Twelve invites will meet with the four play-in sides to fight for the playoffs. Following the completion of the play-in stage, Pinnacle have announced the twelve teams invited to the main Swiss stage of Pinnacle Cup III. Notable names included in the invite list are regular names within the Relog circuit: Copenhagen Flames, SKADE, Endpoint, GamerLegion, 00NATION, and others. On the 14th and 15th, the play-in stage took place, resulting in MAD Lions, 4glory, KOVA, and Young Ninjas all securing spots in the Swiss stage, set to begin on the 17th. The Swiss stage will see eight teams move on to the playoffs stage, at which an additional four high-seed invites will earn spots directly in the quarterfinals. Also among the invites is 00NATION, who are set to travel to Europe and compete early ahead of the PGL Antwerp Americas Regional Major Ranking event. The Brazilian squad secured a spot at the Romanian event in the first South American open qualifier, ensuring themselves a chance at making it to the next Major. The last Pinnacle Cup, which took place in the Summer of 2021 saw Spirit emerge victorious, defeating Endpoint in the final. This time, teams will again have the chance to fight for a share of the $100,000 prize pool, only distributed among the top two placing teams. Here is the full team lineup for the Pinnacle Cup III Swiss stage:Anonymo
Endpoint
SKADE
MOUZ NXT
GamerLegion
Finest
MAD Lions
KOVA
Into the Breach
Copenhagen Flames
SINNERS
00NATION
Tricked
BLUEJAYS
4glory
Young Ninjas
Young Ninjas #70
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Adam 'bq' Bergqvist
Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng
Kalle 'Ro1f' Johansson
Victor 'Larva' Bruhn
GamerLegion #27
Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel
Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Sean 'eraa' Knutsson
Isak 'isak' Fahlén
4glory #77
Dimitrije 'DiMKE' Veljković
Filip 'aVN' Belojica
Aleksa 'Impulse' Stankić
Luka 'c0llins' Živanović
Vladan 'Kind0' Mandic
Endpoint #24
Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel
Max 'MiGHTYMAX' Heath
Kia 'Surreal' Man
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas
KOVA #83
Samu 'uli' Leirilaakso
Samuli 'Twixie' Herrala
Jarkko 'spargo' Rahja
Aleksi 'zks' Nissinen
Jussi 'Airax' Airaksinen
Anonymo #55
Paweł 'innocent' Mocek
Oskar 'oskarish' Stenborowski
Filip 'tudsoN' Tudev
Arek 'Vegi' Nawojski
Patryk 'Demho' Tomaszewski
Tricked #50
Sebastian 'larsen' Larsen
Andreas 'kiR' Kirstein
Oliver 'kwezz' Rasmussen
Oliver 'IceBerg' Berg
Mathias 'PR1mE' Carlsen
MOUZ NXT #42
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Miłosz 'mhL' Knasiak
Hubert 'szejn' Światły
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
00NATION #68
Marcelo 'coldzera' David
Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Vinicius 'vsm' Moreira
Santino 'try' Rigal
BLUEJAYS #38
Pavle 'stYleEeZ' Stojanovski
Daniel 'dan1' Gligorov
Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Jane 'aidKiT' Apostoloski
SKADE #18
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov
Simeon 'dream3r' Ganev
Georgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov
Denislav 'dennyslaw' Dimitrov
Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov
Finest #59
Simon 'twist' Eliasson
Niclas 'PlesseN' Plessen
Rasmus 'kreaz' Johansson
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtman
Kristjan 'shokz' Jakobson
SINNERS #36
Jindřich 'ZEDKO' Chyba
Sebastian 'beastik' Daňo
Max 'SHOCK' Kvapil
Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar
David 'forsyy' Bílý
Into the Breach #76
Yaroslav 'isk' Issakov
Kirk 'Tadpole' Stephens
Adam 'Adam9130' Ahmad
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
William 'dobbo' Dobson
Spirit #31
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Robert 'Patsi' Isyanov
MAD Lions #67
Michał 'MICHU' Müller
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup
Thomas 'TMB' Bundsbæk
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Copenhagen Flames #17
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi
Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard
Rasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss