Points are earned by all 16 teams playing in the Major and all 8 teams playing in the Minor, as well as every team in the regional qualifiers.

This season, Majors are worth 15000 points, and Minors are worth 660 points. Additionally, teams that participated in the regional qualifiers obtain DPC points.

For Majors, which are 16-team double-elimination, the point distribution is as follows :

Place	Prize pool	Points
1	$300,000	4850
2	$160,000	3000
3	$110,000	2100
4	$80,000	1350
5-6	$60,000	900
5-6	$60,000	900
7-8	$40,000	450
7-8	$40,000	450
9-12	$20,000	150
9-12	$20,000	150
9-12	$20,000	150
9-12	$20,000	150
13-16	$12,500	100
13-16	$12,500	100
13-16	$12,500	100
13-16	$12,500	100

For Minors, the point and prize pool distribution is as follows:

Place	Prize Pool	Points
1	$72,000	140*
2	$60,000	120
3	$54,000	110
4	$42,000	90
5-6	$24,000	60
5-6	$24,000	60
7-8	$12,000	40
7-8	$12,000	40

*Since the minor winner also gets to participate in the major, they will only get points for the event in which they placed better (e.g: If they place last in the major, they will only get 140 points for winning the minor. If they place 8th instead, they'd get the 450 points for the major but not the 140 points from the minor)

Points are now earned by teams.

No.

The top twelve teams with the highest point totals receive direct invites to The International 2020. The other invited teams will be determined by Regional Qualifiers (1 per region).

Yes, as long as the team has a valid active roster. Teams can opt out of an invitation if, for example, they are disbanded and the roster isn't active.

Each region gets a minimum of 2 qualified teams for Majors, and a minimum of 1 qualified team for Minors.

The regions for the additional qualifier slots are assigned by Valve, per Major and Minor.

Yes, in addition to qualifying via Regional Qualifiers, the winner of the preceding Minor is automatically qualified to the Major. This team will earn either the DPC points for their Minor victory, or their placement in the Major, whichever is greater.

No, only teams that have not qualified for the Major can compete in the Minor qualifiers.

Yes. During qualifiers, a team must play with at least 4 of its 5 registered players (this will cause no penalty). Any team that plays the LAN portion of a tournament with a sub will incur a 40% penalty on points earned from that tournament.

Yes. However, a team that removes a player after securing a slot at a minor or a major, will have a 20% deduction to the points obtained during that event in addition to the normal penalty.

Teams can drop players up until the beginning of the final Minor. At that point teams can no longer release players from their roster. However, teams can still add players if they don't have a full set of 5 up until 12PM PST the day after the last Major concludes, at which point all teams will be considered locked and TI Invites will occur.

No.

The top 8 teams with the most DPC points from each region that didn't get invited to The International and have a full roster in the DPC site will be invited to the Regional Qualifiers.

Phase 1: 4 Bo3 GSL groups of 4. Top 2 teams per group advance to Upper bracket. Bottom 2 teams per group advance to lower brackets.
Phase 2: 16 team Double Elimination with 8 starting in Lower Bracket. Bo1 matches for 1st round of lower bracket. Bo5 finals, Bo3 every other game.

Phase 1: 2 Bo3 GSL groups of 4. Top 2 teams per group advance to Playoffs.
Phase 2: 4 Bo3 team double elimination. Bo5 finals.

This year we have combined both the Majors and Minors qualifiers into a single, shorter one, reducing complexity and time for players and organizers, and allowing to both give extra time to rest to players after a Major is over without majorly compromising the time for players in the minor to get visas when required.

Qualifier #1: Oct 5-Oct 10
Qualifier #2: Dec 1-Dec 6
Qualifier #3: Feb 9-Feb 14
Qualifier #4: Mar 29-Apr 3
Qualifier #5: May 17-May 22

Phase 1 (2 days):
2 bo2 groups of 5. The top 8 teams with DPC points are invited. 2 Open qualifier spots. In case not enough teams have DPC points, Valve will decide how to distribute the remaining slots.
Top 2 from each group advance to Phase 2.
3rd from each group advances to Phase 3. Everyone else is eliminated and gets 10 DPC points. In cases the region has 3 major invites, Both 4th places play a bo3 to decide who else goes to Phase 3.
Phase 2:
4 team Double Elimination.
Top 2-3 qualify to the major. Loser(s) advance to to phase 3.

Phase 3:
4 team double elimination. Top 1/2 qualify to the minor, the rest get 20 DPC points.

You can register as the manager of a team or as a player on the Registration Page.