Tundra Esports continue to be the most dominant team in the 2025-2026 Dota 2 competitive season with three titles under their belts.
Western European Dota 2 powerhouse 
Tundra Esports have claimed the championship of DreamLeague Season 28 after they defeated Eastern Europe's 
Aurora Gaming, 3-1, in the tournament's grand finals on Monday (2 March).
With their victory, Tundra claimed the grand prize of US$290,000–split between US$250,000 for the players and US$40,000 for their organisation–out of DreamLeague Season 28's US$1 million prize pool. This marks Tundra's first tournament victory of 2026 and their third of the 2025-2026 competitive season after BLAST Slam IV last November and BLAST Slam V last December.
Meanwhile, Aurora settled for second place and US$130,000–split between US$100,000 for the players and US$30,000 for their organisation–in consolation.
While they fall short of the championship, it's still a commendable result for Aurora when considering they first had to fight through DreamLeague Season 28's Division 2 to earn their spot in the main tournament. Not only that, they also had to play with 
Artem “Lorenof” Melnick as a stand-in after 
Rafli Fathur “Mikoto” Rahman was forced to miss the event due to visa preparation for upcoming tournaments.
In addition, Tundra and Aurora earned 5,010 and 4,420 ESL Pro Tour (EPT) points, respectively, for their performance in DreamLeague Season 28. Those EPT points will go towards qualification for the Esports World Cup 2026's Dota 2 event, with the Top 12 teams earning a spot. Tundra and Aurora are currently first and second with 5,810 and 4,730 points, respectively, in the leaderboard.
Tundra claim third title of the season in DreamLeague Season 28
Tundra earned their spot in DreamLeague Season 28 as one of the six directly-invited teams. Meanwhile, Aurora were the last team to join the tournament's 16-squad field after DreamLeague Division 2 Season 3 in mid-February. The two grand finalists then fought three stages of competition to face off in the grand finals.
DreamLeague Season 28 began with its first Group Stage, which pit the 16 participating teams in two single round-robin groups from 16 to 20 February to be among the eight teams advancing to Group Stage 2. Aurora topped Group A with a 12-2 record while Tundra finished second in Group B with a 10-4 record.
Group Stage 2 followed with a single round-robin group from 21 to 27 February, where the Top 4 teams out of the eight remaining competitors earned qualification to the Playoffs. Tundra secured the second seed once again with a 12-6 record, earning them a spot in the upper bracket finals, while Aurora finished third with an 11-8 standing and had to start in the lower bracket semifinals.
In the Playoffs, Tundra swept Group Stage 2 top seed and BLAST Slam VI champions 
Team Liquid to become the first team to advance to the grand finals. Meanwhile, Aurora defeated 
Xtreme Gaming in three games in the lower bracket semifinals then secured their own sweep over Liquid in the lower bracket finals to earn a showdown with Tundra in the championship round.
Tundra struck first in the grand finals, dominating the opening game of the series in 41 minutes behind showstopping performances from 
Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov and 
Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko. Bzm's mid Beastmaster paced his team's 37-11 kill lead with 17 kills and six assists on two deaths while Pure on Muerta added 10 kills and 12 assists on just one death.
Game two was even more one-sided compared to game one, as Tundra stomped Aurora to the tune of a 27-5 kill lead in 28 minutes to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. Pure led the way with a perfect eight-kill, nine-assist performance on Templar Assassin.
Aurora finally hit back in game three, where they scored a dominant win of their own by routing Tundra in just under 32 minutes of action. Egor “Nightfall” Grigorenko on Faceless Void fueled his team's 37-8 kill lead with 12 kills and 11 assists while Lorenof on Storm Spirit pitched in with 11 kills and 16 assists, with both players also having just one death apiece.
Game four was by far the most closely-contested affair of the grand finals, where Tundra had to grind out a 47-minute win against a stubborn Aurora squad looking to force the series to a deciding fifth game. While Aurora held the gold lead for virtually the entire game, a masterclass performance from bzm on Tinker allowed Tundra to close out the 3-1 series victory and secure the DreamLeague Season 28 championship.
Bzm secured the title for Tundra with 12 kills and assists apiece on three deaths in game four while Nightfall on Abaddon put up an admirable 14 kills and 11 assists on four deaths despite the loss.
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