Hours after Ek0p's triumph at the Hearthstone Invitational, TakeTV announced the launch of a Hearthstone team league starting April 30. A $7,000 prize pool will be given after a fortnight of competition.
Titled the "Hearthstone Gentlemen Cup", TakeTV's team league will invite six teams and extend seeds to two more qualifier winners, similar to how the individual invitational was handled.
The six invited teams - vVv, DogeHouse, MYM, MIA, eSuba and Planetkey Dynamics - are enough to get the initial hype rolling as they host some of the most consistent and well-known players in Europe. This includes TakeTV medalists Gnimsh and Ek0p (DH), IEM Katowice participants SineX and Lothar (Planetkey), Czech powerhouses Alesh and Mirrari (eSuba), and some of the highest ranked weekly tournament participants like Spo, Ostkaka, Kaldi (vVv) as well as Ignite, ThijsNL and BlazingGlory (MYM). Team MIA, on the other hand, will come as the tournament underdogs, featuring an all-Slovenian roster of up-and-coming players.
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DogeHouse
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MYM
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eSuba
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Planetkey Dynamics
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MiA
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Gnimsh
Ek0p
Artosis
Blackout
Ignite
Semijew
BlazingGlory
ThijsNL
Wampie
Kaldi
Alesh
Silhan
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The qualifiers for the last two teams will be held this Wednesday, April 23rd, sign-ups currently open. Once the eight-team line-up is finalized, the tournament will enter a 14-day itinerary starting April 30th before crowning the champions. Prize pool split and details about the format are still unknown with the exception that the series will be Bo7 composed of Bo3 individual matches.
