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Tournaments are competitive events featuring professional and amateur teams from around the world. Most tournaments are divided into two separate phases: Qualifiers, where teams play against each other to grab a spot at the tournament; and the Main Event, where qualified teams play in either single or double-elimination brackets to become the tournament's champions.

Additionally, tournaments can be distributed among three main groups: Premier tournaments, or those which generally include a significant prize pool and LAN Finals broadcasted live; Minor tournaments, or those which are mostly played online-only by regional teams with a significantly smaller prize pool; and the Majors, which are three Valve-sponsored tournaments plus The International, all of which feature huge prize pools, compendiums, merchandise, and more.

Although all tournaments include a base prize pool, most premier tournaments (as well as some selected minor tournaments) increase their prize pool through the sale of tournament bundles, item sets, treasure chests and compendiums. Valve-sponsored tournaments usually include the release of special Immortal items that can only be obtained during the event by buying either the compendium or selected merchandise during the LAN Finals.

As of 2015, there is no other game featuring as many tournaments as Dota 2. The game's flagship annual championship, The International, is the biggest tournament to ever take place in esports with a collective prize pool of more than US$30 million throughout five editions.

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The International 2012 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

Recent and Upcoming Tournaments[]

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Majors[]

SM16 logo Kiev Major 2017
Kiev 2017
30 April 2017
$3,000,000
Champion OG OG
Medal icon 2 Virtus Virtus.pro
Medal icon 3 Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming
TheInternationalSmall The International 2017
Minibanner The International 2017
12 August 2017
$24,787,916
Champion Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 2 Newbee Newbee
Medal icon 3 LGD LGD.Forever Young
Esl one small ESL One Hamburg 2017
ESL One Hamburg 2017
26 October 2017
$1,000,000
Champion Virtus Virtus.pro
Medal icon 2 Team Secret Team Secret
Medal icon 3 Team Liquid Team Liquid
Newbee Newbee
Tournament icon DreamLeague DreamLeague Season 8
DreamLeague Season 8
1 December 2017
$1,000,000
Champion Team Secret Team Secret
Medal icon 2 Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 3 Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Tournament icon Epicenter EPICENTER XL
Minibanner EPICENTER 2016
27 April 2018
$1,000,000
Champion PSG PSG.LGD
Medal icon 2 Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 3 FlyToMoon FlyToMoon
Tournament icon China Dota2 Supermajor China Dota2 Supermajor
Tournament logo China Dota2 Supermajor
2 June 2018
$1,500,000
Champion Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 2 Virtus Virtus.pro
Medal icon 3 PSG PSG.LGD

Premium tournaments[]

Finished[]

Tournament icon DreamLeague DreamLeague Season 7
DreamLeague Season 7
21 July 2017
$243,000
Champion Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 2 Planet Odd Planet Odd
Medal icon 3 Team Secret Team Secret
Tournament icon The Final Match The Final Match 2017
Cosmetic icon The Final Match 2017 Ticket
7 July 2017
$50,000
Champion Alliance Alliance
Medal icon 2 SG e-sports SG e-sports
Medal icon 3 Team Spirit Team Spirit
Tournament icon MarsTV Dota 2 League Mars Dota 2 League 2017
Minibanner Mars Dota 2 League 2017
5 July 2017
$250,000
Champion PSG PSG.LGD
Medal icon 2 LGD LGD.Forever Young
Medal icon 3 Newbee Newbee
Tournament icon BeyondTheSummit Dota Summit 7
The Summit 7
14 June 2017
$100,000
Champion Virtus Virtus.pro
Medal icon 2 Team Secret Team Secret
Medal icon 3 PSG PSG.LGD
Main Page icon Placeholder Galaxy Battles
Minibanner Galaxy Battles
14 June 2017
$150,000
Champion Newbee Newbee
Medal icon 2 Planet Odd Planet Odd
Medal icon 3 TNC Pro Team TNC Pro Team
Tournament icon Epicenter EPICENTER 2017
Minibanner EPICENTER 2016
9 June 2017
$500,000
Champion Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 2 Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Medal icon 3 Team Secret Team Secret
LGD LGD.Forever Young
Zotac icon small ZOTAC Cup Masters
Minibanner ZOTAC Cup Masters
30 May 2017
$100,000
Champion Newbee Newbee
Medal icon 2 Team NP Team NP
Medal icon 3 iG Vitality iG Vitality
Fnatic Fnatic
The Masters The Manila Masters
Manila Masters
26 May 2017
$250,000
Champion Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Medal icon 2 Newbee Newbee
Medal icon 3 Team NP Team NP
Starladderlogo small SL i-League Invitational S2
Minibanner StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 2
18 May 2017
$100,000
Champion Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 2 TNC Pro Team TNC Pro Team
Medal icon 3 Newbee Newbee
Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming
Moonduck icon Mr. Cat Invitational Europe
Mr Cat Invitational Europe
18 May 2017
$50,000
Champion Virtus Virtus.pro
Medal icon 2 Team Empire Team Empire
Medal icon 3 Team Secret Team Secret
Tournament icon DAC Asia Championships 2017
DAC 2017 Logo
4 April 2017
$500,000
Champion Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming
Medal icon 2 OG OG
Medal icon 3 Newbee Newbee
Starladderlogo small SL i-League StarSeries S3
StarLadder i-League Season 3
26 February 2017
$300,000
Champion Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 2 VGJ VGJ.Thunder
Medal icon 3 OG OG
TnC Gaming TnC Gaming
Moonduck icon Elimination Mode 3.0
Elimination Mode 3
11 February 2017
$25,000
Champion OG OG
Medal icon 2 compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming
Medal icon 3 Team Onyx Team Onyx
Alliance Alliance
Tournament icon Dotapit Dota Pit League Season 5
Dota Pit League Season 5
22 January 2017
$125,000+
Champion Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Medal icon 2 OG OG
Medal icon 3 Team Faceless Team Faceless
Tournament icon World Electronic Sports Games WESG 2016
WESG 2016
15 January 2017
$1,500,000
Champion TNC Gaming TNC Gaming
Medal icon 2 Cloud9 Cloud9
Medal icon 3 Alliance Alliance
Esl one small ESL One Genting 2017
ESL One Genting 2017
8 January 2017
$250,000
Champion Digital Chaos Digital Chaos
Medal icon 2 Newbee Newbee
Medal icon 3 Wings Gaming Wings Gaming
China Top 2016
China Top 2016
17 December 2016
¥1,600,000
Champion Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Medal icon 2 Newbee Newbee
Medal icon 3 Digital Chaos Digital Chaos
Wings Gaming Wings Gaming
Tournament icon World Cyber Arena 2015 World Cyber Arena 2016
WCA 2016
16 December 2016
$1,500,000
Champion iG Vitality iG Vitality
Medal icon 2 Vici Gaming Vici Gaming
Medal icon 3 We Are Young We Are Young
FM15 logo Boston Major 2016
Minibanner Dota 2 Major Fall 2016
December 2016
$3,000,000
Champion OG OG
Medal icon 2 Ad Finem Ad Finem
Medal icon 3 Digital Chaos Digital Chaos
Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Tournament icon DreamLeague DreamLeague Season 6
DreamLeague Season 6
26 November 2016
$185,000
Champion Team Liquid Team Liquid
Medal icon 2 Escape Gaming Escape Gaming
Medal icon 3 Alliance Alliance
Tournament icon BeyondTheSummit The Summit 6
The Summit 6
20 November 2016
$100,000
Champion Virtus Virtus.pro
Medal icon 2 OG OG
Medal icon 3 Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Main Page icon Placeholder ROG MASTERS
ROG MASTERS
13 November 2016
$100,000
Champion Team Secret Team Secret
Medal icon 2 Execration Execration
Medal icon 3 EHOME EHOME.X
Mineski Mineski
Northern Arena icon NA BEAT Invitational
Northern Arena BEAT Invitational
13 November 2016
$100,000
Champion Wings Gaming Wings Gaming
Medal icon 2 Team NP Team NP
Medal icon 3 EHOME EHOME
Tournament icon MarsTV Dota 2 League MarsTV Dota 2 League Autumn
MDL Autumn 2016
2 October 2016
$250,000
Champion Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
Medal icon 2 Newbee Newbee
Medal icon 3 OG OG
MPGLS7 MPGL SEA Championship
MPGL Southeast Asian Championship
11 September 2016
$50,000
Champion Execration Execration
Medal icon 2 MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix
Medal icon 3 Mineski Mineski


Past Tournaments[]

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