StarLadder i-League Invitational Shanghai announced

The 8 team tournament will have a $150,000 prize pool and will take place in Shanghai, China from November 2nd to 5th. 5 of the teams will be decided through invites, with the 3 other spots open to regional qualifiers.

Two of the invites have already been announced, as Gambit and TyLoo have accepted invitations for being the major winners and best in China respectively. The other 3 invites will come from the North America, Europe, and CIS regions. The 3 qualifiers will take place in Europe, CIS, and China, meaning that NA's only representation will be through the direct invite.

The format for the Europe and CIS qualifiers will follow the standard StarLadder format. An initial stage with 16 invited teams divided into two brackets, where the top 2 teams from each bracket will advance to the second stage. The second stage will contain 4 invited teams alongside the 4 teams from the initial stage. The first place team in the second stage will advance to the Invitational.

Here is the current team list for the event in China:

Gambit	TyLoo
Invite	Broken inline Invite
Invite	Qualifier
Broken inline Qualifier	Qualifier

And here is the prize pool distribution:

1st. $75,000
2nd. $35,000
3rd. $15,000
4th. $10,000
5th-6th. $4,500
7th-8th. $3,000