ESL One Raleigh 2025 Teams, Schedule, Format, Prize Pool and more

ESL One Raleigh 2025 is just around the corner with 12 teams vying for the ultimate glory. Discover which teams are attending the ESL One Raleigh Dota 2 tournament, the format and schedule, the prize pool and all the other details in this article.

ESL One Raleigh 2025 Teams

Here’s the complete list of teams competing at the ESL One Raleigh 2025:

• Parivision
• BetBoom Team
• Team Falcons
• Team Liquid
• Tundra Esports
• AVULUS
• Team Spirit
• Nigma Galaxy
• Team Tidebound
• Talon Esports
• Shopify Rebellion
• HEROIC

Europe (WEU & EEU) has the most teams, while North America, South America, Southeast Asia and China each have one representative. Surprisingly, Nigma Galaxy are back playing in a premier tournament as they managed to qualify through the MESWA qualifiers.

Format

Here’s the tournament for FISSURE Universe Episode 4:

• Participants
  • Four teams from the EPT Leaderboard
  • Eight teams from regional qualifiers
• Group Stage - April 7 - April 9, 2025
  • Two single round-robin groups of six teams each
  • All series consist of two games
  • The top two teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
  • 3rd to 4th place teams from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
  • The remaining teams are eliminated
  • Click here for Group Stage tiebreaker rules
• Playoffs - April 10 - April 13, 2025
  • Double-elimination bracket
  • All matches except the Grand Final are Bo3
  • Grand Final is Bo5

The tournament’s prize pool is $1,000,000; no teams will return home empty-handed. Moreover, EPT points will also be distributed to the teams based on their performance.

Groups and Schedule

The groups for ESL One Raleigh 2025 have been drawn:

• Group A: Nigma Galaxy, Parivision, Shopify Rebellion, Talon Esports, Team Liquid, Team Spirit
• Group B: Avulus, BetBoom Team, Heroic, Team Falcons, Team Tidebound, Tundra Esports

On the first day of the group stage, 12 matches will be played simultaneously on different streams across different teams. They can be viewed on the tournament’s official streaming channels on Twitch and YouTube.

Stay tuned to BLAST for the latest tournament updates on ESL One Raleigh 2025.