







Overview [ edit ]

ImbaTV is back with the third season of I-League, the first completely crowd-funded Dota 2 tournament in China. After the success of the first two seasons, with the first raising ¥ 1,692,620 from its initial ¥ 100,000 base price pool, and the second raising ¥ 1,002,922. 30% of the raised money will be used to pay for production and cover the cost of travel for the teams, and the remaining 70% of the fundraising campaign will go towards the tournament prize pool.

Format [ edit ]

Invite LGD Gaming, winner of the previous edition, is invited for the third season.

Qualifiers 40 teams are divided in 4 regions (Europe, America, Southeast Asia and China). 7 spots are given for the event as follows: 4 teams from the Chinese Qualifiers

1 team from the European Qualifiers

1 team from the American Qualifiers

1 team from the South East Asian Qualifiers

Main Tournament Eight teams in a double-elimination bracket

All matches are played in best of three

Final is played in best of five with no winner advantage

Prize Pool [ edit ]

The initial prize pool of ¥ 2,000,000 (~$320,000),[1] deposited by ImbaTV, was increased to $426,720 via crowd funding (70%).[2]

Participants [ edit ]

1 mousesports originally qualified through the American Qualifier but were unable to attend due to visa issues. They were replaced by Invictus Gaming, winner of a match between the two Chinese qualifier group runner ups, Invictus Gaming and Newbee.Y.[3]

Results [ edit ]

Quarterfinals Newbee 2 Team Malaysia 0 VG.Potential 0 LGD Gaming 2 Energy Pacemaker 0 Alliance 2 Invictus Gaming 1 Vici Gaming 2 Semifinals Newbee 1 LGD Gaming 2 Alliance 0 Vici Gaming 2 Upper Bracket Final LGD Gaming 1 Vici Gaming 2 Lower Bracket R1 Team Malaysia 2 VG.Potential 0 Energy Pacemaker 1 Invictus Gaming 2 Lower Bracket R2 Alliance 1 Team Malaysia 2 Newbee 2 Invictus Gaming 0 Lower Bracket R3 Team Malaysia 2 Newbee 0 Lower Bracket Final LGD Gaming 2 Team Malaysia 0 Grand Final Vici Gaming 0 LGD Gaming 3

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