Dota Pro Circuit 2021-2022
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The format for the 2021-2022 season remains largely the same as the previous season. However, instead of two tours, this season will have three tours.[1]
As in previous season, roster locks are implemented from the start of each Regional League until the end. Rosters will unlock at the conclusion of the Regional League portion of each Tour. The initial roster lock for the 2021-2022 Season happens at 11:59am PT on November 21st. For subsequent Tours, player removals will lock at 11:59am PT on Tuesday after the Major, though players will still be allowed to be added to incomplete teams until 11:59am PT on Sunday after the Major.
Any player removals will incur a 15% penalty to all DPC Points earned at the time of removal. A team that removes a player after securing a slot at a Major will incur a 20% penalty on DPC Points earned during that event, in addition to the normal player-removal penalty. There is no penalty for adding a new player. A team that removes a player after securing a slot at a Major will incur a 20% penalty on DPC Points earned during that event, in addition to the normal player-removal penalty.
At the end of the third tour, the top twelve teams by DPC points are directly qualified for The International 2022. Six remaining spots will be decided through regional qualifiers. All teams that participated in the third tour of the regional leagues are eligible to compete in the regional qualifiers provided that they do not replace more than two players from their third tour's roster. As in previous season, there will not be any Open Qualifier for The International. However, all Regional Leagues will have an Open Qualifier tournament for their Division II spots meaning that the third tour's open qualifiers will essentially act as TI Open Qualifiers.
In addition, on 22nd January 2022, it was announced that the second and third place teams from each region's qualifiers will compete in a Last Chance Qualifier prior to The International to determine the final two qualification spots - thus expanding the amount of teams in the group stage for The International 2022 from 18 to 20 teams.
Format[edit]
Regional League[edit]
Each of the six regions will feature a Regional League, divided into Division I and Division II of eight teams each. Each league lasts for six weeks. At the end of each league, the bottom two teams of the Division I are demoted to Division II, while the top two teams of the Division II are promoted to Division I. The bottom two teams of the Division II are eliminated from the league and are replaced with winners of the open qualifier held within their Regional League. All other teams retain their position for the following tour.
The six regional leagues will be operated by the following tournament organizers:[2][3][4][5][6][7]
On March 12, it was revealed that organizer Epic Esports Events gave up their rights to EEU, they were replaced by Beyond The Summit for the remainder of the season.[8][9][10][11]
Region | Organizer |
---|---|
WEU | DreamHack |
EEU | Tour 1: Epic Esports Events Tour 2 & 3: Beyond The Summit |
CN | Perfect World |
SEA | Beyond The Summit |
NA | ESL |
SA | 4D Esports |
Each Regional League tournament has a total prize pool of $280,000 USD per Tour. This prize pool is split among both Divisions ($205,000 USD in Division I, $75,000 USD in Division II). Unlike previous season, the earlier Regional League grant less points than the later ones (690/920/1150 DPC points).
The prize pool and DPC points are spread as follows:
Division I | |||
---|---|---|---|
Place | Prize | DPC Pts | Seed |
1 | 30,000 USD | 300/400/500 | Qualified to the Major |
2 | 28,000 USD | 180/240/300 | Qualified to the Major |
3 | 27,000 USD | 120/160/200 | Qualified to the Major |
4 | 26,000 USD | 60/80/100 | Qualified to the Major |
5 | 25,000 USD | 30/40/50 | Remain in Division I |
6 | 24,000 USD | 0 | Remain in Division I |
7 | 23,000 USD | 0 | Relegated to Division II |
8 | 22,000 USD | 0 | Relegated to Division II |
Division II | ||
---|---|---|
Place | Prize | Seed |
1 | 17,000 USD | Promoted to Division I |
2 | 16,000 USD | Promoted to Division I |
3 | 15,000 USD | Remain in Division II |
4 | 11,000 USD | Remain in Division II |
5 | 9,000 USD | Remain in Division II |
6 | 7,000 USD | Remain in Division II |
7 | 0 USD | Eliminated from Division II1 |
8 | 0 USD | Eliminated from Division II1 |
- 1 Replaced by an Open Qualifier team
Majors[edit]
- Participants
- Four teams each from Western Europe and China
- Three teams each from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia
- Two teams each from North America and South America
- Group Stage
- Two groups of nine teams
- Bo2 round robin
- Top four teams advance to the Upper Bracket of the Playoffs
- 5th and 6th placed teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the Playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Playoffs
- Double-elimination bracket
- Eight teams start in the Upper Bracket
- Four teams start in the Lower Bracket
Majors have a prize pool of $500,000 USD.
Unlike previous seasons, the earlier Majors grant fewer points than the later ones (1900/3530/4570 DPC points).
It was announced on January 12 that the first major is cancelled.
The DPC points of the first Major were redistributed to the second and third Major.[12]
Following feedback from fans and teams, a series of regional final was announced on January 22 as a replacement for the first major. [13]
The distribution of the prize pool and DPC points for the regional final are shown below;
As teams from China are unable to attend the second major,
a regional final of the second tour for China is announced;[14][15]
Place | Prize | DPC Pts |
---|---|---|
1 | 50,000 USD | 250/450 |
2 | 25,000 USD | 130/300 |
3 | 15,000 USD | 0 |
4 | 10,000 USD | 0 |
The prize pool and DPC points for the majors are distributed as follows:
Place | Prize | DPC Pts |
---|---|---|
1 | 200,000 USD | |
2 | 100,000 USD | |
3 | 75,000 USD | |
4 | 50,000 USD | |
5-6 | 25,000 USD | |
7-8 | 12,500 USD | |
9-18 | 0 USD | 0 |
Tournaments[edit]
S Tournament
Date
Prize
Points
P#
Location
Winner
Runner-up
Aug 04 - 14, 2022
$500,000
17 teams
Jun 06 - Jul 17, 2022
$75,000
8 teams
Jun 08 - Jul 16, 2022
$205,000
8 teams
Jun 06 - Jul 16, 2022
$75,000
8 teams
Jun 06 - Jul 14, 2022
$75,000
8 teams
Mar 16 - Apr 23, 2022
$205,000
8 teams
Dec 02, 2021 - Jan 23, 2022
$205,000
8 teams
Nov 29, 2021 - Jan 23, 2022
$75,000
8 teams
Dec 01, 2021 - Jan 22, 2022
$205,000
8 teams
Nov 29, 2021 - Jan 22, 2022
$75,000
8 teams
Nov 29, 2021 - Jan 22, 2022
$75,000
8 teams
Nov 30, 2021 - Jan 21, 2022
$205,000
8 teams
Nov 30, 2021 - Jan 20, 2022
$205,000
8 teams
Nov 29, 2021 - Jan 20, 2022
$75,000
8 teams
See also[edit]
Additional Content[edit]
Articles[edit]
AFK Gaming[edit]
- 2022-01-12 | Valve Cancels First Major of the DPC 2021-22 by Rakshak Kathuria of AFK Gaming
- 2022-01-13 | Valve Apologizes to Teams After Cancelling First Major of 2022 DPC by Vignesh Raghuram of AFK Gaming
- 2022-08-16 | Valve Confirms That Fnatic Has Secured the Final TI11 Invite by Ammar Aryani of AFK Gaming
- 2022-08-16 | Fnatic Players and Staff React to Qualifying for TI11 by Ammar Aryani of AFK Gaming
- 2022-08-18 | Eastern European Dota 2 Personalities React to Fnatic’s TI11 Qualification Over Outsiders by Rakshak Kathuria of AFK Gaming
GosuGamers[edit]
- 2021-12-20 | Biggest winners of week 3 of DPC 2021-22 season winter tour by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2021-12-31 | The dominant heroes of the 2021-2022 DPC Leagues Season 1 by Gopya of GosuGamers
- 2022-01-10 | The undefeated teams of the DPC Winter Tour 2021 by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-01-30 | The most popular Aghanim's Shards from the DPC Winter Tour by Gopya of GosuGamers
- 2022-02-04 | The least popular Aghanim's Shards from the DPC Winter Tour by Gopya of GosuGamers
- 2022-04-01 | The DPC, TI and integrity in 2021-22 by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-06-03 | 5 players we will miss seeing compete in DPC Summer Tour by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-06-18 | Changing of the guard; Dota 2's shift in dominance by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-07-04 | DPC 2021-22 Season 3 Tour; The danger zone by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-07-11 | DPC 2021-22 Season Tour 3; The final countdown by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-07-18 | DPC 2021-22 Season; What's next? by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-08-15 | Fnatic or Outsiders; Valve's DPC website paints a different picture by Pandoradota2 of GosuGamers
- 2022-08-16 | Fnatic has confirmed its slot to The International this year after some confusion earlier by GravityWillFall of GosuGamers
- 2022-08-20 | Fnatic Team Director Paolo Bago on the rankings overturn: “We were in a state where it felt surreal” by divushka of GosuGamers
ONE Esports[edit]
- 2022-01-14 | Canceled DPC Winter Major is making Dota pros furious by Dexter Tan Guan Hao of ONE Esports
- 2022-08-12 | All qualified teams for TI11 via DPC points by Zim947 of ONE Esports
Tips.GG[edit]
- 2021-11-11 | DPC Season wating room: What's new in the DPC system 2022? by feaver of Tips.GG
- 2021-12-21 | Approaching the Equator: The First Ups and Downs in DPC 2021-2022 by feaver of Tips.GG
- 2022-01-13 | Cancellation of the first DPC Major: Reasons, reactions, Valve's feedback by feaver of Tips.GG
- 2022-06-24 | DOTA 2 Road to International 2022 heats up - DPC Rankings Update by sneakyolz of Tips.GG
References[edit]
- ↑ "Dota 2 Esports". Valve. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ↑ DreamHackDota (2021-11-11). "DOTES IS BACK". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ↑ epicentergg (2021-11-11). "THREE DPC SEASONS IN EASTERN EUROPE ARE OURS". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ↑ PWRD_DOTA2 (2021-11-13). "Back in the fray!". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ↑ BTSdota (2021-11-14). "We're thrilled to announce that we'll be hosting the SEA DPC Leagues 2021-2022 season!". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ ESLDota2 (2021-11-11). "Hello North America!". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ↑ Esports4d (2021-11-13). "Orgullosos de anunciar que, por primera vez en la historia del Dota competitivo, un TO de SA trabajará un evento del DPC.". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ "DPC Spring Tour & Fantasy Kickoff". Valve. 2022-03-12.
- ↑ DOTA2 (2022-04-26). "The EEU DPC region will be back with a set of online qualifiers hosted by BeyondTheSummit starting April 27th that will qualify teams to the Stockholm Major.". Twitter.
- ↑ BTSdota (2022-05-13). "Signups are open for the EEU DPC Tour 2 Division II Qualifier!". Twitter.
- ↑ BTSdota (2022-05-28). "We are pleased to announce that Beyond The Summit will be hosting EEU DPC Tour 3!". Twitter.
- ↑ "Dota Pro Circuit 2021-2022 Winter Major Update". Valve. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ↑ "The DPC 2021-2022 Winter Tour Regional Finals". Valve. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ↑ pwrd_dota2 (2022-04-29). "The DPC CN Tour 2 Regional Final will be played from May 6 - 8 for the upcoming Stockholm Major 2022.". Twitter.
- ↑ DOTA2 (2022-04-29). "DPC中国联赛第二赛季季后赛". Weibo.