Heroic not among the eight finalized teams for Elite League Season 2 Round Robin Stage

The Swiss Stage phase of Elite League Season 2 bid farewell to eight teams, including Heroic. Round Robin phase begins today. 

The Elite League Season 2 put the South American Dota 2 LAN back on the menu. Kicking off merely days after the conclusion of Riyadh Masters, Elite League began with the first of two group stage phases. Sixteen teams arrived ready to brawl, but it was quickly cut down to half. 

Of the eight teams that were able to survive the battle, Execration from Southeast Asia is the only qualified team remaining. Everyone else that advanced had been directly invited to participate. 

Despite a few teams playing with standin players or adjustled lineups (OG, Shopify Rebellion), things panned out MOSTLY as expected. 

• Read Arteezy steps down from Shopify Rebellion roster, SabeRLight back for Elite League

Team Liquid and OG topped the charts, the regional replacement teams and lower tier teams were among the elimianted. The most surprising result was that of Heroic. The South American team was knocked out with a 2:3 series record at the end. Their only two wins were over Execration and Cuyes Esports – which incidently was their first two series. After that it was just downhill with losses for the last three days. Heroic will have just over a month to pull things together before The International 2024 so no need to worry about them just yet!

The action will resume today at 17:00 CEST with the first two series of the Round Robin Stage. 

1winvsnouns
BOOM EsportsvsTeam Liquid

Elite League S2 Round Robin StageTeams

OG (Direct Invite)
Team Liquid (Direct Invite)
Shopify Rebellion (Direct Invite)
nouns (Direct Invite)
beastcoast (Direct Invite)
BOOM Esports (Direct Invite)
1win (Direct Invite)
Execration (Southeast Asia)  

Elite League S2 Round Robin Stage Format

The competition will feature three different stages starting with the six qualified teams placed in a modified Swiss group stage. ESB is yet to announce how many teams from the Swiss stage will make the cut to the next group stage.  

• Round-Robin Stage (Group Stage 2) - July 28 - July 31, 2024
  • One single round-robin group of eight teams
  • All matches are Bo2
  • Top four teams advance to the upper bracket of playoffs
  • Remaining teams advance to the lower bracket of playoffs

Elite League S2 Round Robin Standings

Elite League S2 prize pool

Initially, the tourney was announced with $800,000 on the line, but in a recent press conference held in Lima, Peru by ESB, it was revealed that the prize pool was bumped up to $1,000,000. 

$800,000 will be spread among the participants as seen below:

• 1st place  $240,000
• 2nd place  $120,000
• 3rd place $72,000
• 4th place $56,000
• 5th-6th place $52,000
• 7th-8th place $32,000 
• 9th-11th place $24,000 Evil Rabbit  / Cuyes Esports / Yellow Submarine / Heroic 
• 12th-14th place $16,000 Apex Genesis / MOUZ 
• 15th-16th place $12,000 Infinity / Fusion eSports

Additionally, $200,000 will be distributed to the participating teams in proportion to their team's viewership during the Main Event according to the official rule book. 

Elite League S2 Venue

The last three days in the playoffs, August 2-4, will be held with a live audience at the ESAN Convention & Sports Center. The venue can host around 1000 people with extra space being arranged in an outdoor area. The ticket prices for each day of the event range between $42 and $84 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.pe.

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