Will the first Dota 2 Major be held in Singapore?

Information about the upcoming championship has appeared on the ONE Esports website. Soon after a somewhat premature announcement, the championship page was removed from general viewing, but we still managed to extract some information.

Now we know for sure that ONE Esports and PGL will organize the first Major tournament. The latter, by the way, hold the current DPC championships in Southeast Asia.

ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 starts on March 25 and ends on April 4. The venue for the event will be the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The tournament is planned to be held in a LAN format, and the best teams from each region of the top divisions of the ongoing DPC championships will have to attend it. The total prize pool of the Major competition will be $ 500,000 and 2,700 Dota Pro Circuit rating points. By the way, they will be divided between the best eight teams. Initially, ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 was supposed to be the final tournament of the 2019/2020 Dota Pro Circuit season, but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Distribution of slots at ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021

Europe (4 teams)

• The best team advances to the playoffs
• Vice champion advances to the group stage
• 3-4 places will go to the Major Wild Card to compete for reaching the group stage

China (4 teams)

• The best team advances to the playoffs
• Vice champion advances to the group stage
• 3-4 places will go to the Major Wild Card to compete for reaching the group stage

Southeast Asia (3 teams)

• Best team goes in the playoffs
• Vice champion advances to the group stage
• Bronze medalist will go to Major Wild Card to compete for the group stage

CIS (3 teams)

• The best team advances to the playoffs
• Vice champion advances to the group stage
• Bronze medalist will go to Major Wild Card to compete for the group stage

North America (2 teams)

• The best team advances to the playoffs
• Vice champion advances to the group stage

South America (2 teams)

• The best team advances to the playoffs
• Vice champion advances to the group stage