[IEM] Gamescom Americas Qualifier

ESL IEM Tal'darim Altar
ESL IEM Antiga Shipyard (Cross spawns only, no gold expansions)
ESL IEM Daybreak
ESL IEM Entombed Valley (Cross spawns only)
ESL IEM Metropolis
ESL IEM Ohana
ESL IEM Cloud Kingdom

Best of 1 in all rounds until the Round of 64 players is reached. At round of 64 and higher is a Best of 3. Once Round of 8 is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.

In a Best of 1, Best of 3 and Best of 5 a map veto (removal and pick) system is used. The high seeded player(seeds can be found at round 1 on the grid page) decides who starts. Players take it in turn removing maps until only one remains in a best of 1 or until only 3 maps remain in a best of 3. Then each player picks a map. Maps are played in order they are picked. The remaining map is played last.