Dota 2 starladder ix finals

StarLadder Season IX Finals details

Almost time for StarLadder finals! After a long regular season that included Korea and China this time, it’s time for the grand finals to happen in Kiev. From their actual announcement on their site.

Culmination of the ninth season of SLTV Star Series in DOTA 2 discipline! Prize pool is already 212 000$ now, which is an absolute record for European tournaments, and it’s still growing with the help of our viewers.

From 17 to 20 April, in Europe’s the largest gaming center — Kyiv Cybersport Arena — the strongest teams will fight in grand battle of minds and strategies for the title of the champion. The draw of the group stage will take place on Wednesday, 16.04, time will be announced later in social networks and on our site!

If you still don’t have an access to matches in DOTA TV, we recommend you purchase a ticket. That will]l not only increase the prize pool for 2.5$, but you also will achieve some pleasant bonuses – an exclusive set on Lich and two unique Loading Screens.

World-class commentators will be following the SLTV Star Series intense battles along with you — Vitaliy «v1lat» Volochay, Roman «CaspeRRR» Lepyokhin and also our foreign friends and partners from BeyondTheSummit Studio — David «LD» Gorman and Ben «Merlini» Wu. Moreover, some famous guests will be present in studio.

Intrigued? Come and you’ll see it for yourself!

Day 1
Thursday, 17th of April:

07:00 GMT (+00:00) Group A Match 1 bo1 [A1 – vs – A4]
08:30 GMT (+00:00) Group A Match 2 bo1 [A2 – vs – A3]
10:00 GMT (+00:00) Group B Match 1 bo1 [B1 – vs – B4]
11:30 GMT (+00:00) Group B Match 2 bo1 [B2 – vs – B3]
13:00 GMT (+00:00) Group A Match 3 bo1 [A1 – vs – A2]
14:30 GMT (+00:00) Group A Match 4 bo1 [A3 – vs – A4]
16:00 GMT (+00:00) Group B Match 3 bo1 [B1 – vs – B2]
17:30 GMT (+00:00) Group B Match 4 bo1 [B3 – vs – B4]

Day 2
Friday, 18th of April:

06:00 GMT (+00:00) Group A Match 5 bo1 [A1 – vs – A3]
07:30 GMT (+00:00) Group A Match 6 bo1 [A2 – vs – A4]
09:00 GMT (+00:00) Group B Match 5 bo1 [B1 – vs – B3]
10:30 GMT (+00:00) Group B Match 6 bo1 [B2 – vs – B4]
12:00 GMT (+00:00) Tiebraker 1 (if needed) bo1
13:30 GMT (+00:00) Tiebraker 2 (if needed) bo1
15:00 GMT (+00:00) Tiebraker 3 (if needed) bo1
16:30 GMT (+00:00) WB Round 1 Match 1 bo3
20:30 GMT (+00:00) WB Round 1 Match 2 bo3

*– If there are no Tiebrackers, WB Round 1 starts at 14:30

Day 3
Saturday, 19th of April:

08:00 GMT (+00:00) LB Round 1 Match 1 bo1
09:45 GMT (+00:00) LB Round 1 Match 2 bo1
11:30 GMT (+00:00) LB Round 2 Match 1 bo1
13:15 GMT (+00:00) LB Round 2 Match 2 bo1
16:00 GMT (+00:00) WB Final bo3

Day 4
Sunday, 20th of April:

09:00 GMT (+00:00) LB Small Final bo3
13:00 GMT (+00:00) LB Final bo3
17:00 GMT (+00:00) Grand Final bo5

Group stage: 2 groups, 4 teams each, matches in Best-of-1 format. Teams that take 1-2 places will go to winners bracket. 3-4 places – to losers bracket.

Playoff: Play-off will be played by Double Elimination system. Winners bracket – Best-of-3. Losers bracket: first two rounds – Best-of-1, rest of them – Best-of-3. Grand Final – Best-of-5, team from winners bracket gets an 1 map advantage.

The prize pool is still increasing due to ticket sales but is currently sitting at $212,000. This is minimum payout.

• 1st place: $77 500
• 2nd place: $34 400
• 3rd place: $24 100
• 4th place: $13 700
• 5th place: $6 800
• 6th place: $6 800
• 7th place: $4 300
• 8th place: $4 300

The Alliance
Natus Vincere
RoX. KIS
Team Empire
Invitcus Gaming
Team DK
MVP Phoenix
Evil Geniuses

You can see full lineups here for team team but its what you expect, except for EternalEnvy standing in for Fear on EG due to injury.