ESL One Frankfurt 2015 will feature 8 teams from different regions around the world.
Three teams will be invited directly to ESL One Frankfurt 2015. These teams have proven their strength at previous Dota 2 events and ESL recognizes their skill. The invited teams are:
Five teams will qualify through a regional qualifier. Each regional qualifier will be split up into an open qualifier and a follow up main qualifier.
The open qualifier of each regional qualifier will allow all teams from that region to participate. ESL prides itself on it’s open components for any tournament in any game and will do so again at ESL One Frankfurt 2015.
Sign-ups for the open bracket of ESL One Frankfurt 2015 will commence on Tuesday February 17th.
The top teams from the open qualifier will be able to participate in the main qualifier for that region. This qualifier will consists of the top open bracket teams and seeded teams which have proven themselves in the past. We’re sympathetic to the busy schedule of established teams and wish to make it easier for those teams to participate in the qualifier.
Open bracket teams are seeded into round 1.
The higher seeded the team, the fewer games they have to play to advance to Frankfurt.
Seeded into round 1
Seeded into round 2
Seeded into round 3
Seeded into round 1
Seeded into round 2