Your viewer’s guide to DreamLeague Season 27
While BLAST Slam V was the last top-tier LAN event of the year, there’s still one more big, online event considered Tier 1 for Dota 2 esports fans to enjoy…and it starts this week. Here’s what you must know about DreamLeague Season 27 so you don’t miss any of the action.
DreamLeague Season 27 event details
DreamLeague Season 27 takes place entirely online (Europe West servers), and runs from 10 to 21 December 2025. Teams are competing for their share of the $1 million prize pool, which is roughly R17 million at the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate.
The Dota 2 action begins with a Swiss Stage, where all 24 teams will compete across six Swiss rounds. All matches in this stage are BO3. The top eight teams advance to the Playoffs Stage, while the bottom 16 teams are eliminated. Featuring a double-elimination bracket, the Playoffs Stage runs from 17 to 21 December 2025, with a best-of-five Grand Final, and all other matches being best-of-three. f
DreamLeague Season 27 is the most ambitious tournament of its kind to date, boasting a whopping 24 teams instead of 16 in past seasons. 11 Dota 2 teams have received direct invites, while the others have qualified via regional qualifiers. Check out the complete team’s list below, including, where applicable, which regional qualifier the teams made it through. The first 11 here are the direct invites.
- PARIVISION
- Team Spirit
- Aurora Gaming
- Tundra Esports
- HEROIC
- Xtreme Gaming
- Nigma Galaxy
- Team Falcons
- Team Liquid
- OG
- BetBoom Team
- Virtus.pro (WEU)
- NAVI (WEU)
- MOUZ (WEU)
- Runa Team (EEU)
- BOOM Esports (SEA)
- GamerLegion (SA)
- TaiLung Mafia (NA)
- Yakult Brothers (China)
- 1w Team (Division 2 S1)
- Pipsqueak+4 (Division 2 S1)
- Team Yandix (Division 2 S1)
- Passion UA (Division 2 S1)
- Team Tidebound (Division 2 S2)
Catch all the DreamLeague Season 27 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 top-tier Dota 2 esports events in the foreseeable future.
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