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The North American VALORANT <\/em>First Strike<\/a> open qualifier will finish today. But the 16 teams moving on to next week’s closed qualifier have already been decided.<\/p>

Out of the 128 squads participating in the open qualifier, the top 16 teams will compete in the Nerd Street Gamers Closed Qualifier between Nov. 4 and 8. From there, the top four teams get a ticket straight to the final event in December. The bottom four will automatically advance to the UMG Closed Qualifier on Nov. 18.<\/p>

Here are the 16 teams playing in the First Strike Closed Qualifier.<\/p>