Here is everything we know about Dota 2’s latest tier 1 tournament, Elite League.
Elite League is another tier 1 tournament on the horizon, hosting a million-dollar prize pool. This online tournament is organized by FISSURE and ESB (Electronic Sports Broadcasting), bringing one more premium competition in the tier 1 scene. Find out all about Elite League below!
All 24 Elite League teams
A total of 24 teams will participate in this tournament. Eight are directly invited to the round-robin stage (Group Stage 2) while the other sixteen (six invited and ten from qualifiers) are seeded into Group Stage 1. Here are all the participants:
- Team Spirit
- BetBoom Team
- Team Liquid
- Gaimin Gladiators
- Team Falcons
- Xtreme Gaming
- Azure Ray
LGD Gaming(Withdraws due to hiatus)
Swiss Stage teams
- OG
- Tundra Esports
- Aurora
- HEROIC
- Virtus.pro
- PSG Quest
- Entity (WEU Qualifier)
- Rest Farmers (WEU Qualifier)
- Kev (China Qualifier)
- Nigma Galaxy (MENA Qualifier)
- Blacklist International (SEA Qualifier)
- Talon Esports (SEA Qualifier)
- nouns (NA Qualifier)
- 9Pandas (EEU Qualifier)
- BOOM Esports (SA Qualifier)
Elite League Qualifier: Slots and dates
Region | Slot | Closed Qualifier | OQ #2 | OQ #1 |
North America | 1 | March 11 - 15 | March 8 - 9 | March 6 - 7 |
South America | 1 | March 11 - 15 | March 8 - 9 | March 6 - 7 |
Western Europe | 2 | March 11 - 15 | March 8 - 9 | March 6 - 7 |
Eastern Europe | 1 | March 11 - 15 | March 8 - 9 | March 6 - 7 |
Middle East and North Africa | 1 | March 11 - 13 | March 8 - 9 | - |
China | 1 | March 11 - 15 | March 8 - 9 | March 6 - 7 |
Southeast Asia | 2 | March 11 - 15 | March 8 - 9 | March 6 - 7 |
Elite League dates and schedule
This tournament will take place starting March 31 until April 15, 2024. The first Group Stage runs from March 31 to April 4, then the second Group Stage continues from April 5 to 11. The Playoffs will conclude the tournament from April 13 to 15.
Elite League will occur after DreamLeague Season 22 ends on March 10. This massive tour will also overlap with the ESB x Qatar Esports Federation Tour #1 which starts on April 3. You can check the full list of upcoming Dota 2 tournaments below!
Tournament format
Elite League is separated into three parts, the Swiss Stage (Group Stage 1), Round-Robin Group Stage (Group Stage 2), and the Playoffs. The Swiss Stage will see sixteen teams clash in a BO3 and only the top eight will advance to the next round. Next is the Round-Robin Stage where two groups clash in the BO2 round-robin format. Top two teams with the highest points in each group advance to the upper bracket and the 3rd-4th teams drop to the lower bracket of the Playoffs. The Playoffs host the standard BO3 double-elimination format with the grand finals hosting a BO5.
FISSURE is an Eastern European tournament organizer that began to rapidly host tournaments in 2022. Its most notable tournament was the recent BetBoom Dacha Dubai which was the first LAN tournament of 2024. FISSURE will be collaborating with ESB, a prominent tournament organizer that mainly handled the South American Dota 2 pro scene.
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