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As is clear from the event’s name, this will be the 25th edition of Dota 2’s DreamLeague. It’s part of the two series. First off, Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 takes place as part of the third season of an ESL Pro Tour (also called EPT), which consists of the DreamLeague seasons (the second series of which the tournament is a part), where top teams in the world for Valve’s action-RTS and MOBA-type game compete exclusively online. Teams use the EPT ranking system to get into each DreamLeague. The top eight DreamLeague teams at the end of the season will advance to the Riyadh Masters in the summer. DreamLeague was only incorporated into the EPT in 2023, starting with Season 19.

The Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 is organized by ESL Gaming. Since its founding 25 years ago, the organization formerly known as an Electronic Sports League (ESL) has expanded to become the biggest eSports entity.

Where and When Will the Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 Be Held?

The Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 runs from February 16, 2025, to March 2, 2025. Twelve teams from the regional qualifiers and four from the EPT Leaderboard have advanced to the tournament, for a total of 16 teams.

The winners will take home the majority of the prize money and EPT Points (20,860 EPT Points are up for grabs) in an attempt to earn enough points to get an invitation to the Riyadh Masters 2025.

All the participating teams will compete virtually from their bootcamps, and the tournament will be produced by EFG’s production studios in Sweden. EFG is short for ESL FACEIT Group, the entity formed by the merger of ESL Gaming and the eSports gaming platform FACEIT.

The highly appreciated Dota 2 tournament, such as any edition of the DreamLeague, has an appealing US$1,000,000 prize fund. The winning team will get US$300,000 (4,200 base points: 420 Group Stage 1, 420 Group Stage 2), the vice-champions will get US$175,000 (3,500 base points; 210 Group Stage 1), the third-placed side will get US$120,000 (2,800 base points; 105 Group Stage 1), while the team that ends fourth will earn US$75,000 (2,240 base points).

Which Teams Will Take Part in the Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25?

PARIVISION

1

TBD

2

TBD

3

TBD

4

TBD

5

TBD

PARIVISION

BetBoom Team

1

TBD

2

TBD

3

TBD

4

TBD

5

TBD

BetBoom Team

Team Falcons

1

TBD

2

TBD

3

TBD

4

TBD

5

TBD

Team Falcons

Team Liquid

1

TBD

2

TBD

3

TBD

4

TBD

5

TBD

Team Liquid

AVULUS

1

Smiling Knight

2

Stormstormer

3

Xibbe

4

Ekki

5

SoNNeikO

AVULUS

Gaimin Gladiators

1

watson

2

Quinn

3

Ace

4

tOfu

5

Seleri

Gaimin Gladiators

Team Spirit

1

Yatoro

2

Larl

3

Collapse

4

rue

5

Miposhka

Team Spirit

Chimera Esports

1

TA2000

2

lorenof

3

TBD

4

OneJey

5

panto

Chimera Esports

Yakult's Brothers

1

Ame

2

Emo

3

zeal

4

BoBoKa

5

天命

Yakult's Brothers

BOOM Esports

1

JaCkky

2

Mac

3

Fbz

4

TIMS

5

Jaunuel

BOOM Esports

Shopify Rebellion

1

Timado

2

Yopaj-

3

mangekyou

4

Hellscream

5

skem

Shopify Rebellion

HEROIC

1

Yuma

2

4nalog

3

Wisper

4

Scofield

5

KJ

HEROIC

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Thanks to their high EPT Leaderboard rankings, the criterion introduced in Season 2 of the EPT, four teams got direct invitations, while each of the 12 remaining teams earned a place in the Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 through regional qualifying tournaments: open qualifiers from January 3-6 and closed qualifiers from January 7-11.

• PARIVISION (# 1 EPT Leaderboard)
• BetBoom Team (# 2 EPT Leaderboard)
• Team Falcons (# 3 EPT Leaderboard)
• Team Liquid (# 4 EPT Leaderboard)
• AVULUS (Western European (WEU) qualifiers)
• Tundra Esports (Western European (WEU) qualifiers)
• Gaimin Gladiators (Western European (WEU) qualifiers)
• Team Spirit (Eastern European (EEU) qualifiers)
• 9Pandas (Eastern European (EEU) qualifiers)
• Chimera Esports (MESWA qualifiers)
• Xtreme Gaming (China qualifiers)
• Yakult’s Brothers (China qualifiers)
• Aurora Gaming (Southeast Asia (SEA) qualifiers)
• BOOM Esports (Southeast Asia (SEA) qualifiers)
• Shopify Rebellion (North America and South America qualifiers)
• HEROIC (North America and South America qualifiers)

Features of the Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25

The Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 will feature three stages: two Group Stages and the Playoffs. This is the format of the tournament in detail:

Group Stage 1 (February 16-19)

• 2 round-robin groups featuring 8 teams
• Matches are 2 game series
• 1st-4th place teams in each group advance to Group Stage 2
• 5th-8th are eliminated from the tournament

Group Stage 2 (February 21-27)

• 1 round-robin group featuring 8 teams
• Matches are Bo3
• 1st and 2nd place move to Playoff Upper Bracket
• 3rd and 4th move to Playoff Lower Bracket
• 5th-8th are eliminated from the tournament

Playoffs (March 1-2)

• 4 team double-elimination bracket
• 2 teams start Upper Bracket, 2 teams Lower Bracket
• Matches are Bo3, except Grand Final, which is Bo5

Who’ll Win the Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25?

Four teams—PARIVISION, BetBoom Team, Team Falcons, and Team Liquid—which were directly invited to the tournament because of their strong standing in the ESL Pro Tour rankings will compete for the tournament’s top prize as the biggest favorites.

With a resounding victory in the Eastern Europe qualifiers, Team Spirit solidified their position as the favorites there and “dark horse” in the Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25. AVULUS defeated more seasoned opponents to win the Western Europe qualifiers and maintained their stellar form and unexpectedly high ranking in the EPT Leaderboard. Maybe now is their chance to take the world stage by storm.

The majority of bookmakers for eSports betting with Klarna will offer odds for both individual matches and an overall winner when the Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 betting opens, which will be in the days preceding the tournament.

As said, DreamLeague was added to the EPT two years ago, with Season 19. Before that, DreamLeague was played as part of DPC WEU Tours, and DPC EU and DPC NA Seasons, in addition to DreamLeague Seasons 1-6. In the DreamLeague-EPT era, Team Falcons are the most successful, with three titles.

Along with the official ESL channels on Twitch and YouTube for English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Ukrainian languages, Dota 2: DreamLeague Season 25 will have three more stream options for all those languages either on ESL channels or local streaming platforms.

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