posted by Sun_Tzu,
Further details are sure to trickle in as we draw closer to the starting date, and joinDOTA will keep you all informed about future developments.
Format
Going into the cup stages, the eight teams who attended the Spring Seasons LAN Finals will be returning as the eight top seeded teams for the Summer Season. Same as last time around, these eight teams will be joined by 16 qualifying teams from the A-Series, for each of the four weekly cups. The top 12 teams from the cup stage rankings will proceed to be put into group stage groups, which this season will be played out as best-of-three series as opposed to the best-of-one system that was used last season.
Non-European information to come
ESL will be changing up their process for the North American teams willing to attend for this season, and will be announcing further details regarding their plans for this next week. From what we hear, fans of North American Dota 2 should be able to rest peacefully in the knowledge that their favourite teams will receive a clear path to attend the Summer Season LAN Finals.
ESL has also told joinDOTA privately that they are looking into arranging Asian qualifiers, although no timeline is set for this process, which means we may have to wait until the Fall Season for this to come to fruition.
Seeded Teams for Cups
Mousesports Adrian 'Fata' Trinks Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier Pascal 'paS' Lohmeier Alexander 'Alex' Reinhardt Max 'Qojqva' BroeckerNatus Vincere Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov Alexander 'XBOCT' Dashkevich Danil 'Dendi' Ishutin Gleb 'Funn1k' Lipatnikov Kuro S. 'KuroKy' Takhasomidd.Dota Sebastien 'Ceb' Debs Titouan 'Sockshka' Merloz Thibault 'Funzii' Calonnerox.KIS Stanislav 'BzzIsPerfect' Glushan Gleb 'hardEEv' Ushenko Vladimir 'Yol' Basov Andrey 'Dread' Golubev Aleksey 'Solo' BerezinFnatic Tal 'Fly' Aizik Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu Johan 'BigDaddyN0tail' Sundstein Kalle Juhanpoika 'Trixi' Saarinen Kai 'H4nn1' HanbueckersAbsolute Legends Brian 'MaNia' Strandby Mikkel 'miGGel' Berg Jesper 'Miracle' Nyhlén Jonathan 'unicorn' Arge Christoffer 'Ryze' WintherThe Alliance Jonathan 'Loda' Berg Gustav 's4' Magnusson Henrik 'AdmiralBulldog' Ahnberg Joakim 'Akke' Akterhall Jerry 'EGM' LundkvistRat in the Dark Riku 'Buugi' Fält Eetu 'Lapiz' Seppälä Olli 'Sifla' Vidberg Ari 'Spin' Raimi Antti 'itake' Mäkinen
Prize Pool
Cup #1-#4
1st Place $600
2nd Place $200
3rd Place $100
4th Place $100
Live Event Finals
1st Place $12,000
2nd Place $7,000
3rd Place $4,000
4th Place $4,000
5-8th Place $2,000
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