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tournament that was held in April 2017 at the National Palace of Arts in

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. The tournament featured eight directly invited teams, as well as eight qualified teams from six different worldwide regions. The open qualifiers tournament was held on March 6–9, 2017, followed by the regional qualifiers held on March 10–13, 2017. For the first time in an officially sponsored tournament,

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, the game's developer and tournament administrator, split the previously single

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, as well as creating the CIS region out of Europe. The event had a $3 million prize pool, with the winning team taking $1 million. The best-of-five grand finals took place between OG and

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, with OG taking the series 3–2, winning them their fourth ''Dota 2'' Major championship.

Teams

Bracket

All series were played to a

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grand finals.

Results

''(Note: Prizes are in USD)''

Notes

References

External links

* {{Professional Dota 2 competition Dota 2 Majors 2017 in esports 2017 multiplayer online battle arena tournaments April 2017 sports events in Ukraine Sports competitions in Kyiv 2017 in Ukrainian sport International esports competitions hosted by Ukraine Professional Gamers League competitions