Four Direct Invites For ESL Kuala Lumpur Announced

Four Direct Invites For ESL Kuala Lumpur Announced

Harrison Htet

9 Oct, 2023, 05:04

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Last updated: 10 Apr, 2025, 23:31

The ESL Kuala Lumpur will mark the start of the new season for the Dota 2 professional scene following the conclusion of The International 2023 Dota 2 Pro Circuit. The tournament boasts a million-dollar prize pool and features some of the top teams in the scene

Recently, ESL announced four teams received direct invites to the tournament. The lucky four are:

Something in Common

The International 2023 Champions, Team Spirit.
Team Spirit 2nd TI.
Credits: Valve

These four direct invited teams are the four top teams from The International 2023. Team Spirit had a dominant run at the tournament. They took a clean series against Gaimin Gladiators at the grand final to claim their second aegis.

Gaimin Gladiators At The Riyadh Masters 2023 Credits: Twitter/@GaiminGladiator
Gaimin Gladiators At The Riyadh Masters 2023
Credits: Twitter/@GaiminGladiator

Unlike Team Spirit, Gaimin had a marvelous DPC Season. They took all the Major titles, but at TI12, the team had to start from the lower bracket due to an unforeseeable upset. Nevertheless, the team went for a near-perfect lower-bracket run. They took down several titans like Team Liquid and BetBoom Team.

LGD Gaming
Azure Ray at The International 2023 Media Day.
Credits: Valve

LGD Gaming and Azure Ray placed third and fourth at The International 2023, respectively. For Chinese Dota fans, the tournament would be perfect to see their favourite team play better and hopefully avenge the TI defeats.

The Details

In the qualifiers, Eastern Europe has two slots. All the other regions will have one slot each. The group stage will feature two groups.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the upper bracket, while the bottom two teams will be eliminated. Each group's third and fourth-placing teams will move on to the lower brackets.

The playoffs feature a double elimination bracket, with all matches being Bo3( Best of 3). The grand final match will be Bo5( Best of 5).

The qualifiers for ESL Kuala Lumpur will start in November, but the main event will occur in December. Fans can catch the action unfold live on the ESL’s official Twitch channel.

Featured Image Source: ESL One

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