Dota 2 DPC Recap: Week 4 Upper Division

Week 4 of DPC is over, in this article we will be looking at the recap of the week. Some regions have clear winners. This means, that these teams have theoretically guaranteed themselves an invitation to the first Dota 2 Major of this year, which will be held in Singapore. You can read our article about it here.

Some of these teams are: Team Secret in Europe, Neon Esports in Southeast Asia, Virtus.pro and NAVI in the CIS, as well as Beastcoast in South America.

As we previously stated, Chinese regional league is on hiatus because of the Chinese New Year. It will resume next week on February 23.

For the format and the rules of the tournament check here. Here are our week 1, week 2 and week 3 recaps.

Now, lets look at week 4 recap of DPC.

Europe (EU)

Team Secret looks to be the undefeated champion of this region. Viking.gg scored a win against OG. Within that series, there was an action packed third game where Viking.gg overcame OG midlaner Topson’s Ember Spirit.

This led to some chaotic standings. From 2nd to 7th spot all the teams have a shot at the Dota 2 Major. Next week is going to be a wild ride for sure.

Games	Results
Nigma vs OG	1-2
[A] vs Tundra	2-1
Viking.gg vs HCE	0-2
OG vs Viking.gg	1-2
Secret vs [A]	2-1

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Team Secret	5-0	10-2
2.	Alliance	3-2	8-5
3.	OG	3-2	7-7
4.	Tundra Esports	2-3	7-6
5.	Team Liquid	2-3	5-6
6.	Team Nigma	2-3	6-8
7.	Viking.gg	2-3	4-8
8.	High Coast Esports	1-4	3-8

China

Due to Chinese New year, the 4th week of Chinese division will resume on February 23.

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Team Aster	2-0	6-1
2.	Invictus Gaming	3-0	6-2
3.	Vici Gaming	3-1	6-2
4.	PSG.LGD	2-2	6-4
5.	Elephant	2-2	5-5
6.	EHOME	1-3	3-6
7.	Team MagMa	1-3	2-6
8.	LBZS	0-4	0-8

North America (NA)

EG & Quincy Crew are still undefeated. Next week we will see a series between them that will probably determine the 1st spot of this region. So, I am hyped for that. Anyhow, both teams are guaranteed to get an invite to the Major.

Games	Results
4Z vs 5MM	2-0
BNY vs A-Team	0-2
SAD vs UND	0-2
EG vs A-Team	2-0
QC vs BNY	2-1

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Evil Geniuses	5-0	10-2
2.	Quincy Crew	4-0	8-1
3.	Undying	4-1	8-2
4.	4 Zoomers	3-2	7-4
5.	SADBOYS	2-2	5-4
6.	A-Team	1-5	2-10
7.	Black N Yellow	1-5	3-11
8.	5ManMidas	0-5	1-10

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Virtus.pro & NAVI remain at the top and guarantee their spots at the Major. The two teams will face off in week 6, stay tuned for that.

There is a 4 way tie between the teams right now. So next week will be crucial in that regard.

Games	Results
Unique vs NT	2-0
NT vs EXTR	1-2
Empire vs Unique	1-2
ASM.GMB vs NAVI	1-2
VP vs TSpirit	2-1

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Virtus.pro	5-0	10-1
2.	Natus Vincere	5-0	10-2
3.	Team Spirit	2-3	7-7
4.	AS Monaco Gambit	2-3	6-7
5.	Team Unique	2-3	5-7
6.	EXTREMUM	2-3	5-8
7.	Team Empire	1-4	4-9
8.	No Techies	1-4	3-9

Southeast Asia (SEA)

Neon Esports continued their perfect run and guaranteed themselves an invitation to the Dota 2 Major. They will have a high stakes match next week where they face Fnatic.

Games	Results
Vice vs Fnatic	0-2
TNC vs BOOM	2-0
Vice vs Neon	0-2
XctN vs T1	0-2
Fnatic vs 496	2-0

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Neon Esports	5-0	10-3
2.	Fnatic	4-1	9-2
3.	TNC Predator	3-2	7-5
4.	T1	3-2	7-6
5.	BOOM Esports	2-3	5-8
6.	496 Gaming	1-4	5-8
7.	Vice Esports	1-4	2-9
8.	Execration	1-4	4-8

South America (SA)

Beastcoast solidified their first spot while also being the only team in the tournament without a single lose overall. They are definitely going to the Major.

Team Unknown, SG Esports and Thunder Predator are fighting for the last invitation spot.

Games	Results
INF vs SG	0-2
DEF vs NoPing	1-2
bc vs TP	2-0
EGB vs UNK	0-2
DEF vs SG	0-2

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Beastcoast	5-0	10-0
2.	Thunder Predator	3-2	6-6
3.	Team Unknown	3-2	7-4
4.	SG e-sports	3-2	6-5
5.	EgoBoys	2-3	5-7
6.	NoPing e-sports	2-3	7-8
7.	Infamous	1-4	3-8
8.	Latam Defenders	1-4	3-9

This week we got a lot of conformations for Dota 2 Major invitations. Next week we will see some heated games that will determine the rest of the invitation spots. Thanks for reading our week 4 recap of DPC and come back next week for our week 5 recap.