Gamers Without Borders 2022: Schedule, Results, and Other Details

With $10 million USD going directly to charities around the world, Gamers Without Borders, the charitable esports organization from Saudi Arabia is back for its third consecutive year. Dota 2 also features in the 2022 edition and runs from 4th to 8th May with a $2 million prize pool dedicated to charity donations. The Dota 2 division saw two teams get invited, while two made it through the open qualifier across the three different regions - Europe, Asia, and Saudi Arabia. Along with the charity, the teams will also be competing for a slot at the “inaugural Saudi Esports’s flagship Gaming & Esports event” that takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, boasting a total prize pool of $15 million for all events.

Here is a look at the teams that are competing, the schedule, the results, and more in the Dota 2 division of Europe, Asia, and Saudi Arabia as such a high-stakes Gamers Without Borders event commences.

Gamers Without Borders 2022: All that you need to know

Team List

Europe

• Nigma Galaxy (invited)

• Team Liquid (invited)

• Tundra Esports (qualified)

• Gladiators (qualified)

Asia

• BOOM Esports (invited)

• Royal Never Give Up (invited)

• EHOME (qualified)

• Nigma Galaxy SEA (qualified)

MENA

• 01 Esports (invited)

• HSS-FLO (invited)

• OOREDOO (qualified)

• Deboosters (qualified)

Format

• Double elimination playoffs

• All series are Bo3s

Schedule

Over the course of five days, 18 series will be played, six in each of the three regions.

Europe

Asia

MENA

Where to watch

An English livestream of Gamers Without Borders 2022's Dota 2 event will be available on the organization's Twitch channel - https://www.twitch.tv/gwbps_en.

Matches will be streamed in six different languages. Choose your preferred language from the six available options on watch.gamerswithoutborders.com/dota2/.

The teams will donate the amount they win from the event to one of Gamers Without Borders' charity partners (Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, UNICEF, GAVI, and UNHCR). The Gamers Without Borders Dota 2 event held in 2020 involved eight of the best teams from Western and Eastern Europe and saw Team Secret emerge as the winner. The total prize pool for charity donations in the 2020 event was $1.5 million.

Dota 2 is not the only esports title currently being played at Gamers Without Borders 2022. Fortnite and Rocket League are also on the list. The entire event began on 28th April and will end on 7th June. The competitions will qualify teams for the Gamers Without Borders LAN event in Riyadh from 21st to 24th July. This LAN event will feature 15$ million in prize money.