GAMERS GALAXY Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand: Day 1 result and other updates.

Author

SB

Date

Aug, 18.2022

One of the final opportunities for Dota 2 LAN action in front of a live audience before The International 2022 regional qualifiers is The GAMERS GALAXY: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand. Starting on August 18 and concluding with the grand final on August 20, the GAMERS GALAXY: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand will take place at Central Hatyai in HatYai, Thailand. Eight teams in total were invited to this event, and they will battle for the majority of the $125,000 USD prize fund. One of the largest LANs to just include Southeast Asian teams is the The GAMERS GALAXY: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand.

List of Group Teams

The GAMERS GALAXY: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand organisers have revealed the two groups in which teams will fight.

Group A

Group B

Army Geniuses

Execration

BOOM Esports

Fnatic

Polaris Esports

RSG

Talon Esports

Team SMG


Format

Group Stage 

The group stage on the 18th  and 19th  of august will follow the following    format :

Single round-robin BO1 group stage

In each group, the top two teams advance to the single-elimination playoffs.
The rest are eliminated
Playoffs (August 20)

The playoffs on the 20th  of  august will follow the following format :

Single Elimination bracket

The Final is a BO5, whereas the Semifinals are BO3s.
Schedule and Day 1 results

Over the course of two days, 24 BO1 matches will be played during the group round. On the tournament's last day, two BO3 semifinal matches and one BO5 championship match will come after this.

Day 1 - August 18 

On day 1 teams - Talon Esports stood victorious in both the matches, whereas Polaris Esports, RSG, Team SMG won one match. 

Time (SGT)

Series

Result

1:15 PM

Talon Esports - Army Geniuses

1-0


2:45 PM

BOOM Esports - Polaris Esports

0-1

4:15 PM

Polaris Esports - Talon Esports

0-1


6:45 PM

RSG - Fnatic

1-0

8:15 PM

Execration - Team SMG

1-0

9:45 PM

Team SMG - RSG

1-0

 

Day 2 - August 19

Time (SGT)

Series

Result

1:15 PM

BOOM Esports vs Army Geniuses

-

2:45 PM 

BOOM Esports vs Talon Esports

-

4:15 PM

Polaris Esports vs Army Geniuses

-

6:45 PM

Execration vs Fnatic

-

8:15 PM

Execration vs RSG

-

9:45 PM

Team SMG vs Fnatic

-

 


Day 3 – August 20

Time (SGT)

Series

Result

11:30 AM 

Semi-Final 1

-


3:00 PM

Semi-Final 2

-

7:30 PM 

Final

-

 

Note: GAMERS GALAXY had only officially released the schedule for Day 1 of the Group Stages. However, the tournament organiser provided a document with Liquipedia that contained the Day 2 and Day 3 schedules.

where to watch

Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand will be broadcast live in English on the GAMERS GALAXY Youtube channel and the GalaxyRacerSEA Twitch channel.

The Watch tab in Dota 2 allows users to watch the games as well.

Distribution of the prize pool and decision Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand standings on GAMERS GALAXY

The eight teams will share the $125,000 USD prize fund as shown below.

                    Position

Team

Prize Money

1

                        TBD                      $75,000

2

                        TBD                      $30,000

3rd-4th

TBD

$13,000

5th-6th

TBD

$6,000

7th-8th

TBD

$3,500

The Player MVP and the finest teamwork will both get awards from the tournament's organisers.

For the first time in years, Southeast Asian Dota 2 players will face off against one another in a LAN environment. Due to this, fans in the area will enjoy watching the GAMERS GALAXY: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand. After everything has been said and done, it will be interesting to watch who comes out on top.