What to Watch This Week in Dota 2: Elite League Season 2 and Clavision Snow Ruyi Invitational

The Riyadh Masters just concluded, but the excitement in Dota 2 continues with two LAN events: Elite League Season 2 and Clavision Snow Ruyi Invitational. Gaimin Gladiators were recently crowned the champions at the Riyadh Masters 2024 after a swift and decisive victory over Team Liquid.

However, the end of the Riyadh Masters doesn't mean the end of Dota 2 LAN events. The action now shifts to two new locations.

Elite League Season 2

With an enhanced prize pool and top-tier teams heading to Peru, Elite League Season 2 is poised to be the most significant LAN event in South America since the Lima Major. Sixteen teams will compete for a share of the $1,000,000 prize pool. The event kicks off on Thursday, July 25th, with the Swiss Group Stage, followed by the Round Robin Phase on Sunday, July 28th.

Elite League Schedule:

- Swiss Stage (Group Stage 1) - July 25 - July 27;

- Round-Robin Stage (Group Stage 2) - July 28 - July 31;

- Playoffs - August 2 - August 4.

Participating Teams:

Direct Invites:

- OG;

- Team Liquid;

- Tundra Esports;

- Shopify Rebellion;

- nouns;

- Heroic;

- beastcoast;

- BOOM Esports;

- PSG Quest;

- 1win.

Qualified Teams:

- MOUZ (Western Europe);

- Yellow Submarine (Eastern Europe);

- Apex Genesis (North America);

- Infinity (South America);

- Execration (Southeast Asia);

- Evil Rabbit (China).

Clavision Snow Ruyi Invitational

China will host a half-million-dollar LAN tournament featuring 10 teams from around the globe at the renowned Olympic village Taizicheng, known for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Clavision DOTA League Season 1: SnowRuy begins on Sunday, July 28th, with the Group Stage.

Clavision DOTA League Season 1: SnowRuy н2Schedule:

- Group Stage – July 28 - 30

- Playoffs – August 1 - 4

Participating Teams:

- Xtreme Gaming;

- G2 x iG;

- LGD Gaming;

- Azure Ray;

- Team Zero;

- Team Spirit;

- Talon Esports;

- Virtus.prov;

- Natus Vincere;

- Nigma Galaxy.