First two invites revealed for ESL One Katowice

posted by Olucaron,

ESL One Katowice 2019 isn’t for another three months, but ESL have kindly revealed the first two teams to be invited — and it’s the Europeans of Team Secret and OG!

🇵🇱⚙️ The Hamburg champions want to expand their #ESLOne legend! @teamsecret are coming to Katowice with @nishadota playing in his home country!

🎟️ https://t.co/qC8ATniHZz pic.twitter.com/BNwDIgRKCi
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) November 26, 2018

Hamburg champions join the battle

The first invitation revealed was Team Secret, who memorably claimed the ESL One Hamburg title just one month ago. Their Lower Bracket run to the Grand Finals in the Barclaycard Arena saw them take down both Evil Geniuses and Virtus.pro, before their victory over Vici Gaming in an epic final.

They now have the chance to win back-to-back ESL titles with their invitation to Katowice, but can they do it?

We are proud to announce @ESL has handed us an invite to their ESL One Katowice tournament in 2019. The $300,000 event runs from 19th to 24th of February and will be held in the mighty Spodek Arena.https://t.co/QGLV1rx99e #GONINJAS #DOTA2 pic.twitter.com/sj9A5Q1wup
— Ninjas in Pyjamas 🇸🇪 (@NiPGaming) November 27, 2018

OG bring the hype to Spodek

Meanwhile, OG will be looking to build on a solid end to 2018, thanks to their epic win at The International 2018. We don’t know how their form is going into the new DPC season given their decision not to participate in qualifiers for both the DreamLeague Minor or The Kuala Lumpur Major.

Now, with a new carry in place, will OG be able to claim more silverware in Katowice?

Who else would you like to see invited to Katowice?

Header image: Adela Sznajder | ESL