We take a look at the week ahead in esports and highlight the main events for May 6-12, with League of Legends maintaining centre stage.
What’s on in esports for week beginning May 6, 2024
Another huge week of esports kicks off on May 6, 2024, with League of Legends maintaining the spotlight.
The annual Mid-Season Invitational will head into its second week of play, with the top eight teams competing in the bracket stage of the event from May 7–19.
The 19th season of the ESL Pro League will continue with the playoff stage, which will kick off on Tuesday, May 7, and run through Sunday, May 12.
Meanwhile, PGL Wallachia will begin on May 10, with 16 of the best Dota tournaments teams taking their place in the US$1 million event.
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League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational
Following an exciting play-in stage, the Mid-Season Invitational main event (bracket stage) will begin on Tuesday, May 7.
The four teams that qualified through the play-in stage will meet the four teams that were seeded in the bracket stage, and they will compete in a double-elimination bracket across two weeks of play.
The opening round matches will feature Gen.G vs Fnatic, Team Liquid vs Top Esports, G2 Esports vs T1 and Bilibili Gaming vs PSG Talon.
Check out our extensive LoL Mid-Season Invitational betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.
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CS2 ESL Pro League Season 19
The playoff stage for Season 19 of the ESL Pro League will take place this week, with the final 16 teams competing in a single-elimination bracket.
MOUZ, Complexity, Astralis and Team Vitality will await their opponents in the quarterfinals after they topped their respective groups, while 3DMAX, TheMongolz, Team Liquid and Natus Vincere await in the round of 12 bracket after finishing second in their groups.
Check out our extensive CS2 ESL Pro League betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.
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Dota 2 PGL Wallachia
The first of many PGL-organised Dota 2 events will be held in Bucharest, Romania, as PGL Wallachia runs from May 10–19.
Esports betting sites has Team Falcons marked as the favourite in the “To Win Outright” market at +225, followed by Xtreme Gaming (+450), BetBoom Team (+550) and Team Liquid (+700).
Check out our extensive Dota 2 PGL Wallachia betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.
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Ciaran Jackman
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Ciaran Jackman spent six years as a senior editor at EsportBet.com, publishing nearly 1,000 articles across CS2, VALORANT and League of Legends. A mad esports fan and one of the hardest working people in the organisation, Ciaran was a defining voice on the site from 2019 to 2025.
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