GG.Bet Birmingham Invitational

[e][h]GG.Bet Birmingham Invitational

League Information

Organizer:

Maincast

Sponsor:

GG.Bet

Version:

7.21d

Type:

Online

Location:

Europe

CIS

Dates:

Apr 8 - 13, 2019

Teams:

8

Format:

GSL Group Stage
Single Elimination Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$5,000 USD

Liquipedia Tier:

Minor

Links

On April 8-13 GG.BET will team up with Maincast to bring you GG.BET Birmingham Invitational, an online event where 8 teams from Europe and CIS are to battle for the spot at ESL One Birmingham.

Format[edit]

Group Stage:
- Eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each where they play in a double-elimination (GSL) format.
- All matches are played in a Bo3, except fot 1st round of the Group Stage (Bo1).
- The top two teams from each group advance to the playoffs.
Playoffs:
- Single-elimination format.
- All matches are played in a Bo3.
- Grand Final Bo5.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- v1lat (Vitalii Volochai)
- Versuta (Aren Zurabyan)
- Olsior (Mykhailo Zvieriev)
- D1NS (Yevhen Sikora)
- FlunkyFlame (Dmitry Meshkov)

Analyticss:
- TpoH (Maxim Vernikov)
- Goblak (Artur Kostenko)
- Faker (Ivan Demkin)
- PGG (Vladimir Anosov)

Prize Pool[edit]

The prize pool for the tournament is $5,000 USD. The winner qualifies to ESL One Birmingham.

Place	$ USD	Seed	Team
1st	-	ESL One Birmingham	Alliance
2nd	$5,000	-	Old but Gold
3rd-4th	-	-	Team Empire
3rd-4th	-	-	Gambit Esports
5th-6th	-	-	The Pango
5th-6th	-	-	The Final Tribe
7th-8th	-	-	Natus Vincere
7th-8th	-	-	Black Hornets Gaming

Participating Teams[edit]

Natus Vincere

1	Crystallize
2	MagicaL
3	Blizzy
4	Chuvash
5	Misha


Direct Invite

Gambit Esports

1	Daxak
2	Afoninje
3	AfterLife
4	Immersion
5	fng


Direct Invite

Alliance

1	Madara
2	qojqva
3	boxi
4	Taiga
5	iNSaNiA


Direct Invite

The Final Tribe

1	Frost
2	Chessie
3	Xibbe
4	Handsken
5	Era
S	okcya


Direct Invite

Old but Gold

1	Illidan
2	G
3	633
4	velheor
5	Vanskor


Direct Invite

Team Empire

1	dream'
2	Kodos
3	Maden
4	sayuw
5	KingR


Direct Invite

The Pango

1	Naive-
2	Iceberg
3	Ghostik
4	XSvamp1Re
5	CemaTheSlayer


Direct Invite

Black Hornets Gaming

1	Palantimos
2	Pikachu
3	chshrct
4	Bignum
5	BLACKARXANGEL


Open Qualifier

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	Alliance	2-0	3-0
2.	Old but Gold	2-1	4-1
3.	The Pango	1-2	1-4
4.	Natus Vincere	0-2	0-3

Matches
Opening Matches
[A]	1 [A] gOLD April 8, 2019 - 16:00 CEST 41m15s	0	gOLD
Na`Vi	0 Na`Vi Pango April 8, 2019 - 17:15 CEST 46m54s	1	Pango
Winners' Match
[A]	2 [A] Pango April 9, 2019 - 17:00 CEST 45m59s 30m18s	0	Pango
Losers' Match
gOLD	2 gOLD Na`Vi April 10, 2019 - 17:00 CEST 41m29s 17m49s	0	Na`Vi
Decider Match
Pango	0 Pango gOLD April 11, 2019 - 17:00 CEST 21m30s 36m19s	2	gOLD

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	Gambit Esports	2-0	3-1
2.	Team Empire	2-1	4-2
3.	The Final Tribe	1-2	2-3
4.	Black Hornets Gaming	0-2	0-3

Matches
Opening Matches
Empire	1 Empire Hornets April 8, 2019 - 18:30 CEST 43m14s	0	Hornets
TFT	0 TFT Gambit April 8, 2019 - 19:45 CEST 47m47s	1	Gambit
Winners' Match
Empire	1 Empire Gambit April 9, 2019 - 20:00 CEST 33m52s 37m05s 35m29s	2	Gambit
Losers' Match
Hornets	0 Hornets TFT April 10, 2019 - 20:00 CEST 31m10s 40m42s	2	TFT
Decider Match
Empire	2 Empire TFT April 11, 2019 - 20:00 CEST 39m21s 31m21s	0	TFT