All you need to know about DreamLeague Season 22 set to begin tomorrow, February 25th compiled in one place.
Last year, DreamLeague and ESL introduced the Pro Tour.
When ESL One introduced the ESL Pro Tour (EPT) to Dota 2 as well, the DreamLeague tournaments became a part of it, meaning that each season is awarding the teams not only a substantial prize in money, but also EPT points. With each ESL event, the EPT Leaderboard determines who gets a direct invite to the next EPT event and who has to go through open and/or closed qualifiers.
The upcoming DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham will determine which teams will secure a direct invite to this year’s Riyadh Masters event.
DreamLeague Season 22 attending teams
Gaimin Gladiators (EPT Leaderboard)
Team Liquid (EPT Leaderboard)
BetBoom Team (EPT Leaderboard)
Xtreme Gaming (EPT Leaderboard)
Azure Ray (China qualifiers)
G2.iG (China qualifiers)
Aurora Gaming (SEA qualifiers)
Team Spirit (EEU qualifiers)
Virtus.pro (EEU qualifiers)Klim Sani4 (EEU qualifiers)
OG (WEU qualifiers) 
Team Secret (WEU qualifiers) 
Tundra Esports (WEU qualifiers)
Heroic (SA qualifiers) 
Shopify Rebellion (NA qualifiers)
DreamLeague Season 22 groups
Group A
Group B
DreamLeague Season 22 opening matches
Group A
BetBoom Team
vs
Gaimin Gladiators February 25 12:00 CET
G2.iG
vs
OG February 25 12:00 CET
Azure Ray
vs
Team Falcons February 25 12:00 CET
Heroic
vs
Virtus.pro February 25 12:00 CET
Group B
Team Secret
vs
Xtreme Gaming February 25 14:30 CET
Team Spirit
vs
Tundra Esports February 25 14:30 CET
Aurora Gaming
vs
Shopify Rebellion February 25 14:30 CET
1win
vs
Team Liquid February 25 14:30 CET
DreamLeague Season 22 Format
- Group Stage 1 - February 25 - February 28, 2024
- Two single round-robin groups of eight teams each
- All series consist of two games
- Top four teams from each group advance to group stage 2
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Group Stage 2 - March 1 - March 7, 2024
- One single round-robin group of eight teams
- All matches are Bo3
- Top two teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
- 3rd and 4th place team advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Playoffs - March 9 - March 10, 2024
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
DreamLeague Season 22 prize pool and EPT points distribution
The $1,000,000 and 18,550 EPT Points are spread among the participants as seen below:
- 1st place: $300,000 & 4,200 EPT Points
- 2nd place: $175,000 & 3,500 EPT Points
- 3rd place: $120,000 & 2,800 EPT Points
- 4th place: $85,000 & 2,240 EPT Points
- 5th place: $52,500 & 1,680 EPT Points
- 6th place: $47,500 & 1,400 EPT Points
- 7th place: $42,500 & 840 EPT Points
- 8th place: $37,500 & 560 EPT Points
- 9th/10th place: $25,000 & 350 EPT Points
- 11th /12th place: $20,000 & 175 EPT Points
- 13th/14th place: $15,000 & 98 EPT Points
- 15th/16th place: $10,000 & 42 EPT Points
DreamLeague Season 22 Broadcasts
Primary Stream
Secondary Stream
Tertiary Stream
Quaternary Stream
A total of three DreamLeague events will be part of the 2024 ESL Pro Tour as well as two ESL One LAN tournaments. DreamLeague Season 21 and ESL One Kuala Lumpur which took place towards the end of 2023 were already a part of the current EPT. The upcoming DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham will determine which teams will secure a direct invite to this year’s Riyadh Masters event.
