The format and groups for the TI5 regional qualifiers have been announced for all regions, the NA and CN qualifiers being on May 25.
Valve has announced the format for all the regional qualifiers; each region consists of ten teams divided into two groups of five, the first stage will be a round robin and the top two from each group will advance to the next round which will be a doulbe elimination bracket. The winners from each group will start in the winner's bracket while the runner ups in the loser bracket. The round robin stage will be a best of two series while the double elimination brackets will have a best of three series.
The winner of each qualifier will secure a spot at The International 5 while the runner ups from each region will also go to Seattle to play in the wildcard from which the final two spots will be filled.
The Chinese and American Qualifiers will take place simultaneously, starting on May 25 and will go on till May 28 while the South East Asian and European Qualifiers will start together on May 29 and finish on June 1.
China
The favorites from the Chinese region will be EHOME, they have a very experienced roster featuring Lanm and rOtk, they are currently 5th in GGnet rankings after all the invitees from China. Other teams to look out for include CDEC Gaming, Vici Gaming Potential and Hyper Glory Team.
America
The American region is plagued by roster instability but still has a few notable teams, leading the charge is Mouzsports (ex-Tinker) they have a very talented rosters and definitely are one of the favorites. The other teams that can impress include NoT Today, Team Leviathan and North American Rejects V2.
South East Asia
The South East Region's invite lead to controversy when Valve decided to invite Team Malaysia over Rave, it'll be interesting to see whether the pinoys can come through the and prove that they are worty of a TI spot. Other notable teams include MVP.Phoenix, TnC, MVP.Hot6ix and Signature.Trust.
Europe
The European qualifier is very stacked, it consists of huge organizations with big fan bases such as Natus Vincere, the Alliance and the Ninjas In Pyjamas as well as some lesser known teams like Hell Raisers, Vega Squadron and Burden United with great potential. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out since there isn't much separating these teams, although Na'VI, Alliance and Hell Raisers are the favorites coming in.
For more information on The Internation 5's regional qualifiers, head on over to the coverage hub.
Source : dota2.com
