National Palace of Arts



The Kiev Major is the second Major of the 2016-2017 season. The main event takes place at the National Palace of Arts in Kiev, Ukraine from April 27th to 30th. The event had a $3 million prize pool, with the winning team taking $1 million.

Format

Open Qualifiers - March 6th – March 9th, 2017
#Twelve Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region.
#The winners of each Regional Qualifier will advance to the respective Main Qualifier.

Main Qualifiers - March 10th - March 13th, 2017
#Six Regional Qualifiers.

Group Stage - April 24th - April 25th, 2017
#4-round Swiss group system.

Main Event - April 27th - April 30th, 2017
#Teams are seeded into a single-elimination bracket after the Group Stage.
#All matches are Bo3, with a Bo5 grand finals.



Champion of Kiev Major (Team OG)



Direct Invite and Qualifier Teams



Main Event

The best-of-five grand finals took place between OG and Virtus.pro, with OG taking the series 3–2, winning them their fourth Dota 2 Major championship.