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: The International 2026 (Shanghai, Aug 13-23) and the Esports World Cup 2026 (Riyadh, Jul 6 - Aug 23) are complete; the first-ever Esports Nations Cup has been postponed to November 2027 (Riyadh still hosts).
| 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 — won by Team Spirit | Pick/ban predictions |
| Asian Games 2026 — Esports | Sep 23 – Oct 2, 2026 | Aichi-Nagoya, Japan | 11 medal events · 13 titles (LoL in, Dota 2 out) | Titles & format |
| LoL Worlds 2026 | Oct 15 – Nov 14, 2026 | Los Angeles · Allen (TX) · New York, USA | 19 teams, Fearless Draft knockouts | Format & Fearless Draft |
| Esports Nations Cup | November 2027 (postponed from Nov 2026) | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | First edition — 16 games, national teams, $20M | Dota 2 hub |
| Olympic Esports Games | 2027 (dates TBA) | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | First edition — IOC event, lineup TBA | What is announced |
| ENC — Dota 2 | November 2027 · opening week (postponed) | 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 and the Esports World Cup field Dota 2 in 2026, with the Esports Nations Cup following in November 2027 after its postponement. 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) and The International 2026 in Shanghai (August 13–23). The first-ever Esports Nations Cup, originally set for November 2026, has been postponed to November 2027 (Riyadh).
Both come from the Esports Foundation, but the World Cup is a club competition — professional organizations compete — while the Nations Cup, now debuting in November 2027 after a postponement, 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 September 2026.
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