posted by Sun_Tzu,
Following a successful LAN event held in Poland's Katowice, ESL returns for another Season of the RaidCall EMS One, as they announce the Summer Season which will kick off on May 7th with the first of the cup stages.

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 de Adrian 'Fata' Trinksde Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeierde Pascal 'paS' Lohmeierde Alexander 'Alex' Reinhardtde Max 'Qojqva' BroeckerNatus Vincere ee Clement 'Puppey' Ivanovua Alexander 'XBOCT' Dashkevichua Danil 'Dendi' Ishutinua Gleb 'Funn1k' Lipatnikovde Kuro S. 'KuroKy' Takhasomidd.Dota fr Sebastien 'Ceb' Debsfr Titouan 'Sockshka' Merlozfr Thibault 'Funzii' Calonnerox.KIS ru Stanislav 'BzzIsPerfect' Glushanru Gleb 'hardEEv' Ushenkoru Vladimir 'Yol' Basovru Andrey 'Dread' Golubevru Aleksey 'Solo' BerezinFnatic il Tal 'Fly' Aizikse Adrian 'Era' Kryeziudk Johan 'BigDaddyN0tail' Sundsteinfi Kalle Juhanpoika 'Trixi' Saarinende Kai 'H4nn1' HanbueckersAbsolute Legends dk Brian 'MaNia' Strandbydk Mikkel 'miGGel' Bergse Jesper 'Miracle' Nyhléndk Jonathan 'unicorn' Argedk Christoffer 'Ryze' WintherThe Alliance se Jonathan 'Loda' Bergse Gustav 's4' Magnussonse Henrik 'AdmiralBulldog' Ahnbergse Joakim 'Akke' Akterhallse Jerry 'EGM' LundkvistRat in the Dark fi Riku 'Buugi' Fältfi Eetu 'Lapiz' Seppäläfi Olli 'Sifla' Vidbergfi Ari 'Spin' Raimifi 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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