Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018 — 29 march - 7 april 2018

General information

Tournament format

Group stage

• The teams are divided equally into two groups in the Round robin format, that is, each team plays with the other in one series
• All series - Bo1
• The top two teams from each group advance to the second round, the upper bracket of the playoffs
• The last two teams from each group are eliminated.
• The rest of the teams start their journey from the first round, the upper bracket of the playoffs

Main stage

• 8 teams that took 3-6 places from each group play a one-round Bo3 tournament, the results of which 4 winners advance, and the losers are relegated
• The top 8 teams continue to play in a second-chance bracket
• The first two rounds of the Lower Bracket are Bo1
• Grand Final - Bo5
• The remaining matches are Bo3.

general information

• Sixteen teams (six invited and ten teams from regional qualifiers)