The Bucharest Major
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The Bucharest Major
League Information
Series:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Location:
BucharestVenue:
Format:
Swiss-system Group Stage; SE Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-03-04
End Date:
2018-03-11
Version:
Teams:
16
Pro Circuit Points:
1,500
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Circuit Tier:
Links
Chronology
The Bucharest Major will be PGL's fourth Major and their second tournament of Valve's Dota Pro Circuit. The event will be held in March 2018 at the Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest, Romania, where sixteen teams will compete for their chance at the $1,000,000 USD prize pool and 1,500 DPC points.[1]
Format[edit]
- Group Stage
- Sixteen teams play in a 5-round Swiss-system format.
- All matches are played in a Bo1.
- The top eight placed teams advance to the playoffs.
- Playoffs
- The teams are seeded into a single-elimination bracket.
- All matches are played in a Bo3, with a Bo5 finals.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
The talent for the English broadcast was announced on February 2, 2018.[2][3]
- Host:
Redeye (Paul Chaloner)
- Analysts:
KBBQ (Jack Chen)- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- SUNSfan (Shannon Scotten)
- Content Creators:
- Malystryx (Lawrence Phillips)
- SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
The talent for the Russian broadcast was announced on March 3, 2018.[4]
- Host:
CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
- Analysts:
- NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
- Smile (Sergey Revin)
- Inmate (Dmitry Filinov)
- LighTofHeaveN (Dmitry Kupriyanov)
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool for the tournament is $1,000,000 USD and 1,500 Pro Circuit points.
Participants[edit]
| 1 |  MATUMBAMAN |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Miracle- |
| 3 |  MinD_ContRoL |
| 4 |  GH |
| 5 |  KuroKy |
| C |  Heen |
 | |
| Invited | |
| 1 |  Crystallize |
|---|---|
| 2 | Dendi |
| 3 | GeneRaL |
| 4 | Lil |
| 5 |  LeBronDota |
| C | XBOCT |
 | |
| Invited | |
- 1 w33 will be standing in for paiN Gaming.
- 2 TNC Pro Team renamed to TNC Predator on January 15th.[7]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
| # | Team | Matches | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  VGJ.Thunder | 3 - 0 |  |   |  |  | |
| 1 |   Evil Geniuses | 3 - 0 |   |   |  | | |
| 3 | Newbee | 3 - 1 |  |  | |  | |
| 3 |  Virtus.pro | 3 - 1 |   |  |  | | |
| 3 | Team Secret | 3 - 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Team Liquid | 3 - 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | OpTic Gaming | 3 - 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | TNC Predator | 3 - 2 |  | | | | |
| 9 | Natus Vincere | 2 - 3 | | | | | |
| 9 | compLexity Gaming | 2 - 3 | | | | | |
| 9 | OG | 2 - 3 | | | | | |
| 12 | Vici Gaming | 1 - 3 | | | | | |
| 12 | paiN Gaming | 1 - 3 | | | | | |
| 12 | Mineski | 1 - 3 | | | | | |
| 15 | LGD.Forever Young | 0 - 3 | | | | | |
| 15 | Vega Squadron | 0 - 3 | | | | | |
- For detailed match results, click HERE.
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Grand Final
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
English Broadcast- Russian Broadcast
Beyond The Summit ES
Beyond The Summit PT
MineskiTV- KuyaNic (WomboXCombo)
CyberClasher- The Dreamcasters
23CreativeVN
PGL Major
Team Intros[edit]
- 2018-03-09 | The Bucharest Major Intro VGJ Thunder by PGL
- 2018-03-09 | The Bucharest Major Intro TNC by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Pain Gaming by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Vici Gaming by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Mineski by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Vega Squadron by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Evil Geniuses by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Optic Gaming by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro LFY by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Newbee by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Complexity by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Virtus.pro by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro Team Secret by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major Intro NaVi by PGL
- 2018-03-11 | The Bucharest Major Intro OG by PGL
Interviews[edit]
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - ROTK Interview by SirActionSlacks of PGL (trans. by iceiceice)
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - Arteezy Interview by SirActionSlacks of PGL
- 2018-03-07 | The Bucharest Major - Interview with Kpii by SirActionSlacks of PGL
- 2018-03-07 | The Bucharest Major - Interview with Ace by SirActionSlacks of PGL
- 2018-03-07 | The Bucharest Major - Interview with Paulo, TNC manager by SirActionSlacks of PGL
- 2018-03-07 | The Bucharest Major - Interview with Zai by SirActionSlacks of PGL
- 2018-03-07 | The Bucharest Major - The Story of Dendi by PGL
- 2018-03-11 | The Bucharest Major - The Story of Redeye by PGL
- 2018-03-11 | The Bucharest Major - Interview with Matumbaman by SirActionSlacks of PGL
- 2018-03-11 | The Bucharest Major - Virtus.pro the winning moment and interview by SirActionSlacks of PGL
Recaps[edit]
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - Group Stage Day 1 Recap by PGL
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - Group Stage Day 2 Recap by PGL
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - Group Stage Day 3 Recap by PGL
- 2018-03-11 | PGL Bucharest Major Highlights by PGL
Miscellaneous[edit]
- 2018-03-03 | The Bucharest Major - Swiss RO1 Draw by PGL
- 2018-03-04 | The Bucharest Major - Teams Arrival by PGL
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major: Vampire Drawings with Evil Geniuses by PGL
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - Tour of the PGL Studios with a special guest! by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major - International Women's Day Special by PGL
- 2018-03-11 | The Bucharest Major - Dota 2 Horror Stories by PGL
- 2018-03-04 | The Bucharest Major - Romanian Food Challenge with Moon and Ninjaboogie by PGL
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - Romanian food challenge with Ramzes and No[o]ne by PGL
- 2018-03-06 | The Bucharest Major - Sumo with ninjaboogie (Mineski) by PGL
- 2018-03-09 | The Bucharest Major - Sumo Bulba by PGL
- 2018-03-05 | The Bucharest Major - OG by PGL
- 2018-03-04 | The Bucharest Major: Vega Trailer by PGL
- 2018-03-04 | The Bucharest Major - TNC Ad by PGL
- 2018-03-07 | The Bucharest Major - Team Liquid Motivational Ad by PGL
- 2018-03-09 | The Bucharest Major - Newbee Ad by PGL
- 2018-03-09 | The Bucharest Major - Team Secret Ad by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major - Who said that with Optic Gaming by PGL
- 2018-03-10 | The Bucharest Major - "Who said that?" with Team Secret by PGL
- 2018-03-11 | The Bucharest Major - Find the Swede by PGL
- 2018-03-11 | The Bucharest Major - Toby and Purge play Find the Swede by PGL
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 @PGLesports (2017-12-21). "Announcing The Bucharest Major 2018". Twitter.
- ↑ PGL (2018-02-02). "Some mighty fine folks will be working on the EN broadcast for The Bucharest Major". Twitter.
- ↑ PGL (2018-02-02). "One more addition to The Bucharest Major talent line-up: Brax". Twitter.
- ↑ Dota 2 RuHub (2018-03-03). "Из студии RuHub освещать турнир будут: NS, Smile, CrystalMay, Maelstorm, JAM, Inmate, LighTofHeaveN, 4ce и Lum1Sit.". vk.com.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 @PGLesports (2017-12-22). "Here are the other 5 invites for The Bucharest Major". Twitter.
- ↑ paiN Gaming (30 December 2017). "Omar “w33″ Aliwi is back, #MelhorTorcidaDoMundo 😃". Facebook.
- ↑ TNC Predator (15 January 2018). "Acer Predator is now TNC Pro Team’s Title Sponsor". Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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