Tour 3 has finished, and now, the qualified Dota 2 teams are preparing for the PGL Arlington Major. The tournament starts on August 4, with the Grand Final scheduled on August 14.
For some teams, it's a fight for money since they already obtained a direct invite to The International 2022. For the rest, it's a fight not only to get that direct invite but to avoid the possibility of being eliminated at the qualifiers and not attending the annual Dota 2 event.
Going back to the Arlington Major, here are the qualified teams:
- Western Europe
- Tundra Esports
- Team Liquid
- OG
- Entity
- Eastern Europe
- Outsiders
- Natus Vincere
- Team Spirit
- North America
- Evil Geniuses
- Quincy Crew
- South America
- Thunder Awaken
- beastcoast
- Southeast Asia
- BOOM Esports
- Talon Esports
- Fnatic
- China
- Royal Never Give Up
- Team Aster
- Xtreme Gaming
- PSG.LGD
Format
The format of the Arlington Major is your standard Dota 2 tournament. At the Group Stage, the 18 teams are divided into two groups of nine. They're going to play in a single-round robin and all matches are Bo2.
At the end of the Group Stage, the top four teams of each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the Playoffs. Meanwhile, teams in fifth and sixth places in each group proceed to the Lower Bracket, and the remaining teams are eliminated.
The Playoffs will be a double-elimination bracket with all matches in Bo3, except for the Grand Final in Bo5.
Prizes
Not everyone can get prizes and DPC points. For the Arlington Major, these are distributed as follows:
- 1st place
- Prize: $200,000
- DPC Points: 820
- 2nd place
- Prize: $100,000
- DPC Points: 740
- 3rd place
- Prize: $75,000
- DPC Points: 670
- 4th place
- Prize: $50,000
- DPC Points: 590
- 5th-6th place
- Prize: $25,000
- DPC Points: 515
- 7th-8th place
- Prize: $12,500
- DPC Points: 360
The Road to The International 2022
As mentioned, three teams in the Arlington Major have secured direct invites to The International 2022. If you want to know more about that, read about it here.
Based on the current rankings, it’s likely that 11 of the remaining 15 teams in the Arlington Major have a chance to earn a direct invite. These are the teams with that chance and the place that they need to get:
- At Least 7th-8th Place
- beastcoast
- Tundra Esports
- Evil Geniuses
- Fnatic
- Team Spirit
- At least 5th-6th Place
- Team Aster
- Team Liquid
- At Least 3rd Place
- Royal Never Give Up
- At Least 2nd Place
- Outsiders
- At Least First Place
- Quincy Crew
Just in case you didn’t see it, 11 teams are fighting for eight spots. That means three of them are going through the qualifiers. Now, doesn’t this make the Arlington Major that much more exciting?
Which team do you think is going to win the Arlington Major?
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