The RTP Arena Cup organizers have announced the Iberian BLAST Spring Showdown qualifier's team list, format and schedule.

RTP Arena Cup, which will run on May 9-24, will act as an Iberian qualifier for BLAST Premier Spring Europe Showdown, giving one of the region's teams the chance to face the likes of Astralis, Vitality and Ninjas in Pyjamas.

The tournament will start with an eight-team closed qualifier, which will be a best-of-three single-elimination bracket featuring Wizards, S2V, x6tence, FTW, KPI, eXploit, OFFSET and Wygers, and will give the four winning teams access to the main event.

Waiting for the four closed qualifier winners will be some of the region's biggest names in Movistar Riders and SAW, the two invited teams, as well as Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco's Giants and David "⁠Kairi⁠" de Miguel's Cream, who qualified thanks to victories in Master League Portugal Season 4 and the One Tap League play-in, respectively.

All match days will start at 15:00 and feature two best-of-three series, with the exception of the last day, May 24, which is reserved for the grand final.

The full tournament schedule is the following:

Saturday, May 9

15:00 - Wizards vs. S2V
18:00 - x6tence vs. FTW

Sunday, May 10

15:00 - KPI vs. eXploit
18:00 - OFFSET vs. Wygers

Saturday, May 16

15:00 - Movistar Riders vs. Wizards/S2V
18:00 - Giants vs. x6tence/FTW

Sunday, May 17

15:00 - SAW vs. KPI/eXploit
18:00 - Cream vs. OFFSET/Wygers

Saturday, May 23

15:00 - Semi-final #1
18:00 - Semi-final #2
Sunday, May 24

15:00 - Final