



The first Minor in China: The Perfect World Masters, will be held in Shanghai, from November 19th until the 26th.[1] As a Minor, the ten participating teams will fight for a $300,000 USD prize pool as well as qualification points for The International 2018.[2]

Format [ edit ]

Group Stage: Ten teams are seeded into two groups, five teams each Round-robin format; all matches are played in a Bo2 Top four teams advance to the playoffs Bottom teams are eliminated

Playoffs: Double-elimination bracket The 1 st placed team of each group can choose their opponent from the 3 rd or 4 th placed teams of the other group First round of the lower bracket is played in a Bo1 All other rounds are played in a Bo3 , with Bo5 Grand Finals

Tiebreakers rules: If there is a tie along the 1 st and 2 nd or 4 th and 5 th place, an additional Bo1 set will be played For other ties (in order of importance): Head to head result(s) between the tied teams Results against the 5 th placed team Results against the 1 st placed team Match time principle (highest difference of game time of longest loss - game time of quickest win) Should additional games result in a loop the match time principle will be applied



Broadcast Talent [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

The prize pool of the tournament is $300,000 USD and 300 Pro Circuit Points.

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]





Group Matches [ edit ]

Group A: Day 1 [ edit ] Group A: Day 1 VG 2 0 SG LFY 2 0 coL VG 2 0 Vega SG 1 1 LFY coL 2 0 Vega Group B: Day 1 [ edit ] Group B: Day 1 Secret 1 1 LGD KGN 1 1 Newbee Mski 1 1 Secret LGD 1 1 KGN Newbee 2 0 Mski Group A: Day 2 [ edit ] Group A: Day 2 VG 0 2 LFY SG 1 1 coL LFY 1 1 Vega VG 2 0 coL SG 0 2 Vega Group B: Day 2 [ edit ] Group B: Day 2 Mski 1 1 KGN LGD 1 1 Newbee KGN 2 0 Secret Mski 2 0 LGD Newbee 0 2 Secret

Playoffs [ edit ]

Quarterfinals Team Secret 2 compLexity 1 Vici Gaming 2 Mineski 0 LGD.Forever Young 1 Newbee 2 Team Kinguin 2 Vega Squadron 1 Semifinals Team Secret 0 Vici Gaming 2 Newbee 2 Team Kinguin 0 Upper Bracket Final Vici Gaming 1 Newbee 2 Lower Bracket R1 compLexity 1 Mineski 0 LGD.Forever Young 1 Vega Squadron 0 Lower Bracket R2 Team Kinguin 1 compLexity 2 Team Secret 0 LGD.Forever Young 2 Lower Bracket R3 compLexity 1 LGD.Forever Young 2 Lower Bracket Final Vici Gaming 2 LGD.Forever Young 0 Grand Final Newbee 3 Vici Gaming 0