The Defense Season 4
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The Defense Season 4
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Online
Location:
WorldFormat:
Group Stage
Double-elimination Bracket
Double-elimination Bracket
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2013-05-21
End Date:
2013-07-24
Teams:
20
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
The Defense Season 4 is joinDOTA's fourth league-style tournament. Group stage play began May 29th, 2013, and ran for two months.
Tournament Information[edit]
Prizepool[edit]
A total of $25,000 is split among the teams as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Format[edit]
- Qualifying Tournament[1]
- 16 teams invited.
- Double-elimination bracket.
- Best of 1 series until round 3 upper bracket and lower bracket final.
- Best of 3 for round 3 upper bracket and lower bracket final
- Top 2 upper bracket teams qualify.
- Top 1 lower bracket team qualify.
- Group Stage[2]
- 17 invited teams and 3 qualified teams are seeded into Group Play.
- The 20 teams get divided into four groups of five.
- Every team plays two games against each of the four opponents in its group.
- The top three teams of each group advances to the playoffs.
- All matches are played in a best of two series.
- Tiebreaks are determined through Bo1 matches between the tied teams.
- If tiebreaker matches leads to another tie the administration might announce an alternative tiebreaking format.
- Playoffs[2]
- The 12 teams are divided into upper- and lower bracket.
- The winners from each group are seeded into the upper bracket.
- The 2nd and 3rd teams from each group are seeded into the lower bracket.
- All matches except the finals are played in a best of three series.
- The Grand Final is played in a best of five series.
Participating Teams[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
| 1 |  SexyBamboe |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Jeyo |
| 3 |  Bdiz |
| 4 | Fear |
| 5 | DeMoN |
 |
Qualified Teams[edit]
- 1 QPAD dropped out after losing two members of their team. [3] A 4 team qualifier was played and zRAGE ended up replacing them.
Full team rosters are available here.
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Natus Vincere
|
3-1-0 | 7-1 | 7p | ||
| 2. |  mousesports
|
3-1-0 | 7-1 | 7p | ||
| 3. |  Team Empire
|
1-0-3 | 2-6 | 2p | ||
| 4. |  RoX.KIS
|
1-0-3 | 2-6 | 2p | ||
| 4. |  Keita Gaming
|
1-0-3 | 2-6 | 2p | ||
| Group A Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| mouz | 1 | 1 | Na`Vi |
| RoX | 0 | 2 | Keita |
| RoX | 2 | 0 | Empire |
| Keita | 0 | 2 | mouz |
| mouz | 2 | 0 | RoX |
| Keita | 0 | 2 | Na`Vi |
| Empire | 0 | 2 | Na`Vi |
| Empire | 2 | 0 | Keita |
| Empire | 0 | 2 | mouz |
| Na`Vi | 2 | 0 | RoX |
| Group A Tiebreakers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RoX | 0 | 1 | Empire |
| Empire | 1 | 0 | Keita |
| RoX | - | - | Keita |
| Na`Vi | 1 | 0 | mouz |
Group B[edit]
| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  iCCup
|
2-2-0 | 6-2 | 6p | ||
| 2. |  Virtus.pro
|
2-1-1 | 5-3 | 5p | ||
| 3. |  NEXT.kz
|
1-2-1 | 4-4 | 4p | ||
| 4. |  Fnatic
|
1-1-2 | 3-5 | 3p | ||
| 5. |  Absolute Legends
|
1-0-3 | 2-6 | 2p | ||
| Group B Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| aL | 0 | 2 | iCCup |
| NEXT | 1 | 1 | VP |
| aL | 0 | 2 | VP |
| VP | 2 | 0 | Fnc.EU |
| iCCup | 1 | 1 | NEXT |
| iCCup | 2 | 0 | VP |
| NEXT | 2 | 0 | Fnatic |
| aL | 2 | 0 | NEXT |
| iCCup | 1 | 1 | Fnatic |
| Fnatic | 2 | 0 | aL |
Group C[edit]
| Group C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Alliance
|
2-2-0 | 6-2 | 6p | ||
| 2. |  4 Friends + Chrillee
|
2-1-1 | 5-3 | 5p | ||
| 3. | Evil Geniuses
|
1-2-1 | 4-4 | 4p | ||
| 3. |  Quantic Gaming
|
0-4-0 | 4-4 | 4p | ||
| 5. |  zRAGE
|
0-1-3 | 1-7 | 1p | ||
| Group C Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantic | 1 | 1 | zRAGE |
| Quantic | 1 | 1 | [A] |
| EG | 1 | 1 | [A] |
| 4FC | 2 | 0 | EG |
| 4FC | 0 | 2 | [A] |
| zRAGE | 0 | 2 | EG |
| EG | 1 | 1 | Quantic |
| 4FC | 2 | 0 | zRAGE |
| zRAGE | 0 | 2 | [A] |
| 4FC | 1 | 1 | Quantic |
| Group C Tiebreakers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantic | 0 | 1 | EG |
Group D[edit]
| Group D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kaipi
|
2-1-1 | 5-3 | 5p | ||
| 2. |  Team Dignitas
|
1-3-0 | 5-3 | 5p | ||
| 3. | Team Liquid
|
2-1-1 | 5-3 | 5p | ||
| 4. |  Lions Pride
|
1-1-2 | 3-5 | 3p | ||
| 5. |  Artyk Gaming
|
0-2-2 | 2-6 | 2p | ||
| Group D Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid | 1 | 1 | Artyk |
| Liquid | 2 | 0 | eL'Pride |
| Artyk | 1 | 1 | Dignitas |
| eL'Pride | 0 | 2 | KP |
| Dignitas | 1 | 1 | KP |
| Liquid | 2 | 0 | KP |
| KP | 2 | 0 | Artyk |
| Artyk | 0 | 2 | eL'Pride |
| Liquid | 0 | 2 | Dignitas |
| eL'Pride | 1 | 1 | Dignitas |
| Group D Tiebreakers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| KP | 1 | 0 | Dignitas |
| Liquid | 0 | 1 | KP |
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 4
Lower Bracket Final
Grand Final
