Major esports events and tournaments in 2011
| Date | Game | Event | Location | Winner/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | multiples games | IEM Season V - European Championships | |||
| January 29 | StarCraft II | Global StarCraft II League January 2011 | |||
| January 29 | StarCraft II | Bacchus OSL 2010 | |||
| February 19 | StarCraft II | PDPop MSL 2010 | |||
| March 5 | IEM Season V - World Championships | ||||
| March 19 | StarCraft II | GSL March 2011 | |||
| April 3 | multiple games | MLG Dallas 2011 | |||
| April 9 | StarCraft II | GSL World Championship Seoul 2011 | |||
| April 23 | Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Source StarCraft II | Copenhagen Games 2011 | |||
| May 14 | StarCraft II | GSL May 2011 | |||
| June 5 | StarCraft II | MLG Columbus 2011 | |||
| June 5 | numerous games | EPS Germany: Summer Season 2011 Finals | |||
| June 11 | StarCraft II | ABC Mart MSL 2011 | |||
| June 11 | StarCraft II | GSL Super Tournament | |||
| June 18 | StarCraft II | GSL Super Tournament | |||
| June 21 | DreamHack Summer 2011 | ||||
| June 26 | Defense of the Ancients WarCraft III StarCraft II | G-League 2011 Season 1 | |||
| July 10 | StarCraft II | North American Star League Season 1 | |||
| July 29–31 | fighting games | Evolution 2011 | Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada, US | ||
| July 30 | GSL July 2011 | ||||
| July 31 | MLG Anaheim 2011 | ||||
| August 14 | IGN Pro League Season 2 | ||||
| August 20 | Counter-Strike | WEG e-Stars 2011 | |||
| August 21 | Dota 2 | The International 2011 | |||
| August 21 | League of Legends StarCraft II | IEM Season VI - Cologne | |||
| August 28 | MLG Raleigh 2011 | ||||
| September 3 | Call of Duty XP | ||||
| September 10 | StarCraft II | GSL August 2011 | |||
| September 17 | StarCraft: Brood War | Jin Air OSL 2011 | |||
| October 5 | Counter-Strike League of Legends StarCraft II | IEM Season VI - Guangzhou | |||
| October 9 | numerous games | WCG 2011 Samsung Euro Championship | |||
| October 9 | League of Legends StarCraft II | IGN Pro League Season 3 | |||
| October 9 | Defense of the Ancients WarCraft III StarCraft II | G-League 2011 Season 2 | |||
| October 16 | multiple games | MLG Orlando 2011 | Orlando, Florida | ||
| October 16 | League of Legends StarCraft II | IEM Season VI - New York | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City, New York | ||
| October 22 | StarCraft II | GSL October 2011 | |||
| October 22 | StarCraft II World of WarCraft | BlizzCon 2011 | |||
| October 25 | multiple games | Electronic Sports World Cup 2011 | |||
| November 19 | League of Legends | Tencent Games Carnival 2011 | |||
| November 20 | multiple games | MLG Providence 2011 | |||
| November 27 | DreamHack Winter 2011 | ||||
| December 4 | StarCraft II | NASL Season 2 | |||
| December 4 | multiple games | EPS Germany: Winter Season 2011 Finals | |||
| December 3 | Starcraft II | GSL November 2011 | |||
| December 11, 2011 | multiple games | World Cyber Games 2011 | Busan, South Korea | ||
| December 17 | GSL Blizzard Cup 2011 |