Tournament DreamLeague Season 21

DreamLeague Season 21 is part of the ESL Pro Tour tournament cycle. During the event, the best 12 teams, according to ESL rankings, will play for a prize pool of $1,000,000.

Participants:

• twelve teams:
  • six teams from Western Europe;
  • three teams from Eastern Europe;
  • one team each from North America, South America and Southeast Asia.
• invites are based on the EPT Ranking System.

Group Stage - 18.09.2023 - 21.09.2023:

• two single round-robin groups of six teams each;
• all matches are Bo2;
• top four teams from each group advance to playoffs;
• remaining teams are eliminated;

Tiebreaker rules:

• If the tie is over a position of significance;
  • Two teams - a Bo3 will be played;
  • Three teams or more - a Bo1 round-robin will be played;
  • If the tiebreaker does not resolve following the first round of the round robin:
    • Three teams - the tiebreaker will be replayed;
    • Four teams or more - the matrix listed below will be used to resolve the tie, adding the information from the tiebreaker matches to those gathered during the group stage.
• For ties that are not over positions of significance (in order of importance):
  1. Neustadtl score;
  2. Head-to-head record between the tied participants taking only game score into account;
  3. Record vs the first team below the tied teams, continuing to each subsequent team below the tied teams til the tie is resolved;
  4. 1v1 tiebreakers.
• If there is with no schedule allowance and involves explicit elimination, then 1v1 tiebreakers will be played.

Playoffs - 21.09.2023 - 24.09.2023:

• double-elimination bracket;
• all matches except Grand Final are Bo3;
• grand final is Bo5;