SL iLeague Dota Invitational coming to Kiev in April

SL iLeague Dota Invitational have announced a new series of competitions with the first being held April 14-17th at the Kiev Cybersport Arena in the Ukraine. The second collaboration between StarLadder and ImbaTV will feature a $100,000 prize pool and will take place only one weekend before ESL One Manila set to occur 22nd-24th April.

https://t.co/Rf04mvVk9J Another LAN announcement.
SL i-League Dota Invitational. April 14th-17th in Kiev

— Conrad Janzen (@ConradJanzen) March 22, 2016

StarLadder and ImbaTV have announced that they would partner up once again to bring another installation of StarLadder iLeague – SL iLeague Dota Invitational. The two international organizations teamed up last year to bring fans the highly successful and exciting StarLadder iLeague Starseries.

SL iLeague Dota Invitational will feature a new series of competitions with the first boasting a prize pool of $100,000. The event will take place April 14-17th at the Kiev Cybersport Arena in the Ukraine.

Eight teams will compete, including reigning champions Alliance, ViCi Gaming, LGD and MVP.Phoenix. Two more invited teams will be announced. Two teams will have a chance to qualify – one from Europe and one team from China.

SL iLeague Dota Invitational teams

• Alliance
• Vici Gaming
• LGD
• MVP.Phoenix
• To be announced
• To be announced
• Winner of the European qualifier #1
• Winner of the Chinese qualifier #1

SL iLeague StarSeries

With the first major LAN championship title of the new year and $300,000 prize pool on the line, twelve teams clashed in Minsk, Belarus, between January 13-17 for the StarLadder iLeague StarSeries LAN playoffs.

Evil Geniuses, compLexity, LGD Gaming, Wings Gaming, Alliance, Vega Squadron, Virtus.Pro, Team Spirit, Team Liquid, Team Secret, Na’Vi and Fnatic heated things up in the infamous CIS winter temperatures.

Alliance became StarLadder iLeague StarSeries Champions, after tearing through Evil Geniuses 2:0 in the grand finals. The victory gave Alliance their second consecutive title and the first LAN title of the new year.