ESL One Birmingham 2018
General Information
 Vici Gaming |  Virtus.pro |
 Team Liquid | Newbee |
 Mineski | OG |
 TBD* | LGD.Forever Young |
 fnatic |  OpTic Gaming |
 paiN Gaming | Evil Geniuses |
* - Natus Vincere withdrew following a change in their active roster
Main Event May 23 - 27
- Group Stage
- The group stage will be played on May 23rd and 24th
- All games are played backstage
- Three GSL groups of four teams each
- Bottom two teams from each group are eliminated, Runner-ups advance to the quarterfinals
- The three first place teams play additional Bo1 matches against each other to determine which two teams advance to the semi-finals and which team joins the three runner-ups in the quarter-finals
- Playoffs
- The playoffs will be held between May 25th and the 27th in front of a live audience in the Arena Birmingham
- Single Elimination
- All games will be Bo3
- Bo5 Grand Finals
- A 3rd place decider match will be played on the last day of the tournament before the Grand Finals
- Qualifiers
- Regions: Europe, North America, South America, Asia, SouthEast Asia, CIS
-- Format for Qualifiers:
- One from each region Europe, South America, CIS, Southeast Asia, North America
-- 6 teams directly invited
-- 2 teams qualify through open qualifiers1
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
ESL One Birmingham 2018 Live Streams
News for ESL One Birmingham 2018
Fnatic vs EG to open ESL One Birmingham Major
ESL One Birmingham is getting ready to unleash a major event next week, marking one of the last chances for teams to gain DPC points for the season. The groups have been drawn and the stakes have been set high with an unforgiving format.
ESL announces talent for ESL One Birmingham
The tournament sees a number of regulars returning to both the analysts and commentators desks.
Red Bull Gaming Sphere London events; chance to win ESL One Birmingham tickets
Red Bull has launched their new studio and is bringing some exciting events on location during the month, along with a chance for players and fans to win tickets to ESL One Birmingham.
Mineski rounds out the ESL One Birmingham direct invites
Mineski have received the final direct invite to compete at the ESL One Birmingham Major.
ViCi Gaming bestowed a direct invite to ESL One Birmingham
The ESL One Birmingham lineup is starting to take shape as ViCi Gaming has been granted direct access to the event with an invitation to the first Dota 2 Major held in the UK.
Main Event - Group A
Upper Bracket
Lower Bracket
Main Event - Group B
Main Event - Group C
CIS Closed Qualifiers
SA Closed Qualifiers
Europe Closed Qualifiers
SEA Closed Qualifiers
NA Closed Qualifiers
China Closed Qualifiers
China Open Qualifiers 3rd Place
SEA Open Qualifiers
China Open Qualifiers
NA Open Qualifiers
SA Open Qualifiers
Europe Open Qualifiers
CIS Open Qualifiers
Upcoming matches - ESL One Birmingham 2018
| Fnatic vs EG | 1d 4h |
| Virtus.Pro vs Spirit | 1d 4h |
| OG vs VG | 1d 6h |
| Liquid vs paiN | 1d 6h |
| OpTic vs Newbee | 1d 7h |
| Mineski vs LGD.FY | 1d 7h |
VODs
ESL One Birmingham 2018 recent results
| VG.JS vs OpTic |
0 : 3
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| Mad Kings vs paiN |
0 : 3
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| OG vs Kinguin |
3 : 0
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| Fnatic vs TnC |
3 : 2
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| Na`Vi vs Empire |
3 : 0
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| Thunder P vs paiN |
1 : 2
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| Immortals vs OpTic |
1 : 2
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| coL vs VG.JS |
0 : 2
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| SG vs Mad Kings |
0 : 2
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| Going in vs Kinguin |
0 : 2
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