First Dota Major with crowd in over two years

Published 2022-05-08 20:11

For over two years fans have not been able to watch any Dota Major events live, but that is about to change. From May 20-22 Hovet Arena in Stockholm will host the ESL One Stockholm, the first Dota Major in 2022. It will also be the first Dota Major in front of a big crowd since early 2020.

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Prize pool of $500,000

ESL One Stockholm is part of the Dota Part Circuit, which is a long series of events that started in November last year. At the Major the top teams from each Region’s Division, I will compete against each other.

The event is a great chance for the teams to earn DPC points as there are more points at stake than in any other event on the DPC so far this season. The first-placed team will be rewarded a total of 680 points. The second and third-placed teams will earn 610 and 530 points respectively. The 12 teams with the most DPC points at the end of the season are guaranteed a spot at The International later this year.

Except for lots of DPC points the ESL One Stockholm also has a prize pool of $500,000 with $200,000 going to the winners of the competition. The runner-up will go home with $100,000 and the third-place team with $75,000.

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OG and Team Liquid

A total of 14 teams will take part in the ESL One Stockholm. Among those are OG, Team Liquid and Team Spirit, which currently hold second place in the DPC ranking behind PSG.LGD.

Almost all the top teams in the DPC ranking will be present at ESL One Stockholm. The only teams missing in the top 13 are previously mentioned PSG.LSD and Team Aster.

The teams will be divided in two groups with seven teams in each group stage. The top four teams in each group will advance to the upper bracket in the playoffs and the teams placed 5th and 6th will advance to the lower bracket.

The group stage will be played from May 12th to May 17th. The playoffs start on May 18th with the Grand final on Sunday, May 22nd. All matches at ESL One Stockholm will be streamed through ESL One’s channel on Twitch.

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Teams – ESL One Stockholm

• OG (Western Europe #1)
• Gaimin Gladiators (Western Europe #2)
• Team Liquid (Western Europe #3)
• Tundra Esports (Western Europe #4)
• Betboom Team (Eastern Europe #1)
• Team Spirit (Eastern Europe #2)
• Mind Games (Eastern Europe #3)
• Fnatic (South East Asia #1)
• Boom Esports (South East Asia #2)
• T1 (South East Asia #3)
• Evil Geniuses (North America #1)
• TSM FTX (North America #2)
• Thunder Awaken (South America #1)
• Beastcoast (South America #2)