Valve and Perfect World announced punishments Thursday for 46 players and removed five teams from China’s Dota Pro Circuit for integrity violations.

The punishments ranged from one-year suspensions to permanent bans and were a response to cheating and match-fixing allegations during the DPC Winter Tour.

Of the 46 players involved, 21 received permanent bans and 25 drew one- or two-year suspensions.

Due to esports integrity violations, the following players are now Valve and Perfect World-banned. The details are as follows. In cases of a discrepancy, the Chinese version of this announcement shall prevail (available here: https://t.co/cXMQKlvANd) pic.twitter.com/qair8d68OJ

— Perfect World Esports (@PWRDEsports) March 9, 2023

The five teams booted from the upcoming Spring Tour were Antarctic Penguins (formerly Knights), EHOME, Solitude (formerly Dawn Gaming), Kylin Esports Club (formerly LBZS) and Team Mystique.

–Field Level Media