Red Bull announced their first Dota 2 tournament series last week, it features some of the top teams in the world competing for a piece of the $75,000 base prize pool. They've now announced the schedule for the group stages.
The online group stage is scheduled to begin next month; South East Asia : 6 April, China : 12 April, CIS : 16 April, Europe : 17 April and America : 28 April. The winning teams from each of the five groups will be invited to a playoffs in Santa Monica, CA on May 5 & 6 to determine the two finalist teams. All participating players from the playoffs will be traveled to Northern California for a fan day on May 9 (Red Bull LAN), and the two-team Grand Finals to be held in San Francisco, CA on May 10.
Its still unclear who will replace Monib Baray since they've disbanded, a good option could be Team Tinker, they've been performing well in recent events; qualifying for Starladder XII and they have a 25-10 record since the arrival of Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier on the 11th of March.
The teams have been split into five groups to represent their regions, and will be played out in Best-of-One double elimination with a Best-of-Three finals. These are the most up to date groups.
America
Team eHug
Summoner's Rift
Not Today
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Commonwealth of Independant States
Team Empire
ASUS.Polar
Natus Vincere
HellRaisers
European Union
Cloud 9
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Alliance
Team Secret
South East Asia
Rave
MVP Phoenix
Can't Say Wips
MY
China
LGD
Vici Gaming
Invictus Gaming
Newbee
For a detailed schedule and more coverage of the Red Bull Battlegrounds, head on over to the coverage hub.
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