Talent for ESL One Hamburg 2017 Major

ESL announced the talent crew for the first Dota 2 Major of the season: ESL One Hamburg 2017.

ESL One Hamburg 2017 will take place at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany from October 26 to 29. Eight teams will clash for a $1,000,000 prize pool and 1,500 Pro Circuit Points.

Team Liquid and Newbee received a direct invite, while the others had to earn their slot via the six regional qualifiers

Teams at ESL One Hamburg 2017

• Team Liquid

• Newbee

• Team Secret (EU)

• Virtus.pro (CIS)

• Keen Gaming (China)

• HappyFeet (SEA)

• Evil Geniuses (NA)

• SG esports (SA)

The participants will fight the group stage split into two groups, and only the best four will advance to the best-of-three single-elimination playoffs. The full schedule of the event is available here.

 Talent at ESL One Hamburg 2017

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The broadcast team is composed of 13 veterans of the esports scene. The legendary Paul “Redeye” Chaloner will act as desk host. Paul did a great job during The Kiev Major, and we will observe his performance also at the second Minor of the season, PGL Open Bucharest

The event will have also a dedicated statsman, Benjamin "noxville" Steenhuisen; while on the desk we wil enjoy the analysis of Ben “Merlini” Wu, Alan “Nahaz” Bester, and Troels “syndereN” Nielsen.

• Paul “Redeye” Chaloner - Desk host

• Oliver James Borg "OJ Borg" D'Anastasi - Host

• Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden - Reporter

• Troels “syndereN” Nielsen - Analyst

• Ben “Merlini” Wu - Analyst

• Alan “Nahaz” Bester - Analyst

• Owen “ODPixel” Davies - Commentator

• Toby “TobiWan” Dawson - Commentator

• Austin “Capitalist” Walsh - Commentator

• William “Blitz” Lee - Commentator

• Jonathan “PimpmuckL” Liebig - Observer

• Aleksandar “bukka” Bukurecki - Observer

• Benjamin "noxville" Steenhuisen - Statistics

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