I-League Main Event Teams Confirmed : DotA has no Retirement

With the completion of the Chinese qualifier, he have the final 8 teams who will be going to the LAN final of the i-League to compete for the first place prize of roughly $96,000. The qualifier had been a shocker for many, spatially for the betting community, as teams like Na’Vi.US, Titan and Team Tinker fall by the wayside.

A spatial highlight of the tournament has been the surprise qualification of newly formed team, Old Boys. The teams was formed by a group of retired professionals from the scene in an attempt to help out new comers to improve. Just before the commencement of i-League Chinese qualifier, Tong Fu decided to take up the team as they were going to participate, and in fact beyond expectation, they entered the main event by eliminating LGD, who also were recently coming out of the post-ti reshuffle.

Team Old Boys Roster :

Jiang “YYF” Cen
Chen “Zhou” Yao
Xie “DD” Bin
Huang “LongDD” Xiang
Zou “820″ Yitian

Another shocker came with the the elimination of The International 2014 Champion, NewBee, by the hands of LGD.CDEC. Invictus Gaming although managed to cling their spot for the final 8 as they defeated Tong Fu.

 Earlier Power Ranger and Virtus.Pro also managed to grab their spot in the final eight out of the odds where teams like Na`Vi.NA and SNA failed to prevail.

The LAN finals will be held at the Shanghai International Media Center on 25th September after being moved to not clash with the WEC. Both Vici Gaming and Team DK were voted to be invitees by Chinese fans. Since Team DK does not have a roster currently, it is likely they’ll be replaced by the TI4 champion, Newbee.

Final 8 Teams for i-League LAN Final :

LGD.CDEC
Invictus Gaming
OldBoys
Team DK
Vici Gaming
Power Rangers
Virtus.pro
Rave

Brackets Image Taken from Liquid Wiki

Source of info DotaTalk