The International 2019: Group Stage Results. What's Next?
News roundup for the first four game days of the group stage of the main Dota 2 tournament.
The main tournament of the year in Dota 2 began on August 15. TK Media told readers when, where and how The International 2019 will take place.
Today, August 18, the group stage of the tournament ended, and as a result 2 teams were eliminated from the race for prize places. They were Chaos Esports Club and Ninjas in Pyjamas.
The remaining teams will be distributed between the upper and lower brackets of the playoffs. It is time to draw the first conclusions.
Group A
Team Secret and PSG.LGD predictably took the leading positions. TNC expectedly took third place, while Newbee surprised by finishing fourth. Team Liquid showed a frankly unexpected and unsatisfactory result.
Group B
Here OG left practically no chance to their opponents, crushing them completely. Virtus.pro played with uncertainty, while all the other teams are where they should be. The elimination of Ninjas in Pyjamas is somewhat surprising, as analysts had predicted 8th–12th places rather than 17th–18th.
What's next?
Next is the playoffs of the tournament, which will begin on August 20 and take place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.
Right after the group stage ended, the playoff bracket appeared.
The Ukrainian team Na'Vi begins its path in the playoffs in the lower bracket. A loss in the first match will mean elimination from the tournament, because the first matches in the lower bracket are played in a BO1 format (best of one game). Subsequent matches will be played in a BO3 format (best of three games).
The final will take place on August 25 and will be played in a BO5 format (best of five games).
The tournament's prize pool has exceeded $30 million. The winning team will receive $15 million.
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