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A new online league called Acer Predator Masters powered by Intel has been announced, featuring a prize fund of $40,000.

Hosted by TaKeTV together with Acer and Intel, the Acer Predator Masters will feature a total of 12 European teams, who will be battling it out from April 23 to August 2 for the lion's share of the league's $40,000 prize purse.

Ten seeded teams will be joined by the two finalists of the online qualifier in the league, which will see the participants go head-to-head in a best-of-three round robin stage.

Team SoloMid to take part in Acer Predator Masters powered by Intel 

After the end of this stage, the top eight sides will travel to Krefeld, in Germany, for the season finals, which will be held inside TaKeTV's new studio, from July 30 to August 2.

Below you can find the full prize breakdown:

1. $20,000
2. $10,000
3. $7,000 
$. $3,000

The following ten teams have been handed invitations to take part in the Acer Predator Masters powered by Intel league:

PENTA Sports	mousesports
Team Acer	Copenhagen Wolves
Team SoloMid	LGB eSports
Null element HellRaisers	ex-3DMAX
dignitas	Gamers2

The online qualifier for this new league will be hosted by ESL on Friday, April 24. To sign up for this tournament, simply go here.