Kiev Major

Kyiv Major

Tournament information
Sport	Dota 2
Location	Kyiv, Ukraine
Dates	April 27–30, 2017
Administrator	Valve
Tournament format(s)	Group stage Swiss format[1] Bracket Single elimination
Host(s)	PGL
Venue(s)	National Palace of Arts
Teams	16
Purse	US$3,000,000
Final positions
Champions	OG
Runner-up	Virtus.pro

The Kiev Major was a professional Dota 2 esport tournament that was held in April 2017 at the National Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. The tournament featured eight directly invited teams, as well as eight qualified teams from six different worldwide regions.

The open qualifiers tournament was held on March 6–9, 2017, followed by the regional qualifiers held on March 10–13, 2017.^[2] For the first time in an officially sponsored tournament, Valve, the game's developer and tournament administrator, split the previously single Americas region into North and South America, as well as creating the CIS region out of Europe.^[3][4] The event had a $3 million prize pool, with the winning team taking $1 million.^[5] The best-of-five grand finals took place between OG and Virtus.pro, with OG taking the series 3–2, winning them their fourth Dota 2 Major championship.^[6]

Teams

Direct invitation Evil Geniuses Mousesports[a] Newbee OG Team Liquid Team Random[b] Thunderbirds[c] VGJ

Regional qualifier winners Digital Chaos (North America)[c] iG Vitality (China) Invictus Gaming (China) SG e-sports (South America) Team Faceless (Southeast Asia) Team Secret (Europe) TNC Pro Team (Southeast Asia) Virtus.pro (CIS)

Bracket

All series were played to a best-of-three, with the exception being the best-of-five grand finals.

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	Invictus Gaming		2
	Mousesports		1
						Invictus Gaming		2
						Team Liquid		1
	Team Liquid		2
	Newbee		1
											Invictus Gaming		0
											Virtus.pro		2
	Digital Chaos		0
	VGJ		2
						VGJ		1
						Virtus.pro		2
	Virtus.pro		2
	iG Vitality		0
																Virtus.pro		2
																OG		3
	TNC Pro Team		1
	Team Faceless		2
						Team Faceless		1
						OG		2
	OG		2
	Team Random		1
											OG		2
											Evil Geniuses		0
	Thunderbirds		0
	Evil Geniuses		2
						Evil Geniuses		2
						SG e-sports		1
	Team Secret		1
	SG e-sports		2

Results

European-based team OG after their game five win in the grand finals

(Note: Prizes are in USD)

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	OG	$1,000,000
2nd	Virtus.pro	$500,000
3rd/4th	Evil Geniuses	$250,000
	Invictus Gaming
5th–8th	SG e-sports	$125,000
	Team Faceless
	Team Liquid
	VGJ
9th–16th	Digital Chaos	$62,500
	iG Vitality
	Mousesports
	Newbee
	Team Random
	Team Secret
	Thunderbirds
	TNC Pro Team

Notes

1. Originally invited as Greek-based Ad Finem, the players left the organization in March 2017, with German-based Mousesports signing them the following month.
2. Invited as Wings Gaming, the original roster left the organization before the event, reforming as Team Random
3. Invited as Digital Chaos, the original roster left the organization before the event, with the original Digital Chaos roster reforming as Thunderbirds and the Team Onyx roster and staff joining Digital Chaos. Valve tournament rules allow for replaced teams to remain in the tournament, as long as the rosters on the new team remained the same.

References

1. "Swiss Format Summary". thekievmajor.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. "Kiev Major Dates and Tickets | Dota 2". blog.dota2.com. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
3. "The Kyiv Major Invites | Dota 2". blog.dota2.com. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
4. Rose, Victoria (14 March 2017). "After dramatic qualifiers, Dota 2's Kyiv Major has its contenders". PC Gamer. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
5. Rose, Victoria (19 April 2017). "Competition heats up ahead of Dota 2's $3 million Kyiv Major". PC Gamer. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
6. Ballenger, Jack (30 April 2017). "OG cements its dynasty at the Kyiv Major". ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

External links

• Official website