DreamLeague Season 19: Schedule, results, where to watch

ESL’s exciting competitive circuit, ESL Pro Tour, is here! DreamHack’s DreamLeague Season 19 features notable Dota 2 teams from across the world. For this tournament, teams are flown to Europe to compete in a LAN environment, however, ESL states that the tournament’s setting will be online.

DreamLeague Season 19 begins on April 9 and ends on April 23, 2023. The tournament spans 2 weeks in which tons of matches will be played out in a compact format.

Check out DreamLeague Season 19’s schedule and results here!

Where to watch DreamLeague Season 19 live

ESL will stream DreamLeague S19 live on its Twitch channel. We have embedded the main stream (Stream A) below!

DreamLeague S19 schedule

The teams are divided into two groups, Group A and Group B. For Group Stage 1, there will be four simultaneous matches playing, first in Group A and then Group B – and repeat. All matches are BO2. For Group Stage 2, the final 8 teams will clash in a group. All matches are BO3.

*All dates and times are in SGT (Singapore Time Zone).

Group Stage 2

April 14

April 15

April 16

April 17

April 18

April 19

April 20

Group Stage 1

April 9

April 10

April 11

April 12

April 13

Groups distribution

Prize pool distribution

DreamLeague Season 19 offers a hefty $1 million USD prize pool. The winner grabs the biggest slice – $300K USD and a direct invite to the Riyadh Masters. Take a look at the prize pool distribution below.

All teams in DreamLeague Season 19

There are 16 teams in DreamLeague Season 19 including renowned TI champions and dark horses. Here is a list of teams that’ll go to Europe to compete for the lucrative prize money.

• Gaimin Gladiators
• Tundra Esports
• Team Liquid
• Entity
• OG
• Shopify Rebellion
• Nouns
• TSM
• Talon Esports
• Execration
• Evil Geniuses
• beastcoast
• Team Spirit
• HellRaisers
• PSG.LGD
• Team Aster

What’s the circuit format?

The DreamLeague Season 19 will have three phases.

The first phase is Group Stage 1. All sixteen teams will be divided into two groups of eight teams each. The groups will clash in a round-robin BO2. The top four teams with the highest scores advance to Group Stage 2 and the bottom 5th – 8th will be eliminated.

The second phase is Group Stage 2. The remaining eight teams will clash in a group with BO3 matches. The 1st – 2nd place teams advance to the Upper Bracket in the Playoffs, meanwhile the 3rd and 4th drop to the Lower Bracket. The 5th – 8th teams face elimination.

The Playoffs is the final phase of DreamLeague S19. This phase will pit the final four teams in a double-elimination bracket. All matches are BO3 except for the Grand Final, which will be a BO5.

Winner gets a slot at the Riyadh Masters

Riyadh Masters is the grand finale of the ESL Pro Tour. DreamLeague Season 19 is the first league, followed by DreamLeague Season 20 which will take place in June, 2023. Riyadh Masters begins in July, 2023, and will feature a gigantic prize pool of $15 million USD. Read more about the ESL Pro Tour here.

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