Mars Dota 2 League 2017

League Information

Series:

Mars Dota 2 League

Organizer:

Mars Media

Type:

Offline

Location:

Wuhan

Venue:

Optics Valley International Tennis Center

Format:

Round-robin group stage
Double-elimination

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2017-07-05

End Date:

2017-07-09

Game:

Dota 2

Version:

7.06e

Teams:

8

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

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]

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

Notes

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


Europe Qualifier

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


	0-1Jul 5	0-1Jul 5	0-1Jul 5	1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5	0-1Jul 6	0-1Jul 6
1-0Jul 5		1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5	0-1Jul 6	0-1Jul 6	1-0Jul 5	1-0Jul 6
1-0Jul 5	0-1Jul 6		1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5	1-0Jul 5	0-1Jul 6	0-1Jul 5
1-0Jul 5	1-0Jul 5	0-1Jul 6		1-0Jul 5	0-1Jul 6	1-0Jul 5	0-1Jul 6
0-1Jul 6	1-0Jul 6	1-0Jul 5	0-1Jul 5		1-0Jul 5	0-1Jul 6	1-0Jul 5
1-0Jul 5	1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5	1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5		0-1Jul 6	1-0Jul 6
1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5	1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5	1-0Jul 6	1-0Jul 6		1-0Jul 5
1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 6	1-0Jul 5	1-0Jul 6	0-1Jul 5	0-1Jul 6	0-1Jul 5

¹ The 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]

Matches[edit]

Day 1[edit]

Day 1

Day 2[edit]

Day 2

Playoffs[edit]

Upper Bracket Semifinals

UB Semifinals

UBSF

Upper Bracket Final

UB Final

UBF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Lower Bracket Round 1

LB Round 1

LBR1

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

LB Quarterfinals

LBQF

Lower Bracket Semifinal

LB Semifinal

LBSF

Lower Bracket Final

LB Final

LBF

Streams[edit]

Beyond The Summit on Twitch.tv
Beyond The Summit 2 on Twitch.tv
Dota2ruhub on Twitch.tv
Dota2ruhub2 on Twitch.tv
Mars Media Main Stream on Huomao.com
Mars Media Secondary Stream on Huomao.com
MineskiTV on Twitch.tv
BeyondTheSummit_PT on Twitch.tv
BeyondTheSummit_es on Twitch.tv
FroggedTV on Twitch.tv
Pretty High on Twitch.tv
violinUA on Twitch.tv
MineskiTV TH on Twitch.tv
23 CreativeVN on Twitch.tv

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- BreakyCPK (Nick Caras)
- Dakota (Dakota Cox)
- GoDz (David Parker)
- KBBQ (Jack Chen)
- LD (David Gorman)
- Luminous (David Zhang)
- Merlini (Ben Wu)
- ZrRock (Zach Rock)

References[edit]

↑ Mars Media (30 June 2017). "2017 MDL国际精英邀请赛直播赛程安排新鲜出炉！ [2017 MDL International Elite Invitational Tournament Schedule Freshly baked!]" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
↑ @ViCi_Gaming (2017-07-04). "Hao and ChuaN are taking a break".
↑ @MarsMedia (2017-07-06). "No Tiebreakers".
↑ @MarsMedia (2017-07-06). "OG Chooses LGD".

[1] Mars Media (30 June 2017). "2017 MDL国际精英邀请赛直播赛程安排新鲜出炉！ [2017 MDL International Elite Invitational Tournament Schedule Freshly baked!]" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[VG_Subs-2] @ViCi_Gaming (2017-07-04). "Hao and ChuaN are taking a break".

[no_tiebreaker-3] @MarsMedia (2017-07-06). "No Tiebreakers".

[og_chooses_lgd-4] @MarsMedia (2017-07-06). "OG Chooses LGD".

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