Russian based company Synergy has announced the creation of their new international tournament, SynergyLeague, with a starting prize pool of $50,000.

The tournament will have two parts, an online qualifier that begins on Sept. 27th, and the LAN Finals will take place during the last week of November in Barnaul, Russia. The online qualifier will have three divisions, Europe, SEA, and China, format may vary between the regions. Each division will feature a pool of invited teams and the European division will have an open qualifier component, the details of which have yet to be released. The finals will feature four teams from Europe, two from SEA and two from China.  

The event will be broadcast in English (joinDOTA), Russian (SynergyStudio), and Chinese (LGD.tv).  The league also has its own DotaTV ticket which is bundled with a unique item set for Storm Spirit.  

Teams participating
 

EuropeSouth East AsiaChina

Cleave
Team Tinker
compLexity
Team Empire
Virtus.pro
NVMI
Moscow Five
Hell Raisers
Team Cede Nullis
Meet Your Makers
xGame
Denial e-Sports
Secret Team
PowerRangers
qualifier team
qualifier team

Titan
 Arrow
 First Departure
 MVP.Phoenix
 Rave
 Pokerface
 Zephyr
 JohNny's Revenge
 Can't Say Wisp
 Invasion e-Sports
 InsidiousIdol
 Mineski
 Interactive Philippines (XctN)
 NXL
 MiTH
 Awake 

Vici Gaming
 Invictus Gaming
 HyperGlory Team
 LGD.Taobao
 Newbee
 Team DK

Prize pool distribution ($50,000 + $2,5 per each ticket sold) 

1st - 50%
2nd - 20%
3rd - 15%
4th - 5%
5th - 8th - 2.5%
 

For more information regarding this tournament, visit Synergy's vk page here