{"id":9546,"date":"2025-04-11T11:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9546"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:02:11","slug":"blast-reveals-teams-invited-to-the-upcoming-dota-2-slam-iii","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-04-11\/blast-reveals-teams-invited-to-the-upcoming-dota-2-slam-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"BLAST Reveals Teams Invited to the Upcoming Dota 2 Slam III"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">BLAST Reveals Teams Invited to the Upcoming Dota 2 Slam III<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" 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The event will start on May 5, 2025, and continue until the Grand Final on May 11, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-02-10\/tundra-esports-becomes-blast-slam-ii-champions-with-a-perfect-sweep\/\">Slam II champions Tundra Esports<\/a> are returning to defend their crown, joined by BetBoom Team, who won the inaugural Slam but fell short in their second outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete list of participating teams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Team Liquid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tundra Esports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Falcons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Spirit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aurora Gaming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Xtreme Gaming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BetBoom Team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaimin Gladiators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parvision<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Tidebound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will take place at Blast Studios and follow a format where ten invited teams will be split into two groups of five, competing in a single round-robin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top five from each group will make it into the playoffs, with first-place teams advancing directly to the semifinals. 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