New Delhi, July 23 -- The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) has officially opened registrations for National Esports Championship (NESC) 2025, the national qualifying tournament to select India's Dota 2 student team for OXY-2025, the Open Esports Student Games scheduled to be held in Samara, Russia, this October.

Recognised as one of the world's most prestigious student esports competitions, OXY-2025 will bring together student teams from nearly 50 countries across five continents to compete on an international stage, as per a press release from ESFI.

The tournament offers a total prize pool of 5.5 million Russian Rubles (approximately Rs 55 lakhs), with the top teams being awarded 2,000,000 RUR (1st), 1,250,000 RUR (2nd), 750,000 RUR ...