On December 17th, 2016, during the "Perfect Ceremony 2016", the CEO of Perfect World: Xiao Hong announced Dota 2 Asia Championships (2017) will come back in the spring of 2017.[1]

Four invited teams were announced on 10th January 2017, with 2 teams from China and another 2 from rest of the world. Regional qualifiers decide four teams from China, and one from each of the regions: America, South East Asia, Europe and CIS; summing up to twelve teams in total.

Format [ edit ]

Qualifiers [ edit ]

China - January 13th - January 15th, 2017 12 invited teams play in two groups Top place of each group qualifies for lan finals Second and third place of each group play in a double elimination bracket Winners qualify for lan finals

- Southeast Asia - February 3rd- February 10th, 2017

- Europe - February 3rd- February 10th, 2017

- Americas - February 3rd- February 12th, 2017

- CIS - February 3rd- February 13th, 2017 Each region: 8 invited teams play in two groups Top two places of each group play in a double elimination bracket Winner qualifies for lan finals

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LAN Finals [ edit ]

Group Stage - March 27th - March 29th, 2017 12 teams in two groups Bo2 Round-robin Four teams advance to the upper bracket of the Main Event Eight teams advance to the lower bracket of the Main Event

- Main Event - April 1st - April 4th, 2017 12 teams in a double-elimination bracket Grand Finals is Bo5 . Lower Bracket Round 1 are Bo1 . All other matches are Bo3 .

- 1v1 Solo Tournament - March 29th and April 2nd, 2017

- All-Star Game - April 3rd, 2017

Broadcast Talent [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

The initial prize pool is $500,000 USD , and every in-game exclusive treasure once sold will contribute 20% of the sales into the total prize pool.

The final prize pool is $611,997 USD , split as follows:

Participants [ edit ]

Invited Teams [ edit ]

Qualified Teams [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]





For group matches details, click here.





Main Event [ edit ]

Upper Bracket Round 1 (Bo3) OG 2 Newbee 0 Invictus Gaming 2 Team Empire 1 Upper Bracket Finals (Bo3) OG 2 Invictus Gaming 1 Lower Bracket Round 1 (Bo1) LGD.Forever Young 0 iG Vitality 1 Team NP 0 Team VGJ 1 Wings Gaming 0 Evil Geniuses 1 Team Liquid 0 Team Faceless 1 Lower Bracket Round 2 (Bo3) iG Vitality 2 Team VGJ 1 Evil Geniuses 2 Team Faceless 0 Lower Bracket Round 3 (Bo3) Team Empire 1 iG Vitality 2 Newbee 2 Evil Geniuses 1 Lower Bracket Round 4 (Bo3) iG Vitality 0 Newbee 2 Lower Bracket Finals (Bo3) Invictus Gaming 2 Newbee 0 Grand Finals (Bo5) OG 0 Invictus Gaming 3





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Additional Content [ edit ]

Recaps [ edit ]

Player Profiles [ edit ]

Team Intros [ edit ]

Shanghai Showdown [ edit ]

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