The eight qualified teams for D2CL Season 8 plus eight more invited squads will start the brawl today, 26th of September, in the playoffs main event.
Started at the end of August with four open qualifiers, followed by a month long closed qualifiers stage, D2CL 8 is ready to commence its single-elimination main event tonight at 18:00 CEST. The direct invite list features the likes of Alliance and Escape Gaming, who will fight through the week for the $5,000 lion's share.
At the end of four weeks of qualifiers, eight teams claimed their spot at the main event: F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Flipsid3 Tactics, Power Rangers, Slice n’ Dice, Elements Pro Gaming, ZEROONE, Chew Toy, and Memasiki.
D2CL Season 8 directly invited teams:
Alliance
Escape Gaming
Kaipi
ProDota Gaming
Alternate aTTaX
Fantastic Five
Imperial
LVLUP
D2CL is now part of Epic Esports Events, organizers of the EPICENTER Moscow tournament from May this year. Although the Dota 2 fans are used to larger D2CL tournaments that previously featured LAN events, the organizers decided to make a change. They are now promising no less than seven smaller seasons in the hope that D2CL will become the "best chance for young teams to prove themselves."