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EPICENTER 2019
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EPICENTER 2019
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
MoscowVenue:
Prize Pool:
$500,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-12-17
End Date:
2019-12-22
Teams:
8
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Stage Host:
DonStepan (Stepan Shulha)
- Desk Hosts:
- NotInMyHouse (Dmitry Krupnov)
- Instamityay (Dmitry Serebrennikov)
- Commentators:
Anishared (Andrey Keretsman)- sleepsomewhile (Evgeniy Slipchik)
- TheCraggy (Alexander Dumenko)
- Enkanis (Aleksandr Polyshchuk)
- ceh9 (Arsenij Trynozhenko)
- Gromjkeee (German Gromov)
- PCH3LK1N (Aleksei Pchelkin)
- LENINIW (Konstantin Sivko)
- Smile (Sergey Revin)
- CrystalMay (Dmitriy Korchevinin)
- French Commentators:
pm (Arthur Guillermet)
- Spanish Commentators:
PsYcOrN (Fernando Malave)
- Danish Commentators:
DMGZ (Jesper Sørensen)
- Polish Commentators:
prz3m0 (Przemek Osuchowski)
- Australian Commentators:
ChrisTheAverage (Christian Apay)- Jose (Joshua Warmington)
- TwoTapTony (Anthony McMullen)
- UltimateDirt
- Qu1ckdraw (Joseph Basso)
- Cyberwaste (Justin Lutze)
- mitchc
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: December 17th - 19th, 2019
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Each group has four teams
- All matches are Bo3
- The top three teams from each group advance to the Playoffs:
- Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals
- Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds
- Group stage 3rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Playoffs: December 21st - 22nd, 2019
- Single-Elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3
Prize Pool[edit]
$500,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd-4th
Participants[edit]
| Former Participants1 |
|---|
- 1 November 26th - Fnatic withdraw from the event due to an extended break; they are replaced by mousesports. [2]
- 2 December 16th - Virtus.pro acquire AVANGAR's roster. [3]
- 3 December 17th - crush will stand-in for
Brehze on Evil Geniuses during their first day of play due to visa issues. [4]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Team VitalityVitality | 2-0 | 68-35 | +33 | |
| 2. |  Natus VincereNa`Vi | 2-1 | 95-80 | +15 | |
| 3. | HeroicHeroic | 1-2 | 76-79 | -3 | |
| 4. |  EHOMEEHOME | 0-2 | 19-64 | -45 | |
Group A Matches
Opening Matches
2
0
2
0
December 17, 2019 - 13:00 MSK
·
2
0
2
0
December 17, 2019 - 16:00 MSK
·Winners Match
2
1
2
1
December 17, 2019 - 18:35 MSK
·
Elimination Match
0
2
0
2
December 19, 2019 - 12:00 MSK
·Decider Match
2
1
2
1
December 19, 2019 - 17:45 MSK
·[edit]
| Group B | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | mousesportsmouz | 2-0 | 81-61 | +20 | |
| 2. |  forZeforZe | 2-1 | 101-88 | +13 | |
| 3. | Evil GeniusesEG | 1-2 | 74-88 | -14 | |
| 4. |  Virtus.proVP | 0-2 | 75-94 | -19 | |
Group B Matches
Opening Matches
0
2
0
2
December 18, 2019 - 13:00 MSK
·1
2
1
2
December 18, 2019 - 15:30 MSK
·Winners Match
0
2
0
2
December 18, 2019 - 20:15 MSK
·Elimination Match
2
1
2
1
December 19, 2019 - 14:00 MSK
·Decider Match
1
2
1
2
December 19, 2019 - 21:00 MSK
·
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
0
2
0
2
December 21, 2019 - 14:00 MSK
·2
0
2
0
December 22, 2019 - 12:00 MSK
·0
2
0
2
December 21, 2019 - 17:10 MSK
·2
0
2
0
December 22, 2019 - 15:00 MSK
·2
1
2
1
December 22, 2019 - 18:35 MSK
·Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2019-12-16 | EPICENTER 2019 viewer's guide by Professeur of HLTV
- 2019-12-16 | Five key storylines of EPICENTER 2019 by Striker of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2019-12-22 | ZywOo ends 2019 with fifth MVP award at EPICENTER by Striker of HLTV
- 2019-12-26 | Final EVPs of 2019 by MIRAA of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
HLTV[edit]
- 2019-12-17 | shox: "We were really excited going into the tournament since we finally got some good preparation" by Aleksei_L of HLTV
- 2019-12-17 | AdreN: "The transfer happened as a bit of a surprise for us" by Aleksei_L of HLTV
- 2019-12-18 | Ethan on Brehze's situation: "We don't know if he's going to be here tomorrow" by Aleksei_L of HLTV
- 2019-12-19 | Boombl4: "We are not yet a top contender; there are instabilities in our game because we are still developing" by Aleksei_L of HLTV
- 2019-12-19 | Snappi on Na`Vi rematch: "We have to show up individually if we want to compete" by Aleksei_L of HLTV
- 2019-12-21 | karrigan: "Chemistry has been insanely good from day one; everybody is enjoying each other" by Aleksei_L of HLTV
- 2019-12-24 | liTTle on the Heroic series: "We engaged and started demonstrating our level too late" by Aleksei_L of HLTV
RuHub[edit]
- 2019-12-17 |
VIT.shox: про ZywOo, свадьбу и подготовку к NAVI [VIT.shox: about ZywOo, the wedding and preparations for NAVI] by ceh9 of RuHub - 2019-12-17 | NAVI.electronic — про GuardiaN’a, B1ad3 и свое место в топ-20 [NAVI.electronic - about GuardiaN’a, B1ad3 and its place in the top 20] by ceh9 of RuHub
- 2019-12-18 | VP. AdreN — о подготовке команды, соперниках и мотивации [VP.AdreN - about team preparation, rivals and motivation] by ceh9 of RuHub
- 2019-12-19 | forZe.almazer - about the death group, player hacking and winning the tournament by ceh9 of RuHub
- 2019-12-19 | Heroic.Snappi: о высшем образовании и «датском секрете» Astralis [Heroic.Snappi: about higher education and the “Danish secret” Astralis] by ceh9 of RuHub
- 2019-12-19 | EG.CeRq: про год Evil Geniuses, критику GuardiaN’а и стендине на турнире [EG.CeRq: about the year of Evil Geniuses, criticism of GuardiaN and stand at the tournament] by ceh9 of RuHub
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2019-12-15 | EPICENTER 2019 Gallery by EPICENTER
- 2019-12-17 | EPICENTER 2019 - Day 1 by HLTV
- 2019-12-18 | EPICENTER 2019 - Day 2 by HLTV
- 2019-12-19 | EPICENTER 2019 - Day 3 by HLTV
- 2019-12-21 | EPICENTER 2019 - Day 4 by HLTV
- 2019-12-22 | EPICENTER 2019 - Day 5 by HLTV
Highlights[edit]
- 2019-12-22 | ALEX vs. Heroic by brcho of HLTV
- 2019-12-23 | frozen vs. Vitality by brcho of HLTV
- 2019-12-30 | ZywOo - HLTV MVP by betway of EPICENTER 2019 by filq of HLTV
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "First direct invites go to @natusvincere, @EvilGeniuses, @avangarkz and @TeamVitality". EPICENTER. 2019-10-22.
- ↑ EPICENTER (2019-11-26). "The finalist of the EU Qualifiers, @mousesports, will replace @fnatic at the EPICENTER Main Event".
- ↑ "New CS:GO roster". Virtus.pro. 2019-12-16.
- ↑ ImAPet (2019-12-17). "Tomorrow vs @forzegg we will be using @crushCSGO in place of Brehze for Day One of @epicentergg".