DPC 2023 Tour 3 China final results

Thanks to the player transfers and new teams that appeared at the end of Tour 2 of Dota Pro Circuit 2023, Chinese Dota has made a bit of a comeback, at least in terms of how capable it is to compete against the world’s best teams. But its situation on the international stage is still very fragile.

Right now, there is only one Chinese team in the top 12: PSG.LGD. And they’re not among the highest ranked competitors. They’re only ranked 11^th with 884 points. This means that the Bali Major will need to go really well not just for them but for other Chinese teams too.

Most probably, PSG.LGD and Team Aster will secure a top 12 spot in the DPC and receive a direct invite to The International 12. If that doesn’t happen, China will likely get downgraded in 2024, in the sense that instead of receiving four Major slots for every Tour, it will only receive three.

Assuming everything will go according to plan, China will have three representatives at TI12. This is not good at all compared to what happened in previous years, but at least it’s something. In a worst-case scenario, China will only have one representative, which will be decided via a regional qualifier.

Tour 3 results in China’s Division I

Tour 3 started well for PSG.LGD and Team Aster. Both teams won their first five matches and were looking increasingly strong. But while PSG.LGD went on to win the Tour, Aster ended up in 3^rd place after losing not only against PSG.LGD but also against Invictus Gaming (twice!).

Because of these defeats, Aster only received 200 points and will need to get a top eight result at the Bali Major. Such a result would almost guarantee their direct invite to The International 2023 but it won’t be easy to obtain. Right now, there are many great teams in the world, competing for the same top 12.

Two teams that surprised everyone in Tour 3 were Invictus Gaming (2^nd) and Azure Ray (4^th). In the case of Invictus Gaming, the result was absolutely amazing given their lack of superstar players. Azure Ray were in part expected to get a top four result because their players are just too good.

Both Lu “Somnus” Yao and Xu “fy” Linsen are former TI finalists, so their team has a high chance of qualifying for The International. The only problem is that they will have to do it by winning the regional qualifier. And if too many strong teams participate in it, their odds will go down accordingly.

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