SLTV's StarSeries Season XI's online portion is over. All four teams for LAN finals are now known.
The eleventh season of StarSeries was the first season to include two groups and an online playoffs. Natus Vincere and Epsilon eSports topped their groups which bought them a direct spot for the LAN finals, while the two other spots were detirminated by online playoffs.
The playoffs saw eight teams fighting for these two spots where teams were separated into the upper and lower brackets. The upper bracket was dominated by Team LDLC whom managed to win over Copenhagen Wolves and Ninjas in Pyjamas without dropping a single map. The other spot was battled out in the lower bracket finals between Ninjas in Pyjamas, who had their second chance to get to Kiev against Titan (Dreamhack Stockholm Champions). Titan won this series 2-0 leaving NiP without the lan trip to Kiev for the first time.
The LAN finals are scheduled for October 18th-19th and will once again be taking place in Kiev, Ukraine at the CyberArena. The prize pool of this season has been raised from $30,000 to $35,000 and each of the four qualified teams will receive $2,000 for travel support.
Prize Pool:
1. $13,000 with $2,000 travel support
2. $7,000 with $2,000 travel support
3. $4,000 with $2,000 travel support
4. $3,000Â with $2,000 travel support
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