PGL Lays Out 2024-2026 Roadmap for Dota 2 Esports

PGL plans at least 8 Dota major tournaments with a prize pool of 1M USD from 2024 - 2026

Global esports tournament organizer PGL announced Monday its plan to host a minimum of eight major Dota 2 competitions from 2024 – 2026 with a total prize pool of $1M USD. 

The first of these events, PGL Wallachia Season #1, will take place May 10 – 19, at the PGL Studios in Bucharest, Romania. PGL Wallachia, Season #1 will feature 16 of the top Dota 2 teams, qualifying through Open Qualifiers (March 21-24) and Closed Qualifiers (March 25-28).

Looking further ahead, below is what PGL has planned for the 2025-2026 Dota 2 calendar: 

2025 Tournament #1 – March 6-15 | Qualifiers – Jan. 5-12.

2025 PGL Tournament #2 – April 18-27 | Qualifiers – March 23-30

2025 PGL Tournament #3 – November 7-16 | Qualifiers – Sept. 21-28

2026 PGL Tournament #1 – March 6-15 | Qualifiers – Jan. 4-11

2026 PGL Tournament #2 – April 17-26 | Qualifier – March 22-29

2026 PGL Tournament #3 – November 6-15 | Qualifier – Sept. 27 – Oct. 4

Further information on the 2025-2026 tournaments will be revealed at a later date. Each of these tournaments will feature open qualifiers, with the best 16 teams in the world vying to qualify for each event and take home a share of the $1M prize pool. 

PGL has hosted a number of majors and other significant Dota competitions in recent years, including Manila Major – 2016, Boston Major – 2016, Kyiv Major – 2017, The Bucharest Major – 2018, China Dota2 Supermajor – 2018, The Kuala Lumpur Major – 2018, Singapore Major – 2021, and Arlington Major 2022.

PGL is one of the last major independent tournament organizers in the global competitive scene not working directly with the Esports World Cup or ESL FACEIT Group (EFG)—both of which are owned and operated by the Saudi Arabian government. Even BLAST—which works with Ubisoft on Rainbow Six Siege esports, and Epic Games for Rocket League and Fortnite—is working closely with EFG to facilitate events that might make stops at the eight week gaming and esports and gaming festival set to place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in July—according to what sources tell The Esports Advocate.