jD Masters and Open both return next week

Both the joinDOTA Masters and the joinDOTA Open tournament series have their first event in 2013 next week. Masters on Monday and Tuesday, Open on Wednesday and Thursday.

The joinDOTA Masters will feature eight teams in a two-day tournament on Monday and Tuesday, 15 and 16 April. $1,500 prize money are at stake, so far six of the eight invited teams are announced. For the Masters, a series of invite tournaments, it's already the eleventh edition. This time, it's an all Western competition again.

On Monday, 15 April the four quarter finals will be played, followed by the semi finals and the final on Tuesday, 16 April. Streaming will be provided by Tobiwan.

Participating teams jD Masters XI:
fnatic
Na'Vi
Evil Geniuses
Team Liquid
mousesports
QPAD Red Pandas
TBD
TBD

In the joinDOTA Open series, any team can play, with 512 teams being the maximum number of participating teams. Next week will be the sixth installment of the tournament series, $1,000 prize money are awarded for the winner only.

Registration for the tournament is possible on the jD Open information page. The tournament starts in Wednesday, 17 April, 18:00 CEST, check-in one hour earlier.

Source: joinDOTA