ESL One Raleigh 2025: format, schedule, results, and tournament bracket
ESL One Raleigh 2025 is an major Dota 2 championship that took place from 07.04.2025 to 14.04.2025 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. For the first time in 10 years, an ESL One Dota 2 event holding in the USA. This tournament is part of ESL Pro Tour Season 3 and is the penultimate event (before DreamLeague Season 26) where teams earn EPT points to qualify for the Esports World Cup 2025. Four teams from the top of the EPT Leaderboard and eight of the best teams from seven regions competing for a prize pool of $1,000,000 and 27,920 EPT Points.
The group stage follows a Round-Robin format with two groups of six teams. All matches will be played as Bo2. The top two teams from each group will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, the 3rd and 4th place teams move to the lower bracket, and the remaining teams are eliminated.
The playoff bracket follows a Double-Elimination format. All matches except the grand final are Bo3, while the grand final is Bo5.
Results of the seventh and final game day (13.04.2025)
In the lower bracket final, PARIVISION defeated Tundra Esports 2:1 and advanced to the grand final, where Team Spirit awaited, while Tundra Esports finished the tournament in 3rd place. In the grand final, PARIVISION confidently beat Team Spirit 3:1 and became the champions of ESL One Raleigh 2025. This marks their second consecutive ESL One title, having also won ESL One Bangkok 2024.
Results of previous game days:
Day 1
Group A
Nigma Galaxy finished the first day undefeated, beating Talon Esports and Shopify Rebellion, who failed to win a single map today. Team Spirit drew with today's opponents, while Team Liquid and PARIVISION take 2-3 place in the group with a score of 3:1.
Group B
Most of the series of the first day in Group B ended in a draw, only Team Falcons managed to defeat BetBoom Team and secured the first place of the group sending the opponent to the last.
Day 2
Group A
The leader of the group became PARIVISION, who lost only 1 map to Team Spirit. Talon Esports and Shopify Rebellion were unable to defeat the other teams, but drew with each other. These teams have already lost their chances to advance to the playoffs, while the remaining teams will continue to fight for seeding in the main stage.
Group B
Heroic lost both matches of the second day and went to the last place in the group. Team Falcons are currently closest to the upper bracket of the playoffs. Tundra Esports has played all of their opponents to a draw and has an equal score by maps with BetBoom Team.
Day 3
Group A
PARIVISION defeated Nigma Galaxy 2:0 and advance to the playoffs from first place, while Team Spirit take second. Team Liquid and the previously mentioned Nigma Galaxy also make it to the playoffs, but start from the lower bracket. Shopify Rebellion and Talon Esports are eliminated from the tournament with almost no wins.
Group B
Team Falcons emerged as the strongest team in their group and advance to the Playoffs from first place. Tundra Esports, Avulus, and BetBoom Team also qualify for the Playoffs, while Tidebound and Heroic are eliminated from the tournament.
Day 4
Tundra Esports defeated PARIVISION 2:1 and move forward, while PARIVISION drop to the lower bracket. Team Spirit overcame Team Falcons in a tough battle and continue their run in the upper bracket.
Day 5
BetBoom Team easily defeated Nigma Galaxy and moved forward. Team Liquid also confidently beat Avulus 2:0 in the first round of the lower bracket, but lost their next series to PARIVISION and were eliminated from the tournament.
Day 6
BetBoom Team defeated Team Falcons 2:0 in the lower bracket quarterfinal but then lost to PARIVISION in a tough match and were eliminated, finishing 4th. In the upper bracket final, Team Spirit beat Tundra Esports and advanced to the grand final, where they await the winner between Tundra Esports and PARIVISION.
As CyberScore previously reported, Tidebound replaces Xtreme Gaming at ESL One Raliegh 2025.
by CyberScore