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Super League enters pre-playoffs

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The pre-playoff stage of the Dota 2 Super League starts today with Invictus Gaming facing LGD.Int in the mini double elimination bracket. Three matches between the second and third placers will be played in the next few days to determine the semi-finalists.
 
Today will be played the first elimination game between the third placers in each group - iG and LGD.Int. The winner will proceed forward in the bracket while the losing team will be knocked out of the tournament.
 
Tomorrow, 21 June, the second-placer pre-playoff will be played as LGD.Cn from Group A will stand up against Group B's Orange. The winner will qualify for the semi-finals while the the losing team will drop down to the lower bracket.
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The third and last game of the pre-playoff phase will be played on 22 June. The winner of Day 1 will face the loser of Day 2 in a deciding match in which the winning team will qualify for the second semi-final while their opponent will be knocked out.
 
 
?The concluding games of the group stage were played last week with DK, NeoES.Orange and LGD.Int closing Group B and securing their spots in the elimination stage. They joined TongFu, LGD.Cn and iG from Group A in the battle for the gold. On the other hand, the possible TI3-participant Rattle Snake will play in a relegation playoff in the company of For.Love, Vici Gaming and Rising Stars to ensure their stay in the league the next season.
 
Group A saw its end three weeks ago as TongFu, LGD.Cn and Invictus Gaming took the qualifying spots while Vici Gaming and For.Love remained fourth and fifth making their future stay in the league unsure. The group provided some very entertaining matches and interesting ties with iG and VG ending up with the same score 2-2 (4-4 overall). However iG beat VG giving them a head-to-head advantage. TongFu and LGD.Cn also finished with equal score 3-1 but TongFu topped the group because of better overall stats 7-2 and LGD.Cn remained second with 6-3. This way TongFu was the first team to proceed directly into the semi-finals.
 
Group B finished with DK on top, followed by Orange and LGD.Int. Rising Stars took fourth and RattleSnake ended up as the last placed. In the last match of the group DK faced Orange in a head-to-head game to decide who will end up as the first placer. DK beat Orange with 2-1 thus securing a direct semi-final spot. In the other interesting match LGD.Int played versus Rising Stars in which the winner - LGD.Int - qualified for the pre-playoffs while Rising Stars will have to play in the relegation bracket.
 
All the games will be played at 14:00 CEST and streamed live at BeyondTheSummit.

Format

1. Regular season: 2 groups. BO3 round robin group stage; First place auto qualifies, group 2nd and 3rd will play additional games (not sure about this part)

2. Playoffs: Mini double elimination bracket. Second placer of the groups will play each other to secure their spot in the semi-finals. A3 and B3 will also play one another and the winner of the third placer games, will have to play the loser of the second placer games. Example: G-1 League phase 3.

3. Semi finals: BO5 single elimination

4. Finals: BO5

5. Relegation match: 4th and 5th placer of the groupstage will play a BO1 double elimination bracket. The loser of this will be evaluated for participation in the next season.

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