{"id":739,"date":"2017-08-03T12:54:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T12:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=739"},"modified":"2017-10-30T07:45:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T07:45:49","slug":"esl-one-hamburg-2017-to-host-the-first-dota-2-valve-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/esl-one-hamburg-2017-to-host-the-first-dota-2-valve-major\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL One Hamburg 2017 to host the first Dota 2 Valve major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/electronic-sports-league\/\">Electronic Sports League<\/a> has announced ESL One Hamburg 2017, the largest competitive Dota 2 event in Europe, will be the first Valve Major for the 2017-2018 competitive season.<\/p>\n<p>ESL One Hamburg 2017 is based in Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany and will take place on October 28 &#8211; 29, offering eight of the world&#8217;s best Dota 2 teams the chance to win big from a $1,000,000 prize-pool and qualification points for The International 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the professional teams will be invited directly, while the remaining six will fight for placements in the numerous Dota 2 online regional qualifiers in CIS, China, Europe, North America, South America and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are extremely proud to see ESL One be named an official Valve Major,\u201d said Senior ESL VP Ulrich Schulze in an official press release. \u201cHaving ESL One Frankfurt for three years in a row was great learning experience that showed us how passionate the Dota 2 community is. 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