Starladder Season 5 Group Format and Division

Shortly after the 2021 Dota 2 Asia Championship ends, the Dota 2 Pro Circuit series will continue to Starladder Season 5. The Minor Tournament will be held tomorrow and will feature eight teams for a total prize pool of US$300,000 (approximately Rp4 billion) and 300 Pro Circuit points.

In this tournament, eight teams will be divided into two groups and compete in a GSL format. The two best teams are entitled to advance to the round playoffs, while the rest are declared invalid. All group stage matches will be held in the format best of three.

Four teams that advance to the round playoffs then put in single elimination bracket. The semifinals will be held in the format best of three, while the final round was held in the format best of five.

Here is the group division as well as pairing the first match for the Starladder Season 5 group stage.

Many Teams Are Not At Full Strength

After a fierce match that took place at GESC Indonesia a few weeks ago, Na’Vi and Fnatic will once again meet in the group stage. However for this tournament Fnatic will not be competing at full strength. They will play with coach they Adam replace Pieliedie who for this tournament will be a substitute.

The same thing happened to SG Esports where C4t would replace Bardo who couldn’t attend.

This change occurred after several teams had to withdraw and be replaced by other teams. Vega Squadron joined after replacing LGD who withdrew to prepare for another tournament. Meanwhile, VGJ.Thunder replaced Newbee, who resigned due to a passport problem with one of his players.

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