Esports tournament calendar for the games Batru covers: The International, Esports World Cup and Esports Nations Cup — dates, locations and data coverage.
One calendar for the tournaments Batru tracks across Dota 2, Deadlock and Marvel Rivals in 2026: The International (Shanghai, Aug 13-23), the Esports World Cup (Riyadh, Jul 6 - Aug 23) and the first-ever Esports Nations Cup (Riyadh, Nov 2-29).
| Event | Dates | Location | Scope | Batru coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esports World Cup 2026 | Jul 6 – Aug 23, 2026 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 24 games, $75M total prize pool | Dota 2 hub |
| EWC 2026 — Dota 2 | Jul 7 – 19, 2026 | Paris, France | 24 teams, $2M — won by PVISION | Results & format |
| The International 2026 | Aug 13 – 23, 2026 | Shanghai, China | 16 teams, Dota 2 world championship | Pick/ban predictions |
| Esports Nations Cup 2026 | Nov 2 – 29, 2026 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | First edition — 16 games, national teams, $20M | Dota 2 hub |
| ENC 2026 — Dota 2 | Nov 2 – 8, 2026 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 32 national teams, $1.5M | Format & analysis |
Plenty of sites cover brackets and rosters. Batru's angle on every event is the same one that powers the rest of the site: calibrated win-probability models trained on millions of real matches. For tournament drafts that means pick/ban statistics, hero-level draft analysis and model receipts — what the model said before the game, next to what actually happened.
The busiest calendar of the three: The International, the Esports World Cup and now the Esports Nations Cup all field Dota 2 in 2026. Every event gets a dedicated hub with schedule, teams and draft-level analysis.
Dota 2 predictor & meta →NetEase runs its own official competitive circuit (Marvel Rivals Ignite) rather than joining the Esports World Cup lineup. We'll add an event hub when a circuit stop produces enough public draft data to analyze.
Marvel Rivals predictor & meta →Still pre-esports: Valve has not announced an official competitive circuit, and the game is absent from the 2026 Esports World Cup and Nations Cup lineups. Community events aside, there is nothing to put on the calendar yet.
Deadlock predictor & meta →For the games Batru covers: the Esports World Cup in Riyadh (July 6 – August 23, 24 games including Dota 2), The International 2026 in Shanghai (August 13–23), and the first-ever Esports Nations Cup in Riyadh (November 2–29, 16 games including Dota 2).
Both are organized by the Esports World Cup Foundation, but the World Cup is a club competition — professional organizations compete — while the Nations Cup, debuting in November 2026, is a country-vs-country format where players represent their nation.
Marvel Rivals runs its own official circuit (Ignite) operated by NetEase and is not part of the Esports World Cup lineup. Deadlock has no official competitive circuit yet. We add event hubs when an event produces public draft data worth analyzing.
Draft-level data: pick/ban statistics and calibrated win-probability analysis from models trained on millions of matches — the same models behind our predictors — instead of editorial power rankings.
Batru is an independent data site and is not affiliated with any tournament organizer, Valve, NetEase or Marvel. Dates and details reflect official announcements as of August 2026.
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