It’s all or nothing. DreamLeague Season 26 is the last chance to directly qualify for EWC 2025.
DreamLeague Season 26 is the last tournament of this season's ESL Pro Tour (EPT). Therefore, it's going to be the last opportunity for teams to gather the much-needed points to directly qualify for the Esports World Cup (EWC). With the last three slots in the table still disputed, teams will fight for the Top 4 spots of this tournament in the attempt of securing them.
One of them has Tundra Esports as a strong candidate. However, 20% of their points were deducted due to their decision to withdraw from the tournament. NaVi Junior will be taking their spot, a team with only 60 EPT Points. However, if they get to first place, and depending on other results, Tundra Esports could be lacking the qualifying points.
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DreamLeague Season 26 format and teams
DreamLeague is the only tournament that features two group stages, and the Season 26 is not an exception. For the first stage, all the games are best-of-two (Bo2). Teams are divided in two groups of eight teams each. So, all of the teams face each other once in their group, and the Top 4 with the most points will advance. The teams playing from this stage are:
Team Region How They Qualified | PARIVISION Eastern Europe EPT Leaderboard | BB Team Eastern Europe EPT Leaderboard | Team Falcons MESWA EPT Leaderboard | Team Liquid Western Europe Replacing Team Spirit | NaVi Junior Eastern Europe Replacing Tundra Esports | Gaimin Gladiators Western Europe Regional Qualifiers | AVULUS Western Europe Regional Qualifiers | Aurora Gaming Eastern Europe Regional Qualifiers | Nigma Galaxy MESWA Regional Qualifiers | BOOM Esports South East Asia Regional Qualifiers | Talon Esports South East Asia Regional Qualifiers | Shopify Rebellion North America Regional Qualifiers | OG.LATAM South America Regional Qualifiers | Edge South America Regional Qualifiers | Xtreme Gaming China Regional Qualifiers | Yakult Brothers China Regional Qualifiers |
The eight teams that make it to the second group stage will face each other in a best-of-three (Bo3) format. The same point system applies, allowing the Top 2 teams to play from the upper brackets, and the bottom two will have to go through the lower brackets. Then, four teams are eliminated.
The playoffs are much faster, consisting of three Bo3 and a best-of-five (Bo5) grand final.
DreamLeague Season 26 schedule, results, and standings
Group Stage 1
All match times are CEST (UTC +2).
May 19, Group A
- 12:00 - Liquid vs. BB | Nigma vs. Rebellion | XG vs. BOOM | Aurora vs. OG.L
- 17:00 - Liquid vs. Nigma | BOOM vs. Aurora | OG.L vs. BB | Rebellion vs. XG
May 19, Group B
- 14:30 - PARI vs. Falcons | Yakult vs. NaVi Jr. | GG vs. Edge | AVULUS vs. Talon
- 19:30 - Falcons vs. GG | Navi Jr. vs AVULUS | PARI vs. Talon | Edge vs. Yakult
May 20, Group A
- 12:00 - Nigma vs. Aurora | Rebellion vs. BB | Liquid vs. XG | BOOM vs. OG.L
- 17:00 - Liquid vs. Aurora | Nigma vs. OG.L | XG vs. BB | Rebellion vs. BOOM
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May 20, Group B
- 14:30 - Talon vs. Falcons | PARI vs. Yakult | AVULUS vs. GG | NaVi Jr. vs. Edge
- 19:30 - PARI vs. GG | Yakult vs. Falcons | Talon vs. NaVi Jr. | AVULUS vs. Edge
May 21, Group A
- 12:00 - BB vs. Aurora | Liquid vs. Rebellion | BOOM vs. Nigma | OG.L vs. XG
- 17:00 - BB vs. Nigma | OG.L vs. Rebellion | Liquid vs. BOOM | Aurora vs. XG
May 21, Group B
- 14:30 - PARI vs. AVULUS | NaVi Jr. vs. GG | Edge vs. Falcons | Talon vs. Yakult
- 19:30 - GG vs. Yakult | PARI vs. NaVi Jr. | Falcons vs. AVULUS | Edge vs. Talon
May 22, Group A
- 12:00 - XG vs. Nigma | Liquid vs. OG.L | BB vs. BOOM | Aurora vs. Rebellion
May 22, Group B
- 14:30 - Yakult vs. AVULUS | GG vs. Talon | Falcons vs. NaVi Jr. | PARI vs. Edge
Standings
Here are the full standings for DreamLeague Season 26 and their EPT earnings ahead of EWC 2025:
Placement Prize (USD) EPT Points Team(s) | 1st $250,000 4,620 TBD | 2nd $100,000 3,920 TBD | 3rd $80,000 3,325 TBD | 4th $60,000 2,450 TBD | 5th $45,000 1,785 TBD | 6th $35,000 1,610 TBD | 7th $30,000 840 TBD | 8th $25,000 560 TBD | 9th-10th $20,000 350 TBD | 11th-12th $17,500 175 TBD | 13th-14th $15,000 98 TBD | 15th-16th $10,000 42 TBD |
Streams: How to watch
The DreamLeague Season 26 is streamed on multiple platforms. Therefore, viewers are asked to select the channel that's airing their favorite game. The four channels used for the Group Stage 1 are:
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