WePlay! Esports announced WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020
Ihor MatusThe venue of the second Minor tournament will be the largest Ukrainian ski resort Bukovel. Qualification for the championship will be held from December 5 to 6, and the main event will be held from January 9 to 12.
Eight teams from all six divisions will take part in the winter minor: North and South America, Europe, the CIS, Southeast Asia and China. Valve will talk about who will be given additional invites.
As in the previous qualification, in the second qualifying round the teams that did not manage to get into the major in the second stage will determine the winners who will become participants in the Bukovel Minor 2020. There they will play in the double-elimination grid, where all the matches, except for the grand final, held in Bo3 format. The final match will be held in a series of up to three victories.
Teams that take part in qualification tournaments for rating tournaments and cannot make it to any championship will receive consolation prizes in the form of 20 earned rating points.
The group stage of Bukovel Minor 2020 will be held according to the usual GSL system. Two groups of four teams in each will play in the double-elimination grids Bo3 matches. By tradition, the two best teams from each four will enter the playoffs, while the rest of the teams will leave the championship.
The final stage will also take place in the double-elimination grid. All meetings, with the exception of the grand finals, will be held in Bo3 format. In the last fight, the finalists will fight in Bo5. The main prize of Bukovel Minor 2020 will be $ 72,000, 140 Dota Pro Circuit points and an invitation to the second Major tournament.
Prize pool distribution:
- 1st place - $ 72,000, 140 DPC points and invite to the second Major tournament
- 2nd place - $ 60,000 and 120 DPC points
- 3rd place - $ 54,000 and 110 DPC points
- 4th place - $ 42,000 and 90 DPC points
- 5th-6th place - $ 24,000 and 60 DPC points
- 5th-6th place - $ 24,000 and 60 DPC points
- 7th-8th place - $ 12,000 and 40 DPC points
- 7th-8th place - $ 12,000 and 40 DPC points