posted by Meliora.Infinitum,
The post-TI reshuffle is taking its toll on the first big tournaments of the season as the teams are yet to settle in with their new rosters. Due to these unforeseen circumstances WEC & D8TV have decided to completely cancel the European & American qualifiers of the tournament and invite teams directly instead.


It’s yet another setback for the organizers of the World e-Sports Championships, who just a couple of weeks ago faced an unsavory dilemma as both i-league and WEC LAN Finals were scheduled on top of each other and teams could not attend both events at the same time. The European and American qualifiers were scheduled to take place before the LAN event in Hangzhou, China from September 5th to September 7th, but due to the teams still being very much in the state of flux, D8TV had to make the hard decision and call off the qualifiers altogether.

The direct invitees, that now join the qualifying teams from China and SEA/Korea, consists of few of the best teams in the world and while they have all changed their rosters lately - us EG, world Cloud 9, cn NewBee & eu "Mystery Team” pose one hell of quartet for any tournament out there. With my Titan edging its way into the mix and three other Chinese teams joining in through the qualifiers it still looks to be one hell of a tournament to kick off the new season.



Participating Teams:

us EG
my Titan
world Cloud 9
cn NewBee
eu "Mystery Team”
cn Chinese Qualifier Champion
cn Chinese Qualifier Second Place
cn Chinese Qualifier Third Place




Prize Pool:

1st: 600,000 RMB // ~$96,060
2nd: 200,000 RMB // ~$32,020
3rd: 100,000 RMB // ~$16,010
4th: 50,000 RMB // ~$8,005
5th-8th: 20,000 RMB // ~$3,200




This article was written by fi Teemu Ikonen, joinDOTA's Senior Writer. Meliora.Infinitum got absorbed into Dota during a LAN party between TI and TI2, and has been captivated ever since. Spends his spare time outdoors taking photos and writing a book. Believer of alternate universes, no legs strat and Half Life 3. Location: Espoo, FinlandFollow him on @MelioraInf.

Comments