Mars Dota 2 League 2017

[e][h]Mars Dota 2 League 2017

League Information

Series:

Mars Dota 2 League

Organizer:

Mars Media

Version:

7.06e

Type:

Offline

Location:

Wuhan

Venue:

Optics Valley International Tennis Center

Teams:

8

Format:

Round-robin group stage
Double-elimination

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2017-07-05

End Date:

2017-07-09

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

Qualifiers

Four invited teams
Two teams from the China Qualifier
One team from the ~~Europe Qualifier~~
One team from the SEA Qualifier

LAN Finals^[1]

Group Stage
- Eight teams play in a round-robin format
- All matches are played in a Bo1
- Top four teams advance to the Upper Bracket.
  - Top team can choose opponent from the 3rd/4th placed teams. 2nd place will play against the other one.
- Other four teams advance to the Lower Bracket
  - 5th vs 8th and 6th vs 7th
- Tiebreaker rules:
  - Two teams:
    - Head to head result
  - Three or more teams:
    - Head to head result
    - Additional set of games (Bo1)
    - If a tie can be broken along the way, the process is restarted (back to head-to-head)
    - If a tie breaker cannot determine a winner, an additional tie breaker will be played.

Playoffs
- Eight teams in a double-elimination bracket.
- All matches except Grand Finals are played in a Bo3
- Grand Finals is played in a Bo5.

Prize Pool[edit]

Place	$ USD	Team
1st	$112,500	LGD Gaming
2nd	$50,000	LGD.Forever Young
3rd	$31,250	Newbee
4th	$18,750	OG
5th-6th	$12,500	Evil Geniuses
5th-6th	$12,500	Invictus Gaming
7th-8th	$6,250	Clutch Gamers
7th-8th	$6,250	Vici Gaming

Participants[edit]

Invictus Gaming

1	BurNIng
2	Op
3	Xxs
4	BoBoKa
5	Q
C	rOtK


Direct Invite

Newbee

1	Moogy
2	Sccc
3	kpii
4	Faith
5	Kaka


Direct Invite

OG

1	N0tail
2	ana
3	s4
4	JerAx
5	Fly
C	7ckngMad


Direct Invite

Evil Geniuses

1	Arteezy
2	Suma1L
3	UNiVeRsE
4	zai
5	Cr1t-
C	Fear
C	SVG


Direct Invite

LGD.Forever Young

1	Monet
2	Super
3	Inflame
4	Ahfu
5	ddc
C	Banana


China Qualifier

LGD Gaming

1	Ame
2	Somnus丶M
3	eLeVeN
4	Yao
5	Victoria
C	357


China Qualifier

Clutch Gamers

1	Gabbi
2	Armel
3	Rapy
4	Boombacs
5	flysolo


SEA Qualifier

Vici Gaming^{1, 2}

1	ZZZZZ END
2	ZZZZZ Ori
3	ZZZZZ Yang
4	fy
5	ZZZZZ Hym
C	ZZZZZ LaNm


Europe Qualifier

¹The Europe Qualifier was canceled due to a scheduling problem. The slot was given to Vici Gaming.

²Hao and ChuaN sat out of the tournament and were replaced by VG substitute END and VGJ's fy, respectively. ^[2]

Group Stage[edit]

Round Robin[edit]

Standings
1.	OG	5-2
2.	LGD Gaming¹	4-3
2.	LGD.Forever Young¹	4-3
2.	Newbee¹	4-3
5.	Evil Geniuses	4-3
6.	Vici Gaming	3-4
7.	Invictus Gaming	3-4
8.	Clutch Gamers	1-6

Cross Table[edit]


	0-1 D1S3	0-1 D1S5	0-1 D1S7	1-0 D2S9	0-1 D1S1	0-1 D2S13	0-1 D2S11
1-0 D1S3		1-0 D2S12	0-1 D1S5	0-1 D2S14	0-1 D2S10	1-0 D1S1	1-0 D2S8
1-0 D1S5	0-1 D2S12		1-0 D2S14	0-1 D1S7	1-0 D1S3	0-1 D2S10	0-1 D1S2
1-0 D1S7	1-0 D1S5	0-1 D2S14		1-0 D1S2	0-1 D2S12	1-0 D1S4	0-1 D2S9
0-1 D2S9	1-0 D2S14	1-0 D1S7	0-1 D1S2		1-0 D1S6	0-1 D2S11	1-0 D1S4
1-0 D1S1	1-0 D2S10	0-1 D1S3	1-0 D2S12	0-1 D1S6		0-1 D2S8	1-0 D2S13
1-0 D2S13	0-1 D1S1	1-0 D2S10	0-1 D1S4	1-0 D2S11	1-0 D2S8		1-0 D1S6
1-0 D2S11	0-1 D2S8	1-0 D1S2	1-0 D2S9	0-1 D1S4	0-1 D2S13	0-1 D1S6

¹The three teams tied for second place decided to forego tiebreakers as none of them minded facing OG in the Upper Bracket.^[3] OG chose LGD as their opponent.^[4]