StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3 (SLI Minor)
The third Minor in the Dota Pro Circuit season 2019/2020.
Match schedule
The general information
The championship StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3 (SLI Minor) will be hosted on March 5-8. The tournament will take place in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, and Kiev Cybersport Arena will be a venue. The overall prize pool, like at the rest of Minors, will amount $300,000 and 660 points and also one invite to the next Major tournament, ESL One Los Angeles 2020.
The prize pool StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3
The overall prize pool of StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3 (SLI Minor) will amount $300,000. The teams to be eliminated first from the competition will place 7th-8th in the standings and earn $12,000 and 40 rating points. Two other participants, which will finish their path in the group stage and place 5th-6th, will receive $24,000 and 60 rating points. The team to place 4th in the standings will make $42,000 and 90 DPC points and the participant to hold the 3rd place will become the owner of a more solid prize of $54,000 and 110 rating points. The silver medalist, which will stop one step away from the victory, will receive a consolation prize of $60,000 and 120 rating points and the winner of the tournament, besides $72,000 and 140 DPC points, will receive the main reward — an invitation to ESL One Los Angeles 2020.
Participants
Eight teams will be fighting for $72,000, 140 DPC points and an invite to ESL One Los Angeles 2020 at StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3. All of them will pass qualifiers in six divisions: North America, South America, Europe, CIS, China, and Southeast Asia. Two invitations have been detached for Europe and China, while only one has been given to all the rest of the divisions, including CIS.
The format SLI Minor
StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor starts with the group stage. There, eight teams will be divided into two groups where will be fighting in bo3 matches in double-elimination brackets. The top two representatives from each quartet will advance to the playoffs and two worst ones will be eliminated from the competition. The playoffs will be hosted in a double-elimination bracket too. All matches, except for the grand final, will be carried out in a bo3 format. The final match will be hosted in a bo5 series.