After PGL and BLAST's announcements, ESL has revealed their plan for Dota 2 in 2025. There has been five tournaments planned.
ESL announced their 2025 tournament plans at the X today. Even though 2024 hasn’t met its halfway mark, this famous tournament organizer already has five top-tier events planned for Dota 2 in 2025.
ESL Pro Tour for Dota 2 in 2025
According to ESL’s plans, they plan to host five Dota 2 tournaments in 2025. The first one will be in February and the last one will be in December. Similar to 2024, they will host two LAN tournaments, in Europe and Asia, whilst the other three will be online tournaments DreamLeague.
Notably, this news doesn’t mention the schedule of Riyadh Masters 2025. Maybe it’s because Riyadh Masters is not part of the ESL Pro Tour series. We shall wait for another announcement later.
The ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 calendar is as follows:
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| DreamLeague S25 | Feb. 16 – Mar. 2 |
| ESL One Europe | April |
| DreamLeague S26 | May 12 – May 25 |
| DreamLeague S27 | Nov. 3 – Nov. 9 |
| ESL One Asia | December |
Upcoming tournaments in 2025
Despite the fact that 2024 isn’t even halfway through, two other tournament organizers already announced their plans for next season’s Dota 2 season early on.
PGL has seven events planned, while BLAST has five events planned after announcing its entry into Dota 2. Add to the five tournaments that ESL has announced. It is guaranteed that the Dota 2 community will be treated well in the next two years.
The upcoming schedule for Dota 2 tournaments is as follows:
| Tournament | Year | Date |
|---|---|---|
| DreamLeague Season 23 | 2024 | May 20 – 26 |
| Esports World Cup | 2024 | July |
| ESB x Qatar Esports Federation Tour #2 | 2024 | July 22 – Aug 4 |
| The International 2024 | 2024 | September |
| PGL Dota 2 Wallachia Season 2 | 2024 | Oct 1 – 13 |
| BetBoom Dacha 2nd edition | 2024 | Oct 4 – 15 |
| DreamLeague Season 24 | 2024 | Oct 27 – Nov 10 |
| BLAST Dota 2 tournament | 2024 | Nov 26 – Dec 1 |
| ESB x Qatar Esports Federation Tour #3 | 2024 | Nov 26 – Dec 6 |
| ESL One Asia | 2024 | Dec 9 – 15 |
| DreamLeague S25 | 2025 | Feb. 16 – Mar. 2 |
| BLAST Tournament #2 | 2025 | Feb. 4 – 9 |
| PGL Tournament #1 | 2025 | Mar 6 – 15 |
| ESL One Europe | 2025 | April |
| PGL Tournament #2 | 2025 | Apr 18 – 27 |
| DreamLeague S26 | 2025 | May 12 – 25 |
| BLAST Tournament #3 | 2025 | May 6 – 11 |
| BLAST Tournament #4 | 2025 | Oct 14 – 19 |
| DreamLeague S27 | 2025 | Nov 3 – 9 |
| PGL Tournament #3 | 2025 | Nov 10 – 23 |
| BLAST Tournament #5 | 2025 | Nov 25 – 30 |
| ESL One Asia | 2025 | December |
| PGL Tournament #1 | 2026 | Mar 6 – 15 |
| PGL Tournament #2 | 2026 | Apr 17 – 26 |
| PGL Tournament #3 | 2026 | Nov 6 – 15 |
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