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A total of eighteen teams will competing in The Defense Season 5, with stage 1 including 12 of those teams who will be divided into 2 groups, with the top 3 of each group progressing to the second stage, where they will meet 6 more invited teams in a second group stage.The base prize pool for The Defense Season 5 is $75,000 with a Workshop set soon to come, and the ticket ($2,99) already on sale. You can find more information on the tournament and the format in our official announcement news Stage 1 of the DefenseGroup AGroup A is a veritable mix of up and coming teams, and ScaryFaceZZZ* who have been doing the rounds of grass root level tournaments over the summer, will definitely be looking for a top 3 finish here.In terms of experience Kuroky and FATA's Team Liquid look the most formidable, who although boast well-established players, have yet to prove themselves as a top flight team. Group A should definitely sort the boys from the men, and hopefully let us witness the rise of a new challenger in the European scene. Team Liquid - Kuroky, Matumbaman, JeraX, Mind_Control and FATA- Danish Bears - Ryze, Ace, Hestejoe-Rotten, Miggel, and NoiA Lemondogs* - Chrillee, Eresloco, SteffStyle, eskillz and Frigoleet newteam123123 - Goblak, Fn, Nofear, Sedoy and Yoky ScaryFaceZZZ* - Shadow, State21, Ecnart, Axmo and Ramze666 Team Kinguin - Nisha, Supreme, eL lisasH, Exotic_Deer and SasuMake your top 3 predictions for Group A: (rosters above)Group BGroup B will house many of the more familiar faces for the average viewer, and a couple of attractive new mix-teams includingJohan ' BigDaddyN0tail ' Sundstein's Monkey Business and SingSing's4ASC will need to roll up their sleeves to perform as well as they did earlier in the year, having first lostJesse ' JerAx ' Vainikka and nowLasse ' Matumbaman ' Urpalainen. Meanwhile, the 4C1L team has been boosted by the addition of former Alliance playerPer Anders ' Pajkatt ' Olsson L.. Be prepared for some monkey business in Group B which should definitely end up in a free-for-all. STARK* - Trixi, Naabar, Buugi, Vaalix and nemphy Mamas Boys* - Bamboe, EGM, Pajkatt, Saksa, Swiftending Golden Boys* - Skylark, Skanks, Madara, Water/Keysar and MNT OG - BigDaddyNotail, Fly, Crit-, Moonmeander and Miracle- Monkey Freedom Fighters - SingSing, 7ckngMad, Yapzor, Sockshka and Ar1se Power Rangers* - j4, Jackal, Bignum, Ditya-Ra and chshrctMake your top 3 predictions for Group B: (rosters above)