Prime Defending, also known by its alias PriDe, is without a doubt the world’s biggest and most famous DotA tournament. Now Prime Defending gets a new big brother, we proudly present what will be the world’s most prestige full DotA league: Prime Defending League (PDL)

Prime Defending League (PDL) will consist of the 12 best teams in the world, of which 6 have been directly invited for the first season of PDL. The remaining 6 teams will be found via Prime Defending #10, which will serve as the qualifier for PDL.

With the launch of the Prime Defending League, the PriDe tournaments will be used to determine which teams are going to play in PDL.  This means that  PriDe #11 will serve as qualifier for the four free spots in PDL Season 2. There will be four open spots, as rank #9-12 in PDL will be relegated from the League. The relegated teams will, if they want to requalify for PDL, be entered in the PriDe-tournament with a BYE in the first round.

Prime Defending League will have a season of 11 Playdays with a duration of one week each. After that, the top 2 ranked teams are directly qualified for the PDL Grand Finals while the teams ranking 3rd to 6th will be playing elimination-matches (in the format #3 vs #6 and #5 vs #4), to determine who will meet the top 2 teams in the PDL Grand Finals for the amazing prize pool.

PDL Season #1 Grand Finals will be held online and we are working on having PDL Season #2 Grand Finals as a LAN event somewhere in the world.

More information about the PDL will be available in the upcoming microsite/coverage item on myMYM.com. Here you will find more info about the rules, the setup, play-days etc.

To kick off Prime Defending League with a big bang we have invited the following teams:

•  MYM.DotA *Confirmed*
•  KingSurf 
•  SK Gaming 
•  Virtus.Pro 
•  Wolker Gaming 
•  TeG
  

And of course Prime Defending League Season #1 also has a big pot of prize money, which are as follows:

1. 2,000 US$
2. 1,000 US$
3. 500 US$

Keep an eye out for Prime Defending #10 – The qualifier for the Prime Defending League, which you and your team should not miss out on. It's now or not for a long time, as the second qualifier for PDL won’t be held until the first season is finished. Further information on Prime Defending League is coming up soon.