DreamLeague Season 27
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DreamLeague Season 27
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Server:
Europe West
Type:
Online
Location:
EuropeFormat:
Swiss-system group stage
Double-elimination playoffs
Double-elimination playoffs
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2025-12-10
End Date:
2025-12-21
Game:
Teams:
24
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology
DreamLeague Season 27 is a tournament that is set to be the first tournament of ESL Pro Tour 2025/2026 Season.
Format
[edit]- Group Stage (December 10 - December 16)
- 24 team Swiss-system of 6 rounds
- All matches are Bo3
- Top eight teams advance to playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Click here for Swiss tiebreaker rules
- 7 teams have at least 4 wins
- The four best teams by tiebreaker score in the 3-3 record group will play a single-elimination Bo3 bracket for the remaining slot and 8th seed.
- 9 teams have at least 4 wins
- The two such worst teams by tiebreaker score will play a single Bo3 for the remaining slot and 8th seed.
- 10 teams have at least 4 wins
- The three such worst teams by tiebreaker score will play a single Bo3 bracket for the remaining slot and 8th seed.
- Playoffs (December 17 - December 21)
- Double-elimination bracket
- Grand Final is Bo5, all other matches are Bo3
Prize Pool
[edit]$1,000,000 USD ($750,000 USD are awarded as Prize Money while $250,000 USD are awarded as Club Reward) and 19,500 EPT Points are spread among the participants as seen below:
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| Placement | Prize | Points | |
| 1st | $200,000 | 3,000 | |
| 2nd | $125,000 | 2,500 | |
| 3rd | $75,000 | 2,000 | |
| 4th | $50,000 | 1,600 | |
| 5th - 6th | $14,000 | 1,100 | |
| 7th - 8th | $10,000 | 500 | |
| 9th - 24th | $0 | 100 | |
| Per Swiss Win | $3,500 | 100 | |
Participants
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| Roster moves since The International 2025 | ||||||
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Date Player Old New Ref 2025-09-??  None   (Manager) | ||||||
Group Stage
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Top 8 | ||||||
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| 1. |  OG
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5-1 | 12 | |||
| 2. |   Team Spirit
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5-1 | 6 | |||
| 3. |  Team Falcons
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5-1 | 6 | |||
| 4. | Virtus.pro
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4-2 | 8 | |||
| 5. |   Team Yandex
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4-2 | 6 | |||
| 6. |  PARIVISION
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4-2 | 4 | |||
| 7. |  Xtreme Gaming
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4-2 | 4 | |||
| 8. |   Tundra Esports
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4-2 | -4 | |||
- To view group stage full standings and match results, click HERE.
Playoffs
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Upper Bracket Quarterfinals Upper Bracket Quarterfinals UB Quarterfinals UBQF Upper Bracket Semifinals Upper Bracket Semifinals UB Semifinals UBSF Upper Bracket Final Upper Bracket Final UB Final UBF Grand Final Grand Final Final GF 0 2 December 17, 2025 - 18:55 CET 0:2(Bo3)      35:51         44:26   
Casters:  Cap, SVG      Lower Bracket Round 1 Lower Bracket Round 1 LB Round 1 LBR1 Lower Bracket Quarterfinals Lower Bracket Quarterfinals LB Quarterfinals LBQF Lower Bracket Semifinal Lower Bracket Semifinal LB Semifinal LBSF Lower Bracket Final Lower Bracket Final LB Final LBF |
Additional Content
[edit]Broadcast
[edit]Streams
[edit]
- For community streaming guidelines; click here.
Talent
[edit]The English broadcast talent was announced on November 19 and December 4, 2025.[17][18]
(Studio)
(Remote)
- Casters:
Ares (Lachlan Williams)
Gareth (Gareth Bateson)- Gunnar (Nicolas Lopez)
Handsken (Simon Rasmus Haag)
lizZard (Admir Salkanović)- Lyrical (Gabriel Thomas Cruz)
- Mathmagician (Conner Chapman)
permasneeze (Mike Tsang)- rkryptic (Ricky Peterson)
- TeaGuvnor (Robson Merritt)
Trent (Trent MacKenzie)
WinteR (Chan Litt Binn)- ZQuixotix (Zachary Ang)
The Russian broadcast talent for Paragon Events was announced on December 8, 2025.[19]
- Analysts:
- Guest Host:
- nastyamulla (Anastasia Mullainova)
- Commentators:
- Autodestruction (Daria Medvedeva)
BLACKARXANGEL (Vladislav Ivachshenko)- CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
- Eiritel (Dariya Morozova)
- Grayne (Anton Afanasenko)
- Heassh (Dmitriy Chernish)
- KawaiiSocks (Temirlan Tattybekov)
- koval (Leonid Kovalenko)
Lex (Alexey Filippov)- Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- Mortalles (Dmitry Arzhylovsky)
- PIVOVAR (Vladislav Pivovar)
- y0nd (Gleb Vazhnov)
- Zais (Nikita Zakharov)
- Observers:
- GrandUrahara (Amir)
- PapaNemo (Vladislav Lukomskiy)
- SUMIRA
- tsukuyom1q (Anzor Kremer)
- WinG2Kana (Kanat Ubigaliyev)
The Russian broadcast talent for Okko was announced on December 9, 2025.[20]
- Host:
- Vasilisa (Vasilisa Chernova)
The Ukrainian broadcast was announced on December 10, 2025.[21]
- Casters:
BafiK (Oleksii Bafadarov)- BromKet (Mykola Krombet)
- Casper (Roman Lepokhin)
- DoubleE7presso (Roman Hubin)
- f3nRir (Dmitriy Ponomarenko)
- FlunkyFlame (Dmitro Meshkov)
GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)- Skevich (Roman Paskevich)
- Totus (Artur Shevchenko)
Statistics Overview
[edit]Hero Stats
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| 1 |  Dragon Knight | 81 | 38 | 43 | 46.91% | 39.32% | 40 | 21 | 19 | 52.50% | 41 | 17 | 24 | 41.46% | 105 | 50.97% | 186 | 90.29% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Tusk | 75 | 33 | 42 | 44.00% | 36.41% | 43 | 19 | 24 | 44.19% | 32 | 14 | 18 | 43.75% | 50 | 24.27% | 125 | 60.68% |  Tusk Detailed Statistics
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| 3 |  Centaur Warrunner | 66 | 40 | 26 | 60.61% | 32.04% | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 38 | 24 | 14 | 63.16% | 94 | 45.63% | 160 | 77.67% |  Centaur Warrunner Detailed Statistics
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| 4 |  Warlock | 66 | 29 | 37 | 43.94% | 32.04% | 28 | 14 | 14 | 50.00% | 38 | 15 | 23 | 39.47% | 31 | 15.05% | 97 | 47.09% |  Warlock Detailed Statistics
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| 5 |  Jakiro | 63 | 37 | 26 | 58.73% | 30.58% | 33 | 21 | 12 | 63.64% | 30 | 16 | 14 | 53.33% | 141 | 68.45% | 204 | 99.03% |  Jakiro Detailed Statistics
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| 206 games played | 116W - 90L (56.31%) | 90W - 116L (43.69%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country Representation
[edit]| # | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
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| 1 | Russia | 28 / 121 (23%) | 9Class, alberkaaa, CHIRA_JUNIOR, Collapse, DM, Dukalis, gpk~, Kataomi, Kiritych~, kiyotaka, Larl, Malr1ne, MieRo, Munkushi~, nesfeer, Nightfall, Noticed, Pure, queezy, Rein, rue, Satanic, squad1x, SSS, swedenstrong, Hduo, TORONTOTOKYO, yamich |
| 2 | Ukraine | 14 / 121 (12%) | Batyuk, Bignum, Crystallize, gotthejuice, Kidaro, kreker, Mira, Moonlight, Niku, No[o]ne-, pma, QBFY, Riddys, Yatoro |
| 3 |  China | 11 / 121 (9%) | Ame, BoBoKa, Echo, flyfly, fy, niu, planet, shiro, Xxs, y`, 天命 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 6 / 121 (5%) | MidOne, MooN, NothingToSay, Oli~, xNova, zeal |
| 4 |  Peru | 6 / 121 (5%) | Gardick, N1ght, Scofield, TaiLung, Timado, Wits |
| 4 |  Philippines | 6 / 121 (5%) | Abed, Force, Natsumi, skem, TIMS, Yopaj |
| 7 | United States | 5 / 121 (4%) | Fayde, RCY, Sneyking, Speeed, Yamsun |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 4 / 121 (3%) | Malady, Nicky`Cool, TA2000, watson |
| 9 | Belarus | 3 / 121 (2%) | Hellscream, Palantimos, panto |
| 9 |  Indonesia | 3 / 121 (2%) | Jhocam, Mikoto, Whitemon |
| 9 |  Lebanon | 3 / 121 (2%) | GH, No!ob, OmaR |
| 12 |  Bolivia | 2 / 121 (2%) | Oscar, Wisper |
| 12 |  Brazil | 2 / 121 (2%) | 4nalog, KJ |
| 12 |  Czechia | 2 / 121 (2%) | BOOM, SaberLight |
| 12 |  Denmark | 2 / 121 (2%) | Ace, Cr1t- |
| 12 |  Germany | 2 / 121 (2%) | Copy, tOfu |
| 12 |  Israel | 2 / 121 (2%) | 33, Fly |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 2 / 121 (2%) | Crystallis, Seleri |
| 12 |  Poland | 2 / 121 (2%) | Ekki, Nisha |
| 12 | Sweden | 2 / 121 (2%) | Boxi, miCKe |
| 12 |  Thailand | 2 / 121 (2%) | 23savage, Jabz |
| 22 |  Belgium | 1 / 121 (1%) | Davai |
| 22 |  Bulgaria | 1 / 121 (1%) | bzm |
| 22 |  Georgia | 1 / 121 (1%) | Nande |
| 22 |  Jordan | 1 / 121 (1%) | ATF |
| 22 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1 / 121 (1%) | Zayac |
| 22 |  Moldova | 1 / 121 (1%) | Save- |
| 22 |  Mongolia | 1 / 121 (1%) | NARMAN |
| 22 |  Nicaragua | 1 / 121 (1%) | Yuma |
| 22 |  North Macedonia | 1 / 121 (1%) | Saksa |
| 22 |  Pakistan | 1 / 121 (1%) | SumaiL |
| 22 |  Slovakia | 1 / 121 (1%) | skiter |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 1 / 121 (1%) | Ari |
References
[edit]- ↑ ESL (2025-09-30). "Our #DreamLeague Season 27 invited teams are LOCKED IN!".
- ↑ ESL (2025-11-14). "The stage is set for #DreamLeague Season 27!".
- ↑ BetBoom Team (2025-12-14). "Danil “gpk~” Skutin won’t be able to continue playing at DreamLeague Season 27 due to health reasons. He’ll be replaced by Gleb “kiyotaka” Zyryanov.".
- ↑ Aurora Gaming (2025-12-14). "Gleb "Kiyotaka" Zyryanov will stand in for BB Team at DreamLeague Season 27.".
- ↑ PARIVISION (2025-12-09). "Clement «Puppey» Ivanov joins PARIVISION Dota 2 roster as coach for DreamLeague S27".
- ↑ ESL Dota2 (2025-10-21). "Unfortunately Flipster TALON can no longer participate in #DreamLeague Season 27.".
- ↑ OG (2025-11-08). "A new chapter unfolds today, in a region that feels like home.".
- ↑ ESL Dota2 (2025-11-10). "Update to #DreamLeague Season 27".
- ↑ YaKu1T___ (2025-12-04). "因个人身体健康原因，二号位选手 周一（ID：Emo） 将进入短暂休整阶段。".
- ↑ BOOM Esports (2025-12-08). "Today, we say farewell to our Dota 2 division.".
- ↑ Team Nemesis (2025-12-08). "With the new season approaching, we are proud to unveil our official roster for DreamLeague S27.".
- ↑ 4nalog (2025-12-08). "I’ll be Standing for Team Nemesis in DreamLeague S27. I’ll do my best to do a good tournament and go further with the boys".
- ↑ Wildcard (2025-10-02). "Today we say goodbye to our Dota 2 roster and whish them only the best going forward".
- ↑ stresspresso (2025-10-02). "was fun while it lasted, thanks for the support wildcard! we stay together as a team and are currently looking for a new home".
- ↑ GamerLegion (2025-11-11). "One bootcamp at the GL facility was enough to sign this wonderful team!".
- ↑ Pancho Justo (2025-12-03). "TAILUNG MAFIA AHORA ES AMARU GAMING [TAILUNG MAFIA IS NOW AMARU GAMING]" (in
Spanish).
- ↑ ESL Dota2 (2025-11-19). "Here are the lovely talent that will be joining us on the journey!".
- ↑ ESL Dota2 (2025-12-04). "Say hello to our lineup of remote talent for #DreamLeague Season 27!".
- ↑ Paragon Events Dota 2 (2025-12-08). "Смотрим вместе DreamLeague Season 27!".
- ↑ Okko Кибер Dota 2 (2025-12-09). "Давно не было тир-1 турниров по доте, поэтому мы возвращаемся в обновленном составе".
- ↑ Maincast (2025-12-10). "Трансляція DreamLeague S27 на каналах Maincast".