The Kiev Major 2017 will be the fifth Dota 2 tournament with the support of Valve and last championship before The International 2017.
The competition will be held in two stages: group stage and playoffs. It is worth noting that based on the results of the group stage, none of the teams will leave the tournament, and all 16 participating teams will be seeded in the Single Elimination bracket.
Group the stage will pass April 24-25 and will be played according to the Swiss system. All teams are placed in one group. Each team will play from 3 to 5 best-of-3 matches, and at each stage they will receive an opponent with the same balance of victories and defeats. You cannot face the same opponent twice.
The main event will take place April 27-30. Traditional for classical sports, the grid of the main part of the tournament involves eliminating half of the participants each round of the playoffs. All playoff matches, except the final, will be played using the best-of-3 system (up to two wins). Final - best-of-5.
We present to your attention the tournament match schedule:
Playoffs
1/2 finals
10:00 Invictus Gaming 0:2 Virtus.pro
13:30* O.G. 2:0 Evil Geniuses
Final
17:00 Virtus.pro 2:3 O.G.
1/4 finals
10:00Invictus Gaming 2:1 Team Liquid
13:30 Team Faceless 1:2 O.G.
17:00*Team VG.J 1:2 Virtus.pro
20:30* Evil Geniuses 2:1 SG e-sports
1/8 finals
Invictus Gaming 2:1 mousesports
Team Liquid 2:1 Newbee
Digital Chaos 0:2 Team VG.J
Virtus.pro 2:0 iG Vitality
TNC Pro Team 1:2 Team Faceless
O.G. 2:1 Team Random
Thunderbirds 0:2 Evil Geniuses
Team Secret 1:2 SG e-sports
Team Secret 2:0 Team VG.J
Team Random 2:1 iG Vitality
Invictus Gaming 2:0 mousesports
O.G. 2:1 SG e-sports
Team Faceless 0:2 Virtus.pro
Digital Chaos 2:0 Newbee
Team Liquid 1:2 Thunderbirds
Evil Geniuses 0:2 TNC Pro Team
Virtus.pro 2:1 Team Random
Invictus Gaming 2:0 OG
Thunderbirds 1:2 TNC Pro Team
Team Secret 2:0 Digital Chaos
Newbee 2:1 mousesports
Evil Geniuses 2:1 Team Faceless
SG e-sports 0:2 Team Liquid
iG Vitality 1:2 Team VG.J
iG Vitality 0:2 mousesports
Virtus.pro 2:0TNC Pro Team
Evil Geniuses 2:0 Newbee
Team VG.J 1:2 Thunderbirds
SG e-sports 0:2 Team Faceless
Invictus Gaming 0:2 Team Secret
Team Random 1:2 O.G.
Digital Chaos 2:1 Team Liquid
Invictus Gaming 2:1 Evil Geniuses
Thunderbirds 1:2 O.G.
mousesports 0:2 Team VG.J
Team Faceless 0:2 Team Liquid
Newbee 2:0 Team Random
TNC Pro Team 2:1 Digital Chaos
Note that on website video available.
Let us remind you that the venue for the main part of The Kiev Major tournament is . is 3 million dollars.
Game results group stage Kyiv Major, collected in four tables of results for each group of this stage. The format of the Kiev Major groups is a Swiss system with bo3 matches, the best at the end of the group stage will go against the worst in the main stage bracket of the Kiev Major, similar to the previous major from Valve. The format of the Kyiv Major groups is up to two victories (best of 3).
Kyiv Major standings, groups for April 25, updated
The group stage of Kiev Major 2017 is over, games within the groups of the Kyiv Major took place on April 24 and 25, 2017. The winners are given the right to choose their opponent in the Kiev Major bracket in the main stage, which will take place from April 27 to 30 at the Palace of Arts Ukraine. The Kiev Major Groups State results table at the end of all games is as follows: 
Results of the games of the second day of the group stage Kyiv Major 2017
Group format Kyiv Major - Swiss system
The first matches within the Kyiv Major will be held according to the Swiss system. Swiss system (Swiss Stage) is a tournament system in which all teams are in the same group and teams with an equal number of points are paired.
At the group stage Kiev Major will be played 4 rounds according to the Swiss system, in the first round, all teams have the same number of points - 0, so the first pairs of teams will be selected randomly, in the second round, teams with an equal number of points meet, that is, 2 pairs of winners and two pairs of losing teams in the first round, and so on. Based on the results of 4 rounds, the best and worst teams, which will affect the distribution in the final.
Kiev Major qualification standings: Europe and CIS
Results of the group stage for the CIS region, Virtus Pro wins a slot for the tournament. 
Results of the European qualifier of the Kyiv Major, congratulations to Team Secret on winning the qualification! 
Full list of teams participating in Kiev Major 2017
Qualifications for Kyiv major were more interesting than the average LAN tournament, you can be sure that the first CIS Major will be unforgettable!
The Kiev Major 2017 will be the fifth tournament supported by Valve and the last championship before The International 2017. Valve decided to hold only two Major tournaments in the 2016/2017 season.
16 teams will take part in the tournament. The competition will be held in two stages: the group stage and the single-elimination playoffs. It is worth noting that based on the results of the group stage, none of the teams will leave the tournament.
The bracket for the final part of the tournament is single elimination, the same as at Boston Major. Traditional for classical sports, the bracket involves eliminating half of the participants each round of the playoffs.
All playoff matches, except the final, will be played using the best-of-3 system (up to two wins). Final - best-of-5.
We present to your attention the tournament match schedule:
Playoffs:
Final:
1/2 finals
1/4 finals
20:30, 1/4 finals, Evil Geniuses 2:1 SG e-sports
1/8 finals
13:30, 1/8 finals, O.G. 2:1 Team Random
17:00, 1/8 finals, Thunderbirds 0:2 Evil Geniuses
20:30, 1/8 finals, Team Secret 1:2 SG e-sports
Group stage:
09:00, Team Random 2:1 iG Vitality
09:00, Invictus Gaming 2:0 mousesports
12:30, Evil Geniuses 0:2 TNC Pro Team
12:30, Team Liquid 1:2 Thunderbirds
12:30, Digital Chaos 2:0 Newbee
16:20,Invictus Gaming 2:0 OG
16:20, Thunderbirds 1:2 TNC Pro Team
16:20, Team Secret 2:0 Digital Chaos
19:20, Newbee 2:1 mousesports
19:20, Evil Geniuses 2:1 Team Faceless
19:20, SG e-sports 0:2 Team Liquid
19:20, iG Vitality 1:2 Team VG.J
This week all participants have been decided The Kiev Major.
Every truly grandiose tournament begins with selections, because the tone of the competition is already set at this stage. This happened at the regional qualification of The Kiev Major. From March 6th to 14th we could witness a beautiful fight in the face of fierce competition in the modern Dota scene.
IN qualifying competitions South Asia, China, Europe, CIS, South and North America The last participants of the first “major” in the post-Soviet space have been determined. Thanks to the new distribution of quotas from the tournament organizer - the corporation Valve- we will have the opportunity to see the strongest teams from the farthest corners of the planet in the capital of Ukraine. Each of them had to go through a difficult journey and win from thousands of teams the right to represent their region at the main tournament of the season. It is in such a “meat grinder” that sometimes new champions are born.
“I would like to inform you that the CIS has a team worth cheering for, because we have proven that we are head and shoulders above everyone else in this region twice already, and we are ready to fight not for “exit from the qualifiers”, but for winning the tournaments,” said on his page on the social network, the holder of a quota from the CIS as part of the Russian Virtus.pro Vladimir " No[o]ne"Minenko. After watching the final match against the Ukrainian Natus Vincere It’s hard to argue with mid laner VP’s statement.
Danil "Dendi" Ishutin. Photo Press service Natus Vincere
A series of 12 victories in qualifying speaks for itself. It seems that the Bears' unfortunate elimination in the first round of the DAC qualifiers due to internet problems gave the team additional motivation rather than ruining it. And this makes me happy. After all, Virtus.pro will have to fight both for themselves and for “that guy.” Unfortunately, Valve has allocated only one slot for our region, and the Ukrainian Danil " Dendi“Ishutin, together with Na`Vi, will miss the home major, stopping one step away from his dream.
In Kyiv, VP will be obliged to prove to the game developer and the entire community that our region deserves more than one team at the world championship.
EUROPE
But the Estonian Clement " Puppey"Ivanov can already pack his bags for a trip to Kyiv, where the stellar stage of his e-sports career as part of Natus Vincere began. Together with his Team Secret Clement easily beat the Swedish The Alliance in the final of the European qualification and won the only ticket to the “major” from the region.
Clement "Puppey" Ivanov. Photo wp-b.com
The founder of the team and its captain "Puppey" made the right decision - to try his hand at Europe, and not in South Asia. Let us remind you that the first and second roles in the five “Secret” ones are alternately played by the Korean Pio " MP"Noah and the Malaysian Zheng" MidOne" Nai. The latter stayed so long at home without major tournaments that he managed to raise the world's highest single game matchmaking rating (MMR). The young Dota 2 star has already poured out his joy in social networks and openly challenge the giants of the scene. There is no doubt about the motivation of other members of the once strongest team in the world. Soon we will be able to get an answer to the question: what can the combination of the experience of Europeans and the game mechanics of young players from South Asia do?
SOUTH ASIA
One of the main intrigues of the Kyiv tournament: is the South Asian region worthy of two quotas for the “major”, while Europe and the CIS have only one? Valve's decision raises questions. Over the past year, the level of Dota 2 in this part of the world
has grown significantly, but best result South Asian teams at "tournaments grand slam"remains in the top six of the Korean MVP and Malaysian Fnatic at home The Manila Major.
Questions about why CIS spectators will not be able to cheer for Na`Vi in Kyiv will be answered by the Singaporean Faceless And TnC from Malaysia. Of course, both teams are capable of achieving high results and justifying advances from Valve. But crushing everyone online and winning titles at LAN tournaments are completely different things. At least there will be someone to root against if VP lets you down again. After all, if the CIS is given a second quota, it will be taken away from South Asia.
CHINA
Following the Chinese qualifications is problematic not only because of the difference in time zones. Valve issued three out of eight direct invitations to The Kiev Major to teams from the Middle Kingdom, which means that all competitive teams from this region did not take part in the qualifiers. Two teams of the organization will be able to challenge this statement Invictus Gaming: I.G. and IG.Vitality. They were the ones who won both of China's quotas.
By allocating five slots for the “major” to this region, Valve is pursuing commercial interests. Otherwise it is difficult to explain such representation Chinese teams, taking into account their result at the previous similar championship. At The Boston Major, only one team from this country made it into the top eight.
Bai "rOtk" Fan. Photo: Wikimedia.org
SOUTH AMERICA
A team from Brazil will perform at the Valve tournament for the first time. The five SG e-sports beat the Peruvian Not Today in the qualifying finals in South America and confirmed the status of the strongest team in the weakest region. 62 thousand dollars for getting into the LAN finals and the opportunity to compete at a major is in itself a holiday for this team.
However, an example of a team from another e-sports discipline - Counter-Strike - comes to mind. A year ago Brazilian Luminosity came to my first LAN tournament in snowy Kyiv. First, the crowd fell in love with her, after which she won both major CS:GO tournaments in 2016. Maybe Brazilian esports is no worse than Brazilian football?
NORTH AMERICA
Attracting foreign players is clearly paying off in the North American region. Confirmation of this hit new team from USA Team Onyx to the Kyiv tournament. The team's game is built around 16-year-old Filipino Abed" Abed" Yusop, who simply has no worthy competitors in the mid lane in North America.
Abed "Abed" Yusop. Photo Gosugamers.net
American Digital Chaos Ukrainian" Resolut1on"has already proven that you can put together a strong international composition. Team Onyx may well become another successful commercial project.
Qualifying for The Kiev Major only increased expectations from the tournament. 16 will take part in it in their own way. strong teams from all over the world. Each region has its own unique style and vision of the game. Who will be the strongest? We will receive the answer at the end of April on the stage of the National Palace of Arts "Ukraine". At the first “major” in the CIS, the world of Dota 2 will definitely expand its boundaries.
