ESL One Berlin Major 2023 group stage schedule revealed

ESL One Berlin Major 2023, the second Major tournament of the DPC 2023 ranking season, will take place on 26 April this year. The 18 strongest Dota 2 teams from six professional regions will battle it out for the Major title, hefty prize money and the DPC points needed to qualify for Valve's MOBA main event, The International 2023. Here's a look at Group A and Group B match schedules and all the details about the group stage.

ESL One Berlin Major 2023 group stage format

The group stage of the Berlin Major 2023 will take place in a Round Robin format. Participants will be divided into 2 groups of 9 teams. All matches will take place in a bo2 format. Top-4 teams will advance to the top flight play-offs. The teams ranked 5th-6th will qualify to the lower reaches of the grid. The remaining teams will leave the tournament.

Group stage schedule for ESL One Berlin Major 2023

The matches will be played in 4 streams. There will be a total of 8 matches per game day in each of the two groups. The exception to this will be the matches scheduled for April 30. The groups will then play 4 matches each as well as tiebreakers if needed.

Group A, April 26:

• Evil Geniuses vs Gaimin Gladiators - 1pm EEST
• PSG.LGD vs Execration - 13:00 EEST
• Ex-HellRaisers vs TSM - 13:00 EEST
• BetBoom Team vs Team Aster - 13:00 EEST
• Team Liquid vs Team Aster - 15:30 EEST
• TSM vs BetBoom Team - 15:30 EEST
• PSG.LGD vs Gaimin Gladiators - 15:30 EEST
• Execration vs Evil Geniuses - 15:30 EEST

Fans of the eSports and pro Dota 2 should not miss the duels between Evil Geniuses and Gaimin Gladiators, Team Liquid and Team Aster, and PSG.LGD and Gaimin Gladiators.

Group B, April 26:

• Tundra Esports vs Team Spirit - 18:15 EEST
• Talon Esports vs beastcoast - 18:15 EEST
• Shopify Rebellion vs Invictus Gaming - 18:15 EEST
• Team SMG vs OG - 18:15 EEST
• Xtreme Gaming vs OG - 20:45 EEST
• Team Spirit vs Shopify Rebellion - 20:45 EEST
• Invictus Gaming vs Tundra Esports - 20:45 EEST
• beastcoast vs Team SMG - 20:45 EEST

In Group B, the first game day matches between Tundra Esports and Team Spirit, Xtreme Gaming and OG, and Invictus Gaming and Tundra Esports deserve attention.

Group A, April 27:

• PSG.LGD vs Evil Geniuses - 1pm EEST
• Gaimin Gladiators vs BetBoom Team - 13:00 EEST
• Team Liquid vs ex-HellRaisers - 13:00 EEST
• Execration vs Team Aster - 13:00 EEST
• Team Liquid vs BetBoom Team - 15:30 EEST
• TSM vs Evil Geniuses - 15:30 EEST
• Ex-HellRaisers vs Team Aster - 15:30 EEST
• Execration vs Gaimin Gladiators - 15:30 EEST

Worth seeing on the day are PSG.LGD and Evil Geniuses as well as Team Liquid and BetBoom Team.

Group B, 27 April:

• Xtreme Gamin vs Talon Esports - 6:15pm EEST
• Tundra Esports vs Shopify Rebellion - 18:15 EEST
• Team Spirit vs OG - 18:15 EEST
• Invictus Gaming vs Team SMG - 18:15 EEST
• beastcoast vs Shopify Rebellion - 20:45 EEST
• Talon Esports vs OG - 20:45 EEST
• Team Spirit vs Invictus Gaming - 20:45 EEST
• Xtreme Gaming vs Team SMG - 20:45 EEST

The bouts between Team Spirit and OG, Tundra Esports and Shopify Rebellion as well as Team Spirit and Invictus Gaming should not be missed.

ESL One Berlin Major 2023 prize pool distribution

Competitors will compete for a total of $500,000 in prize money and 2,700 DPC points, 800 more than in the previous Major tournament this season due to the format of the Dota Pro Circuit 2023.

The distribution of prize money at ESL One Berlin Major 2023 is shown below:

• 1st place - $200,000 - 500 DPC points
• 2nd place - $100,000 - 450 DPC Points
• 3 place - $75,000 - 400 DPC points
• 4 place - $50,000 - 350 DPC points
• 5-6 place - $25,000 - 300 DPC points
• 7-8 place - $12,500 - 200 DPC points

It should be noted that teams that leave the tournament at the end of the group stage will go home empty-handed.

Where to watch the matches of the upcoming ESL One Berlin Major 2023?

The official matches will be streamed on Twitch and YouTube. All ESL One Berlin Major 2023 matches can be found on EGamersWorld. All tournament matches are presented on our website as well as multilingual broadcasts for fans from all over the world. The editors of our website provide betting tiers and analysis on Dota 2 matches, as well as live scoring and odds will be available to the user.