Sixteen teams in a double-elimination bracket.
Top four teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Upper Bracket.
The 1st place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th place finish in the opposite group.
The 2nd place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 1st place.
All matches are played in a best-of-three.
5th-8th placed teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Lower Bracket.
The 5th place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 7th or 8th place finish in the opposite group.
The 6th place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 5th place.
First round is played in a best-of-one then all matches are played in a best-of-three.
Grand Finals is played in a best-of-five with no game advantage.

Teams & Players

Matches

Lower Bracket
Wednesday, Aug 09 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Wednesday, Aug 09 8:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Upper Bracket
Wednesday, Aug 09 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Thursday, Aug 10 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)

Results

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icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

August 09 2017 11:10 GMT

excited for the OG vs TNC 2 : Electric Pinoyaloo

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

August 09 2017 11:21 GMT

OG vs TNC

Latham

9568 Posts

August 09 2017 12:22 GMT

Why the fuck start the day with lower bracket? Holy shit, guess I'll miss all the good games today because I'm not staying up into 3-4 AM to watch the upper bracket.

Snakesneaks

Italy2652 Posts

August 09 2017 12:58 GMT

revenge or repeat of TI6

NA last hope against CN old guard

determination of CN powerhouse

CN dark horse vs CIS bear

Kelefei2016

Papua New Guinea504 Posts

August 09 2017 12:58 GMT

My prediction:
OG
LGD
Newbee
LFY

Yeah~~

BreakupBoy

Germany171 Posts

August 09 2017 13:06 GMT

Who do I cheer for now that EG is out?

caramel-

Indonesia66 Posts

August 09 2017 13:16 GMT

My prediction :
TnC
LGD
NewBee
LFY

lolfail9001

Russian Federation40190 Posts

August 09 2017 13:35 GMT

On August 09 2017 22:06 BreakupBoy wrote:
Who do I cheer for now that EG is out?

For LFY of course.

plasmidghost

Belgium16168 Posts

August 09 2017 13:40 GMT

#10

Cheering for TnC, DC, iG, and VP!

Achaian

United States3369 Posts

August 09 2017 13:51 GMT

#11

On August 09 2017 22:06 BreakupBoy wrote:
Who do I cheer for now that EG is out?

For your boys on DC! And VP too because they have the best chance realistically.

BreakupBoy

Germany171 Posts

August 09 2017 13:57 GMT

#12

On August 09 2017 22:51 Achaian wrote:

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For your boys on DC! And VP too because they have the best chance realistically.

I really like VP, I think their escape room segment was great

In the lower bracket I'll cheer for DC and Empire but mostly because of Reso, don't really know too much about the others except for fn who is apparently kind of a douche but whatever...

I can't cheer for LFY I really dislike super for some unknown reason, I don't even know why but I can't cheer for a team with super on it lol

intotheheart

Canada33091 Posts

August 09 2017 14:08 GMT

#13

For those who missed it yesterday:

Poll: Would you play the DotA CCG?

Maybe? (27)

42%

Yes (23)

35%

No (15)

23%

65 total votes

Your vote: Would you play the DotA CCG?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Maybe?

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

August 09 2017 14:11 GMT

#14

TnC 2-1 OG
LGD 2-1 DC
Newbee 2-1 iG
LFY 2-1 VP

ch33psh33p

7650 Posts

August 09 2017 14:15 GMT

#15

TNC 2-1 OG
LGD 2-0 DC
LFY 2-0 VP
IG 2-1 Newbee

God damn that IG / Newbee series will be close.

pat777

United States356 Posts

August 09 2017 14:25 GMT

#16

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/index.php?title=Special:BracketContest&module=ranking&id=31

Might be worth it to check out some of these top entries for predictions.

Kamisamanachi

4665 Posts

August 09 2017 14:38 GMT

#17

damn all of today's matches are such hype.

iG and newbee will be one of the closest series of the day , with iG prevailing , atleast for me. :D

OG 2-1 Tnc
LGD 2-0 DC
iG 2-1 Newbee
LFY 2-1 VP

VGhost

United States3616 Posts

August 09 2017 14:48 GMT

#18

Thinking TNC, DC, Newbee, and VP win.

If OG can return to form they ought to beat TNC, but it's looking less and less likely, even in an easy win against Infamous they were giving up bad fights to wrap-around initiation.

LGD ought to be better than DC but isn't playing like it so far, but still picking DC is as much "hope" as "predict". DC at least player a pretty perfect game in their Bo1.

Newbee vs IG is an interesting matchup. IG might have the higher ceiling but Newbee looked like the best team on Day 1.

VP vs LFY I'm expecting to be pretty close, these look like the best teams in the event right now.