Starladder has revealed the groups and the schedule for the upcoming SL i-League Invitational event in Shanghai.

Running from Thursday to Sunday at the Jing'an Sports Center, in Shanghai, the Chinese event will feature eight teams - five invited and three qualified -, who will battle it out for $150,000 in prize money.

A double-elimination, best-of-three group stage will lead into a single-elimination bracket, featuring the top two teams from both groups.

Virtus.pro will face Flash in the first round

Virtus.pro, who came in second at EPICENTER, have been drawn in a tough group that includes Asia Minor champions Renegades, Chinese side Flash and Finnish team HAVU.

Heroic, the second-highest rated team in attendance, will take on Spirit in the first round of Group A, which also includes TYLOO and HellRaisers.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A Group B Heroic Virtus.pro TYLOO Renegades HellRaisers HAVU Spirit Flash

The complete tournament schedule looks as follows: