The road to The International 10 continues with the North America Regional Qualifier as the best teams from the region compete for a chance to enter Valve’s US$40 million Dota 2 world championship.
What is the North America Regional Qualifier?
The North America Regional Qualifier is the last chance for NA teams who didn’t earn enough DPC Points to enter The International 10.
North America Regional Qualifier schedule and results
The tournament starts with the Upper and Lower Bracket on July 1, leading up to the Grand Final on July 4.
Here is the full schedule and most recent results. All times and days are in GMT+8.
(Last updated July 4)
July 1 (Thursday)
- Upper Bracket — Undying 2 — 0 The Cut
- Upper Bracket — Black N Yellow 2 — 0 bumble bEE’s
- Upper Bracket — simply TOOBASED 2 — 1 D2 Hustlers
- Upper Bracket — Arkosh Gaming 1 — 2 4 Zoomers
July 2 (Friday)
- Lower Bracket — The Cut 1 — 2 Team DogChamp
- Lower Bracket — D2 Hustlers 2 — 0 5ManMidas
- Lower Bracket — Arkosh Gaming 2 — 0 felt
- Upper Bracket — Undying 2 — 0 Black N Yellow
- Upper Bracket — simply TOOBASED 1 — 2 4 Zoomers
- Lower Bracket — Team DogChamp 0 — 2 bumble bEE’s
- Lower Bracket — D2 Hustlers 0 — 2 Arkosh Gaming
July 3 (Saturday)
- Lower Bracket — simply TOOBASED 1 — 2 bumble bEE’s
- Lower Bracket — Arkosh Gaming 1 — 2 Black N Yellow
- Lower Bracket — bumble bEE’s 2 — 1 Black N Yellow
- Upper Bracket Final — 4 Zoomers 1 — 2 Undying
July 4 (Sunday)
- Lower Bracket Final — bumble bEE’s 1 — 2 4 Zoomers
- Grand Final — 4 Zoomers 0 — 3 Undying
Format of the Regional Qualifiers
11 teams will compete in a double-elimination bracket, with all matches played in a best-of-three format, except for the Grand Final which will be a best-of-five series.
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Teams that made it into the North America Regional Qualifier
All the teams that participated in DPC Season 2 that did not qualify for TI10 were invited to the North America Regional Qualifier, provided that they did not replace more than two players at the end of the Regional League competition.
The teams are also seeded based on their DPC Point total followed by their standing in DPC Season 2.
Upper Division teams
- Undying
- 4 Zoomers
- simply TOOBASED
- bumble bEE’s (previously sadboys)
- Black N Yellow
Lower Division teams
- D2 Hustlers
- Arkosh Gaming
- The Cut
- Team DogChamp
- felt
- 5ManMidas
Where to watch the North America Regional Qualifier
Dota 2 fans can watch the matches live on BeyondTheSummit’s Twitch channel.
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