Bali Major Survival Guide

IO Esports Bali Major is set to kick off Thursday, June 29th with 18 teams competing for the lion's share of the $500,000 and 3,500 DPC points. 

The last stop on the DPC points race is gearing up to start this week. Gaimin Gladiators made an unexpected, beautiful undefeated run to claim the Lima Major title in March and then zoomed through the playoffs of the Berlin Major undefeated to claim their second consecutive Major title. 

Now fans are tuning in to see (among other things of course) if GG will be able to claim all of the Major titles for one season. 

The Bali Major has a total prize pool of $500,000 and 3,500 DPC points to offer —1,600 more points than Lima and 800 more than Berlin. Only the top eight teams at the end of the tournament will take home prize money and DPC points.

Those that don't secure enough points at the event will need to compete via regional qualifiers for a ticket to The International. 

• Read Road to The International; Status of teams

The action will begin Thursday, June 29th at 04:00 CEST with the following matchups in the Group Stage:

Team LiquidvsShopify Rebellion
Tundra Esportsvsbeastcoast
Team SpiritvsTeam Aster
ExecrationvsInvictus Gaming

IO Esports Bali Major

IO Esports Bali Major Teams

•  Eighteen teams
  • Four teams each from Western Europe and China
    • Gaimin Gladiators
    • Team Liquid
    • Quest Esports
    • Tundra Esports
    • Invictus Gaming
    • Azure Ray
    • PSG.LGD
    • Team Aster
  • Three teams each from Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe
    • Execration
    • Blacklist International
    • Bleed Esports
    • Team Spirit
    • BetBoom Team
    • 9Pandas
  • Two teams each from North America and South America
    • nouns
    • Shopify Rebellion
    • beastcoast
    • Evil Geniuses

IO Esports Bali Major Format

Group Stage

• Two groups of nine teams each
• Single round-robin
• All matches are Bo2
• Top four teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
• 5th and 6th place teams from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
• The remaining teams are eliminated

Group A

beastcoast
Blacklist International
Execration
Invictus Gaming
Shopify Rebellion
Team Aster
Team Liquid
Team Spirit
Tundra Esports

Group B 

9Pandas
Azure Ray
BetBoom Team
Evil Geniuses
Bleed Esports
Gaimin Gladiators
PSG.LGD
nouns
Quest Esports

There will be eight series per group (four at a time) played on the first four days and four series on the last day. 

• Matches for Group A begin at 04:00 CEST each day
• Matches for Group B begin at 06:30 CEST each day 

Playoffs

• Double-elimination bracket
• All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
• Grand Final is Bo5

IO Esports Bali Major Prize Pool and DPC points 

The points distribution and prize pool for IO Esports Bali Major will be split between the top eight finishers as follows:

1st place: $200,000 & 600 DPC points
2nd place: $100,000 & 550 DPC points
3rd place: $75,000 & 500 DPC points     
4th place: $50,000 & 450 DPC points  
5th/6th place: $25,000 & 400 DPC points
7th/8th place: $12,500 & 300 DPC points

TI 2023 will feature 20 teams from which 12 will come via DPC points. The top 12 teams in the DPC rankings will be known at the end of the Bali Major. After that, come regional qualifiers with eight slots up for grabs distributed as follows:

• North America: 1 slot
• China: 1 Slot
• Southeast Asia: 1 slot
• Eastern Europe: 1 slot
• Western Europe: 2 slots
• South America: 2 slots

Read Valve announces TI 2023 regional qualifiers dates and slot allocation