Malaysian teams Titan and Arrow Gaming are two out of the four Southeast Asian teams which will be seeded straight into the ESL One Asian qualifier finals. The other two teams are still undisclosed at the moment.
The announcement came a little less than three days after the details of the ESL One Asian qualfiers were revealed. Titan's invite isn't a surprise, as the team has accomplished much more than what any other SEA teams had done. Aside from titles like the AsianCyberGames 2013 and the joinDOTA League Asia, the team is also very active in various tournaments and have shown fair results even in China.
Arrow Gaming, on the other hand, has been making a name for themselves by showing ther capacity to defeat any tem in the region. Their relative inexeperience is proving to be one of their biggest weakness, as evident by their inconsistency and how they have faltered on big stages. Nonethless, they have noteworthy achievements like a gold in the Steelseries Malaysia cup and silvers in AOC Pro Cup and joinDOTA league Asia.
Being invited into the Asian finals, they need not go through the national qualifiers. Instead, they will join two other invited teams and four other seeded teams in a multi-stage tournament, starting with groups and finishing with double-elimination playoffs.
There were also more information disclosed regarding to the teams competing in the Asian qualifier finals. The eight-team phase will be comprised by:
Titan- Arrow Gaming
- SEA Invite 3
- SEA Invite 4
- Chinese qualifier's 2nd placer
- Chinese qualifier's 3rd placer
- SEA Battle Royale's champion
- SEA Battle Royale's 2nd placer
The champion team will be one of the two teams representing Asia at ESL One Frankfurt. The other team representing Asia will be the champion of the Chinese qualifier.
More information regarding the format can be seen here.
ESL One Frankfurt will be held on 28-29 June. Aside from the two Asian teams advancing from the Asian qualifiers, the main event will also feature invited teams Natus Vincere and Alliance as well three teams from the European qualifiers and one team from the American qualifiers. The prize pool of this tournament is $150,000 plus a portion of the DotaTV ticket sales.
Source: ESL Asia
