The Dota 2 competitive scene is fully booked with events. One week from now StarLadder i-League Season 4 Invitational will kick off in China.
Eight teams will fight for the 300 Dota Pro Circuit points and a $300,000 prize pool put on the line for the fourth edition of SL i-League Invitational Minor. The event will take place February 1-4th in Shanghai China and will open with a GSL group stage followed by a single elimination bracket playoff.
Team Liquid and Newbee were the only two squads to receive direct invites to the event, and as expected they are seeded in different groups.
Group A:
Team Liquid
LGD Gaming
compLexity Gaming
Infamous
Group B:
Newbee
Mineski
Team Empire
Team Kinguin
All the group stage matchups will be best-of-three. Top two teams will advance into the playoffs, while bottom two will be eliminated. The playoffs will be a single elimination, bo3 games, bo5 finals affair and will unfold on the last day of the event, February 4th.
StarLadder i-league Invitational #4 full schedule:
February 1 - group stage
05:00 CET - LGD vs compLexity Gaming
08:00 CET - Team Liquid vs Infamous
11:00 CET - Group ? upper bracket finals
February 2 - group stage
05:00 CET - Team Kinguin vs Mineski
08:00 CET - Newbee vs Team Empire
11:00 CET - Group B upper bracket finals
February 3 - group stage
03:00 CET - Group ? elimination match
06:00 CET - Group B elimination match
09:00 CET - Group ? finals
12:00 CET - Group B finals
February 4 - playoffs
03:00 CET - semifinal #1
06:00 CET - semifinal #2
10:00 CET - Finals
title image courtesy of StarLadder
