Esports Schedules
Esports, short for “Electronic Sports,” is essentially professional video gaming. Esports is an umbrella label for different games, from multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) esports games such as Defense of the Ancients (DotA) to first-person shooters (FPS) such as Counter-Strike. Wagering on esports through the sportsbook is available.
There’s no official esports schedule as there is with cycling (UCI) or tennis (ATP and WTA). Perhaps the closest is the Electronic Sports World Convention (formerly the Electronic Sports World Cup). It’s like the Olympics of esports, contested between countries.
To follow esports, we will have to follow the various calendars of the games. Games are contested professionally among teams, so not dissimilar to NBA teams opposing one another.
2022 Schedule
The INTEL Extreme Masters is a competition where they play Counter Strike Global Offensive.
It’s a multiplayer first-person shooter video game.
The best team players will matchup against another team in order to win the prize.
Event Information:
- July 15th, 2022.
- Location: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
- Prize Pool: $1,000,000
The Rocket League Championship Series 2021-22 is the major event of 3 regional events, where the teams collect points to qualify for this international event, which splits into two events.
Event information:
- Date: August 8th – August 14th
- Location: Dickies Arena, Forth Worth, USA.
- Prize: $2,085,000
Evolution Championship Series is an annual fighting game championship. After two years, due to COVID, is back and will be hosted in Las Vegas. Check out the latest news for more updates.
Event information:
- Aug 5, 2022- Aug 7, 2022.
- Location: Michelob ULTRA Arena, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA.
- Prize Pool: TBD
The ESL Pro League Season 16 is a tournament held online and organized by ESL and sponsored by Intel. The game played is Global Offensive.
The winner receives a reward of $175,000 and the chance to advance to the BLAST Premier: World Final 2022.
Event information:
- Aug 31st- Sept 2nd
- Location: Online
- Prize Pool: $835,000
The League of Legends World Championship will be held in North America after six years, and Mexico City, New York City and Toronto.
Is the biggest esports event of the year.
Event Information:
- Date: TBD
- Location:
- Arena de LLA, Mexito City, Mexico
- Hulu Theater del Madison Square Garden, New York, USA.
- Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada
- Chase Center, San Francisco, USA.
- Prize Pool: TBD
This Valorant Champions 2022 will be held in September instead of December. Organized by Riot Games. There are many stages played throughout different locations and dates.
Event information:
- Date: Sept 9th- 18th
- Location: Istambul
- Prize Pool: TBD
The HALO Championship Series is the 3rd major open LAN of this year’s season.
Organzied by HCS and Esports Engine, this event will be hosted in Orlando, USA. This crossplay game will be played in team in a 4v4 mode. It will be broadcast on Twitch
Event information:
- Date: Sept 23th- 25th
- Location: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, USA
- Prize Pool: $ 250,000
This year The International 11 will be held in Singapur. This is the major Dota event, so far. Organized by Valve.
The Dota 2 TI Battle Pass is, usually, released in May, however, this year the date changed and this will be released sometime after August 14th.
Event information:
- Date: Oct 8th- Oct 30th
- Location: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
- Prize Pool: $1,600,000
The HALO World Championship series is organized by 343 industries. 20 teams will gather up in Seattle to play the Halo Infinite game version, after the HCS 2022 Orlando Major.
Event information:
- Date: Oct 20th- 23th
- Location: Seattle Convention Center, USA
- Prize Pool: $1,000,000
The Blast Premier series will be hosted in Copenhagen. This final is organized by BLAST, the Global Offensive game will be played by 8 teams.
Event information:
- Date: Nov 23th – Nov 27th
- Location: Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Prize Pool: $425,000
The Call of Duty Mobile World Championship is organized by Activision. It’s the World Championship. The road to this final consists in 4 regional stages held in North America, Europe, LATAM, Garena, India and Japan.
Event information:
- Date: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Prize Pool: $1,700,000
The Call of Duty Mobile World Championship is organized by Activision. It’s the World Championship. The road to this final consists in 4 regional stages held in North America, Europe, LATAM, Garena, India and Japan.
Event information:
- Date: December 14th- December 18th
- Location: Abu Dhabi
- Prize Pool: $1,000,000
Tips Before Betting Esports
Esports has been around for quite a while, but in the same regard, Betting on esports is still new. It’s different compared to wagering on more traditional sports, but the fundamental tips of betting still apply.
- Convert the betting odds to their implied probability. Do the betting lines accurately reflect a team or player’s chances of winning? This is how you find an edge and see a bet is worth it.
- There is plenty of data in regards to the performances of esports teams and/or players, so just dig deep. As a caveat, the “prime” of esports players is a limited run.
- Point spreads, or a form of it, exist for certain esports games. Sometimes, this is only what’s available, not moneyline.
