StarLadder have revealed the group stage seeding along with the entire StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 3 LAN event schedule.
Five days keep us apart from the first minor of the Dota Pro Circuit. StarLadder i-League Invitational will commence on the 12th of October and it will be the first event after The International 2017 to welcome both Team Liquid and Newbee, the TI7 Champions and the runners up respectively. As expected, the two teams received direct invites and will enter the battle from different groups.
Team Liquid will play against Mineski, Vici Gaming and SG e-sports in group A while Newbee will be playing for the Group B supremacy versus Team Secret, compLexity Gaming and the home crowd favorites, Natus Vincere.
Group A:
Group B:
The group stage will run for the first three days of the event in GSL format, best-of-three series with the top two teams from each group advancing into the playoffs single elimination finals.
SL i-League Invitational S3 schedule:
12 October, Day One:
12:00 CEST: Vici Gaming vs SG e-sports
15:00 CEST: Team Liquid vs Mineski
18:00 CEST: Group A 1st place decider
13 October, Day Two:
12:00 CEST: Newbee vs compLexity Gaming
15:00 CEST: Team Secret vs Natus Vincere
18:00 CEST: Group B 1st place decider
14 October, Day Three:
09:00 CEST: Group A Elimination match
12:00 CEST: Group B Elimination match
15:00 CEST: Group A 2nd place decider
18:00 CEST: Group B 2nd place decider
15 October, Day Four:
12:00 CEST: Semifinal #1
15:00 CEST Semifinal #2
18:30 CEST: Grand-Final (Bo5)
Tickets sale for the live audience is already underway at the low price of $2.79/day for the first two days of the event and $3.75/day for the last two days. Those interested to purchase tickets can do so here.
