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[B]First stage[/B]

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Qualification decider:

[B]Second stage[/B]

Group A # Name1[B]mTw[/B] (5/0) 2[B]SK-Gaming[/B] (3-2) 2[B]Problem???[/B] (3-2) 4Meet Your Makers (2-3) 5Global Domination Time (2-3) 6roots (0-5) Group B # Name1[B]Natus Vincere[/B] (4-1) 2[B]Natural 9[/B] (4-1) 3[B]youBoat[/B] (3-2) 3Just 4 The Tournament (3-2) 5LowLandLions (1-4) 6MUFC (0-5) Group C # Name1[B]Dignitas[/B] (5-0) 2[B]Team Shakira[/B] (4-1) 2[B]Fnatic MSI (3-2)[/B] 4It's Gosu (2-3) 5Praeter Cunctas (1-4) 6EHOME (0-5) Group D # Name1[B]Panzer[/B] (4-1) 1[B]Evil Geniuses[/B] (4-1) 3[B]Mousesports[/B] (3-2) 4Team Infused (2-3) 5Storm Games Clan (2-3) 6MiTH.Trust (0-5)Na'Vi vs.Natural 9Evil Geniuses vs.PanzerSK-Gaming vs.Problem?YouBoat vs.Just 4 The TournamentThe first place decider games will be played to determine the seeding going into the second group stage. Coming off a solid performance with a clever use of Dark Seer, J4T upsets the champion of The International, Na'Vi, to latch onto the tail of Group B to tie with YouBoat with 3-2 a piece. YouBoat and J4T will not hold back trying to qualify this into the next stages of this tournament.The second groupstage will put twelve teams into two groups and the same format of the tournament will be played out to decide which eight teams gets to proceed into the playoffs. The placing in this second groupstage will be crucial as their position will determine their start out in the double elimination bracket playoffs. In this case, the top two teams of each group will be placed in the winner bracket while the remaining four start out in the loser bracket.Group A # Name1mTw 2N9 /Na'Vi (winner) 3Team Shakira 4EG /Panzer (loser) 5SK /Problem??? (loser) 6yB /J4T (winner) Group B # Name1Dignitas 2EG /Panzer (winner) 3SK /Problem??? (winner) 4N9 /Na'Vi (loser) 5Fnatic MSI 6MousesportsAt the moment, the schedule of the match between Na'Vi and the Australians has been decided and it will be played at 16:00 CET on the 10th of January. The last time these two teams met was two weeks ago, also in The Defense, with the Ukrainians coming out on top.Be sure to check out our coverage page of The Defense here and place your bets on your favourite team in our matchticker section here . Stay tuned to joinDOTA for the the latest updates of The Defense.