The WePlay Pushka League Division 1 will be starting tomorrow, the 23rd of April. It is set to finish on the 12th of May and it consists of the following teams:
Tournament background
WePlay! is a Ukranian Tournament Organizer which was founded in 2012. They usually host events for Dota 2, CS:GO, League of Legends and World of Tanks. Their first event they hosted was the WePlay Dota 2 League season 1 in the spring of 2013. Nowadays they’re hosting a lot of online tournaments and have primarily focused on the European and CIS teams.
How to qualify for the main event
Most of the teams participating in the WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1 have received a direct invite from WePlay, but to those teams that were not as fortunate, they have to go through EU and CIS qualifier. After all teams have been sorted out in their groups and seedings, the tournament starts with a group stage format which is to be held between the 23rd of April and the 6th of May with a Round-Robin format.
The teams are divided into two groups (Europe & CIS) of seven, and all matches are in a best of 3 format. 2 points are awarded for each game a team wins, whereas losses awards no points. The top 4 teams of the group stage will advance to the Playoffs stage and the bottom 3 teams of each group are eliminated from the event. Playoffs are set to start on the 7th of May and end with the finals on the 11th May. The format for the playoffs stage is of a double-elimination bracket and all matches are to be in a best of 3 format, except the Grand finals which are in a best of 5 format.
Prize pool
There is a total of $250,000 USD for the prize pool for WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1. They are split as follows:
- 1st – $70,000 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 2nd – $45,000 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 3rd – $30,000 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 4th – $20,000 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 5th/6th – $12,500 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 7th/8th – $10,000 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 9th/10th – $7,000 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 11th/12th – $5,000 + Seed in S2 Division 1
- 13th/14th – $3,000 + Seed in S2 Division 2
List of teams participating split into two groups:
Europe:
- Team Nigma
- Team Secret
- OG
- Team Liquid
- Alliance
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- TBD (Vikin.gg / OG Seed)
CIS:
- Natus Vincere
- Virtus.pro
- B8
- HellRaisers
- FlyToMoon
- Team Spirit
- TBD (Empire Hope / VP Prodigy)
Format
- Twelve teams invited from each region.
- One team from Europe and CIS qualifiers.
- Group Stage played with bo3 format.
- Top 4 teams of the group pass to playoffs, bottom 3 eliminated.
- Playoffs are to be played in a bo3 format with only final being bo5. After the event is finished the top 12 teams are then invited to Season 2 Division 1 of Pushka League, and the bottom 2 teams are invited to the Season 2 Division 2 of Pushka League
Week 1 Schedule:
April 20, Monday
- Cyber Legacy vs. Team Empire.Hope
- Chicken Fighters vs. Open Qualifiers winner
April 21, Tuesday
- VP.Prodigy vs. CyberTRAKTOR
- Vikin.gg vs. Open Qualifiers winner
April 22, Wednesday
- CIS Closed Qualifiers Finals
- Europe Closed Qualifiers Finals
April 23, Thursday
- Natus Vincere vs. HellRaisers
- Virtus.pro vs. Gambit Esports
- Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. EU Closed Qualifiers winner
April 24, Friday
- B8 vs. Team Spirit
- Team Liquid vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Team Secret vs. Alliance
April 25, Saturday
- HellRaisers vs. Gambit Esports
- Natus Vincere vs. B8
- Team Liquid vs. Alliance
April 26, Sunday
- Team Nigma vs. Team Liquid
- Virtus.pro vs. CIS Closed Qualifiers winner
- Team Secret vs. Europe Closed Qualifiers winner
Streaming platform list
WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1 will be streamed in
English on the official WePlay twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/weplayesport_en),
Russian on (https://www.twitch.tv/weplayesport_ru),
Ukrainian (https://www.twitch.tv/weplayesport_ua),
Portuguese on the BeyondTheSummit Brasil channel (https://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit_pt),
Turkish on Canko’s twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/canko)
German on shokzTV twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/shokztv).
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Predictions
As far as predictions go, it is very hard to say which team out of all fourteen teams will take the victory at WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1. However it is very probable that Virtus.Pro and OG will have a very good performance for this event. Virtus.pro won the most recent Europe and CIS event which was ESL One Los Angeles 2020, and OG came in 2nd. And closely behind them in 3rd were Vikin.gg which are still in a chance to participate in WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1 through the CIS qualifiers. All in all, it should be a very good event filled with intensive Dota 2 action. Will Virtus.pro and OG manage to keep their performance on par with their expectations or will an underdog team topple them and take their title? You can find out by tuning in to one of the streams above, tomorrow the 23rd of April.
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