Mars Media, organizers of the MDL Macau Minor and Changsha Major of the recently concluded Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) season, announced the dates for their next tournament.

The event will take place next year, February 20-24, which falls just between the qualifiers and the main events for the third set of Minors and Majors in the 2018 -2019 DPC season and right after the Chinese Spring Festival. Location, venue, prize pool, number of teams attending, qualifiers and formats are to be released at a later date by Mars Media.

2019 MDL is the third tournament already announced to take place post TI8, and it’s also the third one to be held without Valve’s financial support. ESL was the first tournament to book an event for the next competitive season and announced ESL One Hamburg to be hosted at the Barclaycard Arena this year, October 23-29. Beyond the Summit were also quick to confirm their 10th edition of DOTA Summit which will take place in Los Angeles, mid-December from 12th to 18th of the month.

In the meantime, Valve didn’t announce any of the third party tournament organizers which will be involved with the next 2018-2019 DPC events. According to the only official announcement coming from the game developer, the “Minor and Major events will be held in pairs, with the qualifiers for each set to run in exclusively scheduled windows, the first coming in September.”

2018-2019 DPC full schedule:

Sep 17-Sep 21: Major Qualifiers

Sep 23-Sep 26: Minor Qualifiers

Oct 29-Nov 4: Minor Main Event

Nov 8-Nov 19: Major Main Event

Nov 26-Nov 30: Major Qualifiers

Dec 1-Dec 4: Minor Qualifiers

Jan 7-Jan 13: Minor Main Event

Jan 17-Jan 27: Major Main Event

Feb 1-Feb 5: Major Qualifiers

Feb 7-Feb 10: Minor Qualifiers

Mar 4-Mar 10: Minor Main Event

Mar 14-Mar 24: Major Main Event

Mar 28-Apr 1: Major Qualifiers

Apr 3-Apr 6: Minor Qualifiers

Apr 22-Apr 28: Minor Main Event

May 2-May 12: Major Main Event

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