The PGL Dota 2 PRO-AM online tournament will begin on September 16th and take place during the course of September, October and November. The main focus will be on up and coming teams, which will be pitted against professional teams during the second stage of the event. The prize pool of $50,000 includes prizes for the finals in the Pro-AM segment, as well as prizes for the open AM qualifiers.
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— The GD Studio (@TheGDStudio) September 3, 2015
The PGL Dota 2 Pro-AM tournament is brought to you by PGL, Twitch, FACEIT and the GD Studios.
The online event will take place over a three-month span, with a primary focus on giving rising teams exposure and opportunities.
Starting on September 16th, the event will kick off with the first of four open AM qualifiers. Eight amateur teams will advance through the open qualifiers. They will then face eight invited professional teams in the final rounds of the competition.
The invited teams have not been announced yet.
We want to nurture the community and its future professionals while simultaneously looking pretty darn cool. We’ve done some small-scaled stuff in the same vein before, but this is much bigger and it is organized with the top companies that still ‘like us’. Have you seen Rocky? It’s exactly like that.
– James “2GD” Harding, CEO of The GD Studio
PGL Dota 2 Pro-AM tournament format
The tournament will be hosted on the FACEIT platform and will be divided into two stages:
The first stage – AM Qualifiers
- Sign-ups will be made through the FACEIT platform
- Starts on September 16th
- Four amateur open qualifiers will be held
- Single Elimination brackets
- Top two teams from each open qualifier will advance to the second stage
- Eight amateur teams will qualify for the second stage to begin in October
- All regions are encouraged to join, however qualifiers are held on EU servers and times
- “Players who competed in The International 5 main event, excluding the Wild Card contenders, are not eligible to participate in the AM Open Qualifiers”.
The second stage – Pro-AM finals
- Starts in October
- Eight qualified amateur teams
- Eight invited professional teams
- Single Elimination bracket
PGL Dota 2 Pro-AM tournament schedule
AM Qualifiers
AM Qualifier #1 – September 16 – 20
- Tuesday 15th – Sign-ups
- Wednesday 16th – Ro1024-Ro64
- Thursday 17th – Ro64-Ro8
- Friday 18th – Ro8
- Saturday 19th – Ro8
- Sunday 20th – Ro4
AM Qualifier #2 – September 23 – 27
- Tuesday 22nd – Sign-ups
- Wednesday 23rd – Ro1024-Ro64
- Thursday 24th – Ro64-Ro8
- Friday 25th – Ro8
- Saturday 26th – Ro8
- Sunday 27th – Ro4
AM Qualifier #3 – October 14 – 18
- Tuesday 13th – Sign-ups
- Wednesday 14th – Ro1024-Ro64
- Thursday 15th – Ro64-Ro8
- Friday 16th – Ro8
- Saturday 17th – Ro8
- Sunday 18th – Ro4
AM Qualifier #4 – October 23 – 27
- Thursday 22nd – Sign-ups
- Friday 23rd – Ro1024-Ro64
- Saturday 24th – Ro65-Ro8
- Sunday 25th – Ro8
- Monday 26th – Ro8
- Tuesday 27th – Ro4
Pro-Am Finals
- October 30th – November 8th
PGL Dota 2 Pro-AM prize pool
The total prize pool of $50,000 and will be split into two segments.
AM Qualifiers
Prizes are distributed for each of the four qualifier tournaments:
- AM Qualifiers 1st/2nd place – $2,000
- AM Qualifiers 3rd/4th place – $500
Pro-Am Finals
- Pro-Am Finals Grand Prize – $15,000
- Pro-Am Finals Second Prize – $6,000
- Pro-Am Finals 3rd/4th – $2,500
- Pro-Am Finals 5-8th Prize – $1,000
PGL Dota 2 Pro-AM Broadcast
The tournament will be streamed for the last three days of each qualifier/final from 18.30 CET on the GDStudio channel.
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