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There are as many leaderboards as there are eligible players, divided by ten, roughly. I'm not sure how many players there are in the USA, Canada, Brazil and Europe. I think almost all active players from these countries are taking part in the qualifiers. There are ten players per leaderboard and half of those will proceed. The other half will be given a second chance later on to still qualify. In fact, the qualifying rounds are just a practice round.