Forward of the occasion, Valve has revealed the opening set of fixtures for The Worldwide 2025, Dota 2’s season-ending esports occasion.
Defending champions Crew Liquid will start its marketing campaign in opposition to BOOM Esports, which secured a spot on the event by way of the Southeast Asian regional qualifiers.
Elsewhere, Esports World Cup winners and two-time The Worldwide winners Crew Spirit start the competitors with a match in opposition to Wildcard, which just lately scored a third-place end at European Professional League Season 28.
Having made a last-minute roster change three days earlier than the Group Stage begins, Tundra Esports goals to construct on its third-place end from final 12 months with victory over Yakutou Brothers. The Chinese language aspect joined the group listing following the withdrawal of Gaimin Gladiators in late August.
2011 champions NAVI is aiming for an additional playoff look because it takes on Crew Tidebound in its opening match. Crew Tidebound is considered one of three Chinese language groups competing at this 12 months’s occasion, and heads into it with momentum following victory at Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi.
After lacking out on victory in entrance of a hometown crowd on the Esports World Cup, Crew Falcons faces off in opposition to Crew Nemesis, a group that gained two of the three regional qualifiers for Southeast Asia.
The Worldwide 2025 Format Defined
The Worldwide 2025 is cut up into the Group Stage and the Playofffs, with the Group Stage of the event starting on September 4th.
All 16 groups will compete in a Swiss system, with their win-to-loss document figuring out the opponents within the subsequent spherical. The highest three groups from the Group Stage advance to the Playoffs, whereas people who end from fourth to thirteenth will compete within the elimination spherical.
The elimination spherical will decide 5 of the eight groups that may qualify for the Playoffs, which can use a double-elimination bracket to find out the eventual champion.
