The fifth event in the Malta Vibes Knockout series will take place from January 17-27, featuring several top 30 teams.

The organizers of Malta Vibes, Eden Esports, have announced the fifth event in the Knockout series and revealed all 40 teams who have been invited to participate in the tournament.

Among the most notable names invited to the first stage, which will run from January 17-22, are teams such as Wisla Krakow, Young Ninjas, and Enterprise, who will be making their first appearance without David "⁠forsyy⁠" Bílý after the star AWPer was transferred to SINNERS.

The Flames will make their first 2022 appearance in Malta Vibes

The eight best teams from the first stage will join eight more invited names in the round of 16 fnatic and Copenhagen Flames are the highest-ranked teams on the list, which also features SINNERS, FORZE, K23, AGO, 1WIN, and DBL PONEY.

Along with offering a $50,000 prize pot, the tournament is part of the Elisa Champions of Champions circuit and as such will award points in the ranking that helps determine invites to the final event.

Round of 32 invites

GMT
cowana
Wisla Krakow
Young Ninjas
ECLOT
AVE
Apeks Rebels
Astralis Talent
777
Ambush
Nexus
ex-Coalesce
Enterprise
Unique
Into the Breach
PACT UNGENTIUM
B8
D13
1shot
Sangal
4glory
HellRaisers
ALTERNATE aTTaX
Entropiq Prague
Los Reyes
FTW
EC Brugge
KOVA
OFFSET
LPSP
ex-Feenix

Round of 16 invites

SINNERS
K23
AGO
1WIN FORZE
Copenhagen Flames
fnatic
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JędrasKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski 1shot #55 Igor 'GreK' ShebzukhovEvgeniy 'Get_Jeka' SmakiloYuri 'faydett' MartirosovDmitriy 'FpSSS' SofronovDanyyl 'synyx' Mazur PACT #62 Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakPaweł 'reatz' JańczakDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakBartosz 'bnox' Niebisz DBL PONEY #26 Alexandre 'bodyy' PianaroLucas 'Lucky' ChastangThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeAurélien 'afro' Drapier D13 #122 Munkhtamir 'tamir' GanbaatarTelmen 'shinobi' BatzorigTuvshintugs 'Annihilation' NyamdorjYalalt 'yAmi' OyunbilegEnkhbat 'xerolte' Munkhtogtokh David 'forsyy' Bílý Age: 20 Team: SINNERS Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 179 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Sangal Efekan 'S3NSEY' TopalogluCaner 'soulfly' Kesici UNGENTIUM #131 Konrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiPatryk 'Sidney' KorabMateusz 'm4tthi' SzambelanWojciech 'Prism' Zięba AVE #61 Nikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhDanil 'Porya' PoryadinAmin 'sugaR' AzimovKonstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov Copenhagen Flames #13 Rasmus 'HooXi' NielsenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenJakob 'jabbi' NygaardRasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss ALTERNATE aTTaX #118 Michalis 'awzek' NapoloniMarcel 'cello' RoodeLukas 'FreeZe' HegmannTom 'skyye' HagedornArthur 'mave' Derksen