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. 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. The event had a $3 million prize pool, with the winning team taking $1 million. 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.
Teams Direct invitation Evil Geniuses Mousesports Newbee OG Team Liquid Team Random Thunderbirds VGJRegional qualifier winners Digital Chaos (North America) 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.
Results
(Note: Prizes are in USD) Place Team Prize money 1st OG $1,000,000 2nd Virtus.pro $500,000 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
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