DreamLeague Season 26: Your Viewer’s Guide
Are you ready for more S-Tier Dota 2 esports action following BLAST Slam III? Then you are in for a treat, as DreamLeague Season 26, part of the ESL Pro Tour, brings together some of the world’s best teams to compete for a massive prize pool and crucial EPT points. Let’s dive in and look at the most important details for this event.
DreamLeague Season 26 details
DreamLeague Season 26 is an online tournament boasting a huge prize pool of $1 million. At the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate, that’s roughly R18.3 million. Teams are competing on the Europe West servers from 19 May to 1 June 2025.
The tournament features three stages of competition, which we’ve outlined below for your convenience:
- Group Stage 1 (19 to 22 May): Sixteen teams are split into two groups of eight. Teams compete in a single round-robin format with best-of-two matches. The top four teams from each group advance to the next stage, while the bottom four are eliminated.
- Group Stage 2 (24 to 28 May): The remaining eight teams are placed into a single round-robin group. All matches are best-of-three. The top two teams secure spots in the upper bracket of the Playoffs, the 3rd and 4th place teams proceed to the lower bracket, and the remaining teams are eliminated.
- Playoffs (May 30 to June 1): A double-elimination bracket featuring the top four teams from Group Stage 2. Matches are best-of-three, leading up to the Grand Final. The Grand Final will be a best-of-five series to crown the champion.
Teams Competing:
Check out a full list of the teams competing at DreamLeague Season 26 below.
- Team Liquid
- BetBoom Team
- Team Falcons
- PARIVISION
- Gaimin Gladiators
- NAVI Junior
- AVULUS
- Aurora Gaming
- Shopify Rebellion
- Talon Esports
- BOOM Esports
- OG.LATAM
- Edge
- Xtreme Gaming
- Yakult’s Brothers
- Nigma Galaxy
Catch all the DreamLeague Season 26 action live on the official ESL Dota 2 Twitch channel. Stay tuned to ESC as we’ll bring you the results of the tournament, and all the upcoming S-Tier Dota 2 esports events for that matter.
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