ESL One Hamburg 2018 will bring 12 top Dota 2 teams together at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.
The event is a chance for teams such as Virtus.pro, Evil Geniuses and NiP to sharpen up before the Kuala Lumpur Major, due to be held in Malaysia in November.
Live scores from ESL One Hamburg
Unlike in 2017, ESL One Hamburg 2018 teams will not collect any Dota Pro Circuit points. The line-up of 12 teams includes eight invitees and one team from each of the four regional qualifiers.
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The groups for ESL One Hamburg have not yet been drawn and broadcast talent has not been announced.
ESL One Hamburg 2018 Format
Group Stage
- Will be played from October 23rd to October 25th
- The teams will be split into two groups of six
- Group stages will be round-robin, best of two (BO2)
- The bottom two teams in each group are eliminated
Play-offs
- First round of the Upper Bracket will be played on October 25th
- The rest of the play-offs will be held at the Barclaycard Arena from October 26th to 28th
- Double Elimination
- Top two teams from the group stage will start in the Upper Bracket
- Third and fourth placed teams start in the Lower Bracket
- Except grand finals, all games are played in BO3 Series
- Grand finals is played in a BO5 Series
ESL One Hamburg 2018 standings
Playoffs
Groups Stage
Group A
- Vici Gaming 6-2
- Team Secret 6-2
- Evil Geniuses 4-4
- paiN Gaming 4-4
- Mineski 2-6
- Alliance 2-6
Group B
- Team Aster 8-0
- Virtus.pro 6-2
- Forward Gaming 4-4
- Ninjas in Pyjamas 3-5
- compLexity Gaming 2-6
- EVOS Esports 1-7
Schedule
ESL One Hamburg 2018 group stage (played backstage)
All local times (CEST, UTC +2, BST +1)
Tuesday, October 23rd
12:00 GROUP A RO1 MATCHES
Secret vs EG
paiN vs VG
Alliance vs Mineski
14:20 GROUP A RO2 MATCHES
Alliance vs VG
paiN vs EG
Secret vs Mineski
17:00 GROUP B RO1 MATCHES
Forward vs VP
Aster vs NiP
EVOS vs coL
19:20 GROUP B RO2 MATCHES
EVOS vs NiP
Aster vs VP
Forward vs coL
Wednesday, October 24th
12:00 GROUP A RO3 MATCHES
Scret vs VG
paiN vs Alliance
EG vs Mineski
14:20 GROUP A RO4 MATCHES
paiN vs Mineski
Secret vs Alliance
EG vs VG
17:00 GROUP B RO3 MATCHES
Forward vs NiP
Aster vs EVOS
VP vs coL
19:20 GROUP B RO4 MATCHES
Aster vs coL
Forward vs EVOS
VP vs NiP
Thursday, October 25th
12:00 GROUP A RO5 MATCHES
paiN vs Secret
Alliance vs EG
VG vs Mineski
14:40 GROUP B RO5 MATCHES
Aster vs Forward
EVOS vs VP
NiP vs coL
17:30 UPPER BRACKET SEMI-FINALS 1 and 2 (BO3)
Secret vs Virtus.pro
Aster vs Vici Gaming
ESL One Hamburg 2018 play-offs
Friday, October 26th
12:00 - EG vs coL | BO3
15:50 - Forward vs paiN | BO3
19:40 - Secret vs EG | BO3
Saturday, October 27th
12:00 - Aster vs paiN | BO3
15:50 - Virtus.pro vs Vici Gaming |BO3
19:15 - COSPLAY CONTEST TOP 10
19:40 - Secret vs paiN BO3
Sunday, October 28th
12:10 - Virtus.pro vs Secret | BO3
16:00 - Vici Gaming vs Secret | BO5
ESL One Hamburg 2018 rosters - invited teams
Virtus.pro Roster:
- Roman "Ramzes666" Kushnarev
- Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko
- Pavel "9pasha" Khvastunov
- Vladimir "rodjER" Nikogosyan
- Alexei "Solo" Berezin
Evil Geniuses Roster:
- Artour "Arteezy" Babaev
- Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan
- Gustav "s4" Magnusson
- Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen
- Tal "Fly" Aizik
Team Secret Roster:
- Michał "Nisha" Jankowski
- Yeik Nai "MidOne" Zheng
- Ludwig "Zai" Wahlberg
- Yazied "YapzOr" Jaradat
- Clement "Puppey" Ivanov
Mineski:
- Thiay "JT-" Jun Wen
- Kam "Moon" Boon Seng
- Damien "kpii" Chok
- Kim "Febby" Yong-min
- Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung
NiP Roster:
- Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard
- Adrian "Fata" Trinks
- Neta "33" Shapira
- Martin "Saksa" Sazdov
- Peter "PPD" Dager
Forward Gaming Roster:
- Yawar "YawaR" Hassan
- Roman "Resolut1on" Fominok
- Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora
- Arif "MSS" Anwar
- Avery "SVG" Silverman
paiN Gaming roster:
- William "hFnk3" Medeiros
- Omar "w33haa" Aliwi
- Otávio "tavo" Gabriel
- Danylo "KINGRD" Nascimento
- Rasmus "MISERY" Filipsen
ViCi Gaming Roster:
- Zhang "Paparazi" Chengjun
- Zeng "Ori" Jiaoyang
- Zhou "Yang" Haiyang
- Pan "Fade" Yi
- Ding "Dy" Cong
ESL One Hamburg 2018 rosters - qualifying teams
Alliance Roster:
- Michael "miCKe" Nguyen
- Max "qojqva" Bröcker
- Samuel "Boxi" Svahn
- Tommy "Taiga" Le
- Aydin "iNsania" Sarkohi
compLexity Gaming:
- Andrei "Skem" Ong
- Linus "Limmp" Blomdin
- Jingjun "Sneyking" Wu
- Zakari "Zfreek" Freedman
- Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao
Team Aster roster:
- LLiu "Sylar" Jiajun
- Deng "Dstones" Lei
- Lin "Xxs" Jing
- Ye "BoBoKa" Zhibiao
- Lu "Fenrir" Chao
EVOS Esports roster:
- Bruce "ilLogic" Ervandi
- Usep "Facehugger" Satiawan
- Adit "Aville" Rosenda
- Indra "Vlaicu" Utama
- Matthew "Whitemon" Filemon
Prize pool
The total prize pool for ESL One Hamburg is $300,000
ESL One Hamburg 2018 tickets
ESL One Hamburg 2018 tickets are split into six category types:
- Day ticket - €19 to €25
- Weekend ticket - €49
- Weekend duo ticket €85
- Weekend plus ticket - €99
- Premium ticket - €239
- Aegis Experience - €2995
All tickets include free public transportation to and from the venue, free seating in the upper and lower ranks and access to open signing sessions. "Plus" tickets also inlcude an "Plus" attendee badge, while "Premium" tickets are on antoher level and include floor seating, right in front of stage, seating in the middle of the players' walk-in area, free drinks (water, soft drinks and beer), access to a premium lounge, access to premium-only signing sesions and "Premium" attendee badge and goodie bag.
If you want to experience ESL One Hamburg to a VIP level then "Aegis Experience" is for you. You will get all the above features, plus a private lounge for five guests (this can be extended to up to 10) with view on to the arena and stage, high-quality catering and refreshments, Epic goodie bag with exclusive merchandise, front-of-the-line access to signing sessions and behind-the-scenes and backstage tours.
Dota 2 fans can buy ESL One Hamburg tickets from Eventbrite and Eventim.de
Visitors must be at least 12 years old to attend.
ESL One Hamburg 2018 live stream
ESL One Hamburg 2018 live stream will be available on Facebook.
ESL One Hamburg broadcast talent
ESL One Hamburg 2018 broadcast talent will include Luckbox ambassador Paul Chaloner, AKA Redey. The full list of broadcast talent:
Stage host: Eri Neemann.
Desk host: Redeye.
Sideline reporter: Slacks.
Commentators: ODPixel, TrentPax, Blitz and Capitalist.
Analysts: Fogged, Purge and Kyle.
Observer: Pimpmuckl.
Stats: Noxville.
The venue
ESL One Hamburg will be held at Barclaycard Arena, which has a maximum capacity of 16,000.
Main picture: Franjo Targo
