Serial winners.
It’s make-or-break season.
DreamLeague S21 commences, just a few weeks before The International 2023 is due to begin. Gaimin Gladiators — winners of three Majors and countless events — are the team to beat. But perennial grand finalists Team Liquid will be eager to seek revenge against their WEU rivals, and Team Spirit’s big win at the Riyadh Masters have put teams on high alert.
The Aegis isn’t at stake — but there’s still a lot of money to be won, and a lot of pride on the line.
What is the Dota 2 DreamLeagueS21tournament?
The 21st season of DreamLeague is the second tournament of the inaugural ESL Pro Tour. Teams are fighting for a US$1 million prize pool, as well as valuable practice heading into The International 12.
This will be an online tournament running from September 18 to 24.
Group A
Group B
(Group stage standings will be updated after each round of games)
Upper bracket semifinals
Lower bracket round 1
Lower bracket quarterfinal
Upper bracket final
Lower bracket semifinal
Lower bracket final
Grand final
(To be updated)
Format of DreamLeagueS21
The 12 competing are split into two groups of six, playing a best-of-two round-robin.
The top four teams from each group move on to the playoffs. The last two teams in each group are eliminated.
Teams are seeded according to their positions in the group starge — top two teams in the upper bracket, next two in the lower bracket.
The playoffs are a double-elimination bracket. All matches will be best-of-three, except for the best-of-five grand finals.
DreamLeagueS21prize pool
DreamLeague 20 has a US$1 million prize pool. But arguably, the bigger prize is a direct qualification to the US$15 million Riyadh Masters for the first-placed team.
Teams competing in DreamLeagueS21
12 teams will compete over the next week in this US$1 million tournament. We will be getting our first look at some revamped rosters as well, including Tundra Esports’ new midlaner Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen and OG’s Ivan “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov.
Where to watch DreamLeague S21
You can watch DreamLeague on the official Twitch andYouTube channels.
A total of three Twitch streams will be available during the group stage:
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