Beyond the Summit has announced its latest Dota 2 tournament, the BTS Pro Series Season 9 SEA. The tournament will include some of the strongest teams in Southeast Asia.

Beyond The Summit holds the Dota 2 Pro Series tournament every few months. The tournament helps teams stay sharp, get experience, and win prize money before the next Valve event.

BTS Pro Series Season 9 SEA’s tournament schedule and results

Yopaj, Neon, OB.Neon, ONE Esports Singapore Major
Credit: ONE Esports

The tournament will be conducted in two stages.

Group Stage

Running from October 29 to November 8, the group stage will feature all nine invited teams competing for eight slots in the playoffs. The last place team will be eliminated.

(To be updated)

ROUND ONE
TEAM		SCORETEAM
Nigma Galaxy SEA2 — 0OB.Neon
Yangon Galacticos0 — 2Motivate Trust
Army Geniuses1 — 1Yangon Galacticos
ROUND TWO
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports1 — 1Motivate Trust
Nigma Galaxy SEA1 — 1Execration
Polaris Esports2 — 0Army Geniuses
ROUND THREE
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Omega Esports
OB.Neon2 — 0Omega Esports
Execration0 — 2Army Geniuses
Polaris Esports1 — 1Execration
ROUND FOUR
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Yangon Galacticos
Execration0 — 2Motivate Trust
Nigma Galaxy SEA1 — 1Omega Esports
ROUND FIVE
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Army Geniuses
Polaris Esports0 — 2Motivate Trust
Polaris Esports0 — 2Yangon Galacticos
ROUND SIX
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports1 — 1Execration
OB.Neon2 — 0Army Geniuses
Polaris Esports2 — 0Omega Esports
ROUND SEVEN
TEAM		SCORETEAM
OB.Neon1 — 1Yangon Galacticos
Execration2 — 0Omega Esports
Nigma Galaxy SEA1 — 1Army Geniuses
ROUND EIGHT
TEAM		SCORETEAM
Polaris Esports1 — 1OB.Neon
Nigma Galaxy SEA0 — 2Yangon Galacticos
Army Geniuses2 — 0Omega Esports
ROUND NINE
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Motivate Trust
Omega Esports0 — 2Motivate Trust
Nigma Galaxy SEA2 — 0Polaris Esports
Execration0 — 2Yangon Galacticos
ROUND TEN
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports1 — 1Nigma Galaxy SEA
Execration1 — 1OB.Neon
Yangon Galacticos2 — 0Omega Esports
Army Geniuses0 — 2Motivate Trust
ROUND ELEVEN
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Polaris Esports
OB.Neon1 — 1Motivate Trust
Nigma Galaxy SEA1 — 1Motivate Trust

Playoffs

The playoffs will feature eight teams, and will be held from November 10 to 14.

LOWER BRACKET ROUND ONE
TEAM		SCORETEAM
OB.Neon2 — 1Execration
Polaris Esports2 — 0Army Geniuses
UPPER BRACKET ROUND ONE
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Nigma Galaxy SEA
Motivate Trust2 — 1Yangon Galacticos
LOWER BRACKET ROUND TWO
TEAM		SCORETEAM
OB.Neon2 — 0Nigma Galaxy SEA
Polaris Esports2 — 1Yangon Galacticos
UPPER BRACKET FINAL
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Motivate Trust
UPPER BRACKET FINAL
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports2 — 0Motivate Trust
LOWER BRACKET ROUND THREE
TEAM		SCORETEAM
OB.Neon0 — 2Polaris Esports
LOWER BRACKET FINAL
TEAM		SCORETEAM
Motivate Trust0 — 2Polaris Esports
GRAND FINAL
TEAM		SCORETEAM
BOOM Esports3 — 0Polaris Esports

Format of BTS Pro Series Season 9 SEA

BTS Pro series 9 NA and SEA announcement
Credit: BTS

The group stage will be played following the best-of-two round robin format. The top four teams will advance to the upper bracket, while the bottom four will start at the lower bracket.

All playoff matches will be best-of-threes, except the grand final, which will be a best-of-five series.

Teams competing at BTS Pro Series Season 9 SEA

BTS Pro Series 9 SEA team invites
Credit: BTS

Nine teams have been directly invited to the group stage.

Invited teams

  • BOOM Esports
  • Nigma Galaxy SEA
  • Yangon Galacticos
  • Execration
  • Motivate.Trust Gaming
  • Polaris Esports
  • Army Geniuses
  • OB Esports x Neon
  • Omega Esports

BTS Pro Series Season 9 SEA’s prize pool

Team Spirit wins The International 10 (TI10) Valve's Dota 2 world championship
Credit: Valve

The prize pool for the BTS Pro Series 9 will be US$60,000. The overall winner of the tournament will take home US$24,000.

Where to watch BTS Pro Series Season 9 SEA

Dota 2 fans can watch the official coverage for the main event on the BTS Twitch channel.

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