WPC-Ace League will feature more than $220,000 in cash prize and will feature some of the best teams from China. The first match will be between DK and Vici Gaming on the 22nd of September.
WPC-ACE League will begin on the 22nd of September and the groupstage will run throughout October and November. The tournament is extremely top heavy with the first placer cashing 1,000,000 RMB (~$163,000, entire prize pool of the Dota 2 Super League) but no cash prize for fouth placer. Detailed breakdown of prize pool below.
This season of WPC-ACE League will be participated by some of the biggest names in the Chinese Dota scene. Two more teams will be joining the tournament and they will be amateur teams that qualify through WPC Dota 2 tournament.
Invited teams:
DK
Invictus Gaming
Rising Stars
Rattlesnake
Vici Gaming
TongFu
LGD.cn
LGD.Int
TBD 1
TBD 2
All ten teams will be facing one another in best-of-two matches twice before they proceed to the playoffs. Top six teams from the groupstage will move on to the playoffs which will be played in best-of-five format and finishing with a best-of-seven grand final. The top two teams from the groupstage will receive auto qualification to the semi-finals.
The first match of the tournament will be between the much anticipated DK and Vici Gaming. Vici Gaming, filled with two former DK players RoTK and Super, won against DK in National E-Sports Tournament last week and will be one of the anticipated matches of the whole groupstage. Detailed schedule of the tournament can be found here.
Prize pool distribution:
1. 1,000,000 RMB (~$163,000)
2. 300,000 RMB (~$49,000)
3. 100,000 RMB (~$16,000)
Source: fight.pcgames.com.cn
