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Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018 is the biggest story of the week - the first Major to be held in China begins! Alongside it there are a few other highlight matches taking place this week.


The groups have been drawn for DAC 2018, meaning China's first Major can finally begin. Sixteen teams will fight for $1m USD starting on 29 March. The group stage will end on 1 April, with the playoffs then starting after a day's break and ending on 7 April.

Group stage for Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018

Group A
eu Team Liquid
cn Newbee
cn LGD-Gaming
cn Vici Gaming
world OpTic Gaming
world OG
cn Keen Gaming
ph TNC Pro Team
Group B
eu Team Secret
ru Virtus.pro
cn Invictus gaming
us Evil Geniuses
br paiN-Gaming
cn VGJ.Thunder
ru Effect
my Mineski


All sixteen teams play in a BO1 round robin. The top two teams from each group advance to the playoffs, while the bottom two are eliminated. The 3rd-6th place teams from each group will proceed to the Breakout round, where the winners in this BO3 round advance to the playoffs. From here, the usual double-elimination system takes over.

You can find the rest of our Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018 coverage here.



From 30 March to 1 April the CIS Qualifier for GESC E-Series: Bangkok takes place. Four teams are participating in this qualifier for the event starting on 9 May.

CIS qualifier participants GESC E-Series: Bangkok

ua Natus Vincere
ru Team Empire
cis Team Spirit
cis Vega Squadron


For the main event in Bangkok, three teams are already known - the only invite went to Team Secret, while VGJ.Thunder and SG e-sports advanced via the North America and Latin America regional qualifiers.



For those who need a Dota 2 fix before the weekend, there's our very own joinDOTA League Season 12. Here are the matchups for this week:

Asia

28.03. 15:00 CEST - Veteran vs. TBD

Europe

27.03. 18:40 CEST - Final Tribe vs. 5 Anchors

You can find the rest of our joinDOTA League Season 12 coverage here.

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