MDL Disneyland® Paris Major

[e][h]MDL Disneyland® Paris Major

League Information

Series:

Mars Dota 2 League

Dota Pro Circuit

Organizer:

Mars Media
Disneyland Paris Event Group
Mineski Events Team

Sponsor:

AMD • SAP • AOC Gaming • HyperX • Secretlab • Sennheiser • CORSAIR

Version:

7.21d

Type:

Offline

Location:

Paris

Venue:

Disney® Events Arena

Dates:

May 4 - 12, 2019

Teams:

16

Format:

GSL Group Stage
Double Elimination Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$1,000,000 USD

Pro Circuit Points:

15,000

Pro Circuit Tier:

Liquipedia Tier:

Links

OGA Dota PIT Minor 2019

SLi Minor S2

MDL will be hosting their first tournament outside of China ever, and what a venue to pick for this occasion: together with the Disneyland Paris Event Group, MDL presents the MDL Disneyland Paris Major, the fourth Major of the 2018-19 Dota Pro Circuit.^[1] At the beginning of May 2019, 16 of the world's best Dota 2 teams will come to Disneyland Paris outside of downtown Paris, France, to secure their portion of the $1,000,000 USD prize pool and the invaluable DPC points to qualify for The International 2019. It also marks the first DotA 2 Major held in France as well as the first esports event in any game hosted by Disney Parks and Resorts since Disneyland Paris hosted ESWC 2010.

Format[edit]

Qualifier
- Fifteen teams qualify through regional qualifiers: three teams each from Europe, China and North America and two teams each from CIS, Southeast Asia and South America
- One team qualifies as the champion of OGA Dota Pit Minor
Group Stage - May 4th - May 5th
- Sixteen teams are divided in four GSL groups of four teams each
- The top two teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
- The bottom two teams advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
- All games are Bo3
Playoffs - May 6th - May 12th
- Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination format, with the final four days being in front of a live crowd^[2]
- Eight teams begin in the upper bracket, eight in the lower bracket
- All games except Grand Finals and Lower Bracket Round 1 are Bo3
- Lower Bracket Round 1 are Bo1
- Grand Finals is Bo5

Broadcast Talent[edit]

The talent for the English broadcast was announced on April 12th, 2019.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Hosts:
- Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
- SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)

Commentators:
- Kyle (Kyle Freedman)
- GoDz (David Parker)
- Tsunami (Neal Khandheria)
- Blitz (William Lee)
- Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
- GranDGranT (Grant Harris)
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)

Off-site Commentators:
- Zyori (Andrew Campbell)
- TrentPax (Trent MacKenzie)
- Lyrical (Gabriel Cruz)
- Lacoste (Dominik Stipić)
- MLPDota (Mike Le Phoenix)
- Johnxfire (John Nathan Fernandez)

EN/CN Interpreter:
- XiiTuzi (Helen Xu)

The talent for the French Broadcast was announced on April 18th, 2019. ^[6]

Commentators:
- Hugo (Hugo Fouques)
- YouYou (Youri Scoquart)
- v0ja (Adrien Putallaz)
- Namax (Maxime Chavalle)
- Philaeux (Vincent Lamotte)
- Profchen (Clément Chène)
- Liquidstuff (Pierre Savalli)
- Whyll (Tom Stemmelen)
- Bartsake (Arthur Prévost)
- Cerinn (Stéphane Besnaud)

The talent for the Chinese Broadcast was announced on April 26th, 2019.^[7]

Hosts:
- 78 (Du Junnan)
- 梦罗克

Commentators:
- SDN (Shi Danni)
- Ams (Chen Juan)
- Dove (Zhang Tiange)
- Kiko (Quan Bing)
- Freeagain (Hao Peng)
- 风追忆 (Wang Zhibo)
- LavenderAA (Li Qiming)
- bLink (Zhou Yang)

The talent for the Russian Broadcast was announced on April 29th, 2019.^[8]

Host:
- NotInMyHouse (Dmitry Krupnov)

Analysts/Commentators:
- NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
- CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
- Smile (Sergey Antonovich Revin)
- LighTofHeaveN (Dmitry Kupriyanov)
- Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- Inmate (Dmitry Filinov)
- 4ce (Nikita Kotkov)
- Lex (Alexey Filippov)
- JAM (Alexander Korotkov)
- Adekvat (Rustam Mavliutov)
- Mortalles (Dmitry Arzhylovsky)
- Mila (Mila Alieva)
- Eiritel (Daria Morozova)

The Observers for the event.^[9]

Observers:
- Aonir (Carolin Hanisch)
- PimpmuckL (Jonathan Liebig)

Prize Pool[edit]

The prize pool for the finals is $1,000,000 USD and 15,000 Pro Circuit Points.

Place	$ USD	DPC Points	Team
1st	$350,000	4,950	Team Secret
2nd	$170,000	3,000	Team Liquid
3rd	$100,000	2,100	Evil Geniuses
4th	$80,000	1,350	PSG.LGD
5th-6th	$60,000	900	OG
5th-6th	$60,000	900	Ninjas in Pyjamas
7th-8th	$40,000	450	Virtus.pro
7th-8th	$40,000	450	Vici Gaming
9th-12th	$15,000	150	Complexity Gaming
			Mineski
			paiN Gaming
			Keen Gaming
13th-16th	$10,000	75	beastcoast
			Team Empire
			Chaos Esports Club
			Fnatic

Award	Player	Team
Grand Final MVP	Puppey	Team Secret

Participating Teams[edit]

Team Secret

1	Nisha
2	MidOne
3	zai
4	YapzOr
5	Puppey
C	Sunbhie


Europe

Team Liquid

1	Miracle-
2	MATUMBAMAN
3	MinD_ContRoL
4	GH
5	Kuroky
C	rmN-


Europe

OG

1	ana
2	Topson
3	7ckngMad
4	JerAx
5	N0tail
C	Sockshka


Europe

Virtus.pro

1	RAMZES666
2	No[o]ne
3	9pasha
4	RodjER
5	Solo
C	ArsZeeqq


CIS

Team Empire

1	dream'
2	Kodos
3	Maden
4	sayuw
5	KingR
C	KaHT


CIS

Keen Gaming

1	old chicken
2	一
3	eLeVeN
4	Kaka
5	dark
C	Fyms


China

PSG.LGD

1	Ame
2	Somnus丶M
3	Chalice
4	fy
5	xNova
C	QQQ


China

Vici Gaming

1	Paparazi灬
2	Ori
3	Yang
4	Fade
5	Dy
C	rOtk


China

Fnatic

1	MP
2	Abed
3	iceiceice
4	DJ
5	Jabz
C	DuBu


Southeast Asia

Mineski

1	Ahjit
2	Moon
3	kpii
4	ragingpotato
5	ninjaboogie
C	71


Southeast Asia

paiN Gaming¹

1	Mandy
2	4dr
3	Liposa
4	Thiolicor
5	444


South America

Chaos Esports Club

1	hFn
2	w33
3	tavo
4	MISERY
5	Kingrd
C	TeaGuvnor


South America

Evil Geniuses

1	Arteezy
2	SumaiL
3	s4
4	Cr1t-
5	Fly
C	BuLba


North America

Complexity Gaming³

1	Meracle
2	Limmp
3	monkeys-forever
4	Zfreek
5	Adam
C	Kips


North America

beastcoast^2,4

1	EternaLEnVy
2	Ryoya
3	Brax
4	tmt
5	ixmike88


North America

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1	Ace
2	Fata
3	33
4	Saksa
5	ppd
C	Pajkatt


Dota PIT Minor

¹ paiN Gaming signed Butterfly Effec on March 30th, 2019.^[10]

²

Gunnar and

Newsham were removed from TEAM TEAM on April 21st.^[11]

Ryoya and

tmt were added to the team roster on April 30th.^[12]

³ Complexity Gaming released

Deth on April 22nd, 2019.

monkeys-forever joined the team on a trial basis for the major.^[13]

⁴ beastcoast signed TEAM TEAM on May 1st, 2019.^[14]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	Virtus.pro	2-0	4-1
2.	Team Liquid	2-1	4-3
3.	Keen Gaming	1-2	3-4
4.	beastcoast	0-2	1-4

Matches
Opening Matches
VP	2 VP bc May 4, 2019 - 10:00 CEST 34m10s 54m07s 47m31s	1	bc
KG	1 KG Liquid May 4, 2019 - 10:00 CEST 32m37s 28m21s 37m34s	2	Liquid
Winners' Match
VP	2 VP Liquid May 4, 2019 - 14:30 CEST 62m24s 40m17s	0	Liquid
Losers' Match
bc	0 bc KG May 5, 2019 - 10:00 CEST 24m07s 28m25s	2	KG
Decider Match
Liquid	2 Liquid KG May 5, 2019 - 12:30 CEST 35m38s 23m50s	0	KG

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	Team Secret	2-0	4-0
2.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2-1	5-2
3.	Chaos Esports Club	1-2	2-5
4.	Team Empire	0-2	0-4

Matches
Opening Matches
Secret	2 Secret Empire May 4, 2019 - 10:00 CEST 29m14s 44m59s	0	Empire
NiP	1 NiP CHAOS May 4, 2019 - 10:00 CEST 23m39s 41m36s 61m48s	2	CHAOS
Winners' Match
Secret	2 Secret CHAOS May 4, 2019 - 14:30 CEST 32m31s 30m17s	0	CHAOS
Losers' Match
Empire	0 Empire NiP May 5, 2019 - 10:00 CEST 28m21s 47m21s	2	NiP
Decider Match
CHAOS	0 CHAOS NiP May 5, 2019 - 12:30 CEST 31m30s 26m37s	2	NiP

Group C[edit]

Group C
1.	Vici Gaming	2-0	4-0
2.	PSG.LGD	2-1	4-2
3.	Mineski	1-2	2-4
4.	paiN Gaming	0-2	0-4

Matches
Opening Matches
VG	2 VG paiN May 4, 2019 - 17:30 CEST 24m46s 35m07s	0	paiN
PSG.LGD	2 PSG.LGD Mski May 4, 2019 - 17:30 CEST 23m45s 35m44s	0	Mski
Winners' Match
VG	2 VG PSG.LGD May 4, 2019 - 20:30 CEST 22m14s 31m44s	0	PSG.LGD
Losers' Match
paiN	0 paiN Mski May 5, 2019 - 14:30 CEST 56m58s 36m39s	2	Mski
Decider Match
PSG.LGD	2 PSG.LGD Mski May 5, 2019 - 17:30 CEST 45m50s 35m28s	0	Mski

Group D[edit]

Group D
1.	Evil Geniuses	2-0	4-0
2.	OG	2-1	4-2
3.	Complexity Gaming	1-2	2-5
4.	Fnatic	0-2	1-4

Matches
Opening Matches
EG	2 EG coL May 4, 2019 - 18:00 CEST 36m44s 30m49s	0	coL
Fnatic	0 Fnatic OG May 4, 2019 - 17:30 CEST 28m20s 36m31s	2	OG
Winners' Match
EG	2 EG OG May 4, 2019 - 20:30 CEST 38m18s 48m08s	0	OG
Losers' Match
coL	2 coL Fnatic May 5, 2019 - 14:30 CEST 26m28s 33m55s 54m26s	1	Fnatic
Decider Match
OG	2 OG coL May 5, 2019 - 18:30 CEST 34m06s 25m32s	0	coL

Playoffs[edit]

Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)

Team Secret

2

PSG.LGD

1

Virtus.pro

0

OG

2

Evil Geniuses

2

Team Liquid

1

Vici Gaming

1

Ninjas in Pyjamas

2

Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)

Team Secret

2

OG

0

Evil Geniuses

2

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1

Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)

Team Secret

2

Evil Geniuses

1

Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)

Complexity

1

beastcoast

0

Mineski

1

Team Empire

0

Chaos EC

0

paiN Gaming

1

Keen Gaming

1

Fnatic

0

Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3)

PSG.LGD

2

Complexity

0

Virtus.pro

2

Mineski

0

Team Liquid

2

paiN Gaming

0

Vici Gaming

2

Keen Gaming

0

Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)

PSG.LGD

2

Virtus.pro

0

Team Liquid

2

Vici Gaming

1

Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3)

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1

PSG.LGD

2

OG

1

Team Liquid

2

Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3)

PSG.LGD

1

Team Liquid

2

Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)

Evil Geniuses

0

Team Liquid

2

Grand Final (Bo5)

Team Secret

3

Team Liquid

1

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Interviews[edit]

2019-05-04 | "The second team from the CIS goes out as an outsider." Interview with Team Empire.KingR by RuHub
2019-05-07 | "I want to win 3 TIs". Interview with Liquid.KuroKy by RuHub (trans. )
2019-05-08 | "Never give up, never give up." Interview with OG.Ceb by RuHub (trans. )
2019-05-09 | RAMZES666.VP: "At the draft stage I know what will happen in the game" by RuHub (trans. )
2019-05-09 | Kips.compLexity: “I'll always cover you” @ MDL Disneyland® Paris Major by RuHub (trans. )
2019-05-10 | Noone.VP: Now the strongest hero is Storm @ MDL Disneyland® Paris Major by RuHub (trans. )
2019-05-10 | EG.Arteezy: “I wonder if Wisp will be on TI” @ MDL Disneyland® Paris Major by RuHub (trans. )
2019-05-10 | Secret.YapzOr и P E R E V O D C H I K Puppey @ MDL Disneyland® Paris Major by RuHub (trans. )
2019-05-10 | Slacks Interviews Puppey and KuroKy at the Newport Bay Club by MarsMedia

References[edit]

↑ Mars Media (2019-03-07). "Mars Media and Disneyland® Paris to co-organize the very first Dota 2 Major in France". facebook.com.
↑ Mars Media (2019-04-10). "From May 9 to May 12, come witness the best #Dota2 games at #MDLDisney Major !". twitter.
↑ Mars Media (2019-04-12). "Please welcome the first English broadcast talents who will join us for #MDLDisney at @DisneylandParis". Twitter.
↑ Mars Media (2019-04-12). "You asked for more talents for #MDLDisney at @DisneylandParis". Twitter.
↑ John Nathan "Johnxfire" Fernandez (2019-05-03). "Excited to be covering the group stages for the @MarsMedia #MDLDisney Major, along with @TrentPax ,@ZyoriTV ,@LyricalDota ,@LacosteDota and of course @MLPDotA !". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
↑ FroggedTV (2019-04-18). "We are proud and happy to announce our 10 casters who will be at the #MDLDisney Major starting May 4! We all are more than eager to tell you the beautiful tales which will be unfolding in the first French #dota2 Major!". Twitter.
↑ Mars Media (2019-04-26). "Introducing the Chinese talents for the MDL Disneyland® Paris Major". Twitter.
↑ Dota2RuHub (2019-04-29). "Десант @ruhubstudio готов к высадке в @DisneylandParis". Twitter.
↑ JJ - PimpmuckL (2019-04-29). "The Crew™ is back for #MDLDisney (and we're bringin @layerthCG)!". Twitter.
↑ "Apresentamos com muito orgulho o nosso time: @bobdota1 @mandydoto @fourdiar @lelisdota @thiolicordota". 2019-03-30.
↑ Gunnardota (2019-04-21). "We were kicked". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
↑ "DOTA 2 MAJORS AND MINORS REGISTRATION". Valve Corporation.
↑ "Changes to coL.Dota; Farewell to Deth". 2019-04-21.
↑ beastcoastgg (1 May 2019). "announcing our entry into #Dota2…". Twitter. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[announcement-1] Mars Media (2019-03-07). "Mars Media and Disneyland® Paris to co-organize the very first Dota 2 Major in France". facebook.com.

[stage_series-2] Mars Media (2019-04-10). "From May 9 to May 12, come witness the best #Dota2 games at #MDLDisney Major !". twitter.

[en_talent_1-3] Mars Media (2019-04-12). "Please welcome the first English broadcast talents who will join us for #MDLDisney at @DisneylandParis". Twitter.

[en_talent_2-4] Mars Media (2019-04-12). "You asked for more talents for #MDLDisney at @DisneylandParis". Twitter.

[zyori_trent-5] John Nathan "Johnxfire" Fernandez (2019-05-03). "Excited to be covering the group stages for the @MarsMedia #MDLDisney Major, along with @TrentPax ,@ZyoriTV ,@LyricalDota ,@LacosteDota and of course @MLPDotA !". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-05-03.

[fr_talent-6] FroggedTV (2019-04-18). "We are proud and happy to announce our 10 casters who will be at the #MDLDisney Major starting May 4! We all are more than eager to tell you the beautiful tales which will be unfolding in the first French #dota2 Major!". Twitter.

[cn_talent-7] Mars Media (2019-04-26). "Introducing the Chinese talents for the MDL Disneyland® Paris Major". Twitter.

[ru_talent-8] Dota2RuHub (2019-04-29). "Десант @ruhubstudio готов к высадке в @DisneylandParis". Twitter.

[obs_talent-9] JJ - PimpmuckL (2019-04-29). "The Crew™ is back for #MDLDisney (and we're bringin @layerthCG)!". Twitter.

[paiNG_signs_BEffec-10] "Apresentamos com muito orgulho o nosso time: @bobdota1 @mandydoto @fourdiar @lelisdota @thiolicordota". 2019-03-30.

[gunnar_and_newsham_kicked-11] Gunnardota (2019-04-21). "We were kicked". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-04-21.

[majorsreg-12] "DOTA 2 MAJORS AND MINORS REGISTRATION". Valve Corporation.

[Deth_released_from_coL-13] "Changes to coL.Dota; Farewell to Deth". 2019-04-21.

[Beastcoast_Announcement-14] stcoastgg (1 May 2019). "announcing our entry into #Dota2…". Twitter. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

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Contents

MDL Disneyland® Paris Major

Contents

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participating Teams[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Other Videos[edit]

References[edit]

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