Tundra Esports and Team Spirit won for the third day in a row on Monday in FISSURE Universe: Episode 4, becoming the first two teams to clinch playoff berths in the event.
The $500,000 Dota 2 tournament features a group stage using a modified Swiss system for 16 teams through Wednesday. All matches are best-of-three. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs, and the remaining teams are eliminated.
The playoffs on Thursday through Sunday use a double-elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three until the grand final, which is best-of-five. The winning team will earn $250,000.
On Monday in matches featuring teams that had started with two wins, Tundra Esports edged Team Liquid 2-1, and Spirit swept Gaimin Gladiators 2-0.
In matches involving teams that split their prior two contests, Team Tidebound topped Aurora Gaming 2-0, PARIVISION bested BOOM Esports 2-0, Team Falcons got past Talon Esports 2-0, and BetBoom Team blitzed Night Pulse 2-0.
In the day’s two elimination matches featuring teams that were winless through two matches, 1win dumped M80 2-0, and Wildcard ousted One Move 2-0.
Tundra opened with a 41-minute win on red before Liquid claimed a 26-minute victory on red. The decisive third map went to Tundra, playing on red, in 38 minutes.
Bulgaria’s Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov paced Tundra with an average 8.3/4.3/8.3 kill-death-assist ratio. Sweden’s Michael “miCKe” Vu wound up at 11.0/4.0/6.3 for Liquid.
Spirit grounded Gaimin Gladiators in 65 minutes on green and 44 minutes on red. Ukraine’s Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk starred for Spirit with an average 10/4/18 K-D-A ratio. Kazakhstan’s Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov finished at 9.0/6.5/7.5 for Gaimin Gladiators.
The Tuesday schedule — Matches involving 2-1 teams –Gaimin Gladiators vs. PARIVISION –Team Falcons vs. Team Tidebound –Team Liquid vs. BetBoom Team Matches involving 1-2 teams –BOOM Esports vs. Wildcard –Aurora Gaming vs. Talon Esports –Night Pulse vs. 1win
FISSURE Universe: Episode 4 prize pool 1. $250,000 2. $100,000 3. $60,000 4. $30,000 5-6. $20,000 7-8. $10,000 9-16. No prize money — M80, One Move, six more teams TBD
–Field Level Media
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