AMD SAPPHIRE Dota PIT League: Preview

Another minor Dota 2 tournament – AMD SAPPHIRE Dota PIT League – is going to start on November 2. Eight teams will battle for a share of $300,000 prize pool and 300 Pro Circuit Points.

While Team Liquid and Newbee received direct invites from the tournament organizers, the other 6 teams had to make it through the regional qualifiers in North America, South America, Europe, CIS, Southeast Asia and China.

List of participants

• Team Liquid (Direct Invite)
• Newbee (Direct Invite)
• OG (Europe Qualifier)
• Virtus.pro (CIS Qualifier)
• Immortals (NA Qualifier)
• SG e-sports (SA Qualifier)
• Vici Gaming (China Qualifier)
• Fnatic (Southeast Qualifier)

Unlike many recent tournaments, including ESL One Hamburg Major, Dota PIT will feature a double-elimination format for the playoffs without the group stage at all. All eight participating teams will start from the upper bracket. All upper bracket matches and losers’ finals are best-of-three, the other matches of losers’ bracket are best-of-one, the grand finals is best-of-five.

Playoffs bracket (UK Time)

AMD SAPPHIRE Dota PIT League is organized by the One Game Agency and will be held on November 2-5 at Le Méridien Lav Hotel in Split, Croatia. The prize pool is set at $300,000. This is the eighth tournament in the Dota PIT series.