DreamLeague Season 26 will be the last chance for teams to qualify for this year’s Dota 2 championship in the Esports World Cup 2025. With 29,200 EPT Points available for teams to secure qualification to EWC, the qualified teams have everything to play for. Every team’s performance in this tournament will also play a big part in receiving an invite to The International 2025.
Featuring a prize pool of $1,000,000, DreamLeague 26 will set up the road to The International with only a few tournaments remaining for teams to showcase their prowess for an invitation to TI14. Given that Patch 7.38 was released almost three months ago, we might get to see a new patch around the time of the tournament.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 2 tournament.
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Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 26 teams
Sixteen teams will compete for the Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 26 trophy. While four teams have qualified directly based on their EPT points, the remaining 12 teams had to go through regional qualifiers to secure a place at the tournament. Here’s the full list of teams and their roster, along with how they qualified for DreamLeague Season 26:
| Team | Roster | Qualification process |
|---|---|---|
| PARIVISION | Satanic, No[o]ne-, DM, 9Class, Dukalis | EPT Points |
| BetBoom Team | Pure-, gpk, MieRo`, Save-, Kataomi` | EPT Points |
| Team Falcons | skiter, Malr1ne, ATF, Cr1t-, Sneyking | EPT Points |
| Team Liquid | miCKe, Nisha, SaberLight, Boxi, Insania | EPT Points |
| NAVI Junior | gotthejuice, Niku, pma, Zayac, Riddys | Regional Qualifiers – Western Europe |
| Gaimin Gladiators | watson, Quinn, Ace, tOfu, Malady | Regional Qualifiers – Western Europe |
| AVULUS | Smiling Knight, Mo13ei, Xibbe, dEsire, SoNNeikO | Regional Qualifiers – Western Europe |
| Aurora Gaming | Nightfall, kiyotaka, TORONTOTOKYO, Mira, panto | Regional Qualifiers – Eastern Europe |
| Nigma Galaxy | Ghost, SumaiL, No!ob, Omar, GH | Regional Qualifiers – MESWA |
| BOOM Esports | JaCkky, Armel, Jabz, TIMS, Jaunuel | Regional Qualifiers – Southeast Asia |
| Talon Esports | TBD, Mikoto, Ws, Jhocam, Kuku | Regional Qualifiers – Southeast Asia |
| Shopify Rebellion | Timado, Yopaj, Pakazs, Hellscream, skem | Regional Qualifiers – North America |
| OG.LATAM | K1, DarkMago, ILICH-, Elmisho, MoOz | Regional Qualifiers – South America |
| Edge | payk, PiPi, Vitaly, Michael, Yadomi | Regional Qualifiers – South America |
| Xtreme Gaming | Ame, Xm, Xxs, XinQ, poloson | Regional Qualifiers – China |
| Yakult Brothers | flyfly, Emo, zeal, Pyw, Oli- | Regional Qualifiers – China |
Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 26 schedule and format
Similar to previous iterations of DreamLeague, Season 26 will feature two separate group stages before heading to the playoffs. The first group stage will kick off on May 19, 2025, from where the top eight teams will make their way into the second group stage, while the bottom eight teams will be eliminated from the tournament.
A total of four teams will make their way into the playoffs after the second group stage, as the top two placed teams will fight it out in the upper-bracket final for a spot in the Grand Final. However, the third and fourth-placed teams from the second group stage will start their playoff journey from the lower-bracket semi-final, while all the teams placed between fifth and eighth in the second group stage will be eliminated after this point.
Here’s the full schedule for all the matches from the first group stage of the tournament:
Group A
| Match | Date | Time (CDT) |
|---|---|---|
| Team Liquid vs BetBoom Team | May 19 | 5am |
| Nigma Galaxy vs Shopify Rebellion | May 19 | 5am |
| Xtreme Gaming vs BOOM Esports | May 19 | 5am |
| Aurora vs OG.LATAM | May 19 | 5am |
| Team Liquid vs Nigma Galaxy | May 19 | 10am |
| BOOM Esports vs Aurora Gaming | May 19 | 10am |
| OG.LATAM vs BetBoom Team | May 19 | 10am |
| Shopify Rebellion vs Xtreme Gaming | May 19 | 10am |
| Nigma Galaxy vs Aurora Gaming | May 20 | 5am |
| Shopify Rebellion vs BetBoom Team | May 20 | 5am |
| Team Liquid vs Xtreme Gaming | May 20 | 5am |
| BOOM Esports vs OG.LATAM | May 20 | 5am |
| Team Liquid vs Aurora Gaming | May 20 | 10am |
| Nigma Galaxy vs OG.LATAM | May 20 | 10am |
| Xtreme Gaming vs BetBoom Team | May 20 | 10am |
| Shopify Rebellion vs BOOM Esports | May 20 | 10am |
| BetBoom Team vs Aurora Gaming | May 21 | 5am |
| Team Liquid vs Shopify Rebellion | May 21 | 5am |
| BOOM Esports vs Nigma Galaxy | May 21 | 5am |
| OG.LATAM vs Xtreme Gaming | May 21 | 5am |
| BetBoom Team vs Nigma Galaxy | May 21 | 10am |
| OG.LATAM vs Shopify Rebellion | May 21 | 10am |
| Team Liquid vs BOOM Esports | May 21 | 10am |
| Aurora Gaming vs Xtreme Gaming | May 21 | 10am |
| Xtreme Gaming vs Nigma Galaxy | May 22 | 5am |
| Team Liquid vs OG.LATAM | May 22 | 5am |
| BetBoom Team vs BOOM Esports | May 22 | 5am |
| Aurora Gaming vs Shopify Rebellion | May 22 | 5am |
Group B
| Match | Date | Time (CDT) |
|---|---|---|
| PARIVISION vs Team Falcons | May 19 | 7:30am |
| Yakult Brothers vs NAVI Junior | May 19 | 7:30am |
| Gaimin Gladiators vs Edge | May 19 | 7:30am |
| AVULUS vs Talon Esports | May 19 | 7:30am |
| Team Falcons vs Gaimin Gladiators | May 19 | 12:30pm |
| NAVI Junior vs AVULUS | May 19 | 12:30pm |
| PARIVISION vs Talon Esports | May 19 | 12:30pm |
| Edge vs Yakult Brothers | May 19 | 12:30pm |
| Talon Esports vs Team Falcons | May 20 | 7:30am |
| PARIVISION vs Yakult Brothers | May 20 | 7:30am |
| AVULUS vs Gaimin Gladiators | May 20 | 7:30am |
| NAVI Junior vs Edge | May 20 | 7:30am |
| PARIVISION vs Gaimin Gladiators | May 20 | 12:30pm |
| Yakult Brothers vs Team Falcons | May 20 | 12:30pm |
| Talon Esports vs NAVI Junior | May 20 | 12:30pm |
| AVULUS vs Edge | May 20 | 12:30pm |
| PARIVISION vs AVULUS | May 21 | 7:30am |
| NAVI Junior vs Gaimin Gladiators | May 21 | 7:30am |
| Edge vs Team Falcons | May 21 | 7:30am |
| Talon Esports vs Yakult Brothers | May 21 | 7:30am |
| Gaimin Gladiators vs Yakult Brothers | May 21 | 12:30pm |
| PARIVISION vs NAVI Junior | May 21 | 12:30pm |
| Team Falcons vs AVULUS | May 21 | 12:30pm |
| Edge vs Talon Esports | May 21 | 12:30pm |
| Yakult Brothers vs AVULUS | May 22 | 7:30am |
| Gaimin Gladiators vs Talon Esports | May 22 | 7:30am |
| Team Falcons vs NAVI Junior | May 22 | 7:30am |
| PARIVISION vs Edge | May 22 | 7:30am |
All the matches from the first group stage will feature best-of-twos, and teams will proceed to the next round based on their performance in this stage. We will update this section with the results and standings once the matches are underway. Additionally, the schedule for the rest of the tournament will be revealed as we progress through the multiple stages of DreamLeague Season 26.
Where to watch the Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 26
DreamLeague is famous for streaming multiple matches simultaneously during the group stage. You can catch all of these matches live across the various Twitch channels of ESL as listed here:
You can also check out all the VODs of the matches on the ESL Dota 2 YouTube channel.
Published: May 18, 2025 09:18 pm