DOTA PIT Online continues with EU-CIS league
The EU and CIS scenes will continue to clash as another canceled DPC event has been shifted online.
One Game Agency’s (OGA) AMD SAPPHIRE DOTA PIT Online has added a new league that will showcase ten of the best teams from the EU and CIS regions. The competition, which is scheduled for May 13-23, has a US$150,000 prize pool up for grabs.
The participating teams include OG, Team Secret, Alliance, Team Liquid, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Vikin.gg from the EU region; and Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, HellRaisers, and Team Spirit from CIS.
The tournament will begin with a Group Stage that runs May 13-20 before staging the Main Event on May 21-23.
The Group Stage will see the participating teams split into two groups of five playing each other in a single round-robin schedule. Each match will be a full best-of-three series.
Here are the groupings for the event:
The Main Event will follow a double-elimination format. All matches will be best-of-three series except for the Grand Finals, which will be a best-of-five series.
The tournament champs will walk away with a grand prize of US$62,000, with the runner-up taking home US$32,000.
The DOTA PIT Minor 2020 wassupposed to be the fourth Minorof the 2019-2020 Dota Pro Circuit (DPC). It was originally scheduled for April 23-26 at the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia.
However, the tournament wascanceled in mid-Marchdue to the COVID-19 pandemic alongside its accompanying Major event, the EPICENTER Major 2020.
DOTA PIT Online started with a notably smaller, all-Chinese league earlier this month, which featured nine teams competing for a US$60,000 prize pool. The Chinese league will crown its champions on May 11, a couple of days before its EU-CIS counterpart begins.
With the last Major of this season,the ONE Esports Singapore Major, also canceledandThe International 2020 delayed to next year, the DPC has ground to a screeching halt, causing the competitive Dota scene to shift fully to online events.
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