Eight teams have been invited to participate, three of them are top teams from other battlegrounds who have moved to Cyclone in hopes to find the best PvP in Europe.

The matches will be played in a best of five format, and the teams will be fighting eachother trough a double elimination bracket which can be viewed here.

The first round of the winner bracket looks like this:
Nihilum vs I AR TANKER
Dont hate the player vs Naughty America
Nagas vs Avada Kevavra
Knockout vs movieLOL

Who are all these teams some of you might think, and of course we'll give you some details about the participating teams.

Nihilum Arena (Stormscale)
Setup: Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin, (Shaman)
No, it's not Kungen and his entourage. These guys are playing alliance and seem to have recieved some kind of sponsorship from the Nihilum organisation. They used to be one of the top PvPers on the Magtheridon realm (where THE Nihilum plays horde), but migrated to Stormscale back in season 1 and joined up with Core. Untill a few days ago they used to play 2346 (2345 with warlock instead of a mage) but now they seem to be playing with the infamous hunter Cherekee (used to be the worlds highest rated player) who transfered to Stormscale from Talnivarr.

I AR TANKER (Ravencrest)
Setup: Warrior, Warlock, Mage, Priest, Paladin
Currently ranked 7th in the Cyclone battlegroup, and that's pretty much all I know about this team. Solid setup and they seem to have been a top contender in this battlegroup for quite some time now.

Dont hate the player (Stormscale)
Setup: Rogue, Mage, Warlock, Priest, Druid
Currently ranked 8th in Cyclone. Various top players from Stormscales different PvP guilds.

Naughty America (Stormscale)
Setup: Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin
These guys won the Reckoning battlegroup last season and moved to Stormscale just a few days ago. Cherekee actually played with these guys untill they transfered, and instead of him they are now playing with Mctatt - an ex Warders hunter.

Nagas (Stormscale)
Setup: Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin, (Shaman)
Top team from Cyclone, have been dominating the ladder for a very long time. Currently ranked 2nd on the ladder.

Avada Kevavra (Stormscale)
Setup: Rogue, Warlock, Mage, Priest, Druid
Another top team who have resided on Cyclone for some time. Plays a very uncommon setup as they're using a rogue in a 3dps team - with a priest and druid as healers. Currently ranked 5th on the Cyclone ladder, very interesting team!

Knockout (Stormscale)
Setup: Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin
These guys have been dominating bg1 since the launch of the arenas, recently transfered to Cyclone and does very well - currently ranked 3rd on the ladder.

movieLOL (Stormscale)
Setup: Warrior, Warlock, Shaman, Priest, Paladin
Used to be one of the top teams in the Reckoning battlegroup, kept the #1 spot for almost the entire season 2 untill Naughty America took it the very last day. Plays 2346 and transfered to Stormscale just a few days ago.

Update:
We just got informed that movieLOL has been replaced by CHICKEN FRIED RICE, a team that has been playing on Cyclone for quite some time and finished 6th in season 2. They're playing the classic CLC/Knockout setup - Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest and Paladin. Also I was wrong about "Dont hate the player" as they're playing their priest as discipline aswell, which means another rogue 3dps team - interesting!

Cyclone Invitational #1 (Bracket)
Cyclone 5vs5 Ladder