The Esports Foundation has confirmed that Dota 2 will be part of Esports World Cup (EWC) 2027, the fourth year in a row the Valve game has been in the lineup. Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title, where two teams of five each control one hero and try to destroy the other side’s base.
According to a release, three different Clubs, each with a different roster, have lifted the Dota 2 trophy in the three EWC years so far. No Club or player has won it twice. The release does not give Dota 2 dates, a prize pool or a format for 2027, and the EWC site lists the whole event for July to August 2027.
How Dota 2 went at EWC 2026
PVISION won the 2026 title, finishing as the group stage’s top seed without losing a match (they drew once, against Team Spirit, the EWC 2025 winners). They beat Rune Eaters and Team Yandex in the playoffs, then met BB Team in the best-of-five grand final. PVISION lost the first game and won the next three for a 3-1 result. The EWC results page lists $750,000 in prize money for the winners.
Evgeniy “Noticed” Ignatenko was named Sony MVP of the tournament. The release says he played an instrumental role in PVISION’s run across the two-week event.
Teams and players to watch
Team Spirit failed to repeat as EWC champions, but a month later they won The International 2026 in Shanghai. Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk and Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov became the first players to win The International three times, the release says, all under the Team Spirit banner and before the age of 25.
Team Yandex finished third at both EWC 2026 and The International. The release says the signing of Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf, a young Jordanian player from the disbanded Team Falcons roster, has already brought two more trophies: PGL Wallachia Season 9 and BLAST SLAM VIII.
Falcons left Dota 2 after entering the scene in November 2023, a move the release calls a big surprise to the community. In that time they made no roster changes and won The International in 2025. Oliver “skiter” Lepko has joined Aurora Gaming, while Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak has gone to Team Liquid. Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu is on a new LGD Gaming roster formed last month, alongside Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan, the youngest TI winner. Andreas “Cr1t-” Nielsen has taken an indefinite break from competing.
The Esports World Cup is an annual event that pits top esports Clubs against one another in a cross-game format. The organizers call its prize pool the largest in esports history. It returns in summer 2027.
The following was sent as a press release to Inven Global.
