ESL One Birmingham 2018
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ESL One Birmingham 2018
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
BirminghamVenue:
Format:
Group Stage
Single-Elimination Playoff
Single-Elimination Playoff
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-23
End Date:
2018-05-27
Game:
Version:
Teams:
12
Pro Circuit Points:
1,500
Liquipedia Tier:
Tier:Links
Chronology
ESL hosted the United Kingdom's first ever Dota Major with ESL One Birmingham 2018[1] in May 2018. The main event was held from May 25th to 27th in the Arena Birmingham[2].
Format
[edit]- Qualifier and invites
- Twelve Teams:
- Six invites
- One team each from the six regional qualifiers
- Twelve Teams:
- Group Stage
- The group stage will be played on May 23rd and 24th
- All games are played backstage
- Three GSL groups of four teams each
- Bottom two teams from each group are eliminated, Runner-ups advance to the quarterfinals
- The three first place teams play an additional Bo1 series against each other to determine which two teams advance to the semi-finals and which team joins the three runner-ups in the quarter-finals. If they tie in the first round of Bo1 matches, an additional round is played. If the tie persists, time rating of the last round is used to determine the seeding.
- Playoffs
- The playoffs will be held between May 25th and the 27th in front of a live audience in the Arena Birmingham
- Single Elimination
- All games will be Bo3
- Bo5 Grand Finals
- A 3rd place decider match will be played on the last day of the tournament before the Grand Finals
Prize Pool
[edit]The prize pool for the tournament is $1,000,000 USD and 1,500 Pro Circuit points.
Additionally, the player deemed the best will be awarded the Mercedes-Benz MVP.[3]
![Virtus.pro (from left to right): 9pasha, RodjER, RAMZES666, Solo and No[o]ne-](/dota2/File:Virtus.pro_win_ESL_One_Birmingham_2018.jpg)
Participants
[edit]
| 1 |  MATUMBAMAN |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Miracle- |
| 3 |  MinD_ContRoL |
| 4 |  GH |
| 5 |  KuroKy |
| C |  Heen |
 | |
| Invited | |
Results
[edit]Group Stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Virtus.pro | 2-0 | 3-0 | |||
| 2. |  Fnatic | 2-1 | 3-3 | |||
| 3. |  Team Spirit | 1-2 | 3-3 | |||
| 4. |   Evil Geniuses | 0-2 | 0-3 | |||
Matches
1
0
May 23, 2018 - 11:00 BST
1:0(Bo1)
43m38s
1
0
May 23, 2018 - 11:00 BST
1:0(Bo1)
29m49s
0
2
May 23, 2018 - 14:30 BST
0:2(Bo2)
26m21s
38m57s
0
2
May 23, 2018 - 14:30 BST
0:2(Bo2)
33m13s
47m51s
2
1
May 24, 2018 - 11:00 BST
2:1(Bo3)
39m56s
21m45s
31m16s
Group B
[edit]| Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  OG | 2-0 | 3-0 | |||
| 2. |   paiN Gaming | 2-1 | 3-3 | |||
| 3. |   Team Liquid | 1-2 | 3-3 | |||
| 4. |  Vici Gaming | 0-2 | 0-3 | |||
Matches
1
0
May 23, 2018 - 12:10 BST
1:0(Bo1)
46m12s
0
1
May 23, 2018 - 12:00 BST
0:1(Bo1)
32m36s
2
0
May 23, 2018 - 17:00 BST
2:0(Bo2)
31m21s
31m10s
0
2
May 23, 2018 - 17:00 BST
0:2(Bo2)
29m28s
36m41s
2
1
May 24, 2018 - 14:10 BST
2:1(Bo3)
23m54s
38m17s
23m54s
Group C
[edit]| Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |   OpTic Gaming | 2-0 | 3-1 | |||
| 2. |  Mineski | 2-1 | 4-2 | |||
| 3. |  LGD.Forever Young | 1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4. |  Newbee | 0-2 | 1-3 | |||
Matches
1
0
May 23, 2018 - 13:20 BST
1:0(Bo1)
32m08s
1
0
May 23, 2018 - 13:00 BST
1:0(Bo1)
48m23s
2
1
May 23, 2018 - 19:15 BST
2:1(Bo3)
45m44s
43m27s
50m42s
1
2
May 23, 2018 - 19:00 BST
1:2(Bo3)
30m05s
57m32s
54m04s
2
0
May 24, 2018 - 17:30 BST
2:0(Bo2)
41m38s
30m19s
Higher Seeds Decider
[edit]| Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Virtus.pro | 2-0 | 2-0 | |||
| 2. | OpTic Gaming | 1-1 | 1-1 | |||
| 3. | OG | 0-2 | 0-2 | |||
Matches
1
0
May 24, 2018 - 11:00 BST
1:0(Bo1)
25m09s
0
1
May 24, 2018 - 12:00 BST
0:1(Bo1)
28m31s
0
1
May 24, 2018 - 12:30 BST
0:1(Bo1)
28m33s
Playoffs
[edit]Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
0
May 25, 2018 - 14:00 BST
2:0(Bo2)
35m42s
28m41s
2
0
May 26, 2018 - 14:00 BST
2:0(Bo2)
28m57s
36m06s
1
2
May 25, 2018 - 16:30 BST
1:2(Bo3)
44m31s
41m21s
37m53s
2
1
May 26, 2018 - 16:30 BST
2:1(Bo3)
28m17s
28m23s
38m08s
3
0
May 27, 2018 - 15:00 BST
3:0(Bo3)
29m12s
59m07s
19m16s
Additional Content
[edit]Streams
[edit]
ESL One multi-POV- ESL One on Facebook.com
RuHub on Twitch.tv- RuHub on Twitch.tv
ESL One Dota on Huomao.com
ESL Poland on Twitch.tv
ESL Thailand on Twitch.tv- ESL Thailand on Facebook.com
- ESL Thailand on Mixer.com
ESL Brasil on Facebook.com
23 Creative VN on Twitch.tv
ESL Spain on Twitch.tv
Mineskitv on twitch.tv
ESL SupremeLeague on Twitch.tv- ESL Indonesia on Mixer.com
Broadcast Talent
[edit]The talent for the English broadcast was announced on April 26th, 2018.[14]
- Stage Host:
- Machine (Alex Richardson)
- Desk Host:
- Redeye (Paul Chaloner)
- Content Creator:
- PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
- Commentators:
Blitz (William Lee)- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
TobiWan (Toby Dawson)
- Observer:
- PimpmuckL (Jonathan Liebig)
- Sideline Reporter:
- SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
- Statistician:
Noxville (Ben Steenhuisen)
- Host:
- CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
Videos and Content
[edit]- 2018-03-13 | ESL One Birmingham 2018 - the first Dota 2 Major in the UK by ESL
- 2018-05-03 | ESL One Hamburg 2018 by ESL
- 2018-05-22 | T'was the Night Before Birmingham by ESL
- 2018-05-23 | Ask The Pros: How will you perform at ESL One Birmingham 2018? by ESL
- 2018-05-23 | Groupstage Area Tour by SirActionSlacks ESL One Birmingham 2018 by ESL
- 2018-05-24 | Can EE & PieLieDie guess all the words? ESL One Birmingham 2018 by ESL
- 2018-05-26 | What's the fans' favorite Dota2 moment? ESL One Birmingham 2018 by ESL
- 2018-05-26 | Best Friends Challenge with Matumbaman & GH from Team Liquid ESL One Birmingham by ESL
- 2018-05-27 | ESL One Birmingham 2018 The Fans ft. SirActionSlacks by ESL
- 2018-05-27 | ESL One Birmingham 2018 Life in Production by ESL
- 2018-05-27 | ESL One Birmingham 2018 Media Day with the Pros by ESL
- 2018-05-28 | ESL One Birmingham 2018 Welcome to the City of Birmingham by ESL
References
[edit]- ↑ "Announcing ESL One Birmingham – The First DOTA 2 Major In The UK". ESL. 2018-03-13.
- ↑ Arena Birmingham (2018-03-13). "BREAKING! This is absolutely huge! We're buzzing to announce that ESL One Dota 2 Major will take place right here at Arena Birmingham on 25–27 May! It's going to be incredible!". Twitter.
- ↑ ESL Dota 2 (2018-05-27). "VP trophy lift".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-03-23). "Revealing the first direct invite to #ESLOne Birmingham - @virtuspro!".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-03-27). "The ESL One Genting champions are coming to the UK!".
- ↑ 王兆辉SanSheng (2018-05-21). "I can't go to Birmingham this time.".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-03-30). "The third direct ESL One Birmingham invite goes to @EvilGeniuses!".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-04-05). "And then there were four!".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-04-07). "Revealing the fifth direct ESL One Birmingham 2018 invite - Vici Gaming! Welcome to the UK!".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-04-10). "None other than @MineskiProTeam complete the #ESLOne Birmingham direct invites - welcome to the UK!".
- ↑ Fnatic Dota (2018-05-22). "We would like to thank 343Dota for everything he has done whilst Fnatic coach.".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-05-14). "We're sad to announce that @natusvincere have undergone a roster change.".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2018-05-21). "The team to replace Natus Vincere at #ESLOne Birmingham will be none other than Team Spirit - 3rd/4th place finishers of the CIS qualifiers!".
- ↑ ESLDota2 (26 April 2018). "Time to reveal the faces and voices that will guide you through the first ever UK Major!". Twitter. Retrieved 26 April 2018.