posted by Trickster-,
The Techlabs Cup 2013 will return this saturday with an increased prize pool of 15,000$. In the Sport Stadium of Minsk, Belarus ua Cascade and by Power Rangers, that earned their slot through a qualifier will compete alongside the two invited teams ua Na’Vi and fr EX-Quantic.
The winning team will also grab a slot in the grand finals due to be held in Moscow, Russia.


At the side of the bigger prize pool there is another change compared to last season. The teams will have to go through a single-elimination grid but every match will be a best-of-three affair. Due to the best-of-one system they used in the last Techlabs Cup in Moscow, we got to see some big surprises as ua Na’Vi wasn't able to live up to the expectations.

Being the runner-up at the International 2013, they come in again as the biggest favorite to take home the win. However, by Power Rangers are also showing off promising performances lately, as they have just qualfied for the groupstages of EMS One. The exact line-up for fr EX-Quantic stays unknown, however it is more than likely that the newly formed roster eu Flip.Q will compete in their place. This will be another innovation, since the Techlabs Cups were usually restricted to teams from the CIS.

English coverage will be provided by our very own au Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson on joinDOTA Red.

Schedule



15:00 CET - Play offs
19:00 CET - Grand Finals


Prize pool



1 place - $8000 + slot at Grand Final Moscow
2 place - $4000
3 place - $2000
4 place - $1000

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