As the dates of the World DotA Championships near us on the calendar, the organizing committee publishes its official announcement of the prize pool for the offline finals. This year, teams from the various divisions will play for a whopping $50,000 - with almost eighty percent of it going to the main DotA finals.
| Prize Pool | |
| Placing | Prize |
 First Place | 160,000 RMB ($25,300) |
 Second Place | 30,000 RMB ($4,700) |
 Third Place | 20,000 RMB ($3,100) |
| Fourth Place | 10,000 RMB ($1,600) |
| Fifth to Eighth Place | 5,000 RMB each ($800) |
It looks like the participating teams will certainly be geared towards the offline finals which will be held this November 11 to 13 in Wuhan, China. Will an international team upstage Chinese DotA dominance this year? Let us wait and see. 
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