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Keep track of DreamLeague Season 19’s schedule and results here!
ESL’s exciting competitive circuit, ESL Pro Tour, is here! DreamHack’s DreamLeague Season 19 features notable Dota 2 teams from across the world. For this tournament, teams are flown to Europe to compete in a LAN environment, however, ESL states that the tournament’s setting will be online.
DreamLeague Season 19 begins on April 9 and ends on June 05, 2025. The tournament spans 2 weeks in which tons of matches will be played out in a compact format.
Check out DreamLeague Season 19’s schedule and results here!
Where to watch DreamLeague Season 19 live
ESL will stream DreamLeague S19 live on itsTwitch channel. We have embedded the main stream (Stream A) below!
DreamLeague S19 schedule
The teams are divided into two groups, Group A and Group B. For Group Stage 1, there will be four simultaneous matches playing, first in Group A and then Group B - and repeat. All matches are BO2. For Group Stage 2, the final 8 teams will clash in a group. All matches are BO3.
*All dates and times are in SGT (Singapore Time Zone).
Groups distribution
Prize pool distribution
DreamLeague Season 19 offers a hefty $1 million USD prize pool. The winner grabs the biggest slice - $300K USD and a direct invite to the Riyadh Masters. Take a look at the prize pool distribution below.
Here are all teams competing in DreamLeague Season 19 of the ESL Pro Tour
ESL’s DreamLeague S19 will host the world’s best Dota 2 teams this coming April where they compete for a slice of the $1 million prize pool.
Sarah “KZ” Zulkiflee
There are 16 teams in DreamLeague Season 19 including renowned TI champions and dark horses. Here is a list of teams that’ll go to Europe to compete for the lucrative prize money.
What’s the circuit format?
The DreamLeague Season 19 will have three phases.
The first phase is Group Stage 1. All sixteen teams will be divided into two groups of eight teams each. The groups will clash in a round-robin BO2. The top four teams with the highest scores advance to Group Stage 2 and the bottom 5th - 8th will be eliminated.
The second phase is Group Stage 2. The remaining eight teams will clash in a group with BO3 matches. The 1st - 2nd place teams advance to the Upper Bracket in the Playoffs, meanwhile the 3rd and 4th drop to the Lower Bracket. The 5th - 8th teams face elimination.
The Playoffs is the final phase of DreamLeague S19. This phase will pit the final four teams in a double-elimination bracket. All matches are BO3 except for the Grand Final, which will be a BO5.
ESL confirms new Dota 2 circuit, and it starts on April 9
ESL has today announced the launch of a new Dota 2 tour culminating in a finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, confirming earlier reports by Richard Lewis.
Michael Hassall
Riyadh Masters is the grand finale of theESL Pro Tour. DreamLeague Season 19 is the first league, followed by DreamLeague Season 20 which will take place in June, 2023. Riyadh Masters begins in July, 2023, and will feature a gigantic prize pool of $15 million USD. Read more about theESL Pro Tour here.
