The tournament website is now live at dota2.com. You can use it to see the schedule for upcoming games, view the current live match or to watch replays of previous games. The Broadcasts are available in four languages (Chinese, Russian, German, and English) as well as in an auto-director camera mode.

The tournament uses a group stage for the first day, which feeds into the winner and loser brackets for the following days. The bracket view will be updated to reflect the current status of the tournament, if you want a spoiler-free update, use the schedule view. The first game is estimated to start at 10am CET in Germany.

The prize distribution for the top 8 teams is as follows:

1st place: $1,000,000 USD

2nd place: $250,000 USD

3rd place: $150,000 USD

4th place: $80,000 USD

5th place: $35,000 USD

6th place: $35,000 USD

7th place: $25,000 USD

8th place: $25,000 USD

The roster of teams in the tournament has been updated and is available on the teams page. StarsBoBa is unable to attend due to Visa problems. SGC of the Czech Republic has accepted the invitation to come to tournament.

The good people at Gosu Gamers have put together a thorough overview of the teams and players in the tournament.