WePlay AniMajor
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WePlay AniMajor
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Venue:
WePlay Esports Arena Kyiv
Format:
Wild Card & Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$500,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-06-02
End Date:
2021-06-13
Version:
Teams:
18
Pro Circuit Points:
2,700
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Circuit Tier:
Links
Chronology
WePlay AniMajor is the second Major of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit season.[1]
Format[edit]
- Participants
- Eighteen teams
- Four teams each from Western Europe and China
- Three teams each from Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe
- Two teams each from North and South America
- Eighteen teams
- Wild Card – June 2nd - June 3rd, 2021
- Six teams on a single round-robin
- All matches are Bo2
- Top two teams advance to the group stage
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Click here for tiebreaker rules
- If there is a tie along the Group Stage and elimination divider, additional Bo1 tiebreaker match will be played
- For other ties (in order of importance):
- Head-to-head result
- Results against lower seeded team
- Time Rating
- Coin toss
- If a tie can be broken along the way, the process is restarted (back to head-to-head result)
- Group Stage – June 4th - June 7th, 2021
- Eight teams on a single round-robin
- All matches are Bo2
- Top two teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
- 3rd to 6th place teams advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Click here for tiebreaker rules
- If there is a tie along the Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket or Lower Bracket and elimination divider, additional Bo1 tiebreaker match will be played
- For other ties (in order of importance):
- Head-to-head result
- Results against lower seeded team
- Time Rating
- Coin toss
- If a tie can be broken along the way, the process is restarted (back to head-to-head result)
- Playoffs – June 9th - June 13th, 2021
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
Broadcast Talent[edit]
The talent for the English broadcast was announced on May 21st, 2021.[2][3][4][5]
- Hosts:
Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
Rich (Richard Campbell)
- Analysts:
DkPhobos (Alexander Kucheria)
Belony (Yehor Dovhyi)
TpoH (Maxim Vernikov)
Dragneel_FH (Dmitry Staroverov)
Sh4dowehhh (Yevhen Alekseiev)
Goblak (Artur Kostenko)
Sm1Ley (Petro Banakh)
PGG (Vladimir Anosov)
lil me alone (Ilya Ilyuk)
ALWAYSWANNAFLY (Andrii Bondarenko)
XBOCT (Oleksandr Dashkevych)
ArsZeeqq (Arsenii Usov)
The talent for the Ukrainian broadcast was announced on May 28th, 2021.[6]
- Host:
yXo (Alexey Maletsky)
The talent for the Chinese broadcast was announced on May 31st, 2021.[8]
The talent for the Portuguese broadcast was announced on June 2nd, 2021.[9]
- Analysts:
Tay (Taynara Sousa)
Mentirinha (Matheus Ayala Batista)
The talent for the Spanish broadcast was announced on May 30th, 2021.[10][11]
- Guest Host:
Ndree (Andree Santillán)
- Commentators:
Mr Choco (Rikardo Mendoza Mattos)
Imperius (Luis Cuadros)
Avo+ (Alvaro Sanchez Velasco)
Blue (Marco Espinoza Oliveros)
Swadow (Ramón López Beltrán)
AxL- (Axel Ramos)
Flapjack (Julián Esnaider Carbajal Ylave)
Caosfénix (William Morera)
YoloSergio (Sergio Pérez)
Stick (Axel Chambe)
Pawpaw (Paulo César Tuya)
The official channel for the Filipino broadcast was announced on June 1st, 2021.[12]
- Commentators:
Kuya D (Aldrin Paulo Pangan)
Dayanara (Dianne Torres)
KC (Kacelyn Alinea)
Aki (Erika Mei Ilar)
KJ (Kristine Joy Bedano)
JB (James Bryan Valenzuela)
Shola (Shane Santos)
Alo (Michael Angelo Zomil)
Ishy (Ariza Quinones)
Dan (Daniel John Baluyot)
Pilaj (Pi-laj Lajato)
Joevy (Joevy Siao)
DarkStar (Luigi David)
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool for the tournament is $500,000 USD and 2,700 Pro Circuit points.
Participants[edit]
Player Info
Playoffs Seeds[edit]
Group Stage Seeds[edit]
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4 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
C | ![]() |
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China |
Wild Card Seeds[edit]
- 1
No[o]ne and
SoNNeikO left the team on May 25th,
Lorenof and
633 will stand-in.[13]
- 2
Oli is unable to attend the major,
super will stand-in.[14]
Roster moves since previous Major | ||||||
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Date Player Old New Ref |
Wild Card[edit]
Round-robin[edit]
Standings | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Vici Gaming | 2-3-0 | 7-3 | |||
2. | Team Nigma | 2-2-1 | 6-4 | |||
3. | Invictus Gaming | 2-2-1 | 6-4 | |||
4. | Team Secret | 0-4-1 | 4-6 | |||
5. | Execration | 0-4-1 | 4-6 | |||
6. | AS Monaco Gambit | 0-3-2 | 3-7 |
2nd-3rd Place Tiebreaker | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. | Team Nigma | 1-0 | ||||
3. | Invictus Gaming | 0-1 |
1-1Jun 3-A | 1-1Jun 2-B | 0-2Jun 2-A | 2-0Jun 3-A | 2-0Jun 2-B | ||
1-1Jun 3-A | 1-1Jun 2-A | 0-2Jun 3-A | 1-1Jun 3-B | 1-1Jun 2-A | ||
1-1Jun 2-B | 1-1Jun 2-A | 2-0Jun 3-B | 1-1Jun 2-B | 2-0Jun 3-A | ||
2-0Jun 2-A | 2-0Jun 3-A | 0-2Jun 3-B | 1-1Jun 2-A | 1-1Jun 3-B | ||
0-2Jun 3-A | 1-1Jun 3-B | 1-1Jun 2-B | 1-1Jun 2-A | 1-1Jun 2-B | ||
0-2Jun 2-B | 1-1Jun 2-A | 0-2Jun 3-A | 1-1Jun 3-B | 1-1Jun 2-B | ||
Matches[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Round-robin[edit]
Standings | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Evil Geniuses | 1-1-0 | 3-1 | |||
1. | Team Nigma | 1-1-0 | 3-1 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 1-1-0 | 3-1 | |||
1. | Vici Gaming | 1-1-0 | 3-1 | |||
5. | beastcoast | 0-1-1 | 1-3 | |||
5. | Team Liquid | 0-1-1 | 1-3 | |||
5. | Team Spirit | 0-1-1 | 1-3 | |||
5. | TNC Predator | 0-1-1 | 1-3 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 2-2-0 | 6-2 | |||
2. | Evil Geniuses ▼1 | 1-3-0 | 5-3 | |||
2. | Team Nigma ▼1 | 2-1-1 | 5-3 | |||
2. | TNC Predator ▲3 | 2-1-1 | 5-3 | |||
2. | Vici Gaming ▼1 | 1-3-0 | 5-3 | |||
6. | Team Spirit ▼1 | 0-3-1 | 3-5 | |||
7. | beastcoast ▼2 | 0-2-2 | 2-6 | |||
8. | Team Liquid ▼3 | 0-1-3 | 1-7 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 4-2-0 | 10-2 | |||
2. | Team Nigma | 3-2-1 | 8-4 | |||
3. | Vici Gaming ▼1 | 2-3-1 | 7-5 | |||
4. | Evil Geniuses ▼2 | 1-4-1 | 6-6 | |||
4. | TNC Predator ▼2 | 2-2-2 | 6-6 | |||
6. | Team Liquid ▲2 | 1-2-3 | 4-8 | |||
6. | Team Spirit | 0-4-2 | 4-8 | |||
8. | beastcoast ▼1 | 0-3-3 | 3-9 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 4-3-0 | 11-3 | |||
2. | Team Nigma | 4-2-1 | 10-4 | |||
3. | Vici Gaming | 2-4-1 | 8-6 | |||
4. | Evil Geniuses | 1-5-1 | 7-7 | |||
5. | TNC Predator ▼1 | 2-3-2 | 7-7 | |||
6. | Team Spirit | 0-5-2 | 5-9 | |||
7. | Team Liquid ▼1 | 1-3-3 | 5-9 | |||
8. | beastcoast | 0-3-4 | 3-11 |
6th-7th Place Tiebreaker | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6. | Team Spirit | 1-0 | ||||
7. | Team Liquid | 0-1 |
0-2Jun 5-A | 1-1Jun 6-A | 2-0Jun 6-B | 1-1Jun 7 | 1-1Jun 4-B | 0-2Jun 4-A | 0-2Jun 5-A | ||
2-0Jun 5-A | 2-0Jun 6-A | 1-1Jun 5-B | 2-0Jun 6-A | 2-0Jun 4-A | 1-1Jun 7 | 1-1Jun 4-B | ||
1-1Jun 6-A | 0-2Jun 6-A | 1-1Jun 7 | 0-2Jun 4-A | 2-0Jun 5-B | 1-1Jun 4-A | 2-0Jun 5-B | ||
0-2Jun 6-B | 1-1Jun 5-B | 1-1Jun 7 | 1-1Jun 4-B | 1-1Jun 6-B | 1-1Jun 5-A | 0-2Jun 4-B | ||
1-1Jun 7 | 0-2Jun 6-A | 2-0Jun 4-A | 1-1Jun 4-B | 1-1Jun 5-B | 1-1Jun 5-A | 1-1Jun 6-A | ||
1-1Jun 4-B | 0-2Jun 4-A | 0-2Jun 5-B | 1-1Jun 6-B | 1-1Jun 5-B | 0-2Jun 6-B | 0-2Jun 7 | ||
2-0Jun 4-A | 1-1Jun 7 | 1-1Jun 4-A | 1-1Jun 5-A | 1-1Jun 5-A | 2-0Jun 6-B | 0-2Jun 6-B | ||
2-0Jun 5-A | 1-1Jun 4-B | 0-2Jun 5-B | 2-0Jun 4-B | 1-1Jun 6-A | 2-0Jun 7 | 2-0Jun 6-B | ||