With the last Dota Pro Circuit event of the year wrapped up last night at the Beyond the Summit house, the last few days before the Christmas holidays are reserved for closed qualifiers for the first tournaments of 2018.
StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 4 is a Minor taking place in China, February 1-4 with eight teams fighting for the $300,000 and 300 Pro Circuit points. Two of the eight participants were handed direct invites to the event today. Team Liquid and Newbee will be joined in China next year by other six qualified teams. The regional closed qualifiers in Europe, CIS and South America will commence today and will run until 22nd of December with the NA, Chinese and SEA brackets scheduled for 2018.
SL i-League Invitational Season 4 qualifiers format:
- Eight teams, six invites, two spots from Open Qualifiers
- Single elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3, finals are Bo5
- Winner qualifies for the LAN event
SL i-League Invitational Season 4 Europe, CIS and SA qualifiers participants
| CIS | Europe | South America |
|---|---|---|
 Team Empire |  Mousesports |  SG e-sports |
 Team Spirit |  Team Doggie |  Infamous |
| Vega Squadron |  Team Kinguin | Sacred |
 Gambit Esports | Planet Dog | Mad Kings |
| M19 |  PENTA Sports | PaiN Gaming |
| HFZ | Double Dimension | T-Show.Rising |
 Brestomans (open qualifiers #1) |
| Stars (open qualifiers #1) |
| Nemiga (open qualifiers #2) |
| G Pride (open qualifiers #2) |
Team Empire vs Brestomans will kick off the qualifiers marathon today, the full schedule of day one being as follows:
15:00 CET - Empire vs Brestomans (CIS qualifiers)
17:00 CET - Penta vs Planet Dog (EU qualifiers)
18:00 CET - HFZ vs Vega Squadron (CIS qualifiers)
23:00 CET - Infamous vs G Pride (SA qualifiers)
02:00 CET - Mad Kings vs PaiN Gaming (SA qualifiers)
