PGL Wallachia S1: Schedule, Teams, Prize Pool, Streams & more
PGL Wallachia Season 1, the first of a three-year Dota 2 tournament series, kicks off on May 10, 2024.
The sixteen-team tournament will run for over nine days in Bucharest, Romania. Participating teams will compete for their share of a $1,000,000 prize pool.
This guide equips you with everything you need to know about the tournament like Schedule, Teams, Prize Pool, Streams and more.
We've also written a guide on which teams are the favourites and underdogs.
PGL Wallachia info
- Dates: May 10th - 16th, 2024
- Location: PGL Studios, Bucharest, Romania (Online Broadcast)
- Prize Pool: $1,000,000
- Format:
- Modified Swiss System Group Stage (5 Bo3 rounds)
- Double Elimination Playoffs (Bo3 format, Grand Finals Bo5)
The group stage will run between May 10 to May 15, 2024, whereas the Playoffs will run between May 16 to May 19, 2024. Top eight teams will advance to the playoffs while the remaining eight teams will be eliminated after the conclusion of the group stage.
Participating Teams:
The official list of sixteen teams is as follows:
- Team Liquid
- Gaimin Gladiators
- Team Secret
- Team Falcons
- BetBoom Team
- Team Spirit
- Xtreme Gaming
- Aurora
- Shopify Rebellion
- Heroic
- Mouz
- Virtus Pro
- G2 x iG
- Azure Ray
- Nouns
- BOOM Esports
Five rounds of best-of-three (Bo3) will be played across five days in the PGL Wallachia Season 1. The first round on day one will feature multiple streams being played simultaneously, so you have got a “problem of plenty” to choose from.
Streams:
PGL Wallachia Season 1 will be streamed on multiple streaming platforms and in different languages. The links can be found below:
Substitutions:
Tundra Esports and Blacklist International will miss out on attending PGL Wallachia Season 1 as they couldn’t procure visas on time despite multiple deadlines. Mouz and Azure Ray were announced as their respective replacements.
The perennial mercenary team, OG Esports, were originally invited to be one of the replacements but they declined to participate for different reasons.
Broadcast Talent:
The tournament consists of top-notch broadcasting talent with familiar as well as new faces. For more information, you can check the image above or else visit here.
Storylines to follow:
- Can New Blood Upset the Veterans?
Can Mouz and nouns perform well against the already established teams? Or will we see Falcons dominate the event once again? - Team Spirit comeback?
Can we expect the reigning TI champions, Team Spirit, to make a formidable comeback after a disastrous start to their 2024 campaign? - Is it Team Secret’s time?
Team Secret has been trying to find its footing for quite some time. Will Puppey unleash his team’s potential to traverse the muddied waters.