PGL to Host the Fifth Dota 2 Major of the Season, Ten Teams Are Already Invited
PGL to Host the Fifth Dota 2 Major of the Season, Ten Teams Are Already Invited
PGL announced that it will host the fifth major Dota 2 tournament of the season – PGL Bucharest Major 2018. The organizers already invited 10 teams to the tournament, the other 6 teams will have to make it through the regional qualifiers.
Invited teams:
- Team Liquid
- Newbee
- Evil Geniuses
- Natus Vincere
- Mineski
- compLexity Gaming
- Vici Gaming
- LGD.Forever Young
- Virtus.pro
- Team Secret
Regional qualifiers will be held in North America, China, South America, Southeast Asia, Europe and CIS. Most regions will feature 8 teams: 6 of them will be directly invited, while the other will qualify from open qualifiers. That said, only 6 teams will be able to participate in North American qualifiers (4 invited and 2 qualified ones), while South American qualifiers will have 4 spots for teams from open qualifiers. Most of the participating teams are already known, while some of them will be announced later.
Open Qualifiers:
- China – January 2nd, 2018
- South America – January 8th, 2018
- Southeast Asia – January 8th, 2018
- Europe – January 8th, 2018
- CIS – January 8th, 2018
- North America – January 9th, 2018
Closed Qualifiers:
|
Europe (Feb. 10-14) |
CIS (Feb. 10-14) |
NA (Feb. 10-14) |
SA (Feb. 10-14) |
China (Jan. 3-7) |
SEA (Feb. 10-14) |
| Team Doogie | Team Spirit | Immortals | SG e-sports | VGJ.Thunder | Fnatic |
| Team Kinguin | Team Empire | Team Leviathan | Sacred | Invictus Gaming | TNC Pro Team |
| OG | Vega Squadron | OpTic Gaming | Midas Club Elite | Keen Gaming | Geek Fam |
| PENTA Sports | Gambit Esports | VGJ.Storm | Infamous | LGD Gaming | Clutch Gamers |
| Planet Dog | M19 | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | IG.Vitality | BOOM ID |
| TBD | TBD | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | EHOME | TBD |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | - | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
| Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | - | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier | Open Qualifier |
The main event will be held at Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament’s prize pool is set at $1,000,000, on top of it the teams will compete for 1500 DPC points. The group stage will take place on March 4-7, the playoffs stage will start on March 9th and continue to March 11th.