Game Show Dota 2 League to debut at DreamHack Moscow
Season one of the Game Show Dota 2 League will make its debut next month with the Grand Finals being held at the upcoming DreamHack Moscow on the 11th to 13th of September.
A total of six teams will attend the event to compete for a $50,000 prize pool with an additional $30,000 set aside in order to cover the travel and accommodation costs for the teams attending.
The group stage will take place on the first two days at the Moscow Cyber Stadium in a round robin format before moving onto DreamHack Moscow where the remaining four teams will compete in a single elimination bracket.
The tournament will be casted in English by Beyond The Summit and in Russian by the Game Show Studio.
The newly announced Natus Vincere lineup along with WehSing 'SingSing' Yuen's Team Tinker have both received direct invites to the event. Out of the remaining four slots two more teams will also receive direct invites however they will be announced at a later date.
An additional Double Elimination CIS based qualifiers will run for the last two spots which will be held on the 30th and 31st of August.
CIS Qualifiers - Invited Teams
- Team Empire
- Virtus.pro
- DreamTeam168
- NVMI
- Moscow Five
- Relax
- Power Rangers
- xGame.kz
CIS Qualifiers - Schedule
| Stage | Team 1 | Date and Time | Team 2 |
| WB Round 1 (Best of One) | Relax | 30 August - 14:00 CET | Virtus.pro |
| Empire | 30 August - 15:00 CET | xGame.kz | |
| PR | 30 August - 16:00 CET | Dt168 | |
| NVMI | 30 August - 17:00 CET | Moscow Five | |
| WB Round 2 (Best of One) | Relax/VP | 30 August - 18:00 CET | Empire/xGame.kz |
| PR/DT168 | 30 August - 19:00 CET | NVMI/Moscow5 | |
| WB Final (Best of Three) | 30 August - 20:00 CET | ||
| LB Round 1 (Best of One) | 31 August - 15:00 CET | ||
| 31 August - 16:00 CET | |||
| LB Round 2 (Best of One) | 31 August - 17:00 CET | ||
| 31 August - 18:00 CET | |||
| LB Round 3 (Best of One) | 31 August - 19:00 CET | ||
| LB Final (Best of Three) | 31 August - 20:00 CET |
Prize Pool Distribution
- 1st – $20,000
- 2nd – $10,000
- 3rd/4th – $7,000
- 5th/6th – $3,000
