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Dota Minor Championships

The Dota Minor Championships is a championship series announced by Valve in 2017[1]. Eligible third-party tournaments must have a minimum prize pool of $150,000 USD, at least one qualifier from each of the six primary regions (NA, SA, SEA, CN, EU, and CIS) and a LAN final. In this case, Valve will increase the prize pool by another $150,000 USD, for a minimum of $300,000 USD.

Competing in Major and Minor Championships will award qualifying points to players which will be the sole criteria for invitations to The International 2018. Points will be awarded based on the total prize pool of a tournament, with Majors giving more points per prize pool dollar. The total points per tournament will also partially scale based on the time of year, with tournaments closer to The International awarding additional points. Only the top 3 point earners on a team will contribute towards a team’s effective total qualifying points. Finally, Valve will maintain leaderboards of player and team qualifying points for everyone to follow.

As of September 15th, there are 11 Majors and 16 Minors planned for the upcoming season[2]. The full list can be viewed on the Dota 2 Pro Circuit. Qualifying points from every tournament will be awarded proportional to their total prize pool, i.e. an official Minor tournament will award at least 300 Qualifying points.

Tournaments[edit]

Dota Minor Championships 2017/2018[edit]

S     Tournament
Date
Prize
P#
Location
Winner
Runner-up
StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 3
Oct 12 - 15, 2017
$300,000
8 Teams
Ukraine Ukraine, Kiev
  Liquid
  Mski
PGL Open Bucharest
Oct 19 - 22, 2017
$300,000
8 Teams
Romania Romania, Bucharest
  Mski
  LGD
AMD SAPPHIRE Dota PIT League
Nov 2 - 5, 2017
$300,000
8 Teams
Croatia Croatia, Split
  Liquid
  VG
Perfect World Masters
Nov 19 - 26, 2017
$300,000
10 Teams
China China, Shanghai
  Newbee
  VG
MDL Macau
Dec 8 - 10, 2017
$300,000
9 Teams
Macau Macau, Macau
  OG
  TNC
DOTA Summit 8
Dec 13 - 17, 2017
$300,000
9 Teams
United States United States, Los Angeles
  VP
  Fnatic
Captains Draft 4.0
Jan 4 - 7, 2018
$300,000
8 Teams
United States United States, Washington, D.C.
  Secret
  VG
ESL One Genting 2018
Jan 23 - 28, 2018
$400,000
16 Teams
Malaysia Malaysia, Genting Highlands
  Newbee
  Liquid
StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 4
Feb 1 - 4, 2018
$300,000
8 Teams
China China, Shanghai
  Liquid
  LGD
GESC: Indonesia Dota2 Minor
Mar 15 - 18, 2018
$300,000
8 Teams
Indonesia Indonesia, Jakarta
  EG
  VGJ.T
DreamLeague Season 9
Mar 21 - 25, 2018
$300,000
8 Teams
Sweden Sweden, Stockholm
  Secret
  Fnatic
StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Season 5
Apr 12 - 15, 2018
$300,000
8 Teams
Ukraine Ukraine, Kiev
  OpTic
  VGJ.T
GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor
May 9 - 12, 2018
$300,000
8 Teams
Thailand Thailand, Bangkok
  VGJ.S
  KG

Dota Minor Championships 2018/2019[edit]

S     Tournament
Date
Prize
P#
Location
Winner
Runner-up
DreamLeague Season 10
Oct 29 - Nov 4, 2018
$300,000
8 Teams
Sweden Sweden, Stockholm
  Tigers
  Na`Vi
The Bucharest Minor
Jan 9 - 13, 2019
$300,000
8 Teams
Romania Romania, Bucharest
  EHOME
  Gambit
StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 1
Mar 7 - 10, 2019
$300,000
8 Teams
Ukraine Ukraine, Kiev
  VG
  Gambit
OGA Dota PIT Minor 2019
Apr 22 - 28, 2019
$300,000
8 Teams
Croatia Croatia, Split
  NiP
  EHOME
StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2
Jun 12 - 16, 2019
$300,000
8 Teams
Ukraine Ukraine, Kiev
  NiP
  [A]

Dota Minor Championships 2019/2020[edit]

S     Tournament
Date
Prize
P#
Location
Winner
Runner-up
DOTA Summit 11
Nov 7 - 10, 2019
$300,000
8 Teams
United States United States, Los Angeles
  iG
  CHAOS
WePlay WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020
Jan 9 - 12, 2020
$300,000
8 Teams
Ukraine Ukraine, Bukovel
  TBD
  TBD

Participation[edit]

Team participation[edit]

INV Directly invited to the tournament
MQ Qualified - started from the main qualifier phase
OQ Qualified - started from the open qualifier phase
- Didn't participate
1 The winner of King's Cup: America, concluded on 20 September 2017, directly qualifies for the DOTA Summit 8[3].
2 The winner of Dota2 Professional League Season 4 Top, concluded on 12 November 2017, directly qualifies for MDL Macau.
Season 2018/19
Tournament DreamLeague PGL/Bucharest_Minor/2019 StarLadder_ImbaTV/Minor/Season_1 Dota PIT League StarLadder_ImbaTV/Minor/Season_2
INV/Total
Teams 		0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8
MQ - MQ OQ -
- MQ MQ MQ -
- MQ MQ MQ -
- MQ - MQ MQ
- MQ - MQ OQ
- MQ MQ - -
- MQ MQ - -
MQ - - - MQ
- - - MQ MQ
MQ - - - -
MQ¹ - - - -
OQ - - - -
OQ - - - -
OQ - - - -
OQ - - - -
- MQ - - -
- OQ - - -
- - MQ - -
- - MQ - -
- - MQ - -
- - - MQ -
- - - MQ -
- - - - MQ
- - - - MQ
- - - - OQ
- - - - OQ
1 Due to health reasons, Team Liquid withdrew from the DreamLeague Season 10. They were replaced by Vega Squadron.

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Valve (3 July 2017). "The 2017 – 2018 Competitive Season". dota2.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Dota 2 Team (2017-09-15). "Dota 2 - The Road to the International". dota2.com.
  3. ↑ Beyond the Summit (2017-09-01). "Hail to the King's Cup". beyondthesummit.tv.
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