The Bucharest Minor

[e][h]The Bucharest Minor

League Information

Series:

Bucharest Minor

Dota Pro Circuit

Organizer:

PGL
ImbaTV

Sponsor:

SAP • Secretlab • GVM Pay • Znipe.tv

Version:

7.20e

Type:

Offline

Location:

Bucharest

Venue:

PGL Studios

Dates:

Jan 9 - 13, 2019

Teams:

8

Format:

GSL Group Stage
Double Elimination Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$300,000 USD

Pro Circuit Points:

500

Pro Circuit Tier:

Liquipedia Tier:

Links

The Bucharest Minor will be the second Minor of the 2018/19 season and PGL's 1st overall Minor. The event will see 8 teams from across the globe competing for $300,000 USD and 500 DPC points for The International 2019. The event will be hosted at Bucharest, Romania, from 9 to 13 January, 2019. The winner of The Bucharest Minor qualifies to the Chongqing Major.

Format[edit]

Qualifier^[1]
- 8 teams qualify through regional qualifiers:
- Two teams each from Europe and China
- One team each from North America, CIS, Southeast Asia, and South America
Group Stage^[2]
- Two groups of four teams each
- Double-Elimination
- Top two teams from each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the playoffs
- Bottom two teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the playoffs
- All games are Bo3
Playoffs^[2]
- Double-Elimination
- All games are Bo3
- Bo5 Grand Finals

Broadcast Talent[edit]

English Broadcast
Russian Broadcast
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The talent for the English broadcast was announced on January 4th, 2019.^[3]

Host:
- Redeye (Paul Chaloner)

Analysts:
- Kyle (Kyle Freedman)
- Black^ (Dominik Reitmeier)
- PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
- AdmiralBulldog (Henrik Ahnberg)

Casters:
- TobiWan (Toby Dawson)
- syndereN (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen)
- KillerPigeon (Darren Elmy)
- Lacoste (Dominik Stipić)

Observers:
- Weppas (Johan Westberg)
- Skrff (Rikard Holm Melin)

Fluffs:
- SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
- Malystryx (Lawrence Phillips)

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

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

Prize Pool[edit]

The prize pool for the finals is $300,000 USD and 500 Pro Circuit Points. The winner qualifies to The Chongqing Major.

Place	$ USD	Seed	DPC Points	Team
1st	$125,000	Chongqing Major	120	EHOME
2nd	$70,000	-	100	Gambit Esports
3rd	$35,000	-	90	Keen Gaming
4th	$25,000	-	70	Ninjas in Pyjamas
5th-6th	$15,000	-	40	TEAM TEAM
5th-6th	$15,000	-	40	OG
7th-8th	$7,500	-	20	BOOM ID
7th-8th	$7,500	-	20	Playmakers Esports

Participating Teams[edit]

OG¹

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


Europe Qualifier

Ninjas in Pyjamas

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


Europe Qualifier

TEAM TEAM

1	Sammyboy
2	Ryoya
3	Brax
4	Newsham
5	ixmike88
C	Jubei


North America Qualifier

Playmakers Esports

1	Kotaro Hayama
2	Faker
3	Sword
4	StingeR
5	Accel


South America Qualifier

Gambit Esports

1	Daxak
2	Afoninje
3	AfterLife
4	Immersion
5	fng
C	boolk


CIS Qualifier

BOOM ID

1	Dreamocel
2	Mikoto
3	Fbz
4	Jhocam
5	Khezcute


Southeast Asia Qualifier

Keen Gaming

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


China Qualifier

EHOME

1	eGo
2	ASD
3	Faith_bian
4	天命
5	y`
C	xiao8


China Qualifier

¹

Pajkatt parted ways with OG on January 3rd, 2019.^[4] He is replaced by

iLTW.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	Gambit Esports	2-0	4-1
2.	Keen Gaming	2-1	4-3
3.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	1-2	3-4
4.	TEAM TEAM	0-2	1-4

Matches
Opening Matches
KG	2 KG NiP January 9, 2019 - 10:00 EET 21m12s 26m52s 36m28s	1	NiP
Gambit	2 Gambit TT January 9, 2019 - 10:00 EET 35m05s 22m18s 36m55s	1	TT
Winners' Match
KG	0 KG Gambit January 9, 2019 - 13:00 EET 31m57s 28m58s	2	Gambit
Losers' Match
NiP	2 NiP TT January 9, 2019 - 16:00 EET 39m31s 45m49s	0	TT
Decider Match
KG	2 KG NiP January 9, 2019 - 18:15 EET 34m24s 52m45s	0	NiP

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	EHOME	2-0	4-0
2.	OG	2-1	4-2
3.	BOOM ID	1-2	2-4
4.	Playmakers Esports	0-2	0-4

Matches
Opening Matches
PMKRS	0 PMKRS EHOME January 10, 2019 - 10:00 EET 23m05s 33m15s	2	EHOME
OG	2 OG BOOM January 10, 2019 - 10:00 EET 35m21s 20m33s	0	BOOM
Winners' Match
EHOME	2 EHOME OG January 10, 2019 - 12:30 EET 44m36s 26m21s	0	OG
Losers' Match
PMKRS	0 PMKRS BOOM January 10, 2019 - 15:00 EET 37m49s 21m06s	2	BOOM
Decider Match
OG	2 OG BOOM January 10, 2019 - 17:00 EET 38m39s 22m12s	0	BOOM