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Team Secret are confirmed as the third direct invite for ESL One Hamburg 2018.
First ESL announced that Virtus.pro would be back to defend their ESL One title. Then the second team directly invited was revealed to be Evil Geniuses after an impressive third place at The International 8 and no roster changes for this upcoming season.
Eight teams will be directly invited to participate and after a strong DPC 2017-2018 season and a new-lineup that looks as solid as ever, Team Secret has been bestowed the honor of receiving the third invitation.
Only two days ago, Team Secret revealed their new lineup welcoming back Ludwig 'Zai' Wahlberg and introducing Micha? 'Nisha' Jankowski to the lineup.
ESL One Hamburg 2018 Info:
ESL One Hamburg 2018 will have an expanded format featuring round robin groups and double elimination playoff brackets.
- Date: Oct 23th - Oct 28th
- Participating teams: 12 teams
- 8 invited (Virtus.pro, Evil Geniuses, Team Secret)
- 4 qualified
Group-stage Format:
- Teams will be divided into two groups
- Round robin two-game series
- Top two teams each group will advance to playoffs Upper-Bracket
- Bottom two teams each group will advance to playoffs Lower-Bracket
Main event format:
- Double elimination bracket
- All matches are 'Bo3'
- Grand-final match will be 'Bo5'
