Captains Draft 4.0

Captains Draft 4.0 will become the first Minor tournament in 2018 and it is scheduled for January 4-7. D.C. Armory has been chosen as a venue that had been a place for an education of military for the District of Columbia, however, it has become the venue for a large number of events in the recent time.

Eight teams will play at the tournament, only Evil Geniuses and Team Secret have received direct invitations and compLexity Gaming, paiN Gaming, OG, Team Empire, Vici Gaming and Mineski have not found equals in regional qualifiers.

Teams will be divided into two groups, where they will play bo1 matches by a Round Robin system. No one participant leaves the tournament after the group stage and the places will only determine the playoff seeding. In the playoff stage, teams will see a single-elimination bracket with bo3 matches and the grand final will be played in a bo5 format.

The tournament has a prize pool in the sum of $300,000 and 300 DPC points that will be distributed in the following way:

1st place: $108,000 + 150 DPC points
2nd place: $69,000 + 90 DPC points
3rd-4th place: $37,500 + 30 DPC points
5th-8th place: $12,000