DreamLeague Season 24 Survival Guide: Teams, prize pool, format, broadcasts and more

DreamLeague Season 24 kicks off Sunday, October 27th with 16 teams competing for the lion's share of the $1,000,000 prize pool. 

Title image courtesy of ESL/DreamLeague via Team Falcons on X

Ain't no rest for the wicked. The next event is already prepping the action with several teams that are currently competing at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 (finishing up on Saturday) or just finished participating in PGL Wallachia Season 2 (concluded October 13th). 

The ESL Pro Tour season begins this weekend as DreamLeague Season 24 starts on Sunday, October 27th, and continues through November 11th. 

Once again we will be able to get to watch teams continue to settle into their new rosters – some of which struggled a bit in BetBoom Dacha Belgrade currently taking place such as  Gaimin Gladiators featuring Alimzhan “Watson” Islambekov and Team Liquid with Jonáš "SabeRLight-" Volek, as well as BetBoom Team and Team Spirit's updated lineups. Not to mention Nigma Galaxy, who we continue to hold higher hopes for.

Tundra Esports' overhauled roster built by Neta “33” Shapira has been a treat for fans so far and is expected to carry on with their current momentum seen in BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024. 

The big team to keep an eye on is Xtreme Gaming who took a longer break than most teams and skipped the first two tournaments of the new season. 

• Read Xtreme Gaming announce revamped roster for DreamLeague S24, XinQ and Dy moved to inactive

And of course, the DreamLeague Season 23 defending champions, Team Falcons will be on hand. This team, which made no roster changes is still on fire and a fierce opponent. Since TI2024, Falcons took 2nd place at PGL Wallachia Season 2 and are currently in the Upper Bracket Finals of BetBoom Dacha Belgrade. 

What makes DreamLeague more exciting than even some of the other LAN events such as PGL or BetBoom is that there tends to be more at stake. Teams will be competing for not just the prize money but also the EPT points that will grant them access to future seasons as well as the ESL One events – the next one being ESL One Bangkok 2024 in December. 

The action starts on Sunday, October 27th with some really intense rivals going head-to-head.

Gaimin GladiatorsvsTeam Liquid 17:00 CET^*
BetBoom TeamvsNigma Galaxy 17:00 CET
Nouns EsportsvsXtreme Gaming 17:00 CET
AVULUSvsPARIVISION 17:00 CET

Team FalconsvsTundra Esports 19:30 CET
Azure RayvsHeroic 19:30 CET
Team SpiritvsTeam Waska 19:30 CET
PalianytsiavsTalon Esports 19:30 CET

^{*In Europe the times will change from CEST to CET, falling back one hour.} 

DreamLeague Season 24

DreamLeague Season 24 Teams

• Team Falcons (invited)
• Gaimin Gladiators (invited)
• BetBoom Team (invited)
• Team Liquid (invited)
• Tundra Esports (invited)
• Xtreme Gaming (invited)
   
• AVULUS (WEU)
• Palianytsia (WEU)
• PARIVISION (EEU)
• Team Spirit (EEU)
• Nigma Galaxy (MESWA)
• Azure Ray (China)
• Talon Esports (SEA)
• Nouns Esports (NA)
• Heroic (SA)
• Team Waska (SA)

DreamLeague Season 24 Groups

Group Stage 1 Group A

Group Stage 1 Group B

DreamLeague Season 24 Format

• Participants
  • Sixteen teams
    • Six teams invited
    • Ten teams qualified
      • Two teams each from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and South America
      • One team each from MESWA, China, Southeast Asia, and North America
         
• Group Stage 1 - October 27 - October 30, 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 - November 1 - November 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 teams advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
  • Remaining teams are eliminated
     
• Playoffs - November 9 - November 10, 2024
  • Double-elimination bracket
  • All matches are Bo3
  • Grand Final is Bo5

DreamLeague Season 24 Broadcasts 

Primary

• English Twitch 
• English YouTube
• Spanish Twitch 
• Spanish YouTube
• Spanish Facebook 
• Spanish Kick 
• Spanish Trovo 
• Ukrainian Twitch 

Secondary

• English Twitch 
• English YouTube
• Spanish Twitch 
• Spanish YouTube
• Spanish Facebook 
• Spanish Kick 
• Spanish Trovo 
• Ukrainian Twitch 

Tertiary

• English Twitch 
• English YouTube
• Spanish Twitch 
• Spanish YouTube
• Spanish Facebook 
• Spanish Kick 
• Spanish Trovo 
• Ukrainian Twitch 

Quaternary

• English Twitch 
• English YouTube
• Spanish Twitch 
• Spanish YouTube
• Spanish Facebook 
• Spanish Kick 
• Spanish Trovo 
• Ukrainian Twitch 

DreamLeague Season 24 Tournament Prize Pool

• Prize pool: $1,000,000
• Total EPT Points: 14,600 

The prize pool for DreamLeague Season 24 is $1,000,000 – the same amount as previous DreamLeague Seasons and BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024. And honestly, not too much less than The International, which clocked in at $2,602,164 at the end. 

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