Without even playing a single tournament, Evil Geniuses defended their leading position in the Dota 2 Team World Ranking in April. The gap to runner-up Vici Gaming is big – but another chinese team is on their heels.

[evil geniuses] leads the Dota 2 Team World Ranking for the sixth month in a row. The gap to [vici gaming] is huge: 12,000 points is the amount that a team like [asus.polar] needs a whole year to achieve.

Team Empire and Invictus Gaming are this months winners

Tournament-wise, March was a rather quiet month. The three best teams, EG, VG and [cloud 9] didn’t finish a single competition. The only major tournament, Major All Stars, was won by [invictus gaming] right ahead of [team empire] – which makes both teams the only ones to rise at the top of the world ranking. Empire passes [newbee] to rank 4 while IG reclaims the sixth place – their best ranking since November.

Redemption is the best newcomer

The biggest winners behind that were the [ninjas in pyjamas], now 23rd, [invasion e-sports] (#32) and [can`t say wips] (now #33). [redemption1], the former [arrow gaming] is the best newcomer on rank 82, closely ahead of [signature] who enter the ranking on the 86th place. Nopt exactly newcomers but rising high: [london conspiracy] gained 48 spots to rank 92 and [champions of summer`s rift] 64 spots to rank 93.

How is the World Ranking calculated?

The World Ranking consists of 421 teams from 57 countries this month. 4,050 results of 347 tournaments are included in our database. If you want to learn more about how the World Ranking is calculated, check our calculations page.