ESL Announces Groups and Schedules for ESL One Manila
By: Andre “Dale” Gueco
ESL has announced the groups and schedules for ESL One Manila earlier today.
The group stage will follow a full double-elimination format to determine which teams will be heading to the playoffs. All matches will be played in a best-of-three series.
Here are the two groups for this tournament:
Group A
Group A will include some big-name teams such as Team Liquid, who have just placed second at the Shanghai Major; compLexity, who are looking forward to make it big in this group and Wings, which have come out of the Chinese Qualifier by beating teams such as Vici Gaming and LGD in the process.
Of course, Philippines’ very own Mineski is in this group, as they look forward to make history by being the first Filipino team to get to the playoffs of the first-ever major Dota 2 LAN event held in the country.
Group B
- Team Secret
- EHOME
- Fnatic
- Team Empire
With Secret, EHOME, Fnatic and Empire lumped altogether in a single group, Group B is arguably the “Group of Death” for this tournament. All of the above teams are powerhouses in their own respective regions, so it is reasonable to expect that most of the matches in this group will go the full distance.
Schedule
All matches will be played in Philippine Standard Time (PHT).
Friday, April 22
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Team Liquid vs. Mineski and compLexity vs. Wings
2:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Team Secret vs. Team Empire and EHOME vs. Fnatic
5:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Group A winners’ match
8:00 to 11:00 p.m. – Group B winners’ match
Saturday, April 23
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Group A elimination match
2:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Group B elimination match
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Group A decider match
8:30 to 11:30 p.m. – Group B decider match
Sunday, April 24
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Semifinal two (Group B seed one vs. Group A seed two)
2:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Semifinal one (Group B seed two vs. Group A seed one)
6:00 to 11:00 p.m. – Grand final
Note that matches on Friday, April 22 are closed to the public.
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