Na’Vi replaced by Team Empire in ProDotA Global Grand Master

Team Empire will replace Na’Vi as one of the four invited teams for the ProDotA Global Grand Master. In turn, Flipsid3 Tactics will assume Team Empire’s spot in the closed qualifiers. The event is anticipated to start in July. Eight teams – Team Liquid, Alliance, Team Empire, Vega – and four qualified teams will compete for the $50,000 prize pool in the first ProDotA top tier event. The competition will kick off on July 15th with the closed qualifiers.

Team Empire have been directly invited to the main event of the ProDotA Global Grand Master. The completely revamped CIS roster will be replacing Na’Vi as one of the four direct invites. According to organizers, Na’Vi have declined their invitation.

Team Empire recently qualified for the Manila Majors after tearing through the EU open qualifiers and overcoming Ad Finem, 3:2, in the Manila Major Qualifiers EU Grand Finals.

Team Empire’s new roster is a complete overhaul with five new players. Only hours after being dissolved in the aftermath of the spring Major reshuffle, the squad was rebuilt. The team has been hedging on their new found structure to build them new heights and so far they have not fallen short of their goal – taking third place in ProDota Cup EU 5, third in ESL One Manila 2016, fourth at WePlay LAN and first in the Manila Major EU Regional qualifiers.

Flipsid3 Tactics will compete in the closed qualifiers instead of Team Empire. F3 have just claimed their fifth championship title in the last two months last night for GameOn Invitational 2. The CIS squad formerly known as !Rebels! was signed by the NA organization only four days ago.

ProDotA Global Grand Master

Eight teams will compete in a double elimination playoff bracket between July 3rd-10th. Four teams have been directly invited. The invited teams will be joined by four other qualified teams. The closed qualifiers will kick off on June 15th with eight teams competing for one of four slots in the main event.

The qualifiers and main event will be cast by MoonDuckTV in English and by UCC in Russian.

ProDotA Global Grand Master teams

• Alliance – directly invited
• Team Liquid – directly invited
• Team Empire* – directly invited
• Vega Squadron – directly invited
• TBD – from closed qualifiers
• TBD – from closed qualifiers
• TBD – from closed qualifiers
• TBD – from closed qualifiers

*Team Empire replaced Na’Vi

ProDotA Global Grand Master main event format

ProDotA Global Grand Master closed qualifiers

ProDotA Global Grand Master closed qualifiers teams

• Flipsid3 Tactics**
• Team Spirit
• Ad Finem
• Kaipi
• Power Rangers
• Virtus.Pro
• Polarity
• No Diggity

**Flipsid3 Tactics replaced Team Empire

ProDotA Global Grand Master closed qualifiers format

• Eight teams
• Two groups
• Round Robin format
• Best-of-two series
• Top two teams advance to main event

ProDotA Global Grand Master prize pool

• 1st place: $25,000
• 2nd place: $12,500
• 3rd place: $7,500
• 4th place: $5,000

ProDota Cup

ProDota Cup is currently in the fifth season for the North American Region and sixth season for Europe. Previous seasons have been ongoing monthly with success and Samuel “sammy” Manuelson has told Dotablast that the monthly series is expected to be ongoing until at least December 2017.

Team Freedom seized ProDota Cup Americas 4 title when they bested Shazam, 3:1, in the Grand Finals. Rebels edged out Team Spirit, 3:2, to grab the ProDota Cup Europe 5 title last season.