The StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2 is the final chance for Dota 2 teams to make the EPICENTER Major in Moscow.
The event - StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2, to give it its full title - will take place from June 12th to June 16th in Kiev, Ukraine. Eight teams will compete and two of them will qualify to EPICENTER Major. The prize pool is $300,000 along with 500 Dota Pro Circut (DPC) points.
It's the penultimate event of the DPC, with teams scrambling to secure their spot a The International 2019.
The StarLadder ImbaTV Minor schedule has now been confirmed. Find the updated schedule nad betting odds on our Dota 2 matches page.
Dota 2 Kiev Minor preview: Big teams staring down the barrel
StarLadder ImbaTV Minor 2019 schedule - groups
The schedule for the group stage of the Kiev Minor, with times in CEST.
Day 1, June 12th
Opening Matches - Group A
- 11am: EHOME 2-1 Anvorgesa
- 2.30pm: Alliance 2-1 Winstrke
Winners' Match - Group A
- EHOME 1-2 Alliance
Day 2, June 13th
Losers' Match - Group A
- Anvorgesa 2-1 Winstrike
Opening Matches - Group B
- Sirius 1-1 Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Mineski 2-1 compLexity
Day 3, June 14th
Winners' Match - Group B
- NIP 2-0 Mineski
Losers' Match - Group B
- Sirius 2-0 Complexity
Decider Match - Group B
- Minkeski 0-2 Sirius
Decider Match - Group A
- EHOME 1-2 Anvorgesa
Play-off bracket
The StarLadder ImbaTV play-off bracket schedule, with times in CEST.
Day 4, June 15th
Upper bracket round 1
- Alliance 2-1 Team Sirius
- Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 Team Anvorgesa
Upper bracket finals
- Alliance 2-1 Ninjas In Pyjamas
Lower bracket round 1
- Team Sirius 2-0 Team Anvorgesa
Day 5, June 16th
Lower bracket final
- 1pm - Ninjas In Pyjamas vs Team Sirius
Grand final
- 4.30pm - Alliance vs TBD
Format
The StarLadder ImbaTV Minor will see two groups of four teams play in a GSL format, with the top two from each group progressing to the play-off bracket. The bottom two teams go home. All matches are best-of-three (BO3).
The play-offs are in a double-elimination format with all matches played BO3, except for the grand final, which is BO5.
Rosters
The expected rosters for each of the eight teams at the StarLadder ImbaTV Minor in Ukraine.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Ace
- Fata
- 33
- Saksa
- ppd
- Pajkatt
Alliance
- miCKe
- qojqva
- Boxi
- iNSaNiA
- Taiga
- Loda
Complexity Gaming
- Meracle
- Limmp
- tavo
- Zfreek
- Adam
- Kips
Team Anvorgesa
- K1
- Brown
- Wisper
- Jericho
- Stinger
Winstrike
- Silent
- Cooman
- nongrata
- Lil
- Nofear
Mineski
- Ahjit
- Moon
- kpii
- Bimbo
- ninjaboogie
- 71
EHOME
- NeverEnd
- Ferrari_430
- Faith_bian
- XinQ
- y'
- xiao8
Team Sirius
- Sylar
- ASD
- InJuly
- 天命
- HYM
- longb
StarLadder Ukraine Minor - General Information
Venue
Cybersport Arena
Vadyma Hetmana St, 13
Kyiv, Ukraine, 02000
Useful links
StarLadder Event Website
StarLadder Dota 2 on Twitter
StarLadder Ukraine Minor statistics (DOTABUFF)
Expert predictions
Dota 2 commentator Kyle Freedman joins Sujoy Roy on the Luckbox Podacst to look ahead to the StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor and share some of his predictions ahead of the event in Ukraine.
