posted by Jaywalker,
ProDota2 has announced the formation of a Worldwide League, featuring top teams from America, Europe, and Asia.
The initial group stage will be divided in regards to the respective team’s region, the regions being America, Europe, and Asia. There will be pro divisions and non-Pro divisions, offering both professional and amateur teams a chance to compete for $20,000 and $10,000 worth of prize money respectively.

A total of 19 teams have been invited so far, with more being invited to fill the rest of the remaining slots.

The teams participating are as follow:

[B]America[/B]

us complexity
us It’s Gosu eSports
us Evil Geniuses
us Hallyu
us Inclement Gaming
us Fabio
us Captain Planet
Winner from Qualifier

[B]Europe[/B]

ua Natus Vincere
ru Moscow Five
dk Quantic Gaming
ru DTS Gaming
se Counter Logic Gaming (CLG)
eu Mousesports
Winner from Qualifier #1
Winner from Qualifier #2

[B]Asia[/B]

au Absolute Legends
my Orange eSports
sg Zenith
th Mith.Trust
vn Stars Boba
cn Canis Lupus Campestris (CLC)
TBD
TBD

Teams will play against other regional teams twice, once on 'homeground' and another 'away'. The top two from America, top three from Europe and top three from Asia will advance into the playoffs and be matched up and battle for prize money.

To kick things off, the 1st Qualifier for Europe will begin on the 13th of April with ru Darer versus fr Western Wolves at 17:00 CET whilst ro Dignitas goes against eu Epidemic at 18:00 CET. Matches will be best-of-one in the first round, and best-of-three in the final round. The final round between the winners will take place at 19:00 CET.

America division's last slot will be decided in an open qualifier, players can find more information here.

Asia division is still in the process of inviting teams, but ProDota2 has confirmed their interest in bring teams ph Mineski and cn DK into the league, although nothing is confirmed yet.

The English stream of the tournament will be brought to you by none other than au Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson from joinDOTA. Stay tuned as joinDOTA bring you more updates about ProDota2's league.

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