DreamLeague Season 21. Tournament Details

DreamLeague Season 21 is the last Dota 2 tournament before The International 12. It will be a training ground for teams to test their strategies and techniques before the main event of the year. Twelve teams from five different regions will take part in the championship. They will fight for the title of champion and a solid prize fund throughout the week. The material of Telecomasia.net presents the format of DreamLeague Season 21 and tells you about the tournament favorites.

DreamLeague Season 21 starts on September 18. The first four days are for the group stage. All participants will be divided into two groups of six teams each.

The group stage matches are bo-2, round robin format. The top two teams will qualify for the upper bracket of the playoffs. The next two teams go to the losers' bracket. The two worst teams in each group will leave the tournament.

DreamLeague Season 21 playoffs will begin on September 21. It will use the Double-elimination system. All matches are bo-3, and the grand finals are bo-5. The championship will end on September 24.

DreamLeague Season 21 will be held online on European servers. This means that the matches will start in the morning (GMT+3) and continue until the evening. The full schedule of the tournament is not known at the moment.

DreamLeague Season 21 has a prize pool of $1 million. This is quite a lot of money for a Dota 2 tournament, because even the majors only offer $500,000. Moreover, every team that takes part in the championship is guaranteed to get the money. The distribution of the DreamLeague Season 21 prize pool is presented in the table below.

DreamLeague Season 21 will feature 12 teams from five regions. Six teams will represent Europe, three teams will represent the CIS. Southeast Asia, North and South America will be represented by one team each. Note that all of them, except OG, will also play at The International 12. The full list of DreamLeague Season 21 participants is below:

• Gaimin Gladiators;
• Team Liquid;
• Tundra Esports;
• Quest Esports;
• Entity;
• OG;
• Team Spirit;
• 9 Pandas;
• BetBoom Team;
• Talon Esports;
• Shopify Rebellion;
• Evil Geniuses.

DreamLeague Season 21 will feature plenty of strong teams, many of which are aiming for the championship. 1xBet singles out Gaimin Gladiators as the main favorite of the tournament. It has the least faith in OG, with the odds on their victory of 42. The list of the main favorites of DreamLeague Season 21 according to 1xBet, is presented below:

• Gaimin Gladiators (3.02);
• BetBoom Team (6.12);
• Tundra Esports (6.62);
• Team Liquid (7.1);
• Team Spirit (7.33).

The main favorite for DreamLeague Season 21 is Gaimin Gladiators. The team has won five major international tournaments since the beginning of the year, three of which were majors. This roster is now the best in Dota 2, and they keep proving it at each tournament. There is no doubt that the Gladiators will demonstrate great play at DreamLeague Season 21 and will most likely win another championship.

The main rival of Gaimin Gladiators since the beginning of the year is Team Liquid. They also show a great game at almost every tournament, reach the grand finals and lose to the Gladiators there. This time the Liquids will try to change the story and beat Gaimin Gladiators. However, we should not forget that at DreamLeague Season 21 teams will be mostly practicing before The International, rather than trying to win. So the tournament could also turn out to be a failure for Team Liquid.

The CIS will be represented by three strong teams at DreamLeague Season 21. These are Team Spirit, 9 Pandas and BetBoom Team. Each of them showed a good game during the year and won high places at major tournaments. For example, Team Spirit became the champion of Riyadh Masters 2023. BetBoom Team was second at DreamLeague Season 20 and fifth-sixth at Riyadh Masters 2023. And 9 Pandas was ranked 3rd at ESL One Berlin Major 2023, 5th-6th at ESL One Berlin Major 2023, 7th at DreamLeague Season 20 and 5th-6th at Riyadh Masters 2023. So all three teams can make it very far in this tournament as well.