EPICENTER XL

[e][h]EPICENTER XL

League Information

Series:

EPICENTER

Dota Pro Circuit

Organizer:

Epic Esports Events

Sponsor:

Monster Energy
Yota
Twitch
HYPERPC
Huomao

Version:

7.14

Type:

Offline

Location:

Moscow

Venue:

VTB Ice Palace

Teams:

12

Format:

Group Stage & Play-offs

Prize Pool:

$ 1,000,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-04-27

End Date:

2018-05-06

Pro Circuit Points:

1,500

Pro Circuit Tier:

Major

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

The third installment of EPICENTER is a tournament by Epic Esports Events that will be held in Moscow from April 27th to May 6th. The main event will be held at the VTB Ice Palace on May 4–6.^[1]

Format[edit]

Qualifiers and invites
- Twelve teams: Five invites and six teams from regional qualifiers^[2]
  - One from each region Europe, South America, CIS, Southeast Asia, North America and China
  - One from Madness Qualifier^[3]
Group Stage
- Two groups of six teams each^[4]
- Bo3 Round robin
- Top two of each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the main event
- 3rd and 4th placed teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the main event
- Bottom two teams of both groups are eliminated
Main event
- Double elimination
- First two rounds of the Lower Bracket are Bo1
- All other games are Bo3
- Bo5 Grand Finals

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Host:
- Redeye (Paul Chaloner)

Analysts:
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- GoDz (David Parker)
- Kyle (Kyle Freedman)

Panelist/Casters:
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
- AdmiralBulldog (Henrik Ahnberg)
- GranDGranT (Grant Harris)
- BreakyCPK (Nick Caras)
- Nomad (Jared Bajina)
- MoFarah (Jack Williams)
- Bkop (Benjamin Kopilow)
- KillerPigeon (Darren Elmy)

Interviewer:
- TorteDeLini (Michael Cohen)

Hosts:
- Faker (Ivan Demkin)
- CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)

Stage Host:
- DonStepan (Stepan Shulga)

Analysts:
- NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
- Smile (Sergey Revin)
- Inmate (Dmitry Filinov)
- LighTofHeaveN (Dmitry Kupriyanov)
- fng (Artsiom Barshack)
- Goblak (Artur Kostenko)

Casters:
- v1lat (Vitalii Volochai)
- GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)
- Jam (Alexander Korotkov)
- Lex (Alexey Filippov)
- 4ce (Nikita Kotkov)
- Eiritel (Darya Morozova)
- Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- FlunkyFlame (Dmitry Meshkov)
- Lum1Sit (Georgy Andropov)

Prize Pool[edit]

The prize pool of the tournament is $1,000,000 USD and 1500 Pro Circuit Points.

Place	$ USD	DPC Points	Team
1st	$500,000	750	PSG.LGD
2nd	$200,000	450	Team Liquid
3rd	$110,000	225	FlyToMoon
4th	$70,000	75	Virtus.pro
5th-6th	$30,000	-	OG
5th-6th	$30,000	-	Mineski
7th-8th	$15,000	-	paiN Gaming
7th-8th	$15,000	-	Team Secret
9th-10th	$10,000	-	compLexity Gaming
9th-10th	$10,000	-	Newbee
11th-12th	$5,000	-	Team Empire
11th-12th	$5,000	-	Natus Vincere

Participants[edit]

Virtus.pro ^[1]

1	RAMZES666
2	No[o]ne
3	9pasha
4	RodjER
5	Solo
C	ArtStyle


Direct Invite

Team Liquid ^[1]

1	Miracle-
2	MATUMBAMAN
3	MinD_ContRoL
4	GH
5	KuroKy
C	Heen


Direct Invite

Team Secret ^[2]

1	Ace
2	MidOne
3	Fata
4	YapzOr
5	Puppey
C	SunBhie


Direct Invite

Newbee ^[2]

1	Moogy
2	Sccc
3	kpii
4	Kaka
5	Faith


Direct Invite

Natus Vincere ^[2]

1	Crystallize
2	Dendi
3	GeneRaL
4	Lil
5	LeBronDota
C	XBOCT


Direct Invite

OG

1	N0tail
2	7ckngMad
3	s4
4	JerAx
5	Fly


Europe Qualifier

Team Empire

1	Naive-
2	fn
3	Ghostik
4	yoky-
5	Miposhka


CIS Qualifier

compLexity Gaming

1	Chessie
2	Limmp
3	Moo
4	Zfreek
5	Saksa


North America Qualifier

paiN Gaming

1	hFn
2	w33
3	tavo
4	KINGRD
5	Duster


South America Qualifier

PSG.LGD¹

1	Ame
2	Somnus丶M
3	Chalice
4	fy
5	xNova
C	QQQ


China Qualifier

Mineski

1	Mushi
2	Moon
3	iceiceice
4	Jabz
5	ninjaboogie
C	71


Southeast Asia Qualifier

FlyToMoon

1	Silent
2	Iceberg
3	nongrata
4	NoFear
5	ALWAYSWANNAFLY
C	Sh4dowehhh


Madness Qualifier

¹ LGD Gaming entered a partnership with Paris Saint-Germain and rebranded as PSG.LGD.^[5]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Standings
1.	Team Liquid	5-0	10-2
2.	PSG.LGD	4-1	9-4
3.	FlyToMoon	3-2	7-6
4.	Mineski	2-3	6-7
5.	compLexity Gaming	1-4	3-8
6.	Team Empire	0-5	2-10

Group A Cross Table[edit]


	2-0 May 2	2-1 Apr 29	2-0 May 1	2-1 Apr 30	2-0 Apr 28
0-2 May 2		1-2 Apr 28	2-1 Apr 30	1-2 Apr 29	2-0 May 1
1-2 Apr 29	2-1 Apr 28		2-0 May 2	2-0 May 1	2-1 Apr 30
0-2 May 1	1-2 Apr 30	0-2 May 2		0-2 Apr 28	2-0 Apr 29
1-2 Apr 30	2-1 Apr 29	0-2 May 1	2-0 Apr 28		2-1 May 2
0-2 Apr 28	0-2 May 1	1-2 Apr 30	0-2 Apr 29	1-2 May 2

Group B[edit]

Standings
1.	Virtus.pro	4-1	9-4
2.	OG	3-2	7-5
3.	Team Secret	2-3	6-7
4.	paiN Gaming	2-3	5-6
5.	Newbee	2-3	6-8
6.	Natus Vincere	2-3	5-8

Group B Cross Table[edit]


	2-0 May 2	2-1 Apr 29	2-0 May 1	1-2 Apr 30	2-1 Apr 27
0-2 May 2		2-1 Apr 28	1-2 Apr 30	1-2 Apr 29	2-0 May 1
1-2 Apr 29	1-2 Apr 28		2-1 May 2	2-1 May 1	0-2 Apr 30
0-2 May 1	2-1 Apr 30	1-2 May 2		2-0 Apr 28	2-0 Apr 29
2-1 Apr 30	2-1 Apr 29	1-2 May 1	0-2 Apr 28		0-2 May 2
1-2 Apr 27	0-2 May 1	2-0 Apr 30	0-2 Apr 29	2-0 May 2