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The first Minor under the new system will be held in Kiev in the renowned CyberSport Arena for the SL i-League Invitational Season 3 LAN Finals.


First chance for teams to gain Qualifying Points for TI8
The SL i-League Invitational Season 3 will be a $300,000 event featuring a total of eights teams, with six coming from individual regional qualifiers and the other two the recipients of direct invites. This is of course a different format to the recently announced DreamLeague Season 8 Major which included no direct invites.

The LAN is set for the 12-15th October and will be the first LAN to offer Qualifying Points for TI8. Under the new system teams who place well at Majors and Minors can collect points which will be required for any hope of reaching TI8.

Qualifying Points will be awarded based on the total prize pool of a tournament, and whether the tournament is a Major or a Minor, with Majors giving more points per prize pool dollar. The total points per tournament will also partially scale based on the time of year, with tournaments closer to The International awarding additional points. Qualifying Points will be granted based on placing high in Majors and Minors and will accumulate on individual players. (Source)


As the first LAN of the season and the first one offering Qualifying Points, the SL i-League Invitational Season 3 will be an important tournament. Valve has promised a leaderboard in the future for fans and players to keep track of the Qualifying Points accumulated.

Six Regional Qualifiers, six slots, no funny business
Starladder i-League's format for the Regionals is very straight forward. An open Qualifier followed by a closed qualifier for each of the six regions, ensuring at least one team from all six regions.

You can also already register for the Open Qualifier:

CIS Open Qualifier (starts 2nd Sept)
South American Open Qualifier (starts 2nd Sept)
SEA Open Qualifier (starts 2nd Sept)
NA Open Qualifier (starts 9th Sept)
European Open Qualifier (starts 9th Sept)

China Open Qualifier

Information on how to purchase tickets to attend the event will be released in the near future.

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