General info

LPL is proud to bring you the Dota 2 HSL Holiday Cup! This is a one time event held very shortly after secondary school exams in both Australia and New Zealand.

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2018 Holiday Cup Champions: Lynfield College!

It is an opportunity for secondary school students to compete in a competitive esports environment working together as a team and representing their school in a game they love, while competing for a $1,000 prize pool! Teams must be made up of only students from the same school and they must have a supervising teacher in order to participate. Teams will also compete to the standards held by HSL – which promote teamwork, sportsmanship and respect.

Registrations are now CLOSED. You can find the official ruleset here.

Qualifying Weekend – 1st and 2nd December
Teams will be seeded randomly into a single elimination best of one bracket and will compete over the weekend of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December. Games will begin at 12pm AEDT on Saturday and run until either 6pm AEDT or until only 2 teams remain. If necessary any remaining matches will be played out on Sunday (2nd) until there are 2 teams remaining.

Grand Finals – 8th December
The final two teams that are left at the end of the Qualifying Weekend will compete in a best of three series. The games will be broadcast to the HSL Twitch page from 12pm AEDT with expert commentary for players, teachers, parents and more to view.