EPICENTER 2017

EPICENTER 2017
	Moscow
Start Date:	4 June 2017
End Date:	11 June 2017
Teams:	10
Version:	7.06c
Prize Pool:	$500,000
Website:	Link

Overview

America Qualifier

CIS/Europe Qualifier

SEA Qualifier

China Qualifier

EPICENTER 2017 is the second tournament in the EPICENTER series and will be held at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow between June 4th and June 11th.^[1]

Format

Date	Event	Notes
April 21 - 23 April 28 - 30	Open Qualifiers	12 teams. Top 4 teams advance to the closed qualifiers.
May 6 - 14	Regional Qualifiers	4 Regions: Americas, Europe, CIS and China. 8 teams in each region. Six invited teams. Two open qualifier teams. Double elimination.
June 4 - 7	Group Stage	Two Groups with five teams each. Round Robin. 1st in each group advances to the semifinals. 2nd and 3rd advance to the quarterfinals.
June 9 - 11	Playoffs	Best-of-three single-eminination Best-of-five grand finals

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Teams

Invited

OG

1

N0tail

2

ana

3

s4

4

JerAx

5

Fly

Direct Invite^[2]

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Evil Geniuses

1

Arteezy

2

SumaiL

3

UNiVeRsE

4

Zai

5

Cr1t-

Direct Invite^[3]

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Virtus.pro

1

RAMZES666

2

No[o]ne

3

9pasha

4

Lil

5

Solo

Direct Invite^[4]

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Team Liquid

1

MATUMBAMAN

2

Miracle-

3

MinD_ContRoL

4

GH

5

KuroKy

Direct Invite^[5]

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Invictus Gaming

1

BurNing

2

Op

3

Xxs

4

BoBoKa

5

Q

Direct Invite^[6]

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Natus Vincere

1

Pajkatt

2

Dendi

3

GeneRaL

4

SoNNeikO

5

Biver

Fan Vote^[7]

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Qualified

Planet Odd ¹

1

Resolut1on

2

w33

3

MoonMeander

4

MiSeRy

5

Saksa

America Qualifier

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Team Secret

1

MP

2

MidOne

3

KheZu

4

YapzOr

5

Puppey

CIS/Europe Qualifier

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Clutch Gamers

1

Gabbi

2

Armel

3

Rapy

4

Boombacs

5

flysolo

SEA Qualifier

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LGD.Forever Young

1

Monet

2

Super

3

Inflame

4

Ahfu

5

ddc

China Qualifier ^[8]

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¹

Thunderbirds were signed by

Planet Odd.^[9]

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	W	L
1.	LGD.Forever Young	4	0
2.	Team Secret	3	1
3.	Team Liquid	2	2
4.	OG	1	3
5.	Natus Vincere	0	4


	1 - 2	0 - 2	2 - 0	0 - 2
2 - 1		0 - 2	2 - 0	1 - 2
2 - 0	2 - 0		2 - 0	0 - 2
0 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 2		0 - 2
2 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 0	2 - 0

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L
1.	Evil Geniuses	4	0
2.	Virtus.pro	3	1
3.	Invictus Gaming	2	2
4.	Planet Odd	1	3
5.	Clutch Gamers	0	4


	0 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 0	2 - 0
2 - 0		2 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 0
1 - 2	0 - 2		2 - 1	2 - 0
0 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2		2 - 0
0 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals




		Evil Geniuses	2
Team Secret	2
		Team Secret	0
Invictus Gaming	0



				Evil Geniuses	1

				Team Liquid	3



		LGD.Forever Young	0
Team Liquid	2
		Team Liquid	2
Virtus.pro	1

Showmatch

Team КБУ		11	37	Filler Pick

NS					Merlini
XBOCT					GoDz
Dread					WinteR
4ce					Fogged
Inmate					Purge

Prize Allocation

Place	Team	Winnings	Percent
Final Prize Pool: $500,000 USD
A11st	Team Liquid	$250,000	50%
A22nd	Evil Geniuses	$100,000	20%
A33rd - 4th	LGD.Forever Young	$40,000	8%
A33rd - 4th	Team Secret	$40,000	8%
A55th - 6th	Virtus.pro	$20,000	4%
A55th - 6th	Invictus Gaming	$20,000	4%
A77th - 8th	OG	$10,000	2%
A77th - 8th	Planet Odd	$10,000	2%
A99th - 10th	Natus Vincere	$5,000	1%
A99th - 10th	Clutch Gamers	$5,000	1%

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "EPICENTER: Moscow - Details and qualifiers". EPICENTER. 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
↑ "OG is the first invited team!". EPICENTER. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
↑ @epicentergg (2017-05-02). Twitter. https://twitter.com/epicentergg/status/859392350224822272. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
↑ "Virtus.pro have been invited to EPICENTER: Moscow!". EPICENTER. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
↑ "Team Liquid gets an EPICENTER: Moscow invite!". EPICENTER. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
↑ "Invictus Gaming received an EPICENTER: Moscow invite!". EPICENTER. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
↑ "Natus Vincere - the winner of voting!". EPICENTER. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
↑ "LGD.Forever Young wins the Chinese qualifier!". EPICENTER. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
↑ @planetoddesport (2017-05-31). Twitter. https://twitter.com/planetoddesport/status/869942270581243906. Retrieved 2017-05-31.

[Announcement-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "EPICENTER: Moscow - Details and qualifiers". EPICENTER. 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-08.

[2] "OG is the first invited team!". EPICENTER. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-22.

[3] @epicentergg (2017-05-02). Twitter. https://twitter.com/epicentergg/status/859392350224822272. Retrieved 2017-05-02.

[4] "Virtus.pro have been invited to EPICENTER: Moscow!". EPICENTER. Retrieved 2017-05-04.

[5] "Team Liquid gets an EPICENTER: Moscow invite!". EPICENTER. Retrieved 2017-05-05.

[6] "Invictus Gaming received an EPICENTER: Moscow invite!". EPICENTER. Retrieved 2017-05-11.

[7] "Natus Vincere - the winner of voting!". EPICENTER. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-22.

[8] "LGD.Forever Young wins the Chinese qualifier!". EPICENTER. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-05-14.

[9] @planetoddesport (2017-05-31). Twitter. https://twitter.com/planetoddesport/status/869942270581243906. Retrieved 2017-05-31.

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