Kiev Major NA qualifiers rocked with instability; Down 2 teams
Tournaments

Kiev Major NA qualifiers rocked with instability; Down 2 teams

March 4th, 2017 Tournaments 0 comments

The Kiev Major NA qualifiers are already undergoing changes, one day after the teams were announced and two days before the open qualifiers begin. Both Team Red and WanteD will no longer be participating in the regionals – leaving only three spots filled for North America. Much like South America – which has two teams assigned – the empty places will be filled by teams advancing from the open qualifiers. As of today, only 59 teams are registered to compete in the Kiev Major NA open qualifiers. ,/h5>

Only one day after the announcement of teams invited to participate in the Kiev Major regional qualifiers, North America is already facing instability and changes.

WanteD has been announced as disbanding while Team Red had a change in their lineup after the rosters had been locked.

It is unclear at this time what roster changes have taken place for Team Red at the moment – however the team was formed consisting of Monib “Monib” Baray, Andrew “Jenkins” Jenkins and Alan “RyuUboruZ” Andersen.

WanteD was formed by Peter “PPD” Dager as a mix of players from various regions. Bringing on board Rasmus “Chessie” Blomdin, Kim “QO” Seon-Yeob, Bill “boris / monk” Oliver, and Jio “Jeyo” Madayag the squad had been representing the America’s region in qualifiers and events.

As both teams have now been dropped from the Kiev Major NA qualifiers – only three teams are left standing – Team NP, Team Onyx and Team Freedom.

Only 59 teams are currently registered to participate in the Kiev Major NA open qualifiers.

Despite the lower amount of teams within the region that meet criteria, higher number of teams that will advance to the regional qualifiers via the open and a significant lack of interest in the Open Qualifiers – teams from other regions are not permitted to region jump to take advantage of a higher probability to land a spot.

Participants will be held to the 3 out of 5 player rule as criteria to register for a region. Teams physically residing in a location will be permitted to participate in that region.

Many had speculated changes would occur following the influx of European teams playing in the Americas qualifiers, initiated by Prodota Gaming.

For the Kiev Open Qualifiers, regions are defined as follows:

NA – United States of America, Canada, and Mexico.

SA – Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Sixty teams will participate in the Kiev Major Regional Qualifiers:

Each of the six regional qualifiers (North America, South America, China, Europe, CIS and Southeast Asia) will feature invited teams. In addition, Open Qualifiers will be held for all regions. The winners from the six Open Qualifiers will earn the remaining spots of each of the Regional Qualifiers.

Registration is now open.

Each region consists of two round robin groups of five teams. The top two teams from each group will advance to a double elimination bracket.

Only the winner from Kiev Major NA open qualifiers will receive Kiev Major invites.

Dota 2 Kiev Major Invites

The Kiev Major invites for the North Americas Qualifiers (March 10-13):

  • Team Freedom
  • NP
  • Onyx

The Kiev Major NA Open Qualifiers

The Kiev Major Open Qualifiers registration process has begun. There will be TWO opportunities for up to 1024 teams per region to contend for spots in the Regional Qualifiers.

In addition one team from EU, SEA and NA will have a chance to take a spot in the regional qualifiers through the Champions Cup.

Kiev Major NA Open Qualifiers Registration: Schedule

Kiev Major Open Qualifiers 1st Open Qualifier

Kiev Major Open Qualifiers Day 1 – March 6th:

  • North America
    Registration
    Check-in: 15:00 CT
    Start time: 17:00 CT

Rounds played: Round of 1024 (BO1), Round of 512 (BO1), Round of 256 (BO1), Round of 128 (BO1), Round of 64 (BO1), Round of 32 (BO1).

Teams that didn’t sign up on time and solo players will be able to sign-up 30 minutes before the tournament starts if there are available slots left.

Kiev Major NA Open Qualifiers Day 2 – March 7th:

  • North America – Start time: 16:00 CT

Rounds played: Round of 16 (BO1), Round of 8 (BO1), Semi-Finals (BO3), Finals (BO3)

Most likely North America RO16 and RO8 will be BO3 as Semi-Finals and Finals won’t be played out.

Kiev Major NA Open Qualifiers 2nd Open Qualifier

Kiev Major Open Qualifiers Day 1 – March 8th:

  • North America
    Registration
    Check-in: 13:00 CDT
    Start time: 15:00 CDT

Rounds played: Round of 1024 (BO1), Round of 512 (BO1), Round of 256 (BO1), Round of 128 (BO1), Round of 64 (BO1), Round of 32 (BO1).

Teams that didn’t sign up on time and solo players will be able to sign-up 30 minutes before tournament starts if there are available slots left.

Kiev Major NA Open Qualifiers Day 2 – March 9th:

  • North America – Start time: 16:00 CT

Rounds played: Round of 16 (BO1), Round of 8 (BO1), Semi-Finals (BO3), Finals (BO3)

Most likely North America RO16 and RO8 will be BO3 as Semi-Finals and Finals won’t be played out.

The Kiev Major Slot Details

Dota 2 Kiev Major slots

  • Six regions total
  • Eight teams total will advance to the Kiev Major
  • China and Southeast Asia have two slots for the Kiev Major
  • Europe, CIS, South America, North America have one slot each for the Kiev Major
  • Eight teams from South America Open Qualifiers will advance to the regional qualifiers
  • Six teams from the North America Open Qualifiers will advance to the regional qualifiers
  • Two teams from Europe, CIS, China and Southeast Asia Open Qualifiers will advance to the regional qualifiers

Kiev Major

The Kiev Major is scheduled to take place between April 27-30th at the National Palace of Arts, in Kiev, Ukraine. National Palace of Arts is one of the main theater venues in Kiev, Ukraine. It was opened in 1970 with a seating capacity of almost 4,000 in the main concert hall – approximately the same size as Wang Theater where the Boston Major was held this last fall.

In the past, StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 hosted CS:GO at the event successfully.

The event will be hosted by PGL and will be the last Major ore-TI7.

Kiev Major dates

  • The Kiev Major group stage will take place starting April TBA.
  • The Kiev Major main event will take place between April 27-30th at the National Palace of Arts, in Kiev, Ukraine.

Related Posts

Leave a Reply