Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018
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Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018
League Information
Organizers:
Type:
Offline
Location:
ShanghaiVenue:
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-03-29
End Date:
2018-04-07
Teams:
16
Pro Circuit Points:
1,500
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Circuit Tier:
Links
Chronology
Dota has become a life style. During the summer time, Dota 2 fans are calling for friends and focusing in Seattle, cheering for the greatest competition. While in spring, Shanghai is witnessing a grand tournament where the world’s top teams compete in the Dota 2 Asia Championships. In the Perfect World Ceremony 2017, Gu Liming, the Senior Vice President of Perfect World announced the incoming DAC 2018 in spring time in Shanghai. There are so much to be expected in this upcoming tournament.[1]
Now the battle starts once again. The top sixteen teams all over the world gather for the DAC 2018 to compete for a prize pool of $1,000,000, 1,500 Qualifying Points and the grand honor. Six direct invites will be joined by the other ten competitors : the qualifying teams from the six qualifier regions. Who will raise the mighty Radiance - we will find out in Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China in spring.
Format[edit]
- Qualifiers and invites
- Sixteen teams: Six invites and ten teams from regional qualifiers[2]
- One from each region Europe, South America, and CIS
- Two from Southeast Asia and North America
- Three from China
- Sixteen teams: Six invites and ten teams from regional qualifiers[2]
- Group Stage
- Sixteen teams play in a Bo1 round robin.
- Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs of Main Event.
- Bottom two teams from each group eliminated.
- Main Event
- Breakout
- 8 teams: 3rd - 6th place teams from each group
- one-round Bo3 single-elimination bracket.
- 4 winners advance, losers are eliminated.
- Playoffs
- 8 teams: 4 winners of the Breakout and the Top 4 winners from Group Stage
- Double-elimination bracket.
- The first two rounds of the Lower bracket are Bo1, while the Grand Finals are Bo5. Others are Bo3.
- Breakout
Broadcast Talent[edit]
The talent for the English broadcast was announced on March 20, 2018.[3]
- Hosts:
CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)- Faker (Ivan Demkin)
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool for the tournament is $1,000,000 USD and 1,500 Pro Circuit points.
Participants[edit]
| 1 |  MATUMBAMAN |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Miracle- |
| 3 |  MinD_ContRoL |
| 4 |  GH |
| 5 |  KuroKy |
| C |  Heen |
 | |
| Invited | |
- 1
Resolut1on stood in for Cooman.[7][8]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Standings 
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  TNC Predator
|
4-3 | ||||
| 2. |  LGD Gaming
|
4-3 | ||||
| 3. |   OpTic Gaming
|
4-3 | ||||
| 4. |   Team Liquid
|
4-3 | ||||
| 5. |  Newbee
|
4-3 | ||||
| 6. |  Vici Gaming
|
3-4 | ||||
| 7. |  OG
|
3-4 | ||||
| 8. |  Keen Gaming
|
2-5 | ||||
| 1st - 5th Place Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | TNC Predator
|
4-0 | ||||
| 2. | LGD Gaming
|
3-1 | ||||
| 3. | OpTic Gaming
|
2-2 | ||||
| 4. | Team Liquid
|
1-3 | ||||
| 5. | Newbee
|
0-4 | ||||
| 6th - 7th Place Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | Vici Gaming
|
1-0 | ||||
| 7. | OG
|
0-1 | ||||
Group B[edit]
| Standings
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Virtus.pro
|
7-0 | ||||
| 2. |  Mineski
|
6-1 | ||||
| 3. |   Evil Geniuses
|
5-2 | ||||
| 4. |   Team Secret
|
4-3 | ||||
| 5. |   Invictus Gaming
|
3-4 | ||||
| 6. |  VGJ.Thunder
|
2-5 | ||||
| 7. |  Effect
|
1-6 | ||||
| 8. |   paiN Gaming
|
0-7 | ||||
- For detailed group stage results, click HERE.
Main Event[edit]
Breakout (Bo3)
Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket Finals (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R2 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Finals (Bo3)
Grand Finals (Bo5)
Mineski
3
LGD Gaming
2
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
- Official CN streams
PGL Primary Stream- PGL Secondary Stream
- RuHub
- RuHub Secondary
23creativevn
Beyond the Summit Portuguese
PGL Primary Stream- PGL Secondary Stream
Highlights[edit]
- 2018-04-04 | Optic Gaming - Bo3 - Mineski Highlights - DAC 2018 Main Event Day 2 by PGL
- 2018-04-04 | TNC - Bo3 - Vici Gaming Highlights - DAC 2018 Main Event Day 2 by PGL
- 2018-04-04 | TNC Predator - Bo1 - OpTic Gaming Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 3 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | Team Liquid - Bo3 - LGD Gaming Match 1 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 3 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | Team Liquid - Bo3 - LGD Gaming Match 2 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 3 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | Team Liquid - Bo3 - LGD Gaming Match 3 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 3 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | Mineski - Bo3 - Vici Gaming Match 1 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 3 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | Mineski - Bo3 - Vici Gaming Match 2 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 3 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | Mineski - Bo3 - Vici Gaming Match 3 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 3 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | VP - Bo1 - Vici Gaming Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 4 by PGL
- 2018-04-05 | Team Liquid - Bo1 - TNC Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 4 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Mineski - Bo3 - LGD Gaming Match 1 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 4 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Mineski - Bo3 - LGD Gaming Match 2 Highlights DAC 2018 Upper Bracket Main Event Day 4 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Virtus.pro - Bo3 - TNC Match 1 Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 4 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Virtus.pro - Bo3 - TNC Match 2 Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 4 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Virtus.pro - Bo3 - TNC Match 3 Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 4 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Virtus.pro - Bo3 - LGD Match 1 Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 5 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Virtus.pro - Bo3 - LGD Match 2 Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 5 by PGL
- 2018-04-06 | Virtus.pro - Bo3 - LGD Match 3 Highlights DAC 2018 Lower Bracket Main Event Day 5 by PGL
- 2018-04-07 | Mineski - Bo5 - LGD Match 1 Highlights DAC 2018 Grand Final Main Event Day 5 by PGL
- 2018-04-07 | Mineski - Bo5 - LGD Match 2 Highlights DAC 2018 Grand Final Main Event Day 5 by PGL
- 2018-04-07 | Mineski - Bo5 - LGD Match 3 Highlights DAC 2018 Grand Final Main Event Day 5 by PGL
- 2018-04-07 | Mineski - Bo5 - LGD Match 4 Highlights DAC 2018 Grand Final Main Event Day 5 by PGL
- 2018-04-07 | Mineski - Bo5 - LGD Match 5 Highlights DAC 2018 Grand Final Main Event Day 5 by PGL
Recaps[edit]
- 2018-04-03 | DAC 2018 - Group Stage Recap by PGL
- 2018-04-03 | DAC 2018 - Main Event Day 1 Recap by PGL
- 2018-04-07 | DAC 2018 Post-Event Credits by PGL
Miscellaneous[edit]
- 2018-04-03 | DAC 2018 Group Stage - Top 10 Frags by PGL
References[edit]
- ↑ "DAC 2018 Is Gathering Sixteen Top Teams in Shanghai". Perfect World. 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "DAC 2018 Is Gathering Sixteen Top Teams in Shanghai". Perfect World. 2017-12-29.
- ↑ Perfect World DOTA2 (2018-03-20). "The DAC2018 English language casters and analysts. Look for them to entertain starting 9 days from today, on Twitch!". Twitter.
- ↑ "DOTA2亚洲邀请赛第四支直邀战队公布 VG剑指东方 [The 4th team invited to DAC: VG]". Perfect World. 2018-01-02.
- ↑ "独联体之熊挟风卷雪，VP受直邀征战第三届DAC [The bear from CIS - VP are invited to DAC]". Perfect World. 2018-01-09.
- ↑ "Secret受邀出战第三届DAC 六大赛区硝烟渐起 [Secret are invited to the third DAC event.]". Perfect World. 2018-01-16.
- ↑ Resolut1on (24 March 2018). "I'm going to DAC with team @EffectGG as a standing". Twitter.
- ↑ "Resolut1on присоединяется к Effect на период DAC" (in Russian). effect.gg. 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
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