ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 1

DreamLeague Season 1

League Information

Series:

Organizer:

Sponsor(s):

Type:

Online & Offline

Location:

Jönköping

Format:

Online League Play
Offline Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$265,257 USD

Start Date:

2014-03-03

End Date:

2014-06-16

Game:

Dota 2

Teams:

12

Dota TV Ticket:

Compendium (7.19€)

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Chronology

DreamLeague S2

The ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 1 begins on March 3rd and will be the first DreamHack Dota 2 in 2014. The season will feature 12 teams, $100,000 in prizes and on-stage Live Finals at DreamHack Summer 2014. The the main season features three divisions divided by region, Europe West, Europe East and North America. Each region will feature four teams and the online part will be played over 10 weeks and all the 84 league matches will be broadcast from the new DreamHack TV6 Studio in Stockholm. The Grand Finals, with the top six teams in the Season 1 standing, will take place at DreamHack Summer 2014 where $100,000 will be at stake.

Format

Qualifiers
- Open Qualifiers
  - Divided in the same three regions as the rest.
  - Top two teams advances to the final qualifier.
  - Thee Open Qualifiers per division, 6 spots per division.
  - Europe West's first qualifier was the DHW13 BYOC Tournament.
- Final Qualifiers
  - Each divisional qualifier features eight teams.
  - The top two teams of each division qualifies for DreamLeague Season 1.
Main Season
- League Play
  - Four Teams in each of the divisions, twelve teams total.
  - Each team meets once, while the teams from same divisions play twice, making it 14 games for all teams.
  - The top six teams in the standings advances to the grand finals.
- Grand Finals
  - Finals will be held at DreamHack Summer 2014.
  - Top six teams from Season 1 division play.

Prize Pool

The base prize pool was $100,000 USD.
An additional 25% of all DreamLeague Season 1 Compendium sales was added on top, totaling $265,257 USD.^[1]

$265,257 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Alliance (from left to right):
Loda, Akke, EGM, AdmiralBulldog and s4

Base prize money
Place	Prize
1st	40,000
2nd	25,000
3rd	15,000
4th	10,000
5th	6,500
6th	3,500
7th - 12th	0

Ticket prize money
Place	Percentage	Prize
1st	20%	~34,000
2nd	10%	~16,000
3rd	10%	~16,000
4th	10%	~16,000
5th	10%	~16,000
6th	10%	~16,000
7th - 12th	5%	~8,000

*Sigma.int was disqualified and will not receive any prize money or streaming revenues.^[2]
*Sigma.int had a 1-7 win/loss record before forfeiting all their games and getting disqualified.

Participating Teams

Invited Teams

Natus Vincere

1	XBOCT
2	Dendi
3	Funn1k
4	Kuroky
5	Puppey


Direct Invite

Alliance

1	Loda
2	s4
3	AdmiralBulldog
4	EGM
5	Akke


Direct Invite

Team Liquid

1	TC
2	qojqva
3	BuLba
4	DeMoN
5	Waytosexy


Direct Invite

Virtus.pro

1	Illidan
2	God
3	ARS-ART
4	NS
5	JotM


Direct Invite

Fnatic

1	Excalibur
2	H4nn1
3	Trixi
4	Fly
5	BigDaddy


Direct Invite

Evil Geniuses

1	Mason
2	Arteezy
3	Universe
4	zai
5	ppd


Direct Invite

Qualified Teams

Team Empire

1	Silent
2	Resolut1on
3	Mag~
4	ALWAYSWANNAFLY
5	VANSKOR


CIS Qualifier

Meet Your Makers

1	Unicornxoxo
2	Exist
3	Ace
4	Cr1t
5	Mini
6	Ryze
7	link


Europe Qualifier

Cloud9

1	EternalEnvy
2	SingSing
3	bOne7
4	Aui_2000
5	pieliedie


North America Qualifier

RoX

1	Bzz
2	Solo
3	Sedoy
4	yol
5	Goblak


CIS Qualifier

Sigma.int

1	PARIS
2	FATA-
3	miGGel
4	7ckngMad
5	paS


Europe Qualifier

mousesports¹

1	Pajkatt
2	FATA-
3	MSS
4	paS
5	Misery


North America Qualifier

¹ Team Dog was picked up by mousesports prior to the playoffs.^[3]

Results

League

League Standing
1.	Cloud9	12-2
2.	Team Empire	12-2
3.	Evil Geniuses	10-4
4.	mousesports	9-5
5.	Fnatic	8-6
6.	Alliance	8-6
7.	Natus Vincere	7-7
8.	RoX.KIS	6-8
9.	Team Liquid	5-9
10.	Virtus.pro	5-9
11.	Meet Your Makers	2-12
DSQ.	Sigma.int	0-14