Schedule for the 2020/2021 Dota Pro Circuit revealed

The schedule for the 2020/2021 Dota Pro Circuit has been revealed.

The schedule reveals the exact dates, prize pools, and tier level for each event that will take place in the 2020/2021 season of the DPC. This announcement also shows what guidelines must be followed when it comes to broadcasting and uploading the DPC matches.

Here is the full schedule and guidelines:

MAJORS

• Majors will require a prize pool commitment from the tournament organizer of USD 250,000, which will be matched by Valve.
• For the events, we are looking for proposals for 3 majors in the following dates:
  • S1 Major: (Dec 11th - Dec 20th)
    • Wildcard: Dec 11th -12th
    • Group Stage: Dec 13th -14th
    • Playoffs: Dec 16th -20th
  • S2 Major: Mar 12th - Mar 21st
    • Wildcard: Mar 12th -13th
    • Group Stage: Mar 14th -15th
    • Playoffs: Mar 17th - 21st
  • S3 Major: June 25th - July 4th
    • Wildcard: Jun 25th -26th
    • Group Stage: Jun 27th - 28th
    • Playoffs: Jun 30th - Jul 4th
• Majors will require at least 3 days in a setting with public attendance.
• Majors will require a stream from the following languages: English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Matches for each tournament day will be uploaded to the official Dota 2 Youtube channel within 2 hours of that day's conclusion.
• Proposals should contain as many details about the tournament as possible -- location, venue, partners, sponsors, broadcast plan, number and type of talent for each language, technologies and production features, etc.

REGIONAL LEAGUES

• Each league will require a prize pool commitment from the tournament organizer of USD 140,000 per season, which will be matched by Valve.
• We are looking for 18 total leagues, 3 seasons of each of the 6 regional leagues (South America, North America, Europe, CIS, Southeast Asia and China) in the following dates:
  • Season 1: Oct 5th - Nov 15th
  • Season 2: Jan 4th - Feb 14th (Chinese season will be compressed shorter to accommodate for Chinese New Year)
  • Season 3: Apr 12th - May 23rd
• A bid for a league includes both upper and lower division. These cannot be applied for separately, but joint bids will be accepted.
• Bids for individual seasons of a league will be received, but bids that propose all three seasons of a league will be prioritized.
• Bids for multiple leagues will be received but we aren't interested in proposals that have a single organizer operating all leagues.
• Matches for the upper division will require full studio production with panel and observers from all 3 major languages (English, Russian, Chinese). They should also provide an official stream for Spanish and Portuguese.
• Proposals should contain as many details about the broadcast as possible (number and type of talent, broadcast plans, additional content production plans, etc.)
• Matches for each league day will be uploaded to the official Dota 2 Youtube channel within 2 hours of that day's conclusion.

Proposals need to be emailed to DotaProCircuit@valvesoftware.com. And, all proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2020, with Majors and Leagues being assigned no later than April 21, 2020.