Kiev Major

{{Short description|Dota 2 tournament}}

{{Infobox tournament

|name=Kyiv Major

|sport=Dota 2

|image=The_Kiev_Major.jpg

|caption=

|location=Kyiv, Ukraine

|start_date=April 27

|end_date=30, 2017

|administrator=Valve

|tournament_format=Group stage
Swiss format{{cite web|title=Swiss Format Summary|url=http://www.thekievmajor.com/swiss-format/|website=thekievmajor.com|accessdate=15 April 2017|archive-date=11 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711121337/http://www.thekievmajor.com/swiss-format/|url-status=dead}}
Bracket
Single elimination

|host=PGL

|venues=National Palace of Arts

|teams=16

|purse={{USD}}3,000,000

|champions=OG

|runner-up1=Virtus.pro

|attendance=

|previous=Boston Major

|next=The International 2017}}

The Kiev Major was a professional Dota 2 esport tournament that was held in April 2017 at the National Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. The tournament featured eight directly invited teams, as well as eight qualified teams from six different worldwide regions.

The open qualifiers tournament was held on March 6–9, 2017, followed by the regional qualifiers held on March 10–13, 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.dota2.com/2017/02/kiev-major-dates-and-tickets/|title=Kiev Major Dates and Tickets {{!}} Dota 2|website=blog.dota2.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-13}} For the first time in an officially sponsored tournament, Valve, the game's developer and tournament administrator, split the previously single Americas region into North and South America, as well as creating the CIS region out of Europe.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.dota2.com/2017/03/the-kiev-major-invites/|title=The Kyiv Major Invites {{!}} Dota 2|website=blog.dota2.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-13}}{{cite web|last1=Rose|first1=Victoria|title=After dramatic qualifiers, Dota 2's Kyiv Major has its contenders|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/after-dramatic-qualifiers-dota-2s-kiev-major-has-its-contenders/|website=PC Gamer|date=14 March 2017 |accessdate=14 March 2017}} The event had a $3 million prize pool, with the winning team taking $1 million.{{cite web|last1=Rose|first1=Victoria|title=Competition heats up ahead of Dota 2's $3 million Kyiv Major|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/competition-heats-up-ahead-of-dota-2s-3-million-kiev-major/|website=PC Gamer|date=19 April 2017 |accessdate=19 April 2017}} The best-of-five grand finals took place between OG and Virtus.pro, with OG taking the series 3–2, winning them their fourth Dota 2 Major championship.{{cite web|last1=Ballenger|first1=Jack|title=OG cements its dynasty at the Kyiv Major|url=http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/19281978/dota-2-kiev-major-og-cements-dynasty-kiev-major|website=ESPN|date=30 April 2017 |accessdate=1 May 2017}}