This year, DPC 2023 will be bringing the Dota Major to Berlin, Germany, to Lima, Peru, and to Bali, Indonesia, in a DPC World Tour of sorts this year. As we're headed for the first of the three, we are now ready for the Lima Major towards the end of this Winter Season.

Lima Major Primer: Participants, Format, and Prize Structure

The Lima Major, the first of the three Majors to commence, is almost upon us. The tournament will be featuring eighteen teams that qualified through the regional season and will be competing in a two-stage tournament for the grand prize of $500,000. The two teams will be divided into two teams of nine for the group stages, wherein each team will be competing against each other team in their own group in a Bo2 match each.

Group A: EHOME, Evil Geniuses, Execration, Gaimin Gladiators, PSG.LGD, Talon Esports, Team Spirit, TSM, Tundra Esports

Group B: beastcoast, BetBoom Team, Entity, Geek Slate, HellRaisers, Knights, Shopify Rebellion, Team Aster, Team Liquid

The top four teams of each group will start at the upper bracket of the playoffs, while the fifth and six teams of each group will start at the lower bracket. Six teams in total, three from each group, will be eliminated in the Group Stage.

The Lima Major Grand Finals, which is set to be on March 5, 2023, will be a Bo5 series. The rest of the playoffs will be played in Bo3.

Road to TI 2023: Lima, Berlin, and Bali Majors

The 2023 Dota Pro Circuit is well under way and we're already headed to the first Major of the year. This year started with the Winter Tour, which culminates in the Lima Major, to be organized by 4D Esports. 4D Esports has previously also organized the regional qualifiers from the DPC SA 2021/2022 season. The Lima Major will start on February 22, 2023.

The Spring Tour will then commence in March and will culminate with the Berlin Major during the first week of May. The Berlin Major will be hosted by ESL, while the NA Tour that they used to organize will now be handled by PGL.

Finally, the DPC Season will be concluded with the Summer Major in Bali, Indonesia, to be organized by IO Esports. While IO Esports has handled third-party Dota 2 tournaments in the past, this will be the organization's first DPC event.

DPC 2023 Schedule

The Dota 2 Competitive season will start on January 10, 2023, and fans can take a look at the DPC Esports Lounge for a full schedule of matches, standings, and even watch the live stream of matches, when applicable.

Note: The dates below are based on Pacific Standard Time, except for the dates for the Majors. The dates for the Majors follow local time based on where the tournament will be held.

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Winter Tour: January 10, 2023 – February 22, 2023
OQ: December 12 – 19, 2022
CQ: December 20 – 23, 2022
Division I: January 10 – 30, 2023
Division II: February 1 – February 22, 2023
Winter Lima Major: February 24 – March 5, 2023

Spring Tour: March 13 – April 26, 2023
OQ: March 14 – 19, 2023
CQ: March 20 – 23, 2023
Division I: March 13 – April 3, 2023
Division II: April 5 – April 26, 2023
Spring Berlin Major: April 28 – May 7, 2023

Summer Tour: May 16 – June 28, 2023
OQ: May 16 – 21, 2023
CQ: May 22 – 25, 2023
Division I: May 16 – June 5, 2023
Division II: June 7 – 28, 2023
Summer Bali Major: June 30 – July 9, 2023

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