' HallgrenNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora HEROIC #17 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhRuben 'RUBINO' VillarroelPatrick 'es3tag' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen