Dota Pit League Season 5 Report
8 teams from different parts of the world will compete for the title of champion and money prizes. Two of the participants received direct invites from the organizers. MVP.Phoenix are the winners of the previous season. They defeated Evil Geniuses in the final match with 3:0 score.
Unfortunately, the team did not manage to pass qualifying series for the 5th season giving Evil Geniuses a chance to prove that their loss was nothing more than an accident. We will see soon whether the American team use the opportunity to prove that they deserve the title of the champions
Ilmaisia jalokiviä sekä päivittäisiä, viikoittaisia ja kuukausittaisia lisäpalkkioita!
The location
The location of the tournament is traditional - Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia. The arena was built is 2009 to host the handball championship. Now it is used for handball and basketball matches, concerts, and boxing matches. The capacity of the arena is 12,000 places.
The format of the event
All teams were seeded to double-elimination bracket where they will play matches up to 2 winnings. If the team losses, it moves to loser bracket with best of one matches. In grand final, the teams should take 3 maps to win the championship title.
Commentators and analysts:
Owen «ODPixel» DaviesToby «Tobiwan» DawsonDavid «GoDz» ParkerIoannis «Fogged» LoucasBen «Merlini» WuDominik «Lacoste» Stipic
Rosters of the participant teams:
Elements Pro Gaming: Swiftending, kole, Mitch, g0g1, LeBronDotaDigital Chaos: Resolut1on, Saksa, Misery, w33, MoonMeanderOG: N0tail, ana, s4, fly, JerAxTeam Secret: MP, KheZu, MidOne, Puppey, pieliedieVirtus.Pro: Lil, No[o]ne, RAMZES666, Solo, 9pashaTeam Faceless: Black, iceiceice, jabz, xz, NutZInvictus Gaming: BurNIng, Op, Xxs, BoBoKa, QEvil Geniuses: Cr1t, SumaiL, Arteezy, zai, UNiVeRsE
Tournaments brackets:
Schedule of the matches:
20 January 2017 | 21 January 2017 |
10:00 CET - Virtus.Pro 2:0 Elements Pro Gaming | 10:00 CET - Evil Geniuses 2:1 Team Faceless |
13:00 CET - OG 2:1 Invictus Gaming | 13:00 CET - Digital Chaos 1:2 Team Secret |
16:00 CET - EPG 0:1 IG | 16:00 CET - TF 1:0 DC |
17:00 CET - Virtus. Pro 0:2 OG | 17:00 CET - EG 2:1 TS |
22 January 2017 | 22 January 2017 |
10:00 CET - Virtus.Pro 0:1 Team Faceless | 14:00 CET - OG 1:0 Team Faceless |
11: 00 CET - Team Secret 0:1 Invictus Gaming | 16:00 CET - EG 3:2 OG |
12:00 CET - Team Faceless 1:0 Invictus Gaming | |
14:00 CET - OG 0:2 Evil Geniuses |
Prize pool:
Currently, the prize pool for the event is $137,000, however, it continues to increase due to the selling of in-game tickers (25% of sales goes to the prize pool) and Dota 2 items from Dota Pit League Season 5 set. The distribution of the prize pool is still unknown.
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