The qualifiers have finished and the successful teams will meet the invited ones in a single elimination round today.
Over the course of the pas two days, over 200 teams fought it out to participate in the main event, but only eight teams remained victorious.
Qualified teams:
Z4
fnatic.na
RoX.KIS
Kaipi
HWA.Kingston
iCCup
Random Pubstack
Netolic.SA
The qualifiers barely held any surprises as the expected teams advanced. Only NEXT.kz dropped out after facing HWA.Kingston in round five.
Amongst the participants is the European mix that has eliminated mousesports in the last edition of the BigPoint Battle and that managed to qualify for Techlabs Cup, Z4. The European mix has shown a lot of potential and will be the dark horse of the tournament together with RoX.KIS.
Invited teams:
4Friends+Chrillee
Natus Vincere
mousesports
Evil Genuises
fnatic
Absolute Legends
Team Liquid
No Tidehunter
QPAD Red Pandas were invited as well but declined their participation. 4FC will be the replacement team.
The action tonight will kick off at 18:00 CET. There is going to be a slight hick-up and delay in the schedule because some teams have to attend other tournaments. Selected games will be covered by TobiWan and Epi.
Schedule
14th of March
18:00 - Main Round 1 - bo3
21:00 - Quarterfinals - bo3
15th of March
18:00 - Semifinals - bo3
21:00 - Grand Final - bo3
14th of March
18:00 - Main Round 1 - bo3
21:00 - Quarterfinals - bo3
15th of March
18:00 - Semifinals - bo3
21:00 - Grand Final - bo3
Sources: joinDota, BigPointBattle Website