ESL One Manila groups and schedule

ESL One Manila groups and schedule have been revealed. The tournament is scheduled to take place between April 22-24, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Manila, Philippines. Eight teams – Team Liquid, Team Secret, compLexity Gaming, Wings, Mineski, EHOME, Fnatic and Team Empire will compete for the $250,000 prize pool.

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— ESL (@ESL) April 12, 2016

As Manila is preparing for their biggest regional tournament to date, the ESL One Manila groups and schedule have been released.

Eight, from among the best teams in the world, will convene in the Philippines on April 22nd for a piece of the $250,000 prize pool.

ESL One Manila has been gaining much attention. The event is ESL’s first venture on the Asian continent, and will bring the organization to a yearly Dota 2 prize fund milestone of $750,000 – a step closer to their promise of pledging one million dollars in Dota 2 prize money over a twelve-month period.

As the first tournament of this caliber in the region, it will be broadcast on local television. The finals will be featured on the main station -TV5 and the rest of the event being shown on AksyonTV, a TV5 subsidiary.

ESL One Manila groups

The ESL One Manila groups have been drawn. Two groups of four will compete in the first phase of the event to determine the seeding for the main event. No teams will be eliminated from the groups.

Group A

• Team Liquid
• compLexity
• Wings
• Mineski

Group B

Team Secret

EHOME

Fnatic

Team Empire

ESL One Manila schedule

All matches will be played back to back.

Friday, April 22nd (closed to the public)

• 11:00 PHT/20:00 CEST – Team Liquid vs. Mineski
• 11:00 PHT/20:00 CEST – compLexity vs. Wings
• 14:00 PHT/21:00 CEST – Team Secret vs. Team Empire
• 14:00 PHT/21:00 CEST – EHOME vs. Fnatic
• 17:00 PHT/02:00 CEST – Group A winners’ match
• 20:00 PHT/05:00 CEST – Group B winners’ match

Saturday, April 23rd

• 11:00 PHT/20:00 CEST – Group A elimination match
• 14:30 PHT/21:30 CEST – Group B elimination match
• 17:30 PHT/02:30 CEST – Group A decider match
• 20:30 PHT/05:30 CEST – Group B decider match

Sunday, April 24th

• 11:00 PHT/20:00 CEST – Semifinal two (Group B seed one vs. Group A seed two)
• 14:30 PHT/21:30 CEST – Semifinal one (Group B seed two vs. Group A seed one)
• 18:00 PHT/03:00 CEST – Grand final

ESL One Manila format

• The group stage will be played in a classic GSL format.
• The eight participating teams will be split up into two groups of four.

  In each group, the teams will play best-of-three matches, as shown below:

  Match #1: Team A vs. Team B
  Match #2: Team C vs. Team D
  Winners’ match (WM): Winner of Match #1 vs. winner of Match #2 – winner advances to the Upper Bracket
  Losers’ match (EM): Loser of Match #1 vs. loser of Match #2 – loser drops to the Lower Bracket
  Decider match: Loser of WM vs. winner of EM – winner advances to the Upper Bracket and loser drops to Lower Bracket

• The group stage will determine the seeding for the main event.
• Four teams will be seeded into the main event Upper Brackets, while the remaining four will start the main event in the Lower Brackets.
• No teams will be eliminated in the group stage.
• During the main event, all teams will play a double-elimination bracket.
• Four teams (top two teams of each of the groups) will start the main event in the Upper Bracket.
• Four teams (bottom two teams of each of the groups) will start the main event in the Lower Bracket.
• All the Upper Bracket match-ups will be best-of-three series.
• The first round of the Lower Bracket matches will be best-of-one elimination series. The following rounds will be best-of-three elimination series.
• The Grand Finals will be best-of-five series, with no winners’ advantage.

ESL One Manila teams

ESL One Manila invited teams

• EHOME
• Team Liquid
• Team Secret

ESL One Manila qualified teams

• ESL One Manila Americas spot: compLexity Gaming
• ESL One Manila European spot: Team Empire
• ESL One Manila Chinese spot: Wings Gaming
• ESL One Manila Filipino spot: Mineski
• ESL One Manila SEA spot: Fnatic

ESL One Manila talent



ESL One Manila tickets

Tickets have gone on sale and are available for prices ranging from $10 for a general admission two-day pass, to $106 for VIP tickets which include free food and drinks, goodie bags, exclusive signing sessions and premium seating in front of the stage.

ESL One Manila



The Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines will host ESL One Manila © One FC

In December 2015, ESL have officially announced ESL One Manila – the organization’s first Dota 2 tournament to be held in Southeast Asia. ESL One Manila will be organized in collaboration with PLDT Fibr and GameX and is expected to be Southeast Asia’s largest esports event to date. A local Filipino Dota 2 team will be invited to compete alongside some of the best Dota 2 teams in the world for a $250,000 prize pool.

ESL One Manila will take place between April 22-24, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Manila, Philippines – a rather new, state-of-the-art in-door venue. The arena has only been inaugurated in 2012 and has a seating capacity of 16,000 for sporting events, and a full house capacity of 20,000.