Participants of the third season of EPIC League Dota 2 tournament are announced. Invitations to the group stage of the tournament have already been received by following teams:
- VP.Prodigy;
- Winstrike;
- Team Empire;
- Vikin.gg;
- Hellraisers;
- Brame;
- Hellbear Smashers;
- High Coast;
- PuckChamp;
- Team Unique;
- Tundra;
- EXTREMUM;
- NoTechies.
The three remaining slots will be distributed today.
The group stage of the third season will bring together 16 teams. The group stage will be held from 2 to 13 March 2021 according to the Swiss system: 1-8 places of the group stage will go to the first division playoffs with a $85,000 prize fund, 9-16 places will go to the second division playoffs with $15,000 respectively.
The first division play-off matches will be held from March 14 to 21 in Bo3 format, the final games of the tournament will be held in Bo5 format. The EPIC League Second Division play-offs will take place between March 15 and 21, 2021, with all games played in the Bo3 format.