The longest-running Dota 2 esports league is back once again, as DreamLeague powered by Intel enters its 23rd season, with a UK caster involved, plus UK-headquartered org Tundra.
The week-long online tournament will be kicking off on May 20th, and will feature the best teams in the world competing to claim the coveted title and take home the lion’s share of the $1m total prize pool.
The winning team will also receive 6,000 of the 26,100 available ESL Pro Tour (EPT) Points with which they will take a big leap towards the top of the EPT Leaderboard. At the end of the EPT season, the eight squads placed highest on the leaderboard will secure a spot in Riyadh Masters at the inaugural season of Esports World Cup (EWC), with 12 more spots available through regional qualifiers, for a total of twenty.
BetBoom Team, Team Falcons, Xtreme Gaming, Gaimin Gladiators, and Team Liquid are all guaranteed to qualify for Riyadh Masters based on their current EPT Point tallies, leaving just three leaderboard spots up for grabs.
Here is all you need to know about DreamLeague Season 23 powered by Intel:
DreamLeague Season 23 Teams
Group A
- Aurora
- Gaimin Gladiators
- HEROIC
- PSG Quest
- Team Liquid
- Xtreme Gaming
Group B
- Azure Ray
- BetBoom Team
- Natus Vincere
- Shopify Rebellion
- Team Falcons
- Tundra Esports
Schedule and Format for DreamLeague Season 23
DreamLeague Season 23 will take place online from May 20th to 26th 2024. The tournament will begin with the Group Stage which will see two groups of six elite Dota 2 teams face off against each other in a round-robin format.
The top four teams from each group will then progress to the Playoffs, where they’ll be competing in a double-elimination bracket.
The two best teams will face off in the Grand Finals in a fight for the $300,000 grand prize as well as the coveted title.
Group Stage (May 20 – 22)
The twelve teams will be split into two round-robin groups of six. From there, each series will consist of two games, with the top four teams from each group advancing to the Playoffs.
Playoffs (May 23 – 25)
The top eight teams will compete in a double-elimination bracket. The winner of the Upper Bracket Final will proceed to the Grand Final, while the loser will have one last chance at redemption in the Lower Bracket Final.
Grand Final (May 26)
The final match is a best-of-five series, where the winning team will be crowned DreamLeague Season 23 Champions, taking home the top prize of $300,000, and 6,000 EPT points.
Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 23 broadcast talent: casters and analysts confirmed
One UK caster is involved: ODPixel, who we recently interviewed at ESL One Birmingham 2024.
- Hosts
- Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
- Tsunami (Neal Khandheria)
- Commentators
- Cap (Austin Walsh)
- SVG (Avery Silverman)
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
- Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
- Slacks (Jake Kanner)
- syndereN (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen)
- Analysts
- Ephey (Mira Riad)
- Purge (Kevin Godec)
- KheZu (Maurice Gutmann)
- Fear (Clinton Loomis)
- BSJ (Brian Canavan)
Prize Money and EPT Points from DreamLeague Season 23
| Prize Money | EPT Points | |
| TOTAL | $1,000,000 | 26,100 |
| 1st | $300,000 | 6,000 |
| 2nd | $175,000 | 5,000 |
| 3rd | $120,000 | 4,000 |
| 4th | $85,000 | 3,200 |
| 5th – 6th | $57,500 | 2,200 |
| 7th – 8th | $47,500 | 1,000 |
| 9th – 10th | $30,000 | 500 |
| 11th – 12th | $25,000 | 250 |
Where to watch
DreamLeague Season 23 will be streamed live on the ESL Dota 2 Twitch and YouTube channels, and via dedicated broadcast partners, from May 20th to 26th.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
