The tournament will gather best teams from Europe and North America. RDL will take place from March 20 to March 31 with full double elimination best-of-three brackets.
Participating teams
Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro
Team Empire
No Tidehunter
Team Fnatic
Evil Geniuses
Team Dignitas
Team Liquid
Schedule in CET:
20 March - two matches of WB round 1 (17:00 and 20:00)
21 March - two matches of WB round 1 (17:00 and 20:00)
22 March - LB round 1 (17:00 and 20:00)
23 March - first match of WB round 2 (17:00)
24 March - second match of WB round 2 (17:00)
27 March - LB round 2 (17:00 and 20:00)
28 March - LB round 3 (17:00)
29 March - WB final (17:00)
30 March - LB final (17:00)
31 March - Grand Final (17:00)
Prize distribution
Champion - $4,000
Runner-up - $1,500
2nd runner-up - $500
20 March - two matches of WB round 1 (17:00 and 20:00)
21 March - two matches of WB round 1 (17:00 and 20:00)
22 March - LB round 1 (17:00 and 20:00)
23 March - first match of WB round 2 (17:00)
24 March - second match of WB round 2 (17:00)
27 March - LB round 2 (17:00 and 20:00)
28 March - LB round 3 (17:00)
29 March - WB final (17:00)
30 March - LB final (17:00)
31 March - Grand Final (17:00)
Prize distribution
Champion - $4,000
Runner-up - $1,500
2nd runner-up - $500
The matches will be available through Dota TV with a StarLadder Season 5 Ticket; multiple commentators will also stream the games:
- Casperrr, v1lat, Maelstorm (Russian)
- TobiWan, Sheever, Epi (English)
- Luci (French)
- Saga (German)
- AntenaDota (Spanish)
- dota2vn (Vietnamese)
Organizers also welcome any commentators that would like to broadcast the tournament. You can write to [email protected] to get additional information.
Source: Virtus.pro official site