The tournament will feature some notable tier-two teams such as Sprout, Winstrike, Copenhagen Flames, and Movistar Riders.

Slovakian organizer REPUBLEAGUE has announced a new tournament series which is set to kick off with its first season, slated to take place from April 14 to June 13 and boasting approximately a $71,000 prizepool (€60,000) with a top-heavy distribution.

The event will have 16 teams in attendance, twelve of whom will be determined through invites and four via a series of Czech-Slovakian and European qualifiers, played over the course of the next two weeks.

The tournament will begin with a Swiss stage, which will run from April 14-May 12, followed by a double-elimination playoffs bracket on May 19-June 13.

Ten of the twelve invited teams have already been confirmed to participate, most of whom reside between the 20th-40th place in the HLTV.org team ranking: Winstrike, Sprout, Copenhagen Flames, Movistar Riders, SAW, SINNERS, Anonymo, Endpoint, FORZE, and Entropiq.

Below you can see the team list for REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 1:

The prizepool will be distributed among the top-four teams in the following way:

1. $47,570
2. $14,867
3. $5,946
4. $2,973