posted by HolyMaster,
The wait is over! Today everyone of you will find out the identity of the team, who are going to be your direct competitors for the next two months. This includes the schedule with all playdays and matches. We're also revealing the teams who got invited to the Premier Division of each of our three leagues, who will fight for a community driven prizepool. The first season of joinDOTA League is live!


This number is amazing: A total amount of 2572 teams signed up for joinDOTA League. This is even more than we expected, and it results in slight format changes regarding the promotion and relegation playoffs. This will be explained in a later post, for now let's focus on the regular stage of the season. During this time all you have to look at is your own group.

A quick stats overview of the individual leagues



1376 teams signed up for joinDOTA League Europe. They are divided into 3 divisions and 148 groups (1 in Division 1, 3 in Division 2, 144 in Starter Division). The country with the most teams is Germany (271 teams), followed by Sweden (112) and United Kingdom (112). Several other European countries got national groups as well or were assigned to larger regions. We're also happy to have Africa as well as Arabia included with their own regional groups.

In joinDOTA League America we say welcome to 666 participants. 312 of those came from the United States or Canada (bringing USA on the same level as Germany, if we don't count the neighbors). 118 teams from Peru and 109 from Brazil were the majority of South America. A large variety of South and Central American countries filled up this league. jDL America consists of 73 groups, 72 of them being in the Starter Division.

Last but not least joinDOTA League Asia also brought as a huge load of teams, 530 in total. Those will play in 58 groups. The top 10 plays in Division 1 and another 10 in Division 2, everyone else in the Starter Division. The most sign-ups in Asia were coming from Indonesia (156), followed by Singapore (88), Philippines (62), and Malaysia (58). Most of the other teams were group up into the regions South Asia and East Asia. Oceania made it into the mix as well with 4 groups.

Presenting the Premier Division



While not all of the world's elite will be part of jDL, at least not during the first season, we gathered a large amount of well known teams to fight for the championship. For future seasons, everyone of you will have the chance to fight your way up into Division 1. As of now, the following teams are invited to battle it out.

jDL Europe:eu Fnaticeu Mousesportskz Next.kzby Power Rangersru rox.KISworld Speed Gamingru Team Empireru Virtus.proeu Sigma.int(pending invite)jDL America:us Denial eSportsus eHugpe For Sweet Revengeus S A D B O Y Sbr Swagenteigerus Team Liquidbr The House is Downus Top 5pe Union Gamingus wild witch doctorsjDL Asia:ph Execrationsg First Departuremy Lowyat.net Esportsph Mineskith MiTH.Trustmy Orange eSportsid Rex Regum Qeonsg Scythe Gamingvn Spirit Gamingmy TitanSo what are these teams competing for? The prizes will be determined by the community. We will sell tickets for DotaTV at the cost of 3 USD. Those will include most of the games from Division 1 (270 in total) as well as a few chosen matches from lower divisions. We will invest 100% of our earnings into the prizepool. In the unexpected case of this sum not being reached via the sales, we guarantee a minimum prizepool of 5,000 USD no matter what. More details about the ticket will be released soon.

How do I get to play now?



It's really simple. Just go to the jDL Subpage and look at the sidebar. You will find all essential information there. It also leads you to your group page with the complete schedule of all matches and default times. Keep in mind, that it's possible to reschedule matches with the agreement of both teams. Therefore try to get in touch with them as fast as possible.

Exception: Since we don't have all teams confirmed yet, the teams from Europe Division 1 & 2 will have to wait one more day. The matches for this are not created yet, and the div 2 teams are not shuffled into the 3 groups yet. This is going to be finalized tomorrow.

Of course we also recommend to browse around a bit and have a look at all the other groups from almost every part of the world. The season overview page of each league as well as the specific region pages are still being build up at the moment. They will be finalized until Sunday. Overall we'll provide a smooth navigation through the jDL subsites.

Have fun playing and watching joinDOTA League!

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