Что происходит на квалификациях к DreamLeague Season 11

Qualifiers for the third Major of the Dota Pro Circuit 2018/2019 season continue, but some regions have already identified the lucky teams who will go to Stockholm. We decided to collect the most exciting things that happened at the Qualifiers in one little material.

Go ahead, Na’Vi!

Natus Vincere is going to Major for the first time this season. Moreover, the “Born to Win” squad didn’t have to push through the Open Qualifier: they got their slot in the Closed Qualifiers, thoroughly outplayed Gambit Esports team. Virtus.Pro easily got the second slot, but this is normal for one of the strongest teams in the world, if not the strongest at the moment.

The remaining applicants for the Swedish throne from CIS region will be forced to make their way onto the Minor and try to beat the place out for themselves by winning the tournament from StarLadder. It’s hard, but nothing is impossible.

What happened in China?

PSG.LGD lost their player Maybe for an indefinite period: the team midlaner is enjoying his honeymoon and a new stage in his life. However, this didn’t prevent the Chinese team to quickly and relaxed earn a ticket to Stockholm. EHOME became the second representative of China in Sweden. The Bucharest Minor winners unexpectedly easily handled with Vici Gaming in the semifinal of the top bracket. “Paparazi灬” and his team became the main sensation of regional qualifiers: Vici Gaming lost the game to EHOME and then lost to Royale Never Give Up in the second round of the Losers' bracket with the 1:2 score. The last slot went to Keen Gaming, who took advantage of the Vici Gaming mistakes and simply beat their offenders. China’s second team has no choice but to fight though StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Season 6.

Everything is stable in Southeast Asia

In fact, there are only two teams capable of showing a severe result in the region. Fnatic and Mineski regularly find out the relationships, and the IceIceIce's team looks very decent, even against the Major participants. So, we’re here without any intrigues: Fnatic from the Winners’, and Mineski from the Losers’ bracket can apply for visas to Sweden.

South America

It is believed that Gambit and The Pango can learn Spanish or Portuguese and easily be in any Major of the season from qualifiers in South America. It is funny and sad at the same time, but there is practically no competitiveness in this region either. Brazilians from Chaos are the first, Peruvians from Infamous are the second. The intrigue is minimum.

The most interesting thing is coming soon

Qualifiers in Europe have already started today, and they will be very hot: Team Secret, Team Liquid, OG, Alliance, NiP - all these teams are more likely to play three slots between them on the “home” Major. In fact, Puppey’s and KuroKy’s teams are obvious favourites, TI8 winners are third on the list, and they will play with ILTW again. And what will happen in reality - we will see soon.

The last region will be North America, in which three slots to the DreamLeague Season 11 will be played. But even there the favorites are known - Forward Gaming and Evil Geniuses. The third team will probably be J.Storm.

DreamLeague Season 11 will be held March 14-24. The tournament prize pool is $1 million and 15,000 DPC points.