2021 ESL One DPC North America Winter: Division 1

The 2021 ESL One Winter is the third iteration of the (Dota Pro Circuit) tournament organized by ESL; This tournament will also serve as qualifying tournaments in preparation for the biggest DOTA2 event, The International.

The tournament will feature both notable and the best teams from Europe, China, Southeast Asia, North America, and South America, with a prize pool for each region amounting to $205,000 for Upper Division and $75,000 for the Lower Division.

The points acquired from this tournament will determine their qualification for the Major Event and eventually The International 2022.

Group Stage will be played in the round-robin best-of-three series.

The 1st place team will qualify to the Major Playoffs while the 2nd team will advance to the Major group stage.

The bottom two teams are relegated to Division 2 for the next tour and the remaining teams will remain in their current division