DreamLeague Season 23 is part of the ESL Pro Tour tournament series. During the event, the top 12 teams, according to ESL rankings, will draw a prize pool of 1 million dollars.
Participants:
- twelve teams;
- four teams from the EPT leaderboard;
- eight teams from the regional qualifiers.
Group stage - {date_utc:20.05.2024 00:00:00} - {date_utc:22.05.2024 00:00:00}:
- Two single round-robin groups of six teams each
- all matches are Bo2;
- The top two teams from each group qualify for the upper playoffs;
- 3rd and 4th place in each group qualify for the lower playoffs;
- the 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):
- Neustadtl score;
- Head-to-head record between the tied participants taking only game score into account;
- Record vs the first team below the tied teams, continuing to each subsequent team below the tied teams til the tie is resolved;
- 1v1 tiebreakers.
- If there is with no schedule allowance and involves explicit elimination, then 1v1 tiebreakers will be played.
Playoffs - 23.05.2024 - 26.05.2024:
- Double-elimination bracket;
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3;
- Grand Final is Bo5.
