DreamLeague Season 21 Event Info

DreamLeague Season 21 arrives at exactly the right time to build anticipation ahead of The International.

DreamLeague S21 remains one of the most prestigious events in the Dota circuit outside the Majors, and will be the final chance for the best teams to test themselves before travelling to compete at TI12.

The tournament will run from September 18 to 24, featuring a US$1 million prize pool like previous editions. Don’t forget to get the about all the Dota 2 betting information in case you want to place your bets on DreamLeague matches.

DreamLeague Season 21 Teams and Format

As expected from a prestigious tournament, DreamLeague S21 will feature the most elite teams of the circuit. DreamLeague have invited ten world-class teams, including two-time consecutive Major champs Gaimin Gladiators.

• Gaimin Gladiators
• Team Liquid
• Tundra Esports
• Quest Esports
• Team Spirit
• 9Pandas
• BetBoom Team
• Talon Esports
• Shopify Rebellion
• Evil Geniuses
• OG
• Entity

These 12 teams wil lplay in two groups of six as a double round-robin. From these groups only the top four will head into a double-elim playoff stage played as a best-of-three.

The winners must overcome a best-of-five to take home the lions share of prizing at $300,000.

With this being the final event prior to TI12 on October 12; DreamLeague S21 looks to be an exhilarating contest as all teams get to refine their play and test themselves before the main event. It also will give us a better understanding of the meta after the recent patch.

Which talent will be at DreamLeague Season 21?

Of course, to bring you the action you need a strong talent line-up. DreamLeague Season 21 will have a variety of hosts, analysts and commentators bringing the games to your screens. See below the tier 1 group of talent selected for this event.

Hosts:

• Jorien «Sheever» van der Heijden
• Neal «Tsunami» Khandheria
• Andrew «Jenkins» Jenkins
• Troels Lyngholt «syndereN» Nielsen

Analysts:

• Mira «Ephey» Riad
• Clinton «Fear» Loomis
• Dominik «Lacoste» Stipić
• Kevin «Purge» Godec
• Maurice «KheZu» Gutmann

Casters:

• Austin «Cap» Walsh
• Avery «SVG» Silverman
• Owen «ODPixel» Davies
• Ioannis «Fogged» Loucas
• Richie «SeekNStrike» Garcia
• Chan «WinteR» Litt Binn
• Gareth «Gareth» Bateson
• Niklas «Wagamama» Högström
• Ricky «rkryptic» Peterson
• Robson «TeaGuvnor» Merritt
• John Nathan «johnxfire» Fernandez
• Mike «MLP» Le Phoenix

Observers:

This is the team of people who will be involved in controlling the in-game cameras at DreamLeague Season 21. They are masters of the game who will focus the camera on the correct part of the action to help the commentators bring the most entertainment to you.

• Michelle «gomeasy» Gómez
• Jonathan «JJ» Liebig
• Rikard «skrff» Holm Melin
• Johan «Weppas» Westberg
• Patrik «PTP» Björgell
• Axel «Pablo» Källman

Where to watch DreamLeague Season 21?

DreamLeague Season 21 will be broadcast live on the ESL Dota 2 Twitch and YouTube channels. This event promises to be hugely exciting as it is likely going to give an indication of which team is most comfortable leading into TI12. Earlier this year Gaimin Gladiators won DreamLeague Season 20, who will win the Dota 2 tournament this time? And of course, will the new Tundra Esports roster shuffle work for them?