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'' tournament, as part of the 2018–2019

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season. The event was held from 9–18 November 2018 hosted at

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. 16 teams are involved, of which 15 came through qualifying competitions. Three teams each from

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and two teams each from

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Teams

Qualification

Regional qualifiers began from 16 to 21 September 2018. ;

(3) *

Team Secret Team Secret is an esports team based in Europe formed in 2014, best known for their ''Dota 2'' team. In March 2016, Team Secret picked up an international female '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team. In April 2016, Team Secret expanded into ...

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Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) is a professional esports organisation based in Sweden that is best known for its ''Counter-Strike'' teams. In 2012, the team reformed with a '' Counter Strike: Global Offensive'' lineup upon the release of the game. Asi ...

;

(3) *

PSG.LGD PSG.LGD is a professional ''Dota 2'' team based in China. They were formed as a partnership between PSG Esports and LGD Gaming in April 2018. PSG.LGD has finished as the runner-up in The International 2018 and The International 2021, 2021. His ...

Vici Gaming Vici Gaming (VG) is a Chinese professional esports organization based in Shanghai. It has teams competing in ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', ''StarCraft II'', ''WarCraft III'', ''FIFA'', ''Hearthstone'' and '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ...

* Team Aster ;

(3) *

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, ''Call of Duty'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', ''Fortni ...

* Forward Gaming * J.Storm ;

(2) *

Virtus.pro Virtus.pro (VP) is an international esports organization founded in 2003 in Russia and acquired by Armenian investors in 2022. The organization has players competing in such games as '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Dota 2'', ''Rainbow ...

Gambit Esports Gambit Esports, formerly Gambit Gaming, is a Russian esports organization owned by telecommunications company MTS. It was established in January 2013 after the acquisition of the former ''League of Legends'' roster of Moscow Five. Gambit has ...

;

(2) *

Fnatic Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...

* TNC Predator ;

(2) * Pain Gaming * Pain X ;Minor champion (1) * Tigers

Group stage

Group stage began from 9 to 10 November 2018. Competing teams were divided into four groups of four teams (groups A to D). The winner of first two series (best of three) on each group would automatically go to Upper Bracket, and loser of first two series go to Lower Bracket. Last series would be a decider match for Upper Bracket or Lower Bracket. Ivan Borislavov "Mind Control" stand-in for

replacing Neta Shapira "33", due to problems with

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between Israel–Malaysia relations.

Main event

Main event was be held from 11 to 18 November 2018. It featured two brackets in a

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format. In the upper brackets, played to

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, the winning team moved on, while the losing team would then be placed in respective rounds of the lower bracket. The winner of the upper bracket moved to the Grand Finals. The first round in the lower bracket was played as a best-of-one, with the loser being immediately eliminated. All other matches were best-of-three, with the winner of the lower bracket advancing to the Grand Finals, which was a best-of-five series, to face the winner of the upper bracket. Upper bracket Lower bracket Grand Finals The grand finals took place between Virtus Pro, who advanced from the lower bracket, and Team Secret, who advanced from the upper bracket, with Virtus Pro defeating Team Secret 3–2 in a best-of-five series.

References

External links

Official website

Dota Pro Circuit 2018 - 2019
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