ESL One Hamburg 2017

[6][9][10][11] In the finals, Virtus.pro defeated Team Secret 2–0 to win the tournament and claim their first major trophy.

[14][15] The 3rd place of the tournament was secured by The International 2017 champions and runners-up Team Liquid and Newbee.

[16] Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena video game (MOBA) developed by the Valve.

The game's map has three symmetric "lanes" between each base, with a number of automated defense turrets protecting each side.

[17][18] The game is a free-to-play, but financially supported by Valve with a variety of microtransactions such as cosmetic items for its heroes.

[6][22] On September 13, 2017, ESL announced that Team Liquid and Newbee, the winners and runners-up respectively of The International 2017, were invited to the tournament.

[42][43][36][44] As per regulations set by Valve, 50% of the allocated pro circuit points went to the champions, 30% to the runners-up and 10% to the semi-finalists.

[5][8][45] ESL announced the tournament for the first time on their official website and YouTube channel in February 2017.

[46][47][48][49] In April 2017, ESL posted a humorous promotional video in their YouTube channel regarding the tournament, with narrating voice resembles Donald Trump.