For multiple regions, the Dota Pro Circuit for next year is slowly starting up. Accordingly, one region which is yet to kick off is the DPC China Tour 1: Division 1. Celebrating the highest level of Dota in the region, we’re excited to present everything you know regarding the regular season event below, in this episode of How to Watch!
Event Background
As I’ll reiterate, this is the Dota Pro Circuit – the highest level of regional competition for Dota 2. Split into Tours, this is the very first tour for the highest Division – Division 1.
Bringing the top teams in China together, the online competition will run from January 3rd to January 21st of next year. Indeed, the top 8 teams in the region will be competing for both a $205,000 prize pool and a total of 690 DPC points to be shared.
Here are you 8 competitors:
- Team Aster – Upper Division
- PSG.LGD – Upper Division
- Vici Gaming – Upper Division
- Invictus Gaming – Upper Division
- Royal Never Give Up – Upper Division
- EHOME – Upper Division
- Phoenix Gaming – Lower Divsion
- LBZS – Lower Division
As you can tell, we have some new faces from the Lower Division.
Besides the prize pool, the Dota Pro Circuit points will be essential to seed for international competitions to take place later on this year. There are also Major seeds on the line too!
Format
So, what does Valve have in stock for us concerning this event?
It’s actually quite simple. Over the entirety of the evnt, all 8 teams will be thrown into a round-robin, where each team plays one another once in BO3 matches.
After everything is settled, seeds will be awarded for the upcoming Major event which is yet to be announced:
- 1st place – Major Playoffs Qualification
- 2nd place – Major Group Stage Qualification
- 3rd-4th place – Major Wild Card Qualification
- 5-6th – No Seed, No Qualification for Major
- 7-8th – Relegated to Division II for Tour 2
Indeed, there’s a tonne on the line, both regionally and internationally.
Schedule for the DPC China Tour 1: Division 1
With regards to schedule, we’re happy to reveal the Week 1 below:, with all teams in CET:
January 3rd
- EHOME vs Phoenix (06:00)
- PSG.LGD vs Aster (09:00)
January 4th
- Vici Gaming vs LBZS (06:00)
- PSG.LGD vs Phoenix (09:00)
- iNVICTUS Gaming vs RNG (12:00)
January 7th
- iNVICTUS Gaming vs Phoenix (06:00
- RNG vs LBZS (09:00)
- PSG.LGD vs Vici Gaming (12:00)
For the remaining schedule, we recommend visiting the event page here.
Watch the DPC China Tour 1: Division 1 on esportsguide
You can also watch the DPC China Tour 1: Division 1 live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
In terms of predictions, let’s take alook at the last season of competition between these teams. Taking place this April, here are the top 4 teams from that event:
- #1 – Team Aster
- #2 – PSG.LGD
- #3 – Vici Gaming
- #4 – iNVICTUS Gaming
In light of this, we’d like to stick with Team Aster as the favourites for the event. However, note that it’s been a while since teams competed, and lots of changes have taken place across multiple lineups in the past rostermania.
Overall, we can’t wait to see competitive Dota 2 in China kick off for 2022.
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