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Europe Minor Championship - Katowice 2019

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[e][h]Europe Minor Championship - Katowice 2019
League Information
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Poland Katowice
Venue:
ESL Arena
Prize Pool:
$50,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-01-16
End Date:
2019-01-20
Teams:
8
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Cache • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Analysts:
    • Australia SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
    • Denmark Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
    • Finland natu (Joona Leppänen)
    • India Bleh (Sudhen Wahengbam)
  • Observer:

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage:
    • Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
      • Each group has four teams
      • Opening matches are Bo1
      • All following matches are Bo3
    • Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
  • Playoffs:
    • Double-Elimination bracket
    • All matches are Bo3
    • No Grand Final is played

Prize Pool[edit]

$50,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants[edit]

1 December 23rd - Space Soldiers lose Turkey XANTARES to BIG. [1]
2 December 27th - Team Vitality bench France Happy. [2]
3 December 28th - Team Vitality sign United Kingdom ALEX. [3]
4 December 31st - Space Soldiers add Australia yam for the Minor. [4]
5 December 31st - OpTic Gaming replace Denmark niko with Denmark refrezh. [5]
6 January 13th - ESL announce the final confirmed rosters for the Major & Minor Championships; Serbia emi will coach Valiance. [6]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1. Team Vitality Team Vitality 2-0 62-43 +19
2. Valiance Valiance 2-1 83-80 +3
3. mousesports mousesports 1-2 66-73 -7
4. OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming 0-2 33-48 -15
Group A Matches
Opening Matches
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
14
16
ValianceValianceValiance
January 16, 2019 - 16:20 CET
147
7
168
8
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
16
8
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
January 16, 2019 - 15:45 CET
169
7
86
2
Winners Match
ValianceValianceValiance
1
2
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
January 16, 2019 - 18:05 CET
1580
70
1973
81
167
9
118
3
43
1
1612
4
Elimination Match
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
0
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
January 17, 2019 - 16:05 CET
168
8
147
7
167
9
118
3
Decider Match
ValianceValianceValiance
2
0
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
January 17, 2019 - 18:40 CET
168
8
127
5
168
8
87
1

Group B[edit]

Group B
1. ENCE ENCE 2-0 48-21 +27
2. NorthNorth North 2-1 82-72 +10
3. Windigo Gaming Windigo Gaming 1-2 69-82 -13
4. Space SoldiersSpace Soldiers Space Soldiers 0-2 24-48 -24
Group B Matches
Opening Matches
NorthNorthNorth
6
16
Windigo GamingWindigo GamingWindigo
January 16, 2019 - 17:45 CET
66
0
169
7
Space SoldiersSpace SoldiersSS
6
16
ENCEENCEENCE
January 16, 2019 - 17:00 CET
65
1
1610
6
Winners Match
Windigo GamingWindigo GamingWindigo
0
2
ENCEENCEENCE
January 16, 2019 - 18:55 CET
124
8
1611
5
32
1
1613
3
Elimination Match
NorthNorthNorth
2
0
Space SoldiersSpace SoldiersSS
January 17, 2019 - 16:05 CET
1612
4
53
2
167
9
138
5
Decider Match
Windigo GamingWindigo GamingWindigo
1
2
NorthNorthNorth
January 17, 2019 - 18:35 CET
166
10
129
3
96
3
169
7
138
5
167
9


Playoffs[edit]

Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
0
NorthNorthNorth
2
January 18, 2019 - 16:30 CET
1411
3
164
12
1210
2
165
11
ENCEENCEENCE
2
ValianceValianceValiance
1
January 18, 2019 - 19:05 CET
95
4
1610
6
168
8
117
4
169
7
96
3
NorthNorthNorth
0
ENCEENCEENCE
2
January 19, 2019 - 19:55 CET
20712
820
22821
713
72
5
1613
3
ENCEENCEENCE
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
2
ValianceValianceValiance
1
January 19, 2019 - 15:55 CET
134
9
1611
5
1610
6
135
8
169
7
146
8
NorthNorthNorth
1
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
2
January 20, 2019 - 17:00 CET
167
9
128
4
52
3
1613
3
83
5
1612
4
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality

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