Dota 2 BLAST Slam I: Schedule, brackets, and more

BLAST’s first foray into Dota 2 kicked off with BLAST Slam I. With 10 teams and an unusual structure (at least in Dota esports terms), the $1 million tournament has already raised some eyebrows in the MOBA community.

Incidentally, it’s the first tier-one tournament since the release of Patch 7.37e. So, it’ll likely be somewhat of a departure from the stale 7.37d meta we witnessed since BetBoom Dacha and DreamLeague Season 24.

Here are all the teams participating in Dota 2 BLAST Slam I. All of them are direct invites, as the event had no qualifiers.

• Team Liquid
• Team Falcons
• Team Spirit
• OG
• BetBoom Team
• Gaimin Gladiators
• HEROIC
• Xtreme Gaming
• Tundra Esports
• PARIVISION

Dota 2 BLAST Slam I schedule

Group Stage

The one-day group stage had two groups of five teams fighting it out in the King of the Hill format. These are unforgiving best-of-one games, and depending on their placements, teams are directly placed into progressively higher playoff rounds.

Nov. 26

Group A

• BetBoom Team 1-0 HEROIC
• Team Falcons 0-1 Xtreme Gaming
• PARIVISION 1-0 HEROIC
• BetBoom Team 1-0 Xtreme Gaming
• Team Falcons 1-0 PARIVISION
• Xtreme Gaming 1-0 HEROIC
• BetBoom Team 0-1 PARIVISION
• HEROIC 0-1 Team Falcons
• PARIVISION 0-1 Xtreme Gaming
• Team Falcons 0-1 BetBoom Team

Group B

• Tundra Esports 1-0 OG
• Team Spirit 0-1 Gaimin Gladiators
• Team Liquid 1-0 OG
• Tundra Esports 1-0 Gaimin Gladiators
• Team Spirit 0-1 Team Liquid
• Gaimin Gladiators 1-0 OG
• Tundra Esports 1-0 Liquid
• OG 0-1 Team Spirit
• Team Liquid 1-0 Gaimin Gladiators
• Team Spirit 0-1 Tundra Esports

Playoffs

Unlike the double elimination brackets usually seen in Dota 2 esports events, BLAST Slam I has single eliminations with two best-of-three series each day from Nov. 27 to Nov. 30. The Dec. 1 grand final, however, stays true to tradition and will be a best-of-five series.

All times are in Central Time (CT).

Nov. 27

Round 1

• 9am: Team Spirit 1-2 HEROIC
• 12pm: Team Falcons 2-1 OG

Nov. 28

Round 2

• 9am: PARIVISION 2-1 HEROIC
• 12pm: Gaimin Gladiators 2-0 Team Falcons

Nov. 29

Quarterfinals

• 9am: Team Liquid 0-2 PARIVISION
• 12pm: Xtreme Gaming 2-0 Gaimin Gladiators

Nov. 30

Semifinals

• 9am: BetBoom Team 2-0 PARIVISION
• 12pm: Tundra Esports 2-0 Xtreme Gaming

Dec. 1

Grand final

• 9:30am: BetBoom Team 3-1 Tundra Esports

Dota 2 BLAST Slam I: How to watch

You can watch Blast Slam I on popular streaming platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and BLAST’s own BLAST.tv. For info on streams in other languages, you can check out the Liquipedia page of the tournament.