As we move to the business end of the Dota 2 Bali Major 2023, fans around the world are eagerly waiting to see who will rise to the occasion and snatch the championship. The Group Stage has filtered out the qualifying teams into the upper and lower brackets of the playoffs, while six teams have been eliminated from the pool.
Dota 2 Bali Major 2023 Group Stage began on June 29, 2023, and lasted until July 3, 2023. Eighteen teams were divided into two equal groups and battled in a single round-robin format of Bo2. The top four from each made it to the upper bracket of the playoffs, while the 5th and 6th placed went to the lower bracket.
The remaining Dota 2 outfits were eliminated. They are:
- Blacklist International
- Bleed Esports
- Execration
- nouns
- Invictus Gaming
- Evil Geniuses
Dota 2 Bali Major 2023 playoffs: Format, schedule, and more
Organized by IO Esports and Epulze Gaming, the Bali Major 2023 is the third and the final Major of the ongoing Dota 2 Pro Circuit (DPC) season. Thus, teams are trying to secure as many DPC points as possible in order to secure a direct invite to this year’s The International (TI) invite.
The prize distribution and the DPC points available at the event are as follows:
| Standing | Prize Money | DPC Points | Team |
| 1st | $200,000 | 600 | |
| 2nd | $100,000 | 550 | |
| 3rd | $75,000 | 500 | |
| 4th | $50,000 | 450 | |
| 5th-6th | $25,000 | 400 | |
| 7th-8th | $12,500 | 300 | |
| 9th-12th | |||
| 13th-14th | Blacklist International || Bleed Esports | ||
| 15th-16th | Execration || nouns | ||
| 17th-18th | Invictus Gaming || Evil Geniuses |
The playoffs are scheduled to be held from July 5, 2023, to July 9, 2023. Teams will fight in a double-elimination bracket of Bo3. Only the Grand Final is stipulated to be Bo5. The qualified teams are as follows:
- Team Liquid
- beastcoast
- Tundra Esports
- Team Aster
- Team Spirit
- Shopify Rebellion
- Quest Esports
- BetBoom Team
- Gaimin Gladiators
- PSG.LGD
- 9Pandas
- Azure Ray
The final group standings are as follows:
Group A
| Standings | Team | Record |
| 1 | Team Liquid (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 4-4-0 |
| 2 | beastcoast (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 2-6-0 |
| 3 | Tundra Esports (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 2-6-0 |
| 4 | Team Aster (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 4-2-2 |
| 5 | Team Spirit (Qualified to Lower Bracket) | 2-5-1 |
| 6 | Shopify Rebellion (Qualified to Lower Bracket) | 1-4-3 |
| 7 | Blacklist International (eliminated) | 1-4-3 |
| 8 | Execration (eliminated) | 0-5-3 |
| 9 | Invictus Gaming (eliminated) | 1-2-5 |
Group B
| Standings | Team | Record |
| 1 | Quest Esports (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 5-2-1 |
| 2 | BetBoom Team (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 4-2-2 |
| 3 | Gaimin Gladiators (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 3-4-1 |
| 4 | PSG.LGD (Qualified to Upper Bracket) | 3-4-1 |
| 5 | 9Pandas (Qualified to Lower Bracket) | 3-2-3 |
| 6 | Azure Ray (Qualified to Lower Bracket) | 2-3-3 |
| 7 | Bleed Esports (eliminated) | 2-3-3 |
| 8 | nouns (eliminated) | 1-3-4 |
| 9 | Evil Geniuses (eliminated) | 0-3-5 |
Dota 2 Bali Major 2023 playoff schedule
The Bali Major 2023 playoff schedule for the event is as follows:
Day 1: July 5
- Upper Bracket Quarterfinal: Liquid vs PSG.LGD
- Upper Bracket Quarterfinal: BetBoom vs Tundra
- Upper Bracket Quarterfinal: beastcoast vs Gaimin Gladiators
- Upper Bracket Quarterfinal: Quest vs Aster
Day 2: July 6
- Lower Bracket Round 1: Liquid or PSG.LGD vs Team Spirit
- Lower Bracket Round 1: BetBoom or Tundra vs Azure Ray
- Lower Bracket Round 1: beastcoast or Gaimin Gladiators vs Shopify Rebellion
- Lower Bracket Round 1: Quest or Aster vs 9Pandas
Where to watch the Bali Major 2023 playoffs?
Fans can catch the live proceedings of the Bali Major 2023 playoffs on the Epulze Gaming Twitch and IO Esports YouTube channels.
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