Dota 2 DreamLeague S19 Playoffs: Schedule, prize pool, format, and more

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With both Group Stages of DreamLeague S19 finally over, Dota 2 fans will soon get to see the qualified teams clash at the Playoffs stage. Organized by ESL, the tournament has seen some exciting, high-octane gameplay from sixteen teams. These rosters were invited based on the ESL Pro Tour Ranking System. Five were invited from Western Europe, three from NA, and two each from Eastern Europe, SA, China, and SEA.

Group Stage 1 involved two groups of eight teams each, spanning from April 9 to 12. The top four ranked teams from each qualified, while others were eliminated. Group Stage 2 saw a single group of eight teams and it was held from April 14 to 20. The top two teams were directly placed in the Upper Bracket of Playoffs, while the next two teams on the table found themselves in the Lower Bracket.

The Dota 2 DreamLeague S19 Playoffs is scheduled to take place from Saturday, April 22 to Sunday, April 23, with the first match between Tundra and Shopify Rebellion slated to begin around an hour from the time of writing this article. The Playoffs will feature a double-elimination bracket. The Grand Final will be a best-of-five affair, while all of the other matches will be best-of-three series.

The winner of the DreamLeague S19 is set to earn a direct qualification to the Riyadh Masters 2023. Furthermore, the highly anticipated tournament boasts a prize pool of $1,000,000 USD. The prize distribution for the top four teams at DreamLeague S19 is as follows:

The schedule for the Playoffs is as follows:

Fans can catch the live proceedings of the upcoming matches of DreamLeague S19 Playoffs on the official Twitch and YouTube ESL Dota 2 channels.

While both the Group Stages were held on 7.32e, update 7.33 finally arrived in Dota 2 on