Esports World Cup 2026 and the Start of the Games of the Future 2026: Dota 2 Tournament Schedule for July 2026

One of the season’s biggest competitions is scheduled for July on the Dota 2 esports calendar. The schedule for all ongoing and upcoming tournaments in July 2026 is detailed below.

The final stage of the streamers’ media tournament will take place at the beginning of the month.

One of the season’s biggest tournaments will be held outside of Saudi Arabia for the first time—in Paris.

In the second half of the month, Moscow will host an event organized by the Russian Esports Federation.

A new season of the tournament for streamers and media personalities.

The organizers have once again raised the prize pool to the standard level for this discipline.

The OFFSTAGE editorial team has named the Esports World Cup 2026 as July’s main tournament. Throughout the year, teams competed for ranking points, which determined which teams received invitations to this event, while the remaining participants qualified through regional quotas. Team Spirit has also been invited to Paris to defend its title.

The International 2026 will begin in August. This year, the tournament will be held in China from August 13 to 23, with an initial prize pool of $1.6 million—there is currently no information on how this amount might be increased.

You can find the schedule for Dota 2 tournaments held in June in our article.

Photo: Esports Foundation.