WePlay! Pushka League 1: Team Secret and HellRaisers on Top of their Groups
WePlay! Pushka League 1: Team Secret and HellRaisers on Top of their Groups
The group stage of WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1 is over, determining eight teams that will participate in the event’s playoffs stage. Team Secret and HellRaisers showed the best results in their groups.
The group stage featured 14 teams competing in two regional groups with round-robin format and best-of-three series. Top four teams from each group advanced to the next stage. Interestingly enough, both rosters of Virtus.pro managed to make it to the playoffs, while both OG rosters failed to make it out of the group.
Today Team Nigma will play with OG Seed in the 6-7th place tiebreaker, which will determine who of these teams will save their place in the first division and who will be relegated to the second one. The match will begin on 4:00 PM UK time.
Group Stage Results:
| 1. | Team Secret | 5-1 | 11-3 | 1. | HellRaisers | 5-1 | 11-4 |
| 2. | Alliance | 5-1 | 10-5 | 2. | Virtus.pro | 4-2 | 10-6 |
| 3. | Team Liquid | 4-2 | 9-6 | 3. | VP.Prodigy | 4-2 | 9-6 |
| 4. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3-3 | 7-7 | 4. | Natus Vincere | 4-2 | 9-7 |
| 5. | OG | 2-4 | 7-9 | 5. | FlyToMoon | 3-3 | 8-8 |
| 6. | Team Nigma | 1-5 | 3-11 | 6. | Team Spirit | 1-5 | 6-10 |
| 7. | OG Seed | 1-5 | 5-11 | 7. | B8 | 0-6 | 0-12 |
The playoffs stage is scheduled May 8th – 12th and will feature a double-elimination bracket, where all regular matches will be best-of-three and the grand finals will be best-of-five. The organizers have already seeded the teams for the first matches.
Playoffs Opening Matchups (UK Time):
May 8th
- 12:00 PM: HellRaisers vs Ninjas in Pyjamas
- 3:00 PM: Alliance vs VP.Prodigy
- 6:00 PM: Virtus.pro vs Team Liquid
May 9th
- 3:00 PM: Team Secret vs Natus Vincere
WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1 features a $250,000 prize pool. Top 12 teams will secure their places in the first divisions, while the last two teams will be relegated to the second division. B8 have already lost their spot in the first division.