The Dota 2 esports calendar keeps on giving. Right after BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024, it’s DreamLeague Season 24’s turn to pit the best teams against each other. And with ESL Pro Tour Ranking at stake (which qualifies teams directly into next year’s Riyadh Masters), we can expect to witness some amazing competition. Besides, this online tournament has a prize pool of $1 million. That’s no joke, either.

All eyes will be on HEROIC, who will return after their dream run in PGL Wallachia Season 2. It’ll be interesting to see how they’ll fare against teams like Falcons and Tundra. Fan-favorite Nigma Galaxy, too, will be getting screentime in a premier Dota 2 tournament after a long while.

Here are all the teams competing in Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 24.

  • Team Liquid (Invite)
  • Gaimin Gladiators (Invite)
  • Team Falcons (Invite)
  • Xtreme Gaming (Invite)
  • BetBoom Team (Invite)
  • Tundra Esports (Invite)
  • AVULUS (Qualifiers – Western Europe)
  • Palianytsia (Qualifiers – Western Europe)
  • PARIVISION (Qualifiers – Eastern Europe)
  • Team Spirit (Qualifiers – Eastern Europe)
  • Nigma Galaxy (Qualifiers – MESWA)
  • Azure Ray (Qualifiers – China)
  • Talon Esports (Qualifiers – Southeast Asia)
  • Nouns Esports (Qualifiers – North America)
  • HEROIC (Qualifiers – South America)
  • Team Waska (Qualifiers – South America)

Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 24 Schedule

Group stage one

DreamLeague Season 24 Group Stage 1 final standings
Quite a few upsets in the first half of the tournament. Screenshot via Liquipedia

DreamLeague Season 24 has two long group stages leading into a shorter playoff than usual. Group Stage 1 pits a total of 16 teams in two groups of eight, where the top four teams from each group advance to Group Stage 2. Group Stage 2, commencing from Nov. 1, carries on the round-robin format where the top four teams make it to the playoffs (top two teams into the upper bracket, and third and fourth place holders into the lower bracket).

All times are in Central Time (CT).

Sunday, Oct. 27

Group A

  • Liquid 2-0 Gaimin Gladiators
  • Nigma Galaxy 1-1 BetBoom Team
  • Xtreme Gaming 1-1 Nouns Esports
  • AVULUS 0-2 PARIVISION

Group B

  • Team Falcons 1-1 Tundra Esports
  • HEROIC 1-1 Azure Ray
  • Team Spirit 1-1 Team Waska
  • Palianytsia 0-2 Talon Esports

Monday, Oct. 28

Group A

  • Nigma Galaxy 0-2 Gaimin Gladiators
  • AVULUS 1-1 Team Liquid
  • Xtreme Gaming 2-0 BetBoom Team
  • Nouns Esports 0-2 PARIVISION
  • Team Liquid 0-2 BetBoom Team
  • Xtreme Gaming 1-1 Nigma Galaxy
  • Gaimin Gladiators 1-1 PARIVISION
  • AVULUS 1-1 Nouns Esports

Group B

  • Team Falcons 2-0 Team Spirit
  • HEROIC 0-2 Tundra Esports
  • Talon Esports 2-0 Azure Ray
  • Palianytsia 0-2 Team Waska
  • Team Falcons 2-0 HEROIC
  • Palianytsia 0-2 Team Spirit
  • Talon Esports 0-2 Tundra Esports
  • Azure Ray 1-1 Team Waska

Tuesday, Oct. 29

Group A

  • BetBoom Team 1-1 Gaimin Gladiators
  • Xtreme Gaming 1-1 PARIVISION
  • Nouns Esports 0-2 Team Liquid
  • Nigma Galaxy 1-1 AVULUS
  • Team Liquid 2-0 Nigma Galaxy
  • Gaimin Gladiators 2-0 Nouns Esports
  • PARIVISION 1-1 BetBoom Team
  • Xtreme Gaming 1-1 AVULUS

Group B

  • Tundra Esports 1-1 Team Spirit
  • Team Falcons 2-0 Talon Esports
  • Azure Ray 2-0 Palianytsia
  • Team Waska 2-0 HEROIC
  • Team Falcons 2-0 Palianytsia
  • Talon Esports 1-1 HEROIC
  • Azure Ray 0-2 Team Spirit
  • Team Waska 1-1 Tundra Esports

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Group A

6am:

  • Xtreme Gaming 1-1 Team Liquid
  • PARIVISION 2-0 Nigma Galaxy
  • BetBoom Team 1-1 Nouns Esports
  • Gaimin Gladiators 0-2 AVULUS

11am:

  • Xtreme Gaming 1-1 Gaimin Gladiators
  • PARIVISION 1-1 Team Liquid
  • Nouns Esports 1-1 Nigma Galaxy
  • BetBoom Team 2-0 AVULUS

Group B

8:30am:

  • Team Spirit 2-0 HEROIC
  • Team Falcons 2-0 Azure Ray
  • Tundra Esports 2-0 Palianytsia
  • Team Waska 2-0 Talon Esports

1:30pm:

  • Tundra Esports 1-1 Azure Ray
  • Team Falcons 1-1 Team Waska
  • Team Spirit 1-1 Talon Esports
  • HEROIC 1-1 Palianytsia

Group stage two

DreamLeague Season 24 Group Stage 2 standing after day 8 (Nov. 8)
It’s now PARIVISION vs Spirit for the remaining upper bracket slot. Screenshot via Liquipedia

Following the bloodbath of the first group stage, eight teams remain for the second one. The list of eliminated teams includes some upsets, including Gaimin Gladiators and PGL Wallachia S2-winner HEROIC. With an off day on Oct. 31, DreamLeague S24 resumes on Nov. 1 with its second Group Stage. There’ll be four best-of-three series each day for a week, all leading to the playoffs from Nov. 9 to 10.

All times are in Central Time (CT).

Friday, Nov. 1

  • 5am: Tundra Esports 2-0 BetBoom Team
  • 8:30am: Xtreme Gaming 1-2 Team Waska
  • 12pm: PARIVISION 2-1 Team Falcons
  • 3:30pm: Team Liquid 1-2 Team Spirit

Saturday, Nov. 2

  • 5am: BetBoom Team 2-1 Xtreme Gaming
  • 8:30am: Team Spirit 2-1 Tundra Esports
  • 12pm: PARIVISION 2-0 Team Waska
  • 3:30pm: Team Falcons 2-0 Team Liquid

Sunday, Nov. 3

  • 5am: Xtreme Gaming 1-2 Team Spirit
  • 8:30am: Tundra Esports 1-2 Team Falcons
  • 12pm: Team Waska 0-2 BetBoom Team
  • 3:30pm: PARIVISION 2-1 Team Liquid

Monday, Nov. 4

  • 5am: Team Falcons 2-1 Xtreme Gaming
  • 8:30am: PARIVISION 0-2 BetBoom Team
  • 12pm: Team Liquid 2-0 Tundra Esports
  • 3:30pm: Team Spirit 2-1 Team Waska

Tuesday, Nov. 5

  • 5am: Tundra Esports 1-2 Xtreme Gaming
  • 8:30am: PARIVISION 2-0 Team Spirit
  • 12pm: Team Falcons 0-2 BetBoom Team
  • 3:30pm: Team Liquid 2-1 Team Waska

Wednesday, Nov. 6

  • 5am: PARIVISION 0-2 Tundra Esports
  • 8:30am: Xtreme Gaming 0-2 Team Liquid
  • 12pm: BetBoom Team 2-0 Team Spirit
  • 3:30pm: Team Waska 0-2 Team Falcons

Thursday, Nov. 7

  • 5am: PARIVISION 2-1 Xtreme Gaming
  • 8:30am: BetBoom Team 2-0 Team Liquid
  • 12pm: Team Spirit 1-2 Team Falcons
  • 3:30pm: Team Waska 0-2 Tundra Esports

After a week of round-robin action, DreamLeague Season 24 has four of the best teams—BetBoom, PARIVISION, Spirit, and Falcons—moving forward to the playoffs. This also means elimination for the bottom four of Group Stage 2—Liquid, Tundra, Waska, and Xtreme.

However, on Nov. 8, PARIVISION and Team Spirit will play a best-of-three tiebreaker series that will determine which one makes it to the upper bracket of the playoffs. The loser of the series will be starting the playoffs in the lower bracket.

Friday, Nov. 8

  • 9am: PARIVISION 1-2 Team Spirit

Playoffs

DreamLeague Season 24 Playoffs brackets final
Falcons push through the lower bracket to win it all. Screenshot via Liquipedia

The Playoffs part of the tournament starts with four teams remaining from the initial 16 after two long and gruelling group stages. BetBoom Team and Team Spirit start in the upper bracket, while PARIVISION and Team Falcons start from the dreaded lower bracket. The two-day-long playoffs will culminate in a best-of-five grand final series on Sunday, Nov. 10.

All times are in Central Time (CT).

Saturday, Nov. 9

  • 8am: PARIVISION 0-2 Team Falcons (lower bracket semifinal)
  • 11am: BetBoom Team 2-1 Team Spirit (upper bracket final)

Sunday, Nov. 10

  • 6am: Team Spirit 0-2 Team Falcons (lower bracket final)
  • 9:30am: BetBoom Team 1-3 Team Falcons (grand final)

Dota 2 DreamLeague Season 24: How to watch

During Group Stage 1, four series will run side-by-side across four livestreams. You can access them as usual on Twitch and YouTube.

Twitch

YouTube

Only one series will run at a time for the latter portions of the tournament (Group Stage 2 and Playoffs). That means you can just use the first stream in the Twitch section.

For other languages and platforms, check out the tournament’s Liquipedia page to learn more.