The penultimate minor of the season, OGA DOTA PIT MINOR 2019, was hosted at the Spaladium Arena, in Split, Croatia, from 26-28 April 2019. The group stages of the minor were played offstage, as usual.
The group stage ended with Royal Never Give up (RNG) topping group A, while Alliance topped group B. No teams were eliminated in the group stage, thus making it redundant.
Although, NIP winning was not a surprising result, given that they were one of the favourites of the tournaments, the event was riddled with upsets. Two of the favourites of the tournament ,Royal Never Give UP (RNG) and Gambit Esports , ended up in joint last place after losing Majestic Esports (SA) and EHOME (China) respectively.
Next up Majestic Esports eliminated BOOM ID(Indonesia) and EHOME eliminated Forward Gaming (USA), earning them a slot in the top 4, while the losers ended up with a 5th-6th place finish.
Ehome then went on to beat Majestic Esports in the lower bracket to enter the top 3.Majestic Esports exit the event with a respectable 4th place finish.
NIP and Alliance duked it out in the upper bracket final , resulting in a NIP win, making them the first grand finalists of the event and pushing alliance to the lower bracket.
The lower bracket final was between Ehome, who were on a winning spree in the lower bracket and Alliance, who just lost to NIP. This game was no different, EHOME brushed past their Swedish opposition, thus continuing their dream lower bracket run to enter the grand final of the OGA DOTAPIT MINOR.
The grand final of the minor was a long and exciting 5 game affair, which ended with Ninjas in Pyjamas besting EHOME for the title of Minor Champions and earning a spot at the penultimate major of the season, MDL Disneyland Major.
OGA Dota PIT Minor Prize Pool Distribution:
- 1st place: Ninjas in Pyjamas $125,000 + 120 DPC points + Slot at MDL Disneyland Major
- 2nd place: EHOME $65,000 + 100 DPC points
- 3rd place: Alliance $35,000 + 90 DPC points
- 4th place: Majestic Esports $25,000 + 70 DPC points
- 5-6th place: BOOM ID/Forward Gaming $15,000 + 40 DPC points
- 7-8th place: Gambit Esports/Royal Never Give Up $10,000 + 20 DPC points
