Tournaments

The International 2012 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

Tournaments are competitive events held around the world, featuring professional and amateur teams alike.

General Information

• Tournaments and voice commentary may be viewed live from inside the game client with purchase of Tickets, League Bundles and compendiums.
• Bundles and compendiums often come with promotional cosmetic items.
• Some tournaments have growing prize pools that increase with purchase of promotional items.
• Watching tournaments in-game grants a small chance to receive Heroic quality items.
• Match streaming is also available on various community sites.

Tournament Tiers

• Amateur - Mostly small, regional tournaments with amateur teams.
• Professional - Tournaments featuring amateur and professional teams. Sometimes comes with promotional items.
• Premium - Large tournaments that shares some of their ticket revenue towards the prize pool. Usually comes with promotional items.

Recent Tournaments

Majors

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

Premium tournaments

Finished

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

Majors

Asia Championships 2015 9 February 2015 $3,000,000+ Evil Geniuses Vici Gaming Team Secret

The International 2015 8 August 2015 $18,350,000+ Evil Geniuses CDEC Gaming PSG.LGD

Frankfurt Major 2015 21 November 2015 $3,000,000 OG Team Secret Evil Geniuses

Premium Tournaments

ECL 2015 Autumn 30 December 2015 ¥200,000 CDEC Gaming CDEC Youth Invictus Gaming
DOTA2 Radiant & Dire Cup 2015 December 2015 $150,000+ EHOME CDEC Youth Vici Gaming	World Cyber Arena 2015 December 2015 $650,000 Alliance PSG.LGD Team Liquid	The Defense 5 November 2015 $75,000+ Team Liquid OG Alliance	ASUS ROG DreamLeague S4 29 November 2015 $150,000+ OG Team Empire 4 Clover & Lepricon
Global eSports Cup December 2015 $330,000+ Team Empire 4 Clover & Lepricon Vega Squadron	D2CL Season 6 12 November 2015 $50,000+ Team Liquid Team Empire OG	Nanyang Championships 1 November 2015 $200,000 Team Secret Vici Gaming EHOME	MLG World Finals 2015 16 October 2015 $250,000+ Team Secret Evil Geniuses CDEC Gaming (monkey) Business
ESL One New York 2015 4 October 2015 $250,000+ Vega Squadron Team Secret CDEC Gaming Invictus Gaming	Dota Pit League S3 12 July 2015 $250,000+ Evil Geniuses Cloud9 Virtus.pro	G-League 2015 10 July 2015 $45,000 PSG.LGD CDEC Gaming HyperGloryTeam TongFu	Esportal Dota 2 League 5 July 2015 $64,000 Virtus.pro Team Empire Vega Squadron
ESL One Frankfurt 2015 21 June 2015 $250,000+ Team Secret Evil Geniuses Invictus Gaming Virtus.pro	ASUS ROG DreamLeague S3 15 June 2015 $100,000+ Virtus.pro Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas	ECL Spring 2015 14 June 2015 ¥200,000 Invictus Gaming CDEC Gaming PSG.LGD	joinDOTA MLG Pro League S2 7 June 2015 $75,000+ Ninjas in Pyjamas Alliance Fnatic
MarsTV Dota 2 League 7 June 2015 $320,000+ Team Secret Team Empire Cloud9	i-League S3 24 May 2015 $420,000+ PSG.LGD Vici Gaming Fnatic	The Summit 3 17 May 2015 $250,000+ Team Secret Evil Geniuses Vici Gaming	Mineski Pro-Gaming League S7 10 May 2015 $50,000 MVP HOT6ix Energy Pacemaker Mineski
Red Bull Battle Grounds 2015 10 May 2015 $85,000+ Team Secret Invictus Gaming Fnatic	Dota 2 Champion's League S5 10 May 2015 $75,000+ Team Empire Vici Gaming Burden United	SLTV Star Series S12 26 April 2015 $80,000+ Vici Gaming Invictus Gaming Cloud9	VPGame Pro League 14 April 2015 ¥150,000+ Vici Gaming PSG.LGD TongFu
joinDOTA MLG Pro League S1 12 April 2015 $85,000+ Team Empire Evil Geniuses Ninjas in Pyjamas	Major All Stars 22 March 2015 $100,000+ Invictus Gaming Team Empire Ninjas in Pyjamas	SLTV Star Series S11 18 January 2015 $125,000+ Team Empire Virtus.pro Ninjas in Pyjamas	i-League S2 10 January 2015 $100,000+ PSG.LGD HyperGloryTeam Vici Gaming
HyperX D2L S5 1 January 2015 $50,000+ LV Gaming Virtus.pro Evil Geniuses

Minor Tournaments

ProDotA 2 National Cup September 2015 $10,000 Romania TBD TBD

BTS Southeast Asia 2 1 December 2015 $10,000 Execration TBD TBD

Dota 2 Canada Cup Season 6 28 November 2015 $20,000 compLexity Gaming TBD TBD

Elimination Mode September 2015 $10,000 4 Clover & Lepricon TBD TBD	Uprise Champions Cup S3 September 2015 $3,000 .aSpera. TBD TBD	BTS Americas S2 September 2015 $10,000 Cloud9 TBD TBD	Alienware Summer's End Cup September 2015 $10,000 5Jungz TBD TBD	BTS South East Asia S1 September 2015 $10,500 Fnatic TBD TBD
Hitbox EU Championship 3 1 September 2015 $2,500 mYinsanity TBD TBD	Asia Arena Cup August 2015 $2,500 Mineski TBD TBD	NXTGAME Dota 2 Invitational August 2015 $2,000 Mineski TBD TBD	DouyuTV Tournament 22 July 2015 ¥160,000 TongFu TBD TBD	HuomaoTV Mid-Summer S1 22 July 2015 ¥150,000 TongFu TBD TBD
SEA Dragon Battle S2 22 July 2015 $2,000 Team SatuDuaTiga TBD TBD	Hitbox Challenger 25 July 2015 $5,000 Burden United TBD TBD	BTS Americas 19 July 2015 $10,000 ROOT Gaming TBD TBD	Game Show Invitational 6 July 2015 $15,000 4 Clover & Lepricon TBD TBD	ESCC 2015 6 July 2015 ¥400,000 TongFu TBD TBD
ProDota Cup 26 June 2015 €1,500 Power Rangers TBD TBD	Awqa League 21 June 2015 $10,000 Not Today TBD TBD	Mountain Trail Challenge 18 June 2015 €5,000 Vega Squadron TBD TBD	Razer Think Fast Cup 2 13 June 2015 $10,000 London Conspiracy TBD TBD	FirstGameTV Dota 2 Cup 7 June 2015 $10,000 Duza Gaming TBD TBD
InsideDOTA Challenge 2 3 May 2015 $5,000 Signature.Trust TBD TBD	Dota 2 Canada Cup S5 3 May 2015 $10,000 North American Rejects TBD TBD	Hitbox EU Championship 2 23 April 2015 €2,500 Vega Squadron TBD TBD	InsideDOTA Challenge 5 April 2015 $4,000 ScaryFaceZ TBD TBD	GEST SEA Cup 3 April 2015 $3,000 Team Malaysia TBD TBD
Hitbox EU Championship 1 16 March 2015 €2,500 Burden United TBD TBD	Dota 2 Canada Cup S4 1 March 2015 $7,000+ Champions of Summer's Rift TBD TBD	Bridon Open Cup 28 January 2015 $10,000 Basically Unknown TBD TBD	Area 51 DOTA 2 Cup 23 January 2015 $10,000 Ninjas in Pyjamas TBD TBD

2011-2014

Major

• Major Online Tournaments 2011-2014
• Major Offline Tournaments 2011-2014

Minor

• Minor Online Tournaments 2011-2014
• Minor Offline Tournaments 2011-2014

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America MLG T.K.O. Europe Netolic Netolic Pro League 2 (East) Netolic Pro League 2 (West) Netolic Pro League 3 (East) Netolic Pro League 3 (West) Netolic Pro League 4 (West) Netolic Pro League 5 (West) Nexon Nexon Invitational Super Match Nexon Sponsorship League Nexon Sponsorship League Season 2 Nexon Sponsorship League Season 3 Nexon Starter League Pinoy Gaming Festival Pinoy Gaming Festival - Summer 2013 Pinoy Gaming Festival - Fall 2013 The Premier League The Premier League The Premier League Season 2 The Premier League Masters The Premier League Season 3 The Premier League Season 4 The Premier League Season 5 Prodota2 Prodota2 Non-Pro League Prodota2 Pro League RaidCall EMS One RaidCall EMS One Season 1 RaidCall EMS One Season 2 RaidCall EMS One Season 3 Razer Razer Dota 2 Tournament Razer Invitational Showcase Red Bull ECL Red Bull Esports Champion League 2013 Red Bull Esports Champion League 2014 The Revenge The Revenge 1 The Revenge 2 The Revenge 3 The Revenge 4 SK SK Trophy SK Trophy 2 SLTV SLTV StarSeries Season One SLTV StarSeries Season Two SLTV StarSeries Season Three SLTV StarSeries Season Four SLTV StarSeries Season Five SLTV StarSeries Season Six SLTV StarSeries Season Seven SLTV StarSeries Season Eight Sina Cup Sina Cup Sina Cup Season 2 SteelSeries SteelSeries DotaTalk League SteelSeries Euro Cup SteelSeries Euro Cup Season 2 SteelSeries SEA Cup Season 3 Techlabs Techlabs March 2013 Techlabs May 2013 Techlabs August 2013 Techlabs September 2013 Techlabs Grand Finals 2013 WePlay WePlay Dota 2 League Season 1 WePlay Dota 2 League Season 2 World Cyber Games WCG Asian Championships 2011 WCG Asian Championships 2012 World Cyber Games 2012 ZOWIE ZOWIE Dota 2 Start Off ZOWIE DotA2 2nd strike Other Past Tournaments ACE Dota 2 League American Dota League Armaggeddon Dota 2 Grand Slam Asia 2013 The Asia 2012 Asian Gaming League 2 AVerMedia Dota 2 Cup BroTournament 1 Corsair Gaming Summer Tournament 2013 Curse Dota 2 Invitational D2E Challenge D2R Team League Season 1 Defend Your Base Dota 2 LostWorld Cup 1 Dota2Replays Brawl Dota 2 Star Championship Dota 2 Super League DotaCinema Rosh Pit DotaHut Invitational E2Max L33T Championship ECAL Americas League ESL Zalman League Fragbite Masters 2013 Gigabyte Dota Masters Gigabyte Premier League GMPGL SEA Grand Finals Season Five Go4Dota July 2012 Infused Cups InsideDOTA Invitational Iskandar Malaysia League of Cyber Games Korea Dota 2 League Season 1 M5.DotA2 Open Malaysia Invitational Mineski Infinity Opening Tournament Katipunan Monster Energy Invitational National Electronic Sports Tournament 2013 Orange Esports League Dota 2 Promotional Tour Pinnacle Sports Pro-Am Cup PRIDE Challenge 2013 Rapture Gaming Network League 2013 - 2014 Ritmix Russian Dota 2 League Samsung European Encounter Southeast Asia League Sunday Evening Cup Series Season 1 Team Dignitas Invitational Thor Open XMAS Skynet Tournament Yard White Festival