In the absence of DPC (Dota Pro Circuit), the Dota 2 esports landscape is witnessing tournaments being organized more than ever before. One such tournament, Elite League with a massive total prize pool of $960,000 USD was recently announced by FISSURE and tournament organizers ESB with support from BetBoom.
The tournament which is set to begin from 31st March, Sunday onwards will have 24 teams competing to become the first-ever Elite League champions and secure the lion’s share of the reward.
Out of all competing teams, 15 have received direct invites to the tournament while the rest make their way through various regional qualifiers.
Complete Dota 2 Team List for Elite League
The newly introduced EliteLeague is set to be one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments similar to DreamLeague events, with a large prize pool at its disposal.
24 teams will be competing in this online tournament, the eight direct invites starting directly from the Second Group Stage which follows a Round-Robin format while the remaining participants play through the First Group Stage following a Swiss format.
List of all Dota 2 teams directly invited and qualified for Elite League.
Round-Robin Stage Seeds (All Direct Invites)
Team Spirit
BetBoom Team
Team Liquid
Gaimin Gladiators
Team Falcons
Xtreme Gaming
Azure Ray
LGD Gaming
Swiss-Stage Seeds
OG | Invited
Tundra Esports | Invited
Team Secret | Invited
Virtus.pro | Invited
PSG Quest | Invited
Aurora | Invited
HEROIC | Invited
Entity | #1 Western European Qualifiers
Rest Farmers | #2 Western European Qualifiers
9Pandas | Eastern European Qualifiers
Nigma Galaxy | Middle East and North African Qualifiers
KEV | China Qualifiers
Blacklist International | #1 Southeast Asian Qualifiers
Talon Esports | #2 Southeast Asian Qualifiers
nouns | North American Qualifiers
BOOM Esports | South American Qualifiers
How to Watch Elite League?
At the time of writing, the announcement of official stream links has not been made public but the tournament is expected to have a primary and secondary stream to possibly host simultaneous games running in five different languages.
The streams will be broadcast in English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Readers should note that details of this tournament are yet to be released and we will keep you updated with the same, as soon as the organizers reveal any further updates regarding ELITE League Dota 2 tournament.