Kuala Lumpur Major announced!

Kuala Lumpur will finally have its big Dota 2 moment, as the Dota Pro Circuit will be taking its first Major stop here in mid-November. Held by PGL with China’s ImbaTV and Malaysian TV channel Egg Network, the Malaysian event will have a $1 million prize pool and three days of public playoff matches in Axiata Arena.

The event runs November 9 to 18, with group stakes taking place on the 9th and 10th and playoffs following thereafter. The public portion of the event runs from November 16th to the 18th — and if you want to attend, tickets go on sale September 17.

All participants will take some of the prize, with the winner earning $350,000, all the way down to the 13th to 16th places taking $10,000. From the looks of the prize pool distribution, which has individual prizes up to fourth place, it’ll be a double-elimination event.

With the event running on the new Dota Pro Circuit system, there will be certain deadlines and rules imposed for registration and qualification:


1. Teams must lock in their rosters by September 15 at 10:00 AM PT (1 PM ET).

2. The qualifiers for the Majors take place September 16-21 online and will fill the majority of the Major’s slots.

3. Immediately after, the Minor qualifiers and the Minor main event will take place. Qualified Major may NOT participate in these.

4. The Minor’s winner will earn a spot at the Major.

There are no direct invites to this Major.

No official confirmation on when the Minor nor its qualifiers will take place yet.