DreamLeague Season 8

[e][h]DreamLeague Season 8

League Information

Series:

DreamLeague

Dota Pro Circuit

Organizer:

DreamHack

Sponsor:

Monster Energy • Republic of Gamers • ASUS • HyperX • OnePlus

Version:

7.07c

Type:

Offline

Location:

Jönköping

Venue:

Elmia

Dates:

Dec 1 - 3, 2017

Teams:

8

Format:

Double-elimination bracket

Prize Pool:

$1,000,000 USD

Pro Circuit Points:

1,500

Pro Circuit Tier:

Liquipedia Tier:

Links

Perfect World Masters

MDL Macau

DreamLeague is back with Season 8. The format has been extended to eight teams from all over the world will come together at DreamHack Winter 2017, allowing DreamLeague to become the second Major of the season. As such, participating teams will not only fight for a piece of the $1,000,000 USD prize pool, but also for 1500 Qualifying Points for The International 2018.

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

Eight teams:
- One qualified team each from North America, South America, China, and Southeast Asia
- Four teams from Europe and CIS qualify through joint qualifier league (each region is guaranteed one spot at the LAN event)
Double Elimination^[1]
- All matches are Bo3
- Bo5 Grand Finals

Broadcast Talent[edit]

The broadcast talent was announced on November 27th, 2017:^[2]

Host:
- Nahaz (Alan Bester)

Co-Host:
- SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)

Observers:
- Skrff (Rikard Holm Melin)
- Weppas (Johan Westberg)

Commentators:
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
- Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
- TobiWan (Toby Dawson)
- Blitz (William Lee)

Statistician:
- Noxville (Ben Steenhuisen)

Guest Commentator:
- AdmiralBulldog (Henrik Ahnberg)

Guest Panelist:
- Loda (Jonathan Berg)

Prize Pool[edit]

The prize pool for the finals is $1,000,000 USD and 1500 Pro Circuit Points.^[3]

Place	$ USD	DPC Points	Team
1st	$500,000	750	Team Secret
2nd	$200,000	450	Team Liquid
3rd	$100,000	225	Evil Geniuses
4th	$70,000	75	Natus Vincere
5th-6th	$45,000	-	Newbee
5th-6th	$45,000	-	Virtus.pro
7th-8th	$20,000	-	Fnatic
7th-8th	$20,000	-	Infamous