What to watch this week; Elite League qualifiers edition

Now that The International 2024 qualifiers are over, what should you be watching in the Dota 2 scene this week? Elite League closed qualifiers! 

Dota 2 is rarely without action. Just last night Tundra Esports was the last team to claim a spot at The International 2024. 

• Read The International 2024 (TI13) came to an end with Tundra Esports securing the second slot in the Western Europe region.

With the biggest of all Dota 2 events now sorted out, it is already time to turn our attention to another round of qualifiers for another upcoming LAN – this time taking place in Lima, Peru. From July 25th-August 4th teams from around the world will be competing for the lion's share of the $800,000 prize pool for Elite League Season 2. 

Season 1 was held online between the end of March through the beginning of April. Xtreme Gaming defeated Team Falcons 3-1 in the grand final of Elite League to claim the top spot and ended Falcons' tournament winning streak.

• Read Xtreme Gaming are champions of Elite League; put an end to Team Falcons' domination

This week the closed qualifiers for Elite League Season 2 will begin. 

Elite League Season 2 closed qualifiers 

• Between one and six teams invited (based on region) 
• Between two and seven teams from open qualifiers (based on region)
• Double-elimination bracket
• All matches are Best-of-three
• Grand Finals are Best-of-five
• One team per region qualifies to the main tournament

Elite League Main Event

• Participants
  • TBD teams from closed qualifiers seeded into swiss stage (group stage 1)
  • TBD teams invited are seeded into swiss stage (group stage 1)
  • TBD teams invited are seeded into round-robin stage (group stage 2)
     
• Swiss Stage (Group Stage 1) - July 25 - July 27, 2024
  • One modified swiss-system of TBD 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
  • Two single round-robin group of eight teams each
  • All matches are Bo2
  • Top two teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of playoffs
  • 3rd-4th place teams from each group advance to the lower bracket of playoffs
  • Remaining teams are eliminated
• Playoffs - August 2 - August 4, 2024
  • Double-elimination bracket
  • All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
  • Grand Final is Bo5

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