How to watch ESL One Birmingham 2024: Stream, teams, prize pool & more
Bart Oerbekke/ESLESL One Birmingham 2024 is set to be the second big event in Dota 2 esports’s 2024 calendar year and will feature some of the top teams from around the world. Here is everything we know about the event so far.
Twelve teams worldwide will have off at ESL One Birmingham with the champion taking home the lion’s share of the $1 million prize pool and a host of ESL Pro Tour points. The tournament is the second big event in the Dota 2 esports calendar for 2024 and the fourth in the second season of the ESL Pro Tour.
The tournament will feature four teams invited from their placement on the EPT leaderboard and eight teams who battled through their regional qualifiers.
This is everything we know so far about the event including where to watch, teams participating, prize pool breakdown, and more.
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ESL One Birmingham 2024: Stream
ELS One Birmingham 2024 will be streamed across ESL channels on Twitch and YouTube. The channel has been embedded below for your convenience. The tournament will also feature multiple streams as matches run simultaneously across the early stage.
ESL One Birmingham 2024: Schedule & Bracket
The ESL One Birmingham bracket and schedule have not yet been fully released. The tournament begins on April 22 and runs through April 28.
The tournament is broken up by Group Stage and Playoff Stage matches:
- Group Stage: April 22-24
- Playoff Stage: April 26-28
Here are the two groups for ESL One Birmingham:
Group A
| Team | Score |
|---|---|
| BetBoom Team | 0-0-0 |
| G2 x iG | 0-0-0 |
| Shopify Rebellion | 0-0-0 |
| Talon Esports | 0-0-0 |
| Team Falcons | 0-0-0 |
| Team Liquid | 0-0-0 |
Group B
| Team | Score |
|---|---|
| Gaimin Gladiators | 0-0-0 |
| HEROIC | 0-0-0 |
| OG | 0-0-0 |
| Team Spirit | 0-0-0 |
| Tundra Esports | 0-0-0 |
| Xtreme Gaming | 0-0-0 |
ESL One Birmingham 2024: Format
The tournament will have a classic Dota 2 format with two single round-robin groups consisting of six teams. Each series will feature two games.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs while the third and fourth-place teams from each will move on to the lower bracket.
The Playoff Stage format is a double-elimination bracket. Every match except the Grand Final will be a best-of-three while the final matchup will be a best-of-five.
ESL One Birmingham 2024: Teams
Gaimin Gladiators – Twitter/XFour teams were invited to the competition based on their EPT points, while the other eight had to battle through the different regional qualifier tournaments.
Invited Teams
| Team | Roster |
|---|---|
| Gaimin Gladiators | dyrachyo, Quinn, Ace, tOfu, Seleri |
| BetBoom Team | Nightfall, gpk, MieRo, Save-, TORONTOTOKYO |
| Xtreme Gaming | Ame, Xm, Xxs, XinQ, Dy |
| Team Liquid | miCKe, Nisha, 33, Boxi, Insania |
Qualified Teams
| Region | Team | Roster |
|---|---|---|
| Western Europe | Tundra Esports | Pure~, Topson, TBD, 9Class, Whitemon |
| Eastern Europe | Team Spirit | Yatoro, Larl, Collapse, Mira, Miposhka |
| Western Europe | OG | bzm, Wisper, Ari, Ceb (Yet to announce Carry) |
| MENA | Team Falcons | Skiter, Malr1ne, ATF, Cr1t-, Sneyking |
| China | G2.iG | Monet, NothingToSay, JT-, BoboKa, xNova |
| Southeast Asia | Talon Esports | Akashi, ChYuaN, Ws, Jhocam, ponyo |
| North America | Shopify Revellion | Arteezy, Yopaj-, SabeRLight-, Thiolicor, Kitrak |
| South America | HEROIC | K1, 4nalog, Davai Lama, Scofield, KJ |
ESL One Birmingham 2024: Prize Pool
The tournament’s prize pool is $1 million with the breakdown of the payouts shown below.
| Placement | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $300,000 | TBD |
| 2nd | $175,000 | TBD |
| 3rd | $120,000 | TBD |
| 4th | $85,000 | TBD |
| 5th-6th | $57,500 | TBD |
| 7th-8th | $47,500 | TBD |
| 9th-10th | $30,000 | TBD |
| 11th-12th | $25,000 | TBD |