Everything you need to know ahead of ESL One Raleigh 2025

Everything you need to know ahead of ESL One Raleigh 2025

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Dota 2’s ESL One Raleigh event is just around the corner, with various teams from around the globe competing for a lion’s share of its $1m (~£775,000) prize pool.

Find out everything there is to know about the first ESL One event in the US in six years, including teams, format, scheudle and more.

ESL One Raleigh 2025 Format

ESL One Raleigh 2025 is scheduled to take place from April 7th to 13th.

The group stage will run from April 7th to 9th, 2025. There will be two single-round-robin groups, featuring six teams, with each series consisting of two games. The top two teams will then proceed to the playoffs’ upper and lower brackets.

The playoffs will then run from April 10th to 13th, 2025, featuring a double elimination bracket in a best-of-three format in front of a live audience. The grand final will take place on the last day and features a best-of-five format.

Participating Teams

In total, ESL One Raleigh 2025 features 12 teams. Some have progressed by achieving a top placement in their regional qualifier. Others were invited based on their placement in the EPT leatherboards, which was announced on X on January 13th.

NAVI Junior originally qualified for the tournament after defeating AVULUS in Western Europe Qualifiers. However, a complaint was raised that NAVI’s Stanislav ‘Riddys’ Mitroshkyn had used an exploit during the match. As a result, NAVI Junior was disqualified, and AVULUS proceeded in their place.

Here are all participating teams:

Group AGroup B Nigma Galaxy (MESWA Qualifier)AVULUS (Western European Qualifier)PARAVISION (Invited)Betboom Team (Invited)Shopify Rebellion (NA Qualifier)HEROIC (South American Qualifer)Talon Esports (SEA Qualifer)Team Falcons (Invited)Team Liquid (Invited)Team Tidebound (China Qualifier)Team Spirit (Eastern European Qualifier)Tundra Esports (Western European Qualifier)

ESL Schedule

Monday, April 7th: Group A, Day 1

PARI vs TSpirit

NGX vs SR

Liquid vs Talon

TSpirit vs Liquid

SR vs PARI

NGX vs Talon

Monday, April 7th: Group B, Day 1

Tundra vs Falcons

BB vs Tidebd

HEROIC vs AVULUS

Falcons vs BB

HEROIC vs Tidebd

AVULUS vs Tundra

Tuesday, April 8th: Group A, Day 2

NGX vs TSpirit

PARI vs Liquid

SR vs Talon

NGX vs Liquid

TSpirit vs SR

Talon vs PARI

Tuesday, April 8th: Group B, Day 2

Tundra vs BB

HEROIC vs Falcons

AVULUS vs Tidebd

Tidebd vs Tundra

Falcons vs AVULUS

HEROIC vs BB

Wednesday, April 9th: Group A, Day 3

Liquid vs SR

NGX vs PARI

Talon vs TSpirit

Wednesday, April 9th: Group B, Day 3

HEROIC vs Tundra

Tidebd vs Falcons

BB vs AVULUS

Once the group stage has concluded, the next three days will feature the playoffs.

Thursday, April 10th:

Upper Bracket Semi-finals

TBD vs TBD

TBD vs TBD

Friday, April 11th:

Lower Bracket Round 1

TBD vs TBD

TBD vs TBD

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

TBD vs TBD

Saturday, April 12th:

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

TBD vs TBD

Upper Bracket Final

TBD vs TBD

Lower Backet Semi-final

TBD vs TBD

Sunday, April 13th:

Lower Bracket Final

TBD vs TBD

Grand Final

TBD vs TBD

Where to Watch ESL One Raleigh 2025

The whole tournament, including the group stage and playoffs, will be broadcast on the official ESL Twitch channel and YouTube Channel under the live playlist. The event will also be broadcast on HUYA for eastern audiences.

There is currently no news of rewards for watching the stream, such as Twitch Drops.

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