Hitbox and PixelFire Entertainment have announced that they will co-host a European online tournament with eight teams and €5,000.

Taking place from March 21 to April 9, the tournament, called Hitbox Challenger Cup, will feature eight teams from across Europe, who will compete in a double-elimination bracket, with every match being played in a best-of-three format except the title decider, which will be a best-of-five clash.

Seven teams have directly been invited by the organisers of the tournament, while the eighth and final side will be determined by a 512-team open qualifier, to be hosted by FACEIT on Friday at 16:00 .

ENCE to fight for first prize of €3,000 

Below you can find the full invite list to the Hitbox Challenger Cup:

Planetkey	Empire
Team123	ENCE
AGG	PENTA
Epsilon

The prize breakdown for the tournament looks as follows:

1. €3,000
2. €1,000
3. €750
4. €250

Planetkey #178 Andre 'nooky' UteschMarcel 'rAx' KlennerBahadir 'j1n' DilbasSimon 'pAn' SchumacherPatrick 'KRAEUTERHUMPEN' Jakobi AGG #22 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczBartosz 'Hyper' WolnyKarol 'repo' CybulskiDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' Swiderski Team123 #80 Danny 'BERRY' KrügerNikolaj 'holzt' HolstRasmus 'SandeN' SandenChristian 'rezex' BjerregaardDaniel 'mertz' Mertz ENCE #29 Aleksi 'allu' JalliMiikka 'suNny' KemppiTom 'stonde' GladMikko 'xartE' VälimaaJuho 'juho' Lampinen Epsilon #50 William 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' SternerAndreas 'mOkEn' Karlsson Empire #32 Sergey 'spaz' SkrypchikAlexander 'spiker' IvanovRoman 'CyberFocus' DergachIlya 'fix' GolovkoDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov PENTA #36 Tahsin 'tahsiN' BroschkChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendMike 'mikeS' Tuns Time is adjusted to your selected timezone