StarLadder and ImbaTV will once again join efforts in the third season of the SL i-League StarSeries, with LAN finals in Ukraine. To kick the show off, StarLadder announced the first two out of a total of eight invites, which were given to Astralis and Virtus.pro.

The tournament will have 16 teams from Europe, Asia, and America, playing for the bulk of the $300,000 prize pool The LAN finals will be held at the Palace "Ukraine"—the same venue where NiP were crowned champions in SL i-League's second season—on April 4-9.



The Palace "Ukraine" will once again host the offline finals

Two of the first eight invites have been made public, Astralis and Virtus.pro, the finalists of the ELEAGUE Major. The other six invites, as well as the details for the online qualifiers, will be made public at a future date.

Attending teams revealed thus far: