DPC 2023 Winter Tour Schedule

Dota Pro Circuit 2022-2023 will start in January next year but before it begins, there will be qualifiers to determine who will play in Division I and who will play in Division II.

In some regions, the battle will be very challenging for a lot of the competitors. Western Europe, for example, had three teams on the podium of The International 11. All of them proved to be exceptional, so the other teams in the region will face enormous challenges when trying to qualify for the Majors.

DPC 2023 Winter Tour

Right now, all we know about the Winter Tour of Dota Pro Circuit 2022-2023 is when the qualifiers will take place and when the Tour itself will start. Of course, we also know a few details about the Major that will follow it.

The qualifiers will take place around mid-December. The first Division matches are scheduled to take place between January 9-29, while the second Division ones will be played between January 30-February 19. The Major follows almost immediately after the end of Division II and takes place between February 24-March 5.

The number of DPC points that will be awarded to the teams, as well as the prize pool, have not been announced. Last year, the prize pool for each region was very low: only around $200.000. This year, the players are hoping to get at least $250.000.

Some teams, such as Evil Geniuses and OG, have complained about the low prizes and the number of matches that need to be played to secure them. Perhaps Valve will decide to listen to their complaints. But we don’t know anything for sure at this point.

It seems that Valve has decided to shorten the duration of each Tour and hold the matches for the two Divisions sequentially. This is a great idea because it will give the fans the opportunity to watch the tier-two teams as well.

The DPC Major that takes place right after the Winter Tour will feature 18 teams. This means that each region will probably get at least two tickets. In the case of Western Europe, it is expected that four of them will be granted.

Or maybe Valve will split the number of spots evenly, three for each of the six regions. But that is not very likely.

The new DPC looks a lot more compact overall than the previous one. The third Major will be over by July 9. This means that the teams will probably have around three months to prepare for The International 12.

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