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
Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov
Quinn "Quinn" Callahan
Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard
Erik "tOfu" Engel
Melchior "Seleri" Hillenkamp
BetBoom Team
Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko
Danil "gpk" Skutin
Matvey "MieRo`" Vasyunin
Vitalie "Save-" Melnic
Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Khertek
Xtreme Gaming
Wang "Ame" Chunyu
Guo "Xm" Hongcheng
Lin "Xxs" Jing
Zhao "XinQ" Zixing
Ding "Dy" Cong
Team Liquid
Michael "miCKe" Vu
Michał "Nisha" Jankowski
Neta "33" Shapira
Samuel "Boxi" Svahn
Aydin "Insania" Sarkohi
Regional qualifier winners
Tundra Esports (Western Europe)
Ivan "Pure" Moskalenko
Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen
TBD
Edgar "9class" Naltakian
Matthew "Whitemon" Filemon
OG (Western Europe, replacement for 1win)
Enzo "Timado" Gianoli
Bozhidar "bzm" Bogdanov
Adrián "Wisper" Dobles
Matthew "Ari" Walker
Sébastien "Ceb" Debs
Team Spirit (Eastern Europe)
Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk
Denis "Larl" Sigitov
Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov
Myroslav "Mira" Kolpakov
Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov
G2.iG (China)
Du "Monet" Peng
Cheng "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang
Thiay "JT-" Jun Wen
Ye "BoBoKa" Zhibiao
Yap "xNova" Jian Wei
Team Falcons (MENA)
Oliver "skiter" Lepko
Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak
Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf
Andreas "Crit-" Nielsen
Wu "Sneyking" Jingjun
Talon Esports (Southeast Asia)
Eljohn "Akashi" Andales
Ng "ChYuan" Kee Chyuan
Chung "Ws" Wei Shen
Tri "Jhocam" Kuncoro
Pang "ponyo" Sze Xuan
Shopify Rebellion (North America)
Artour "Artee*zy" Babaev
Erin Jasper "Yopaj-" Ferrer
Jonáš "SabeRLight-" Volek
Thiago "Thiolicor" Cordeiro
Kartik "Kitrak" Rathi
HEROIC (South America)
Héctor "K1" Rodríguez
João "4nalog" Giannini
Cedric "Davai Lama" Deckmyn
Elvis "Scofield" Peña
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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