Dota 2 shifts to South America for Elite League Season 2. Here is everything you need to know from teams, formats, dates, prize pool, and broadcasts.
It’s a hot and busy summer for the Dota 2 professional scene and all eyes are now on the competition heating up in Lima, Peru. Elite League Season 2 is bringing Dota 2 to South America. The second season is a LAN tournament boasting a $1,000,000 prize pool that will unfold from July 25 to August 4th.
The tournament has a good mix of tier one and tier two teams, which makes it an exciting competition to follow – especially because it takes a month before The International 2024, giving teams a chance to try new strategies or even just let it all go and just have fun.
Just a heads up for fans expecting to catch Artour “Arteezy” Babaev in action – he won't be there.
Here is everything you need to know for the event:
Elite League Participating Dates
- Swiss Stage (Group Stage 1) - July 25 - July 27th
- Round-Robin Stage (Group Stage 2) - July 28 - July 31th
- Playoffs - August 2 - August 4th
Elite League Participating Teams
Direct invites
OG 
Team Liquid 
Shopify Rebellion 
nouns 
Heroic 
beastcoast 
BOOM Esports 
1winFusion eSports
Cuyes Esports
Qualified teams
MOUZ (Western Europe) 
Yellow Submarine (Eastern Europe) 
Apex Genesis (North America) 
Infinity (South America) 
Execration (Southeast Asia) Evil Rabbit (China)
Elite League S2 Format
The competition will feature three different stages starting with the six qualified teams placed in a modified Swiss group stage. ESB is yet to announce how many teams from the Swiss stage will make the cut to the next group stage.
- Swiss Stage (Group Stage 1) - July 25 - July 27, 2024
- One modified Swiss-system of 16 teams
- All matches are Bo3
- Top eight teams advance to round-robin stage (group stage 2)
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Round-Robin Stage (Group Stage 2) - July 28 - July 31, 2024
- One single round-robin group of eight teams
- All matches are Bo2
- Top four teams advance to the upper bracket of playoffs
- Remaining teams advance to the lower bracket of playoffs
- Click here for tiebreaker rules
- Playoffs - August 2 - August 4, 2024
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
Elite League S2 prize pool
Initially, the tourney was announced with $800,000 on the line, but in a recent press conference held in Lima, Peru by ESB, it was revealed that the prize pool was bumped up to $1,000,000.
$800,000 will be spread among the participants as seen below:
- 1st place $240,000
- 2nd place $120,000
- 3rd place $72,000
- 4th place $56,000
- 5th-6th place $52,000
- 7th-8th place $32,000
- 9th-11th place $24,000
- 12th-14th place $16,000
- 15th-16th place $12,000
Additionally, $200,000 will be distributed to the participating teams in proportion to their team's viewership during the Main Event according to the official rule book.
No concern about viewbots at all here….
Elite League S2 broadcast
Speaking of viewership. It is interesting to note that there is no official English broadcast for this event. For those interested in streaming the event, the ‘Community Guidelines’ can be found HERE.
Official streams will be held in Spanish.
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quarternary
Elite League S2 Venue
The last three days in the playoffs, August 2-4, will be held with a live audience at the ESAN Convention & Sports Center. The venue can host around 1000 people with extra space being arranged in an outdoor area. The ticket prices for each day of the event range between $42 and $84 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.pe.
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