The Defense Season 5
Berlin Offline Playoffs
The Defense is back with The Defense Season 5 following nearly a 2 year break! The tournament features 18 teams competing for a prize pool of more than $75,000 USD; and, for the first time in the history of The Defense, the tournament will feature LAN finals.
Overview[edit]
Format[edit]
- First Stage: Twelve teams join the first group stage (two groups of six), with six teams progressing to the second stage.
- The teams play Bo2s, with each 2-0 being worth 3 points, each 1-1 being worth 1, and each 0-2 being worth 0
- Second Stage: The six teams progressing from stage 1 will be divided again into two groups of six after being joined by six directly invited teams.
- Third Stage and Final Stage Details of the playoffs as well as the first-ever The Defense LAN finals will be released in the future.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
The base prize pool set by joinDota is $75,000. 25% of proceeds from all purchases of the DotaTV ticket and item bundle will be added to the prize pool.
As of December 6th, 2015, the prize pool was $78,586. [1]
| Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$39,293 | 50% |  Team Liquid
|
 2nd
|
$19,647 | 25% |  OG
|
 3rd
|
$11,788 | 15% |  Alliance
|
 4th
|
$7,859 | 10% |  ALTERNATE aTTaX
|
| 5th-12th | - | - |  4 Clover & Lepricon
|
 Vega Squadron
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 Virtus.pro
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 Ninjas in Pyjamas
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 Arcade.PowerRangers
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 Team Empire
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 compLexity Gaming
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 ScaryFaceZ
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| 13th-18th | - | - |  STARK
|
 Danish Bears
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 Newteam123123
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 Monkey Freedom Fighters
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 Golden Boys
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 Lemondogs
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Participating Teams[edit]
Stage 1 Invites[edit]
14 Anchors + Sea Captain were acquired by STARK eSports on September 28, 2015. [2]
2Team Liquid acquired 5Jungz on October 9, 2015.[3]
3(monkey) Business was signed by OG on October 31, 2015.[4]
Stage 2 Invites[edit]
Results[edit]
Stage 1[edit]
Group A 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ScaryFaceZ
|
4-1-0 | 9-1 | 13p | ||
| 2. |  5Jungz
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3-2-0 | 8-2 | 11p | ||
| 3. | ALTERNATE aTTaX
|
2-1-2 | 5-5 | 7p | ||
| 4. | Danish Bears
|
1-2-2 | 4-6 | 5p | ||
| 5. | Newteam123123
|
1-1-3 | 3-7 | 4p | ||
| 6. | Lemondogs
|
0-1-4 | 1-9 | 1p | ||
| Group B
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  (monkey) Business
|
4-1-0 | 9-1 | 13p | ||
| 2. | 4 Clover & Lepricon
|
2-3-0 | 7-3 | 9p | ||
| 3. | Arcade.PowerRangers
|
1-3-1 | 5-5 | 6p | ||
| 4. | STARK1
|
2-0-3 | 4-6 | 6p | ||
| 5. | Monkey Freedom Fighters
|
1-1-3 | 3-7 | 4p | ||
| 6. | Golden Boys
|
0-2-3 | 2-8 | 2p | ||
For detailed results, see this.
Stage 2[edit]
| Group A
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alliance
|
8-2 | ||||
| 1. | OG1,2
|
8-2 | ||||
| 3. | Virtus.pro 2
|
6-4 | ||||
| 4. | ALTERNATE aTTaX3
|
4-6 | ||||
| 5. | Team Empire 2
|
4-6 | ||||
| 6. | ScaryFaceZ
|
0-10 | ||||
| Group B
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Team Liquid
|
7-3 | ||||
| 2. | 4 Clover & Lepricon2
|
6-4 | ||||
| 3. | Vega Squadron1
|
6-4 | ||||
| 4. | Ninjas in Pyjamas
|
5-5 | ||||
| 4. | Arcade.PowerRangers
|
5-5 | ||||
| 6. | compLexity Gaming
|
1-9 | ||||
1Vega Squadron withdrew from the tournament.[5]
24 Clover & Lepricon withdrew their participation for their finals.[6]
For detailed results, see this.
Playoffs[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Defense 5 prize tracker
- ↑ "The STARK era begins". http://stark.gg/.+September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ↑ Liquid`Nazgul (October 9, 2015). "Liquid Reincarnation". Teamliquidpro.com. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ↑ OG Dota 2 (31 October 2015). "Monkey Business is now OG". VKontakte. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
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