National champions will also get a Direct Slot to DreamHack Open tournaments serving as a door opener to the Masters level of ESL CS:GO Pro Tour.
The Challenger level in the ESL Pro Tour is represented by the ESL National Championships. The European National champions will still have the possibility to join the ESL Pro League, the longest running professional league for CS:GO, via MDL Relegation leading to MountainDewLeague.
[...]the winning EPEC team will now be invited directly to the Closed Qualifier. EPEC now becomes the door opener, giving champions on a national level the opportunity to enter the highest of all tournaments, Masters Championships competitions like ESL One Cologne and IEM Katowice from 2020 onwards.
[...]ESL and DreamHack created direct slots to DreamHack Open events. Winning DreamHack Open events means a direct qualification into an ESL Pro Tour Masters event such as DreamHack Masters, ESL One and Intel® Extreme Masters.
German and British Champions of 2019 get a direct slot to DreamHack Open, taking place in Leipzig and Anaheim in 2020. Further NCs on a European level, such as the ESL NCs in Spain and Poland, will acquire direct slots to further DreamHack Open tournaments of 2020.
ESL Pro Tour 2020: Los campeonatos nacionales de ESL darán plaza para distintas citas.
