ESL Major qualifiers: the invites are revealed
ESL Major qualifiers: the invites are revealed
The regional closed qualifiers for the first Major tournament are around the corner. ESL revealed the list of invited teams, who will battle for a spot at a $1,000,000 tournament which will be held in Hamburg, Germany on October 28-29.
Recently ESL announced two teams that received direct invites to the LAN-finals – Team Liquid and Newbee. The other 6 spots are determined by results of closed qualifiers, held in 6 regions: North America, South America, Southeast Asia, China, Europe and CIS. There are 12 teams in each region, four of them will make it through the open qualifiers. The closed qualifiers will take place on September 21-24.
Invited teams:
| Europe | CIS | North America |
| OG | Virtus.pro | Evil Geniuses |
| HellRaisers | Team Spirit | compLexity gaming |
| w33 stack | M19 | The Dire |
| PENTA Sports | Effect | Leviathan |
| Team Secret | Team Empire | Digital Chaos |
| mousesports | Vega Squadron | VGJ.Storm |
| Let’s do it | Natus Vincere | Wheel Whreck While Whistling |
| Tuho | Gambit Esports | Immortals |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| South America | Southeast Asia | China |
| Stars | TNC Pro Team | Invictus Gaming |
| Midas Club Elite | Fnatic | iG.Vitality |
| Luccini | Mineski | Vici Gaming |
| Youth Fury | Fire Dragoon | FTD Club A |
| Digital Chaos.SA | Execration | LGD-Gaming |
| Mad Kings | HappyFeet | LGD.Forever Young |
| InFamous | Cutch Gamers | VGJ.Thunder |
| unknown | WarriorsGaming.Unity | EHOME |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
With 12 teams in each region, there are 72 teams in total fighting for only 6 final spots at ESL One Hamburg 2017. No doubts, there’s going to be plenty of action at the start of the new Dota 2 competitive season.