FACEIT and Red Bull partner to host M.E.O. Season 2

Competitive gaming platform FACEIT has announced it is partnering with Red Bull to host Season 2 of Red Bull M.E.O.

The mobile esports tournament will see the best mobile gamers from around the world go head-to-head in Clash Royale, Brawl Stars and Hearthstone.

The partnership will see FACEIT host online and offline qualifiers in over thirty countries. Qualifiers are set to take place in: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UAE and the UK.

Winners of the national qualifiers will then go on to represent their country in an all-expenses-paid trip to battle it out against the top-ranked players from other regions. The Grand Final will take place in February 2020, with a venue confirmed to be announced soon.

“M.E.O. is one of the most exciting tournaments on the competitive mobile scene. As a truly global competition we have an enormous talent pool to source the very best players in three of the most dynamic titles in esports,” said, Michele Attisani, Co-Founder & CBO of FACEIT. “We’re working closely with Red Bull to make sure each qualifier offers a world-class standard of competition to attract the very best competitors from each region.”

Last year the Red Bull M.E.O. Season 1 finals were held at the Warsteiner Music Hall in Dortmund, Germany. Liam ‘ThunderStruck’ McCarron picked up the Clash Royale trophy and Team Consty’s picked up the win in Brawl Stars.