Tour 1 of DPC 2022-23 Season is live; What we are watching

Tour 1 of the DPC 2022-23 Season is now live and there are few matches to not miss. 

In the break from The International 2022 to now, teams have been undergoing some pretty hefty roster changes and even moves in preparation for the DPC 2022-23 Season. 

Now that things have settled down, it's time to watch the action live and see which teams won the roster shuffle, and which teams will start the new season with a trip to Lima, Peru for the first Major and some DPC points lining their pockets. 

• Read Valve confirm the locations of the three Dota 2 Majors for the 2023 DPC Season

The new DPC season will be featuring a format change. The regional leagues went down to three weeks from six and the two divisions of each region will be played one after another instead of simultaneously.

• Read 5 things to keep in mind about the DPC 2022-23 season

January 9

Dmitry "DM" Dorokhin arrived at OG after spending the past couple of months inactive in the Virtus.pro roster. He replaced Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf in the offlane.

Team Liquid completed its lineup with Michał "Nisha" Jankowski assuming the mid-lane role left open by Lasse "MATUMBAMAN" Urpalainen's retirement. After bidding farewell to Nisha, Team Secret introduced Miroslav "BOOM" Bičan as the new mid-player, finalizing the roster. 

• 15:00 CET Tundra EsportsvsOG
• 18:00 CET Team LiquidvsTeam Secret

January 10

Shopify Rebellion has entered the NA Dota scene and picked up the former EG roster, with the addition of Jonáš "SabeRLight-" Volek as well.

• 03:00 CET Shopify RebellionvsThiuth Gaming

January 11

  Alliance signed a full SA stack, Alliance.LATAM, in addition to their EU one.

• 0:00 CET Alliance LATAMvsInfinity

January 12

PSG.LGD brought in young talent from EHOME and CDEC for the 2023 Dota Pro Circuit season. Both EHOME and PSG.LGD ended their first weeks with a 4:0 record. 

• 09:00 CET EHOMEvsPSG.LGD

TI11 Champion with Team Spirit, Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Khertek not only decided to part ways with his teammates but also made a rather interesting role swap. This season he will be playing under the BetBoom Team banner as position 5 support.

• 12:00 CET - Virtus.provsBetBoom Team

Three of the TI11 Thunder Awaken players and two from beastcoast will now compete under the Evil Geniuses banner.

• 18:00 CET InfinityvsEvil Geniuses

January 13

SEA organization Blacklist will make its Dota 2 debut picking up a full Filipino squad.

• 12:00 CET FnaticvsBlacklist International

January 14

Danil “Dendi” Ishutin's new B8 team 3/4 full of Ukrainian players will now be competing in NA.

• 03:00 CET B8vsWildcard Gaming

Winter Tour

• Division 1 Regional League Tournament: January 9-29, 2023
• Division 2 Regional League Tournament: January 30 - February 19, 2023
• Major Tournament: February 24 - March 5, 2023

While five of the six regions are set to begin the Winter Tour on the 9th of January, China Regional League started things off a few days earlier and will play 9 series across four days, closing the first week of the Winter Tour before the rest of the region will even begin.

• Read Dota Pro Circuit is back, China starts early