New details of Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018

The organizers of forthcoming Asian tournament of Dota 2 reported new details about the championship on the site DAC 2018.

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There will be 16 collectives participating in the tournament. Six slots will be held by the teams which received direct invitations. Such teams as Vici Gaming, Team Secret, Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, Invictus Gaming, and Newbee received the invitations. The other slots will be divided between the collectives this way: China #1China #2China #3North America #1North America #2South AmericaSouthwest Asia #1Southwest Asia #2EuropeThe CIS As for the dates, there is this information: Open qualification will happen from 27 January till 30 JanuaryRegional qualification will happen from 5 February till 9 FebruaryLAN-final will happen from 29 March till 7 April The list of the invitations to the closed regional qualification, which will take place from 5 February till 9 February in six divisions: China EclipseEHOMEIG.VitalityKeen GamingKeen Gaming.LuminousLGD GamingLGD.Forever YoungVGJ.Thunder Southwest Asia Clutch GamersExecrationFnaticHappyFeetMineskiTnC Pro Team North America 5 TurtlescompLexity GamingEvil GeniusesImmortalsOpTic GamingVGJ.Storm South America InfamousMad KingsMidas Club ElitepaiN GamingSG e-SportsTeam Unknown Europe The AllianceOGPENTA SportsPlanet DogTeam DoggieTeam Kinguin The CIS EffectGambit eSportsNatus VincereTeam EmpireTeam SpiritVega Squadron