On November 22, within the group stage of the Dota 2 Champions League 2021 Season 5 tournament will play Team Empire and Khan

Dota 2 Champions League 2021 Season 5 tournament within Tier 3 will be held from November 8 to November 28. This is an online tournament with a prize pool of $ 50,000. Nine teams will take part in the tournament. Eight teams received direct invitations, and one team entered the tournament through open qualifiers.

Format

The group stage will run from November 8 to November 22

• Single round-robin.
• All matches are Bo3.
• Top four teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs.
• 5th to 8th place teams advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs.
• Remaining teams are eliminated.

Tiebreaker rules

• If one or more of the tied teams should be eliminated or the tie is between upper/lower bracket seeding – Bo1 tiebreaker matches will be played till the tie is broken
• If two or more teams have an equal amount of points, the final standings will be ruled based on the following priority:
  • – Number of matches won 2:0.
  • – Maps difference.
  • – The sum of series wins for all of the teams that tied teams beat.
  • – Head-to-head result.

Playoffs stage will run from 23 November to 28 November

• Double-elimination bracket.
• All matches except Grand Final are Bo3.
• Grand Final is Bo5.

The main prize pool of the tournament will be $ 50,000.

On November 22, Team Empire and Khan will face off in the group stage. The organizers schedule the start of the meeting of the teams at 19:00.

Teams Roster

Team Empire is considered the favorite of this meeting. Bookmakers believe that the team will win with a probability of more than 58%. Teams’ win rate in the last three months: Team Empire has 48.33%, while Khan has 38.71%.

The teams have the following results in the last five meetings: Team Empire – 2 wins and 3 losses, while Khan has 1 victory and 4 losses.

The best odds are Team Empire 1.65 to win, Khan 2.28 to win.