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ESL One Birmingham 2018

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[e][h]ESL One Birmingham 2018
League Information
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
United Kingdom Birmingham
Format:
Group Stage
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:
Pro Circuit 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
  • 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.

Participants[edit]

Newbee [5]
Notes
1China Moogy
2China Sccc
3Australia kpii
4China Kaka
5China Faith
Coach China SanSheng was unable to attend due to visa issue.[6]
Canada Aui_2000 will coach the team instead of Malaysia Adam.[11]
Natus Vincere withdrew from the tournament due to roster changes.[12] They were replaced by Team Spirit.[13]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Standings preview
1. Virtus.proVirtus.pro Virtus.pro 2-0 3-0
2. FnaticFnatic Fnatic 2-1 3-3
3. Team SpiritTeam Spirit Team Spirit 1-2 3-3
4. Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 0-2 0-3
Matches
Opening Matches
FnaticFnaticFnatic
1
0
Evil GeniusesEvil GeniusesEG
May 23, 2018 - 11:00 BST
Io
Morphling
Ogre Magi
Doom
Dragon Knight
43m38s
Medusa
Rubick
Ember Spirit
Undying
Gyrocopter
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
1
0
Team SpiritTeam SpiritTSpirit
May 23, 2018 - 11:00 BST
Leshrac
Beastmaster
Dragon Knight
Warlock
Sven
29m49s
Underlord
Death Prophet
Lycan
Windranger
Nyx Assassin
Winners Match
FnaticFnaticFnatic
0
2
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
May 23, 2018 - 14:30 BST
Clockwerk
Gyrocopter
Jakiro
Tidehunter
Razor
26m21s
Queen of Pain
Lifestealer
Sand King
Beastmaster
Disruptor
Warlock
Beastmaster
Tusk
Spectre
Viper
38m57s
Gyrocopter
Omniknight
Elder Titan
Bane
Leshrac
Elimination Match
Evil GeniusesEvil GeniusesEG
0
2
Team SpiritTeam SpiritTSpirit
May 23, 2018 - 14:30 BST
Night Stalker
Warlock
Clockwerk
Spectre
Viper
33m13s
Visage
Slark
Shadow Demon
Skywrath Mage
Axe
Doom
Gyrocopter
Tusk
Witch Doctor
Medusa
47m51s
Luna
Windranger
Slardar
Shadow Demon
Leshrac
Decider Match
FnaticFnaticFnatic
2
1
Team SpiritTeam SpiritTSpirit
May 24, 2018 - 11:00 BST
Warlock
Spectre
Sand King
Dark Seer
Storm Spirit
39m56s
Lina
Slark
Shadow Demon
Chen
Axe
Bane
Sand King
Dragon Knight
Doom
Viper
21m45s
Pugna
Slark
Chen
Skywrath Mage
Axe
Sand King
Dark Seer
Undying
Spectre
Queen of Pain
31m16s
Storm Spirit
Phantom Lancer
Oracle
Skywrath Mage
Axe

Group B[edit]

Standings preview
1. OGOG OG 2-0 3-0
2. paiN GamingpaiN Gaming paiN Gaming 2-1 3-3
3. Team LiquidTeam Liquid Team Liquid 1-2 3-3
4. Vici GamingVici Gaming Vici Gaming 0-2 0-3
Matches
Opening Matches
OGOGOG
1
0
Vici GamingVici GamingVG
May 23, 2018 - 12:10 BST
Night Stalker
Leshrac
Witch Doctor
Gyrocopter
Faceless Void
46m12s
Queen of Pain
Shadow Demon
Doom
Dragon Knight
Clockwerk
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
0
1
paiN GamingpaiN GamingpaiN
May 23, 2018 - 12:00 BST
Morphling
Sand King
Shadow Shaman
Dragon Knight
Beastmaster
32m36s
Templar Assassin
Nature's Prophet
Bounty Hunter
Disruptor
Gyrocopter
Winners Match
OGOGOG
2
0
paiN GamingpaiN GamingpaiN
May 23, 2018 - 17:00 BST
Clockwerk
Disruptor
Brewmaster
Luna
Leshrac
31m21s
Troll Warlord
Ember Spirit
Beastmaster
Jakiro
Naga Siren
Gyrocopter
Kunkka
Lion
Elder Titan
Puck
31m10s
Death Prophet
Pangolier
Slark
Disruptor
Naga Siren
Elimination Match
Vici GamingVici GamingVG
0
2
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
May 23, 2018 - 17:00 BST
Night Stalker
Warlock
Naga Siren
Storm Spirit
Luna
29m28s
Slark
Ember Spirit
Undying
Leshrac
Sand King
Tusk
Ancient Apparition
Dragon Knight
Omniknight
Spectre
36m41s
Keeper of the Light
Razor
Windranger
Phantom Lancer
Doom
Decider Match
paiN GamingpaiN GamingpaiN
2
1
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
May 24, 2018 - 14:10 BST
Leshrac
Sand King
Lycan
Dazzle
Dragon Knight
23m54s
Invoker
Phantom Lancer
Warlock
Nyx Assassin
Nature's Prophet
Naga Siren
Jakiro
Pangolier
Morphling
Lina
38m17s
Beastmaster
Slark
Rubick
Tusk
Nature's Prophet
Disruptor
Clockwerk
Underlord
Ember Spirit
Templar Assassin
23m54s
Slardar
Outworld Destroyer
Nature's Prophet
Phantom Lancer
Windranger

Group C[edit]

Standings preview
1. OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming 2-0 3-1
2. MineskiMineski Mineski 2-1 4-2
3. LGD.Forever YoungLGD.Forever Young LGD.Forever Young 1-2 2-4
4. NewbeeNewbee Newbee 0-2 1-3
Matches
Opening Matches
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
1
0
NewbeeNewbeeNewbee
May 23, 2018 - 13:20 BST
Clockwerk
Disruptor
Leshrac
Dragon Knight
Luna
32m08s
Ember Spirit
Nyx Assassin
Jakiro
Death Prophet
Naga Siren
MineskiMineskiMski
1
0
LGD.Forever YoungLGD.Forever YoungLFY
May 23, 2018 - 13:00 BST
Clockwerk
Shadow Demon
Dragon Knight
Pangolier
Anti-Mage
48m23s
Brewmaster
Faceless Void
Tusk
Warlock
Death Prophet
Winners Match
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
2
1
MineskiMineskiMski
May 23, 2018 - 19:15 BST
Bane
Kunkka
Elder Titan
Morphling
Underlord
45m44s
Timbersaw
Brewmaster
Nyx Assassin
Luna
Shadow Demon
Gyrocopter
Bane
Rubick
Dark Seer
Ember Spirit
43m27s
Queen of Pain
Lycan
Disruptor
Death Prophet
Clockwerk
Gyrocopter
Rubick
Lycan
Undying
Queen of Pain
50m42s
Lifestealer
Tinker
Omniknight
Bane
Clockwerk
Elimination Match
NewbeeNewbeeNewbee
1
2
LGD.Forever YoungLGD.Forever YoungLFY
May 23, 2018 - 19:00 BST
Sand King
Disruptor
Dragon Knight
Leshrac
Weaver
30m05s
Pugna
Razor
Elder Titan
Gyrocopter
Bane
Death Prophet
Sand King
Disruptor
Luna
Abaddon
57m32s
Medusa
Gyrocopter
Warlock
Leshrac
Clockwerk
Death Prophet
Warlock
Tusk
Gyrocopter
Axe
54m04s
Lina
Bristleback
Keeper of the Light
Leshrac
Sand King
Decider Match
MineskiMineskiMski
2
0
LGD.Forever YoungLGD.Forever YoungLFY
May 24, 2018 - 17:30 BST
Bane
Pangolier
Dragon Knight
Elder Titan
Gyrocopter
41m38s
Bloodseeker
Bristleback
Keeper of the Light
Leshrac
Sand King
Nature's Prophet
Dragon Knight
Rubick
Luna
Brewmaster
30m19s
Sniper
Beastmaster
Earth Spirit
Gyrocopter
Jakiro

First Place Decider[edit]

Standings preview
1. Virtus.proVirtus.pro Virtus.pro 2-0
2. OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming 1-1
3. OGOG OG 0-2
Matches
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
1
0
OGOGOG
May 24, 2018 - 11:00 BST
Death Prophet
Chen
Lion
Morphling
Pangolier
25m09s
Queen of Pain
Phantom Lancer
Jakiro
Doom
Kunkka
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
0
1
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
May 24, 2018 - 12:00 BST
Shadow Demon
Sand King
Lina
Bounty Hunter
Bloodseeker
28m31s
Pangolier
Slark
Rubick
Chen
Death Prophet
OGOGOG
0
1
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
May 24, 2018 - 12:30 BST
Gyrocopter
Naga Siren
Chen
Ember Spirit
Disruptor
28m33s
Visage
Tusk
Jakiro
Night Stalker
Death Prophet

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
paiN GamingpaiN GamingpaiN
2
MineskiMineskiMski
0
May 25, 2018 - 14:00 BST
Naga Siren
Jakiro
Beastmaster
Slark
Death Prophet
35m42s
Outworld Destroyer
Tidehunter
Clockwerk
Dragon Knight
Disruptor
Disruptor
Sand King
Doom
Death Prophet
Troll Warlord
28m41s
Brewmaster
Lycan
Skywrath Mage
Dragon Knight
Naga Siren
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
2
paiN GamingpaiN GamingpaiN
0
May 26, 2018 - 14:00 BST
Leshrac
Omniknight
Bane
Clockwerk
Dragon Knight
28m57s
Templar Assassin
Brewmaster
Sand King
Disruptor
Gyrocopter
Beastmaster
Bane
Elder Titan
Venomancer
Outworld Destroyer
36m06s
Medusa
Clockwerk
Jakiro
Night Stalker
Gyrocopter
OGOGOG
1
FnaticFnaticFnatic
2
May 25, 2018 - 16:30 BST
Lone Druid
Sand King
Phoenix
Dragon Knight
Queen of Pain
44m31s
Ember Spirit
Morphling
Underlord
Disruptor
Clockwerk
Night Stalker
Death Prophet
Lycan
Disruptor
Medusa
41m21s
Chaos Knight
Dragon Knight
Undying
Dark Seer
Sand King
Leshrac
Chen
Dragon Knight
Omniknight
Spectre
37m53s
Morphling
Death Prophet
Shadow Demon
Elder Titan
Night Stalker
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
2
FnaticFnaticFnatic
1
May 26, 2018 - 16:30 BST
Clockwerk
Leshrac
Visage
Gyrocopter
Tusk
28m17s
Phantom Lancer
Axe
Death Prophet
Shadow Demon
Elder Titan
Clockwerk
Death Prophet
Jakiro
Dark Seer
Slark
28m23s
Kunkka
Lone Druid
Rubick
Undying
Night Stalker
Leshrac
Axe
Bane
Lycan
Razor
38m08s
Batrider
Spectre
Ogre Magi
Rubick
Kunkka
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
3
OpTic GamingOpTic GamingOpTic
0
May 27, 2018 - 15:00 BST
Death Prophet
Sand King
Disruptor
Skywrath Mage
Sven
29m12s
Phantom Lancer
Visage
Rubick
Dragon Knight
Leshrac
Beastmaster
Warlock
Kunkka
Elder Titan
Venomancer
59m07s
Doom
Undying
Razor
Sand King
Leshrac
Sand King
Warlock
Doom
Gyrocopter
Slark
19m16s
Keeper of the Light
Venomancer
Elder Titan
Beastmaster
Leshrac
Third Place Match
Third Place Match
3rd Place
3rd
paiN GamingpaiN GamingpaiN
2
FnaticFnaticFnatic
1
May 27, 2018 - 11:00 BST
Rubick
Luna
Pangolier
Ancient Apparition
Dragon Knight
32m04s
Lycan
Storm Spirit
Warlock
Dark Seer
Sand King
Naga Siren
Disruptor
Pangolier
Morphling
Lina
29m37s
Dragon Knight
Dark Seer
Sand King
Leshrac
Bane
Bounty Hunter
Doom
Disruptor
Troll Warlord
Visage
43m31s
Sand King
Dragon Knight
Slardar
Morphling
Bane

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

The talent for the English broadcast was announced on April 26th, 2018.[14]

  • Stage Host:
  • Desk Host:
  • Offsite Commentators:
  • Analysts:
  • Statistician:
  • Casters:
  • Commentators:
    • Spain Kratos (Dimas Enrique Romero Fernández)
    • Spain Necca (Luis Gómez)
  • Analysts:
    • Spain RoD (Alberto Polo Jordán)
    • Spain Tainim (María García)
    • Spain X9nium (Pedro Gómez)

Videos and Content[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Announcing ESL One Birmingham – The First DOTA 2 Major In The UK". ESL. 2018-03-13.
  2. 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.
  3. ESL Dota 2 (2018-05-27). "VP trophy lift".
  4. ESLDota2 (2018-03-23). "Revealing the first direct invite to #ESLOne Birmingham - @virtuspro!".
  5. ESLDota2 (2018-03-27). "The ESL One Genting champions are coming to the UK!".
  6. 王兆辉SanSheng (2018-05-21). "I can't go to Birmingham this time.". Weibo.com.
  7. ESLDota2 (2018-03-30). "The third direct ESL One Birmingham invite goes to @EvilGeniuses!".
  8. ESLDota2 (2018-04-05). "And then there were four!".
  9. ESLDota2 (2018-04-07). "Revealing the fifth direct ESL One Birmingham 2018 invite - Vici Gaming! Welcome to the UK!".
  10. ESLDota2 (2018-04-10). "None other than @MineskiProTeam complete the #ESLOne Birmingham direct invites - welcome to the UK!".
  11. Fnatic Dota (2018-05-22). "We would like to thank 343Dota for everything he has done whilst Fnatic coach.".
  12. ESLDota2 (2018-05-14). "We're sad to announce that @natusvincere have undergone a roster change.".
  13. 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!".
  14. 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.