DreamLeague

Season 21

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Sept 18th - 24th, 2023

Already 21 Seasons!

It's been a fantastic year for Dota, and it's about to get even better.

September 18th will set us off on a week of top tier international Dota on the new 7.34b patch, accompanied by the Pogchamp Pandas, with a new format and everything to play for.

The last premier Dota event this year before The International begins in Seattle, we're flying 12 of the best teams from around the world into Europe to compete online for a staggering $1,000,000 prize pool.

Our Teams

Teams Info Coming Soon!

Our Teams

 

Curious about how it works? Check out our explanation on the Dota 2 EPT 'Ranking' page.

Team Spirit

EEU Slot 1

Talon

SEA Slot 1

evil geniuses

SA Slot 1

9Pandas

EEU Slot 2

Team Liquid

WEU Slot 2

BetBoom Team

EEU Slot 3

Tundra Esports

WEU Slot 3

Quest Esports

WEU Slot 4

OG

WEU Slot 5

Entity

WEU Slot 6

Format

We're changing things up!

After taking a look at the schedule, we found a spot in mid-September that would be perfect for a quick DreamLeague season - that also meant we needed to change up our format.

Season 21 will be 7 days long. From 2 group stages with 4 streams, our group stage will be 2 and a half days of 3 streams, before we get into some intense double elimination playoffs action to crown our new champions.

Here's how it breaks down:

The Tournament

  • Two round-robin groups featuring six teams each
  • Matches are all played in a two game series
    • Two BO1's played consecutively
  • 2 teams are eliminated from each bracket, with the final 8 advancing.
  • Eight team double elimination bracket
  • Four teams start upper bracket, four teams lower
  • All matches are best-of-three, except Grand Finals, which is best-of-five

the Prize Pool

  • Total - $1,000,000
  • 1st - $300,000
  • 2nd - $175,000
  • 3rd - $120,000
  • 4th - $85,000
  • 5th - $60,000
  • 6th - $55,000
  • 7th - $50,000
  • 8th - $45,000
  • 9th - $30,000
  • 10th - $30,000
  • 11th - $25,000
  • 12th - $25,000

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Talents

Here are the incredible talent bringing you all of the action live in September!
on-site
Sheever

Sheever

Desk Host
Tsunami

Tsunami

Desk Host
Jenkins

Jenkins

Co-Host
cynderen

Synderen

Co-Host
Ephey

Ephey

Analyst
Purge

Purge

Analyst
Khezu

Khezu

Analyst
Lacoste

Lacoste

Analyst
Fear

Fear

Analyst
ODPixel

ODPixel

Caster
Cap

Cap

Caster
Fogged

Fogged

Caster
SVG

SVG

Caster
remote
SeekNStrike Headshot

SeeknStrike

Caster
Winter (1)

WinteR

Caster
Gareth (1)

Gareth

Caster
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Waga

Caster
Rkryptic Headshot

Rkryptic

Caster
20210213_Stephanie-Lindgren_DreamLeague_S14-DPC-EU_00754

Teaguv

Caster
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Johnxfire

Caster
MLP Headshot2

MLP

Caster
our observers
Gomeasy Headshot

Gomeasy

In-Game Director
JJ

JJ

In-Game Director
Skrff Headshot

Skrff

Main Stream Obs
weppas headshot

Weppas

Main Stream Obs
PTP Headshot

PTP

Ember/Storm Obs
pablo headshot

Pablo

Ember/Storm Obs
elizliza

Elizaliza

Translator

Mandarin

tovar

Tovar

Translator

Spanish

FAQs

Due to the short time-frame for us to bring the final two teams to the event, it was no longer possible for us to invite teams outside of Europe because of the visa process that they would have to go through.

Out of the two regions, the next two slots for teams belonged to WEU.

There simply wasn't enough time for the longer format of Seasons 19 & 20, so to fit this Season into the schedule we had to try something different!

We know this new format (like any) will have its unique benefits and drawbacks, and as always we'd love to get your feedback, both on our socials and in our Reddit thread after the event!

With the ESL Pro Tour for Dota 2 we want to complement Valve’s DPC ecosystem while supporting the Dota 2 scene and helping it grow.

You can find our Community Streaming Guidelines here.

Although it's something we would have liked to include, there will be no qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 21.

For more information on our EPT Ranking and Invite system, please head to the EPT ‘Ranking’ page

There are no plans currently to have live audiences at DreamLeague events, as they will be entirely online events with teams flown in to various countries in Europe to compete.

Reach out to us on Twitter@ESLDota2!

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