GEST Embraces DotA 2

The much acclaimed Gigabyte E-Sports Tournament series has added a DotA 2 based tournament, worthy a prize pool of $1500, to its arsenal.

The tournament would see the top sixteen teams from Asia battle it out for a prize pool of $1500. Out of the 16 slots, 10 slots are reserved for the invited teams and 6 slots will be filled in with the victors emerging from the respective qualifiers.

The ten teams that have been invited are as follows:

1. Team Zenith
2. Orange.Esports
3. Team MUFC
4. Mith.Trust
5. Mineski.HyperX
6. Duskbin
7. N9
8. Armageddon
9. iZone
10. iDeal.Gigabyte

The Qualifiers have been split into the following segments :


This qualifier would consist of five upcoming semi-pro teams that have been invited and the winner would get a guaranteed spot in the Main event.
The invited teams for this qualifier are yet to be announced.
The winner would claim a slot at the main event.


A total of five regional qualifiers will be held for Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia respectively. Each qualifier will have a maximum of 32 teams that will compete in a Single-Elimination style tournament to fight for a spot in the Main event. The champion of each qualifier will go through to face the invitees.


The Main event will be Group Staged and follow a Single Elimination format.
For more Details, follow the link below.

Links
Dota Talk - Official Announcement