Tundra has withdrawn from DreamLeague season 26, with the team looking to get some well deserved rest ahead of the Esports World Cup 2025.
The Esports organisation has already guaranteed a spot the World Cup this year and with no real reason to head to DreamLeague season 26, they decided it would be best to let players rest during a busy schedule.
Tundra withdraws from DreamLeague Season 26
The London-based team took to X at the end of last week to confirm their absence in the upcoming tournament.
About DreamLeague. pic.twitter.com/WJae9axjLV
— TUNDRA (@TundraEsports) May 2, 2025
In Tundra’s absence, Team NAVI Junior will take over at the Dota 2 event. The Junior side is comprised of academy players from popular Ukrainian esports organisation ‘NAVI’.
The Tier 1 tournament will take place from May 19th to June 1st 2025.
Tundra has not got away with withdrawing from the tournament completely, as event organisers ESL announced that the team would get a minor punishment for the late scratch.
ESL deducted 20% of Tundra’s current EPT points which are used for qualification to the Esports World Cup 2025.
There is enough of a gap between Tundra in sixth place of the qualification table and everyone else below them that the team could afford to take the 20% hit and still guarantee a spot at the World Cup this year.
Tundra still competing elsewhere
While they have chosen to not take part in the DreamLeague Season 26 event, Tundra is still playing this week in BLAST Slam #3.
Tundra are the reigning champions of the BLAST tournament, as in February they won a total of $400,000 in prize money after finishing first.
Hello Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Our champs are prepping for a long day of groups tomorrow!
We’ll share our scheduled games first thing in the morning. pic.twitter.com/yd30n8SNNF
— TUNDRA (@TundraEsports) May 5, 2025
The team hasn’t won anything since that however podium finishes at DreamLeague S25, PGL Wallachia S3, ESL One Raleigh 2025 and PGL Wallachia S4 has earned the organisation over $500,000 in prize money taking their total for 2025 to $1,345,000.
Of course a win at the Esports World Cup this year could play a huge role in this season’s total winnings with a record $70m (£54.8m) prize pool on offer.
Tundra’s current roster consists of Remco “Crystallis” Arets, Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov, Neta “33” Shapira, Matthew “Whitemon” Filemon and Martin “Saksa” Sazdov who are all playing in BLAST Slam #3.
