40 teams have been announced for the 10 day, single-elimination event.

The participants for the next Malta Vibes Knockout Series were announced today, with 32 teams participating in stage one, the top eight of which will advance to face the eight teams directly seeded into stage two. The event, which uses a single elimination best-of-three format, will take place October 11-21 and features a $50,000 prize pool.

As with every Malta Vibes Knockout Series event, the team list features a range of names from across the world, ranging from academy squads to veterans of the scene.

Many eyes will be on deko, the shining light of the last Malta Vibes event

Of the notable names featuring in stage one we have INDE IRAE fresh off an impressive performance at IEM Fall CIS and the AURA squad that recently featured at IEM Fall EU.

Making it directly to stage two are names such as Brazilian Major representatives Sharks, FunPlus Phoenix who failed to secure a spot in Stockholm, the winners of previous Malta Vibes tournament 1WIN, and Swedish veterans Dignitas.

The full team list is as follows:

Stage one:

Trasko
AURA
AVE
INDE IRAE
Into the Breach
Tricked
eSuba
NewBelarus
PACT
EC Brugge
BIG Academy
INFINITE
Budapest Five
cowana
Nexus
Singularity GamerLegion
Spirit Academy
ONYX
OPAA
MASONIC
SAW Youngsters
Anonymo
Enterprise
Galaxy Racer
Izako Boars
hREDS
Oilers
4glory
Coalesce
FTW
HONORIS

Stage two:

FunPlus Phoenix
Young Ninjas
Sharks
Lyngby Vikings 1WIN
MOUZ NXT
MAD Lions
Dignitas NewBelarus #109 Kirill 'hitMouse' TsarevIgor 'dERZKIY' RadosavlevichSerge 'F1n3tw' ChernyavskyVladislav 'sakova' SakovichVladislav 'LavL' Lazarev AURA #68 Hugo 'zen' LindhqvistGustav 'FRANSSON' FranssonCasper 'SHiNE' WennerbergJohan 'hype' EngblomJonatan 'bobeksde' Persson MOUZ NXT #45 Jon 'JDC' de CastroKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekHubert 'szejn' ŚwiatłyÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman 4glory #113 Miloš 'dEE' MarčetaFilip 'aVN' BelojicaLuka 'c0llins' ŽivanovićNemanja 'sarenii' ŠarenacVladan 'Kind0' Mandic Trasko #61 Dmytro 'Templ' SryvkovYevhenii '7oX1C' MotsevyiStanislav 'fostar' OstashevskiyIhor 'w0nderful' ZhdanovVladislav 'D0NEKO' Sidorov INDE IRAE #39 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevArtem 'RAiLWAY' GradovichHermann 'hurtfrisk' YushinVasiliy 'floweaN' Osinov Young Ninjas #55 Anton 'Sapec' PalmgrenErik 'ztr' GustafssonLove 'phzy' SmidebrantOliver 'debo' HallelKalle 'Ro1f' Johansson Spirit Academy #90 Pavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovAlexey 'znxxX' ZlotkovskiyMyroslav 'zont1x' PlakhotiaDanil 'donk' Kryshkovets Nexus #96 Cătălin-Ionuț 'BTN' StănescuAdrian 'XELLOW' GuțăRaul 'Blytz' GligorRafael 'RENNE' GligorLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea eSuba #124 Matěj 'twist' PetrášMartin 'Pechyn' PechoušekLukáš 'luko' HrabčíkDominik 'Blogg1s' JanitaLukáš 'sAvana1' Lintner Tricked #169 Sebastian 'larsen' LarsenAndreas 'kiR' KirsteinOliver 'kwezz' RasmussenOliver 'IceBerg' BergMathias 'PR1mE' Carlsen INFINITE Bogdan 'CHANKY' ȘerbanEduard 'Ed1m' Nelÿ Ichim FunPlus Phoenix #35 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaLuka 'emi' VukovićMartin 'STYKO' StykPavle 'Maden' BoškovićAsger 'Farlig' Jensen Galaxy Racer #65 Simon 'twist' EliassonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenDenis 'grux' GutajAdam 'dezon' WahlqvistHugo 'chawzyyy' Günther PACT #87 Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakPaweł 'reatz' JańczakDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKamil 'Sobol' SobolewskiBartosz 'bnox' Niebisz Dignitas #31 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergAdam 'friberg' FribergJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliLudvig 'HEAP' Alonso BIG Academy #99 David 'prosus' HesseAlexander 'glaVed' PletzNiklas 'NIKZEj' BurmeisterNico 'Aqua' KembitzkyLuca 'pr1metapz' Voigt SAW Youngsters #154 José 'LucKyMaNN' TaipaRafael 'rafaxF' FariaJosé 'Linko' DuroJosé 'Shr' GilPaulo 'reibi' Lima Into the Breach #134 Yaroslav 'isk' IssakovKirk 'Tadpole' StephensAdam 'Adam9130' AhmadCai 'CYPHER' WatsonWilliam 'dobbo' Dobson EC Brugge #163 Mateusz 'matty' KołodziejczykSteven 'Stev0se' RombautAleksandr 'KaiR0N-' AnashkinMateusz 'n0tice' WolniakZoran 'xicoz' Markovski hREDS #104 Mikko 'xartE' VälimaaOlli 'oopee' PiispanenEetu 'eDi' AstikainenJoona 'Sm1llee' HolmströmTopi 'LYNXi' Kauppi Izako Boars #81 Paweł 'byali' BielińskiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiDaniel 'STOMP' PłomińskiArek 'Vegi' NawojskiKarol 'Enzo' Lasota Anonymo #74 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'innocent' MocekPatryk 'Demho' TomaszewskiKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Enterprise #63 Erik 'The eLiVe' SithRobert 'manguss' KasperDavid 'forsyy' BílýMatúš 'MATYS' ŠimkoAndrej 'ADEJIS' Kameništiak HONORIS #88 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiKamil 'reiko' CegiełkoSebastian 'fr3nd' Kuśmierz FTW #130 Daniel 'NABOWOW' BritoDiogo 'DDias' DiasMichel 'ewjerkz' PintoRafael 'arrozdoce' Wing GamerLegion #42 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonMihai 'iM' IvanSean 'eraa' KnutssonIsak 'isak' Fahlén cowana #79 Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendRobin 'ScrunK' RöpkeStefan 'stfN' SeierMax 'PANIX' HangebruchKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa MASONIC #119 Andreas 'blaq' ElversøeJonas 'Queenix' DideriksenMattias 'm4tt' EhlertBenjamin 'brzer' JensenTobias 'kraghen' Kragh Jensen 1WIN #28 Vadim 'Polt' TsyrovAleksandr 'TRAVIS' TimkivAleksandr 'glowiing' MatsievichDenis 'deko' ZhukovDanil 'ravenlot' Bikvaidze Singularity #82 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinTimur 'clax' SabirovEvgeny 'Norwi' ErmolinDaniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov Budapest Five #158 Fodor 'fleav' LeventeÁron 'Aaron' HomokiAndrás 'coolio' FercsákKornél 'kory' Szedlár Oilers #155 Jesper 'Jimbo' KamsrudSigurd 'MV' Schmidt-HanssenEskil 'LaX' BjørnsenHåvard 'kfreq' YtrelandJohann 'Saasinho' Saasen MAD Lions #34 Johannes 'b0RUP' BorupThomas 'TMB' BundsbækVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukPere 'sausol' Solsona SaumellJustinas 'jL' Lekavicius Sharks #51 Jhonatan 'jnt' SilvaFillipe 'pancc' MartinsAntonio 'realz1n' OliveiraLucas 'Lucaozy' NevesRomeu 'zevy' Rocco Lyngby Vikings #27 Dion 'FASHR' DerksenJakob 'Daffu' SchildtAdam 'WolfY' AnderssonThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenMarcus 'maNkz' Kjeldsen ONYX #73 Vladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukDimitrije 'DiMKE' VeljkovićDavid 'Dav' MiljanićDmitriy 'jR' ChervakAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić AVE #64 Nikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhDanil 'Porya' PoryadinAmin 'sugaR' AzimovKonstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov Coalesce #101 Tom 'arTisT' ClarkeMatas 'Extinct' StrumilaCallum 'Girafffe' JonesSebastian 'volt' MaloșTim 'TIMMO' Musters OPAA #93 Danny 'BERRY' KrügerThomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenAnton 'notaN' PedersenSebastian 'Tauson' Tauson LindelofVictor 'Staehr' Staehr