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Tournament banner for BLAST Slam I Dota 2
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Dota 2 BLAST Slam I: Schedule, brackets, and more

First tournament after Patch 7.37e. Here's the schedule, brackets, and more for Dota 2 BLAST Slam I.

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.

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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

Group Stage results for BLAST Slam I
Falcons had a bumpy group stage. Screenshot via Liquipedia

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

BLAST Slam I playoffs bracket
BetBoom and Tundra have no games until Nov. 30. Image via BLAST

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.


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Freelance writer for Dot Esports since May 2023. Started writing about esports and gaming three years ago. English Major. Favorite game: Disco Elysium. Has played an awful lot of Dota 2.