ESL One Katowice groups drawn

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The groups for ESL One Katowice 2018 have been drawn and the schedule for the main event set.

Poland's first Major is gearing up with less than two weeks until start time. Up to 10,000 fans will be able to pack into the iconic Spodek Arena to watch Dota 2 history unfold and none other than local heroes, Team Kinguin, will be on hand to fight for a place to compete on the main stage in front of them.

The ESL One Katowice Major will take place on February 20-25 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland with a total of 16 teams entering the battle for the $1,000,000 prize pool and 1500 TI8 qualifying points.

ESL One Katowice Major directly invited teams:

Virtus.pro
Team Secret
Team Liquid
Evil Geniuses
Mineski
Vici Gaming
Natus Vincere
Newbee

ESL One Katowice Major qualified teams:

Team Kinguin
OG
Effect
compLexity Gaming
Infamous
LGD Gaming
Fnatic
OpTic Gaming

ESL One Katowice 2018 groups:

Group A:

Group B:

 

ESL One Katowice 2018 format:
 

• Qualifiers and invites
  • Sixteen teams: Eight invites and eight teams from regional qualifiers:
    • One from each region China, Southeast Asia, South America, and CIS
    • Two from Europe and two spots from North America (one through the NA Last Chance Qualifier)
• Groups
  • Groups were drawn on February 7th
  • Group Stage will be held from February 20th to the 23rd:
    • Two eight team, double-elimination groups
    • Top teams from each group advance directly to the semifinals of the playoffs
    • 2nd and 3rd placed teams advance to the quarterfinals of the playoffs
• Playoffs
  • Playoffs will be played between February 23rd and 25th
  • Single Elimination brackets
  • All series are best-of-three
  • Grand Finals are best-of-five

 

ESL One Katowice 2018 main event schedule: