Dota 2 ESL One Birmingham 2024: Everything you need to know

ESL One Birmingham 2024, one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments this year, is set to deliver fans top tier Dota 2 action to close out the month of April.

From 22 to 28 April, 12 of the best Dota 2 teams in the world will be battling in the Resorts World Arena of Birmingham, the United Kingdom for their cut of a US$1 million prize pool. Also up for grabs are ESL Pro Tour (EPT) points, which will go towards qualification to this year's Riyadh Masters — which has become the biggest annual Dota 2 event in terms of prize money over the past year.

Here's everything you need to know about ESL One Birmingham 2024:

Teams

The 12 teams competing in ESL One Birmingham include four directly invited teams as well as eight teams who earned their spots through regional qualifiers hosted in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, China, the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA), North America, and South America.

Notable participants include the grand finalists of last year's The International (TI) 2024, namely reigning two-time champions Team Spirit as well as the runners-up and three-time Major champions Gaimin Gladiators.

There's also MENA-based juggernauts Team Falcons, who have staked their claim as the best team in the world early this year by winning back-to-back trophies at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 and DreamLeague Season 22. Chinese powerhouse Xtreme Gaming will also be looking to pose another challenge to Falcons' dominance after defeating them in the grand finals of the Dota 2 Elite League earlier this month.

Here is the full list of teams competing in ESL One Birmingham 2024:

Direct invites

Gaimin Gladiators

1. Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov

2. Quinn "Quinn" Callahan

3. Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard

4. Erik "tOfu" Engel

5. Melchior "Seleri" Hillenkamp

BetBoom Team

1. Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko

2. Danil "gpk" Skutin

3. Matvey "MieRo`" Vasyunin

4. Vitalie "Save-" Melnic

5. Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Khertek

Xtreme Gaming

1. Wang "Ame" Chunyu

2. Guo "Xm" Hongcheng

3. Lin "Xxs" Jing

4. Zhao "XinQ" Zixing

5. Ding "Dy" Cong

Team Liquid

1. Michael "miCKe" Vu

2. Michał "Nisha" Jankowski

3. Neta "33" Shapira

4. Samuel "Boxi" Svahn

5. Aydin "Insania" Sarkohi

Regional qualifier winners

Tundra Esports (Western Europe)

1. Ivan "Pure" Moskalenko

2. Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen

3. TBD

4. Edgar "9class" Naltakian

5. Matthew "Whitemon" Filemon

OG (Western Europe, replacement for 1win)

1. Enzo "Timado" Gianoli

2. Bozhidar "bzm" Bogdanov

3. Adrián "Wisper" Dobles

4. Matthew "Ari" Walker

5. Sébastien "Ceb" Debs

Team Spirit (Eastern Europe)

1. Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk

2. Denis "Larl" Sigitov

3. Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov

4. Myroslav "Mira" Kolpakov

5. Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov

G2.iG (China)

1. Du "Monet" Peng

2. Cheng "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang

3. Thiay "JT-" Jun Wen

4. Ye "BoBoKa" Zhibiao

5. Yap "xNova" Jian Wei

Team Falcons (MENA)

1. Oliver "skiter" Lepko

2. Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak

3. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf

4. Andreas "Crit-" Nielsen

5. Wu "Sneyking" Jingjun

Talon Esports (Southeast Asia)

1. Eljohn "Akashi" Andales

2. Ng "ChYuan" Kee Chyuan

3. Chung "Ws" Wei Shen

4. Tri "Jhocam" Kuncoro

5. Pang "ponyo" Sze Xuan

Shopify Rebellion (North America)

1. Artour "Arteezy" Babaev

2. Erin Jasper "Yopaj-" Ferrer

3. Jonáš "SabeRLight-" Volek

4. Thiago "Thiolicor" Cordeiro

5. Kartik "Kitrak" Rathi

HEROIC (South America)

1. Héctor "K1" Rodríguez

2. João "4nalog" Giannini

3. Cedric "Davai Lama" Deckmyn

4. Elvis "Scofield" Peña

5. Matheus "KJ" Deniz

Format

ESL One Birmingham 2024 is split into two main stages: the Group Stage from 22 to 24 April and the Playoffs from 26 to 28 April.

The tournament's Group Stage will split the 12 participating teams into two groups of six teams each, where they will then compete in a single round-robin with all matches being a best-of-two to determine placement in the Playoffs.

The Top 4 teams from each group will advance to the Playoffs, with the Top 2 being seeded into the upper bracket while the third and fourth-placed teams will have to start from the lower bracket. Meanwhile, the bottom two teams will be eliminated early.

Here are the groupings for the ESL One Birmingham 2024 Group Stage:

Group A: BetBoom Team, G2.iG, Shopify Rebellion, Talon Esports, Team Falcons, Team Liquid

Group B: Gaimin Gladiators, HEROIC, OG, Team Spirit, Tundra Esports, Xtreme Gaming

DreamLeague Season 22's Playoffs will be a double-elimination bracket where all matches will be a best-of-three except for the Grand Finals, which will be a full best-of-five series.

Prize pool

ESL One Birmingham 2024 will have a prize pool of US$1 million and 26,640 EPT points, with the champions walking away with the grand prize of US$300,000 and 6,400 EPT points. Here's the full prize pool breakdown for the tournament:

• Champions: US$300,000, 6,400 EPT points

• 2nd place: US$175,000, 4,800 EPT points

• 3rd place: US$120,000, 4,000 EPT points

• 4th place: US$85,000, 3,200 EPT points

• 5th-6th place: US$57,500, 2,240 EPT points

• 7th-8th place: US$47,500, 1,040 EPT points

• 9th-10th place: US$30,000, 560 EPT points

• 11th-12th place: US$25,000, 280 EPT points

How to watch

ESL One Birmingham 2024 will be broadcasted live in English on the official ESL Dota 2 Twitch and YouTube channels. Secondary, tertiary, and quaternary channels will also be active during the Group Stages in order to accommodate the high number of matches in those stages.

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