DreamLeague Season 19

DreamLeague Season 19 is a tournament from the organizer ESL, which is part of the ESL Pro Tour tournament cycle. Within the event, the top 16 teams, according to the EPT ranking, will play for a prize pool of $1,000,000. The winner will also receive an invitation to the Riyadh Masters 2023.

Important Updates:

• Nigma Galaxy replaced PSG.LGD who was unable to attend due to visa issues.

Participants:

• sixteen teams:
  • five teams from Western Europe;
  • three teams from North America;
  • two teams each from Eastern Europe, South America, China and Southeast Asia;
• invites are based on the EPT Ranking System.

Group Stage 1 - 09.04.2023 - 12.04.2023:

• two groups of eight teams each;
• single round-robin;
• all matches are Bo2;
• top four teams from each group advance to Group Stage 2;
• remaining teams are eliminated.

Group Stage 2 - 14.04.2023 - 20.04.2023:

• one group of eight teams;
• single round-robin;
• all matches are Bo3;
• top two teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs;
• 3rd and 4th place team advance to the lower bracket of the 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  - 22.04.2023 - 23.04.2023:

• Double-elimination bracket;
• all matches except Grand Final are Bo3;
• Grand final is Bo5;
• one team qualifies to Riyadh Masters 2023.