The Dota Pro Circuit is one of the most popular eSport tours in the world. In case you didn’t realize, Dota 2 has been the king of eSports revenue for years. Fortnite is the first game to pass Dota 2 in total yearly revenue. But no single tournament is as big as The International – which took place in August.
There are still two major tournaments left in 2019: the MDL Chengdu Major and ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational. Top online betting sites will all have odds, so check this Bovada review to make sure you are seeing the best odds on the events.
MDL Chengdu Major | November
The Chengdu Major will take place from November 16th through the 24th. Mars Media’s flagship tournament has a fat prize pool of 980,000 US dollars. This tournament is extremely important because it counts for DPC qualification points towards The International 2020.
Regional qualifiers will decide the 15 participating teams, with two (at least) from each region. The format is set up with two groups and the best of three games. The top two and bottom two teams advance to the upper and lower playoff brackets. Once in the playoffs the format changes to double-elimination. Round one of the lower brackets is the best of one. However, all other games are still the best of three formats, except for the Grand Finals, which are best of five.
ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational Singapore | December
Twelve of the world’s best teams will collide on December 17th in the PGL and ONE Esports joint in Singapore. The six-day series holds a prize pool of $500,000 US. The top team takes home $200k, runnerup gets $100K, 3rd gets $60K, 4th takes home $50K, 5th, $30K, and 6th, $20k. 7th and 8th place each get 10 grand, while 9th and 10th place still walk away with 5 grand each. The event is almost 3 months away but we already have seven of the participants locked in with direct invites. The other five are still yet to be determined.
World Pro Invitational Invitees:
● Evil Geniuses
● Natus Vincere
● Vici Gaming
● TNC Predator
● Virtus.pro
● PSG.LGD
● Team Secret
The competition will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium with the group stages running from Dec 17th through 19th and the playoffs from the 20th through 22nd.
Top Events in 2020
The International
The big daddy of them all will be The International, put on by Valve in Stockholm, Sweden. Just like in 2019 qualification will be on a points-based system acquired by participating and placing well in the officially sponsored Majors and Minors leading up to the event. The above mentioned MDL Chengdu Major is a perfect example.
The rest of the 2019-2020 events have yet to be finalized but we do know the schedule:
Date Event Type DPC
● Dec 1-6, 2019 Qualifier #2 370
● Jan 7-11, 2020 Minor Event 660
● Jan 18-26, 2020 Major Event 15000
● Feb 9-14, 2020 Qualifier #3 370
● Mar 3-7, 2020 Minor Event 660
● Mar 14-22, 2020 Major Event 15000
● Mar 29-Apr 3, 2020 Qualifier #4 370
● Apr 22-26, 2020 Minor Event 660
● May 2-10, 2020 Major Event 15000
● May 17-22, 2020 Qualifier #5 370
● June 9-13, 2020 Minor Event 660
● June 20-28, 2020 Major Event 15000
We’ll have a minor event kick off the new year right at the beginning of January, almost immediately followed up by a Major in mid-January. All of this, starting with the first qualifier in October of 2019 lead up to The International 2020.