The ESPL Season One Finale will make its premiere on the 5th of April. Running over a short period of two days, the tournament will feature eight teams competing for a $7,000 prize pool. This prize pool will increase as viewers purchase DotaTV tickets.
The tournament has run its qualifiers over a period of eight weeks, of which 6 teams will proceed towards the play-offs with two other invited teams. The play-offs will be held on 5th and 6th of April, employing a single elimination best-of-three format.
Qualified Teams:
Bananas In Pajamas
Divizion Game Club
Druckwelle
Mongolz
Sneaky Nyx Assassins
Team Cede Nullis
Invited Teams:
Power Rangers
Team Dog
5th April, 15:00 CET - Mogolz Versus Team Cede Nullis (Round A)
5th April, 15:00 CET - Power Rangers vs. Bananas in Pyjamas (Round B)
5th April, 18:00 CET - Team Dog vs. Divizion Game Club (Round C)
5th April, 18:00 CET - Druckwelle vs. Sneaky Nyx Assassins (Round D)
5th April, 21:00 CET - Winner of Round A vs. Winner of Round C (Round E)
6th April, 15:00 CET - Winner of Round B vs. Winner of Round D (Round F)
6th April, 18:30 CET - Grand Finals - Winner of Round E vs. Winner of Round F (Round G)
The third place decider will take place between the loser of Round G and the winner of Round F at a later date, which has not been decided as of yet.
Prize Pool :
1st Place - $4,200 + 60% of allocated ticket sales revenue
2nd Place - $2,100 + 30% of allocated ticket sales revenue
3rd Place - $700 + 10% of allocated ticket sales revenue
Every ticket purchased will go towards making the prize pool a little larger for the teams, as 50% of total ticket sales revenue will be contributed to the prize pool. The allocated ticket sales revenue is further then divided among the participating teams, with the 1st placing team receiving 60% of the allotment, the 2nd placing team receiving 30% of the allotment, and the 2nd runner up receiving 10% of the allotment in addition to their respective tournament winnings.
Of the two invited teams, Power Ranger needs no introduction having been in the professional and semi- professional scene for quite a long period of time. However, Team Sneaky Nyx Assassins might come as unfamiliar to most, having only been formed two days ago. Consisting of former Team Liquid players Brian 'FLUFFNSTUFF' Lee, Michael 'ixmike88' Ghannam, FnaticRC player Bryant 'WhiteBeard' Lehwald and two other friends, this team would be one to look out for in the tournament as they play one of their first few tournaments together.
You can purchase the DotaTV ticket directly from the Dota 2 Store here.
Source: ESPL
