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Major League Gaming announced today that they would be partnering with joinDOTA to broadcast a six week tournament called the MLG T.K.O Tournament.
Happy to announce T.K.O. a @DOTA2 produced by @joinDOTA and @mlg http://t.co/MNdkHfPqn3
— Adam Apicella (@MrAdamAp) January 28, 2014
The event, broadcast on MLG.tv, begins on February 4th and concludes on March 20th. The event features both a European and a North American division and a European division; teams will only compete with teams of the same region. Games will start at 12:00PM EST each day for the European region and at 4:00PM EST for the American region.
The list of teams and prize pool can be found below:
Teams for T.K.O. America:
Denial eSports (USA)eHug (USA)For Sweet Revenge (Peru)Pool Sorcery Some Tangoes (USA)SADBOYS (USA)Speed Gaming (Int)Swagenteiger (Brazil)Team Liquid (USA)Teams for T.K.O. Europe:
Fnatic (Europe)Natus Vincere (Ukraine)Next.kz (Kazakhstan)Power Rangers (Belarus)rox.KIS (Russia)Sigma.int (Europe)Team Empire (Russia)Virtus.pro (Russia)Prizing: $60,000 ($30,000 per Region):
1st - $14,0002nd - $8,5003rd - $4,5004th - $1,5005th - $1,500