Dota 2 will return to the Riyadh-hosted Esports World Cup in 2027, though dates, format and prize money are still to come. The title has never been won twice, and its prize pool has fallen at every edition so far.
Dota 2’s place at Esports World Cup 2027 was announced without dates, a prize pool, a format or any invited teams. The whole event is listed for July to August 2027.
The 2026 tournament had originally been planned for Riyadh before it was moved to Paris on 20 May 2026.
Dota 2 prize money has fallen at every edition
The first edition, Riyadh Masters 2024, carried a US$5,000,000 prize pool. In 2025 Team Spirit took US$1,000,000 from a US$3,000,000 pool in a 16-team event. The 2026 tournament ran from 7 to 19 July with 24 teams. That field was eight teams larger than a year earlier.
