Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 22: Teams, Dates, Format, Prize Pool, EPT Points
By Max Mallow
DreamLeague Season 22
Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 22 begins on Feb. 25 as the next stop on the ESL Pro Tour with $1 million up for grabs.
DreamLeague Season 22 is the next Tier 1 Dota 2 event on the calendar for fans, players and teams. Sixteen teams have qualified for the event: four from the EPT Leaderboard and the remaining 12 from regional qualifiers. Over the course of two weeks, one team will be left standing taking home the $300,000 grand prize along with 4,200 EPT Points.
Here's everything you need to know about Dota 2's DreamLeague Season 22 including the attending teams, dates to know, the event format, prize pool and EPT Points awarded.
DreamLeague Season 22 Dates
- Event Start Date: Feb. 22
- Event End Date: Mar. 10
DreamLeague Season 22 Format
Group Stage 1
- Two groups of eight teams
- Single round-robin matches played within each group, two games played each match
- Top four teams from each group advance to Group Stage 2
Group Stage 2
- One group of eight teams
- All matches are best-of-three
- Top two teams advance to playoff upper bracket
- Third and fourth place teams advance to playoff lower bracket
Playoffs
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches before Grand Final are best-of-three
- Grand Final is a best-of-five series
DreamLeague Season 22 Teams
Group A
- Azure Ray (China)
- BetBoom Team (EPT Leaderboard)
- G2.iG (China)
- Gaimin Gladiators (EPT Leaderboard)
- Heroic (South America)
- OG (Western Europe)
- Team Falcons (MENA)
- Virtus.pro (Eastern Europe)
Group B
- 1win (Eastern Europe)
- Aurora (Southeast Asia)
- Shopify Rebellion (North America)
- Team Liquid (EPT Leaderboard)
- Team Secret (Eastern Europe)
- Team Spirit (Western Europe)
- Tundra Esports (Western Europe)
- Xtreme Gaming (EPT Leaderboard)
DreamLeague Season 22 Prize Pool and EPT Points
Place | Prize Money (USD) | EPT Points (ESL Pro Tour) |
---|---|---|
1st | $300,000 | 4,200 |
2nd | $175,000 | 3,500 |
3rd | $120,000 | 2,800 |
4th | $85,000 | 2,240 |
5th | $52,500 | 1,680 |
6th | $47,500 | 1,400 |
7th | $42,500 | 840 |
8th | $37,500 | 560 |
9th-10th | $25,000 | 350 |
11th-12th | $20,000 | 175 |
13th-14th | $15,000 | 98 |
15th-16th | $10,000 | 42 |