ESL One Hamburg 2017 announces the teams from each region who have received a direct invited to the closed qualifiers.
The final six spots available for the first major of the 2017-2018 season will be up for grabs as ESL One Hamburg 2017 announces its direct invites for the closed qualifiers in each region. Twelve teams from each region – Europe, CIS, South America, North America, South East Asia and China, will fight it out in the qualifiers and the winning team from each region will claim their spot at ESL Hamburg’s main event. With 8 teams directly invited to the closed qualifiers and 4 coming in from the open qualifiers, ESL Hamburg is sure to get the Dota 2 season off to a great start.
While Team Liquid, The International 2017 champions, and Newbee were directly invited to the main event, the teams directly invited to the closed qualifiers from each region are as follow;
Europe
OG
Hellraisers
Saksa Stack
PENTA Sports
Team Secret
mousesports
Let’s Do It
Team Tuho
CIS
Virtus.pro
Team Spirit
M19
Effect
Team Empire
Vega Squadron
Natus Vincere
Gambit Esports
North America
Evil Geniuses
compLexity
The Dire
Team Leviathan
Digital Chaos
VG J.Storm
WheelWhreck
Team Phoenix
South America
STARS –Sports
Midas Club Elite
Luccini
Furia Jovem
Digital Chaos SA
Mad Kings
Infamous
Team Unknown
South East Asia
TNC Pro Team
Fnatic
Mineski
Fire Dragoon
Execration
HappyFeet
Clutch Gamers
WG.Unity
China
Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming.Vitality
Vici Gaming
FTD
LGD
LGD.Forever Young
VG.J
EHOME
The remaining 4 spots in each region will be filled by open qualifier teams – and registration for open qualifiers is still available to teams wanting to take part. Registration details for this can be found here. Open qualifiers will take place from September 15th to 17th while the closed qualifiers will go on from 21st to 24th of September.
