With the WePlay Season 3 finals only 4 weeks away, we take a look at the teams that will be vying for the championship in Kiev.
The championships for season 3 of the WePlay Dota 2 league are set to kick off on the 29th of April in Kiev. 8 Teams will go head to head for over two hundred thousand dollars in prize money and the title of WePlay Dota 2 league champions.
The teams are made up of two groups:
Four regional champions from the SEA, US, Western Europe, and Eastern European regions; and four additional direct invite teams are nominated by the WePlay Dota 2 league. So far only three of the direct invites have been announced, with the fourth to come soon.
Qualified teams:
Iwo “I w o” Bejar
Freddy "SmAsH" Sina
Juan Carlos "vanN" Tito
Alex "Masoku" Dávila
Ricardo "mstco" Román
Elite wolves qualified for WePlay Dota 2 via the Americas qualifiers. Despite the recent ban of several of their players from official Valve events, they have still received an invite to WePlay Season 3 as a result of their victory in their qualifying tournament.
Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung
Zheng "Midone" Yeik Nai
Chong "Ohaiyo" Xin Khoo
Djardel Jicko B. "DJ" Mampusti
Wai Pern "Net" Lim
Fnatic took out the SEA qualifiers to score their seat at the table for the WePlay Season 3 finals. Fnatic took a perfect set at the SEA finals, even defeating MVP Phoenix who were given a direct invite to the WePlay event.
Lasse "MATUMBAMAN" Urpalainen
Adrian "FATA-" Trinks
Ivan "MinD_ContRoL" Borislavov
Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka
Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi
Team Liquid took the Western European qualifiers for WePlay Season 3, dropping only one game during the group stages.
Rostislav "fn" Lozovoi
Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko
Andrey "Mag" Chipenko
Alexei "Solo" Berezin
Semion "CemaTheSlayer" Krivulya
Vega Squadron were able to beat out major Eastern European heavyweights to take the qualifier position for the WePlay Season 3 finals.
Invited Teams:
Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling
Syed Sumail "Suma1L" Hassan
Kanishka 'Sam' "BuLba" Sosale
Clinton "Fear" Loomis
Peter "ppd" Dager
Evil Geniuses, winners of TI5, were given a direct invite to the WePlay Season 3 finals. Coming off a third-place finish at Shanghai and with a new roster, WePlay Season 3 will be a good chance to test their new line-up.
Dmitry "Ditya Ra" Minenkov
Danil "Dendi" Ishutin
Victor "GeneRaL" Nigrini
Akbar "SoNNeikO" Butaev
Ivan "Artstyle" Antonov
Fresh off a newly announced roster, it will be interesting to see if Na’Vi are able to go head to head with the other international heavyweights.
Pyo "MP" No-a
Kim "QO" Seon-yeop
Lee "FoREV" Sang-don
Kim "Febby" Yong-min
Kim "DuBu" Doo-young
Despite not taking first place in the SEA qualifiers, MVP Phoenix were able to secure a direct invite to the WePlay Season 3 finals.
The final of the four directly invited teams is still to be announced. We can only suspect that with the current lack of Chinese teams in the tournament we are likely to see one of the major Chinese squads showing their faces at WePlay Season 3 finals.
