REPUBLEAGUE Season 1

[e][h]REPUBLEAGUE Season 1

League Information

Organizer:

REPUBLEAGUE

Sponsor:

TIPOS

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Online

Location:

Europe

Teams:

16

Prize Pool:

€60,000 EUR

Start Date:

2021-04-14

End Date:

2021-06-14

Liquipedia Tier:

B-Tier

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

English Broadcast[edit]

Commentators:
- Kremer3 (Peter Kremer)
- Emenjay (Joshua Martin)
- ExWarrior (Pavlos Georgiou)
- Ne0kai (Neo Caine)
- wH1TE (Nichola Bauwelinck)
- SneakyBeaky (Tom Taylor)
- Zerpherr (Jack Kelly)
- Tedd (Teodor Borisov)
- Rasen (Yann Prévot)
- ReTr00 (Ryan Bernard)

Slovak Broadcast[edit]

Hosts:
- Sára Polyaková
- Michal Totka

Observers:
- friteza (Michal Ďurica)
- Loxar (Ondřej Lebeda)

Guest Analyst:
- d0di (Jozef Kiss)

Analyst & Commentators:
- Joshua (Jozef Dekan)
- SajmoN (Šimon Nemček)
- TheRoughBaby (Michal Sprušanský)

Format[edit]

Group Stage: April 14th - May 12th, 2021
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
  - Round 1 & 2 matches and Round 3 1-1 matches are Bo1
  - All remaining matches are Bo3
  - Top 8 teams proceed to Playoffs
- Click here for a detailed explanation of the Swiss System format

First Round
- Teams are drawn randomly for first round match-ups
Second Round
- Division into 2 groups:
  - Winners of the first round ("High")
  - Losers of the first round ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
Third Round
- Division into 3 groups:
  - Teams with a score of 2:0 ("High")
  - Teams with a score of 1:1 ("Mid")
  - Teams with a score of 0:2 ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners of the high group advance to the next stage
- Losers of the low group are eliminated
Fourth Round
- Division into 2 groups:
  - Teams with a score of 2:1 ("High")
  - Teams with a score of 1:2 ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners of the high group advance to the next stage
- Losers of the low group are eliminated
Fifth Round
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners advance to the next stage
- Losers are eliminated

Playoffs: May 19th - June 14th, 2021
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5 (1 map advantage to the UB team)

Prize Pool[edit]

€60,000 EUR (~$ USD) are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	€ EUR	Team
1st	-	€40,000	TBD
2nd	-	€12,500	TBD
3rd	-	€5,000	forZe
4th	-	€2,500	SINNERS Esports
5th-6th	-	-	Young Ninjas
5th-6th	-	-	Entropiq
7th-8th	-	-	Movistar Riders
7th-8th	-	-	Endpoint
9th-11th	-	-	Copenhagen Flames
			Sprout
			Caronte Gaming
12th-14th	-	-	Natus Vincere Junior
			Anonymo Esports
			eSuba
15th-16th	-	-	Team Sampi
15th-16th	-	-	Entropiq Prague

Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on June 13th, 2021: 1 EUR = USD.

Participants[edit]

Anonymo Esports

1	KEi
2	Kylar
3	mynio
4	Snax
5	innocent
C	IMD

Invited

CPH Flames

Notes

1	maNkz

1	Jabbi
2	nicoodoz
3	AcilioN
4	Nodios
5	MODDII
C	djL

Invited

¹ May 4th - Copenhagen Flames bench

maNkz. ^[1]

Endpoint

Notes

1	robiin

1	Surreal
2	CRUC1AL
3	MiGHTYMAX
4	Thomas
5	mezii
C	RossR

Invited

¹ April 9th -

flameZ is acquired by OG. ^[2]

² April 20th - Endpoint re-sign

Thomas. ^[3]

³ April 22nd - Endpoint release

robiin and acquire

mezii from Cloud9 as his replacement. ^[4]

Entropiq

Notes

1	Patsi

1	El1an
2	Lack1
3	NickelBack
4	Krad
5	Forester
C	hooch

Invited

¹ March 31st -

El1an,

Lack1,

NickelBack,

Krad,

Forester and

hooch unilaterally terminate their contracts with Winstrike Team alleging constant breaches of contractual obligations by the organization. ^[5]

² May 10th - Entropiq sign EPG Family. ^[6]

Entropiq Prague

Notes

1	leckr
2	AJTT
3	capseN
4	HONES
5	MoriiSko
C	d0di

Invited

¹ May 10th - Entropiq transfer their Czech roster to Entropiq Prague. ^[7]

forZe

1	Jerry
2	almazer
3	FL1T
4	KENSI
5	zorte
C	liTTle

Invited

Movistar Riders

1	mopoz
2	ALEX
3	steel
4	shokz
5	smooya
C	bladE

Invited

Natus Vincere Junior

1	Aunkere
2	fear
3	m0NESY
4	pogor3lov
5	SynyX
C	ami

Invited

SAW

1	arki
2	JUST
3	MUTiRiS
4	rmn
5	stadodo
C	AIm

Invited

SINNERS Esports

Notes

1	SHOCK
2	beastik
3	NEOFRAG
4	ZEDKO
5	oskar
C	tomkeejs

Invited

¹ June 1st - SINNERS Esports sign

tomkeejs as coach. ^[8]

Sprout

1	Spiidi
2	faveN
3	denis
4	kressy
5	slaxz-
C	enkay J

Invited

Young Ninjas

Notes

1	LNZ
2	Mann3n

1	nilo
2	phzy
3	Sapec
4	ztr
5	Ro1f
C	JAEGARN

Invited

¹ June 1st -

LNZ is benched as he is set to stand-in for Ninjas in Pyjamas.

ztr returns to Young Ninjas' starting lineup. ^[9]

² June 4th - Young Ninjas bench

Mann3n as they add

Ro1f as the first winner of the "Path of a Ninja" program. ^[10]

SKADE

1	mar

1	dennyslaw
2	Rainwaker
3	Duplicate
4	Oxygen
5	SHiPZ
C	pNshr

European Qualifier #1

Caronte Gaming

1	slaxx
2	adamS
3	SunPayus
4	dav1g
5	DeathZz
C	Kairi

European Qualifier #2

eSuba

1	blogg1s
2	NIO
3	luko
4	twist
5	jaro
C	benq1

CZSK Qualifier #1

Team Sampi

1	Pechyn
2	kinzo
3	queztone
4	nbqq
5	bery
C	K1-FiDa

CZSK Qualifier #2

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Overview[edit]

#	Team	Matches	Rounds	RD	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1.	EPG Family	3-0	67-44	+23	Dust II	Dust II	2:0
1.	SINNERS Esports	3-0	64-29	+35	Vertigo	Overpass	2:0
3.	Endpoint	3-1	83-57	+26	Inferno	Inferno	Inferno	2:0
3.	forZe	3-1	75-65	+10	Nuke	Mirage	0:2	2:0
3.	SAW	3-1	81-62	+19	Vertigo	Dust II	Inferno	2:0
6.	Movistar Riders	3-2	125-119	+6	Nuke	Overpass	2:0	2:1	2:0
6.	SKADE	3-2	97-102	-5	Train	Overpass	Overpass	0:2	2:1
6.	Young Ninjas	3-2	96-94	+2	Inferno	Overpass	Mirage	0:2	2:1
9.	Caronte Gaming	2-3	137-139	-2	Vertigo	Inferno	2:0	2:1	1:2
9.	Copenhagen Flames	2-3	109-115	-6	Inferno	Nuke	Overpass	2:1	0:2
9.	Sprout	2-3	104-130	-26	Vertigo	Nuke	0:2	0:2	1:2
12.	Anonymo Esports	1-3	64-86	-22	Vertigo	Nuke	Inferno	1:2
12.	eSuba	1-3	75-79	-4	Inferno	Mirage	Inferno	1:2
12.	Natus Vincere Junior	1-3	65-82	-17	Train	Mirage	Mirage	1:2
15.	Entropiq	0-3	41-64	-23	Dust II	Nuke	0:2
15.	Team Sampi	0-3	48-64	-16	Vertigo	Mirage	0:2