In just one month, on March 3rd, the six teams from ASUS ROG DreamLeague's kick-off season will face off against six qualified teams at Dreamhack's new studio in Stockholm, Sweden, for a $100,000 prize.
On March 3rd, the six teams pre-qualified from the Kick-Off Season will face six teams from the qualifiers, two each from the North American, Eastern European and Western European dvisions. Eight teams will participate in each division's final qualifier, with two teams invited and six from the open qualifiers (the Western European division has already help part of their open qualifiers). DreamLeague Season 1 will span 10 weeks and 84 matches, culminating in a six team grand finals at Dreamhack Summer 2014 with $100,000 at stake. Natus Vincere won the first ASUS ROG DreamLeague event last year, hosted at DreamHack Winter 2013.
Sign-ups for open qualifiers begin begin today, with games starting on February 11th for North America and Eastern Europe, and on February 15th for Western Europe.
Pre-Qualified Kick-Off Season Teams
Evil Geniuses
Team Liquid
Alliance
Fnatic
Natus Vincere
Virtus.Pro
Teams Invited to Division Final Qualifiers
North America
Speed Gaming
Team eHug
Western Europe
Life
Sigma.int
House of Gamers - Qualified at DreamHack Winter 2013
Team Property - Qualified at DreamHack Winter 2013
Eastern Europe
RoX.KIS
Team Empire
Schedule for Qualifiers
North America
11-12 February, 18:00 CET: NA Qualifier 1
15 February, 18:00 CET: NA Qualifier 2
18-19 February, 18:00 CET: NA Qualifier 3
Western Europe
15 February, 15:00 CET: EU West Qualifier 1
18-19 February, 18:00 CET: EU West Qualifier 2
Eastern Europe
11-12 February, 18:00 CET: EU East Qualifier 1
15 February, 15:00 CET: EU East Qualifier 2
18-19 February, 18:00 CET: EU East Qualifier 3
Final Qualifiers
22-23 February: NA Final Qualifier
22-23 February: EU West Final Qualifier
22-23 February: EU East Final Qualifier
* Two teams from each Qualifier will advance to the Final Qualifier
Source: Dreamhack