StarLadder is hosting a third edition of the StarSeries in this year. Starting today, 16 teams will fight for total prize money of $15,000, which will be distributed at the offline finals at the Cybersports Arena in Kiev.
The tournament starts with 120 matches from the main round, played from today on, Monday 17 September. Two and a half weeks later, this phase is scheduled to be finished already. That is 15 matches for each team within 17 days. Except EG and mTw, all teams have reported a complete lineup which they will use at the StarSeries.
| Confirmed Lineups for StarLadder StarSeries | |||
 Na'Vi |  Empire | Virtus.Pro | Moscow 5 |
 Puppey Lost Dendi XBOCT ARS-ART | Go[blin] Funn1k blow Scandal Silent | NS Crazy kSi illidanSTR Santa | nexus Sedoy BullsEye STALIANER Dread |
| The Retry |  Quantic | EG |  mousesports |
PGG Inmate Amsi Zver Dota_Lucker Jackal |  PAINTITGOLD Korok Brax Universe 1437 |  Maelk Fear DemoNTBA TBA | Kuroky SingSing SexyBamboe Alex Kebap |
 CLG | BVM |  Darer |  mTw |
Pajkatt Mirakel MiSeRy- Lacoste Akke |  henrydickenson bonzajaj bentzer walleater weppas | Noes Grumpy SavaDoom FirFo Hawkeye | Sockshka 7ckngMad Funzii TBA TBA |
 NEXT.kz | Wolves |  fnatic | Team Y |
| Mantis eQual LuCky StalCat FF | Calculus Ryze Balsam miGGel THEneNo- | Era Fly N0tail Trixi H4nn1- |  CWM vigoss Admir GoD freezer |
The main round will be followed by offline finals again, this time with eight teams participating in Kiev. This number of playoff teams has risen from four at the first SLTV finals in April, to six invited teams last time now to a total of eight teams. In both finals held this year, however, at least the American teams have rejected the invitation on short notice. Let's see how it works this time.
The finals will be held on four days, 18 to 21 October, once again in connection with the other disciplines from the SLTV league, like Bloodline Champions or World of Tanks.
Russia to open the third season of StarSeries
On the opening day, eight matches are scheduled. They will be streamed by v1lat and mtrx4u. Virtus.Pro vs. Empire is one of the two opening matches, played parallel to Moscow 5 against BVM from Sweden. This way, three Russian teams will open the series of SLTV matches.
| Schedule, 17 September | |||
| Match | Streamer | ||
| Moscow 5 | 17:00 CET | BVM | mtrx4u |
| Virtus.Pro | 17:00 CET | Team Empire | v1lat |
| Fnatic | 18:00 CET | M5 | v1lat |
| Team Empire | 18:00 CET | Darer | mtrx4u |
| BVM | 19:00 CET | Fnatic | v1lat |
| Virtus.Pro | 19:00 CET | Darer | mtrx4u |
| EG | 20:00 CET | Wolves | v1lat |
| Mouz | 20:00 CET | Quantic | mtrx4u |
Timetable:
Main round: 17 September - 3 October
Offline finals: 18 October - 21 October
Prize money:
1. Place: $6,000
2. Place: $3,000
3. Place: $2,500
4. Place: $2,000
5. Place: $500
6. Place: $400
7. Place: $350
8. Place: $250
Source: StarLadder
