ESL Major Series starting!

DotA will be fighting in another prized tournament hosted by a well known league, this time Electronic Sports League took the game up and will be distributing 1500€. This money will be given to three teams that will prove themselves through a group stage and a play-off stage.

This thursday 16 teams divided into four groups start their struggle to reach playoffs, where only 8 teams, top 2 from each group, will be fighting for the cash in a double elimination bracket. Teams have secured their place in this phase through various qualifiers, both national and international. The only uncertain thing is, who will take say Plz spot, as the team has recently disbanded, hence likelihood of their participation in the tournament is small. Other than that, some less known teams appeared to compete with the biggest and well known of the Competitive scene, like MYM, eMg, SK and XsK.

Groups
Group A	Group B
MYM.DotA	eMazing Gaming
Redbear	Team Q
OverGame	Chaos Gaming
YamatO	Guardians.Bet.Dota
Group C	Group D
SK.Gaming	Team Say Plz
I Got Game	invidious
Esse quam videri	Xero Skill
SickedWick	Nameless Gaming

The group phase is dvcided into 3 rounds, so teams play with every other team in the group once.

Week 1: Thursday 6th December & Sunday 9th December
Week 2: Thursday 13th December & Sunday 16th December
Break for Christmas and New Year
Week 3: Sunday 6th January & Thursday 10th January
Catch up: Friday 11th January to Thursday 17th January

Good luck to all the participants, and may the best team win!

Links
ESL homepage - source