This year's annual torunament will be held in KeyArena, Seattle.
It will feature 18 teams from around the world, 6 teams are directly invited from valve and 12 others participate in the qualification phase.
The invited teams from valve are :
Europe : OG, Team Liquid
CIS : Virtus.pro
China : Invictus Gaming, Newbee
North America : Evil Geniuses
The qualified teams are :
Europe : Team Secret, Planet Dog
CIS : Team Empire
China : iG Vitality, LGD.Forever Young, LGD Gaming
SEA : TNC Pro Team, Fnatic, Execration
North America : Team NP, Digital Chaos
South America : Infamous
On my next posts we will be getting in detail for each regional qualifier.