Team Falcons and Natus Vincere secured wins on Sunday to finish atop Group A and Group B, respectively, on the final day of round-robin play of the DreamLeague Season 29 event.
Falcons rallied past GamerLegion 2-1 to finish group play as the only unbeaten team in either group at 7-0. Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf from Jordan led Team Falcons’ comeback after dropping the opener with a combined 20-10-24 kill-death-assist ratio in the match. Daniel “Ghost” Chan of Hong Kong led GamerLegion with a 24-12-23 K-D-A ratio.
The $1 million Dota 2 event began with the 16 teams divided into two groups for round-robin play. The top four teams in each group have earned spots in the upper bracket for the double-elimination playoffs, while the fifth- and sixth-place teams will start the playoffs in the lower bracket.
All matches through the event are best-of-three until the final on May 24, which will be best-of-five. The championship team will receive $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.
Before the playoffs begin on Tuesday, Xtreme Gaming, PlayTime and Tundra Esports will contest a three-team tiebreaker on Monday, each facing one another to settle a three-way tie for fourth place in Group B.
In Group A action on the final day of round-robin play, Falcons won 2-1, dropping the first game in 41 minutes on red before winning in 51 minutes and 39 minutes on green.
Team Spirit locked up the second spot in Group A with a 2-0 triumph over ex-HEROIC, winning in 33 minutes on green and 34 minutes on red.
Team Liquid finished in the No. 3 spot in the Group A standings after its 2-1 comeback win over Vici Gaming. Vici won the opener in 36 minutes on green before Liquid surged back with a pair of victories on red in 37 minutes apiece.
Aurora Gaming, the fourth seed, finished group play with a 2-1 defeat of Virtus.pro. Aurora won the first game on red in 40 minutes, Virtus bounced back with a 36-minute triumph on red, but Aurora responded to win the match with a 40-minute deciding victory on red.
On the final day of Group B play, Natus Vincere locked up the No. 1 seed with a 2-0 defeat of Xtreme Gaming. Natus swept the match with a pair of red victories in 51 and 26 minutes.
PARIVISION, also 6-1 in Group B but with a loss to Natus Vincere, is the second seed after coming away with a 2-1 win over last-place REKONIX. PARIVISION won the first clash in 36 minutes on green and closed it out with a 44-minute triumph on red after REKONIX won a 57-minute marathon on green in the middle faceoff.
BetBoom Team locked into the third seed thanks to a 2-0 sweep of Nigma Galaxy, winning in 77 minutes and 33 minutes on red.
Tundra Esports forced the three-way tie for fourth with its 2-1 defeat of PlayTime. After PlayTime won the opener in 39 minutes on green, Tundra rallied with a 65-minute victory on green and a 39-minute red win.
Monday schedule:
Group B tiebreakers
–Xtreme Gaming vs. PlayTime
–XG/PT winner vs. Tundra Esports
–XG/PT loser vs. Tundra Esports
DreamLeague Season 29 group standings, with match record and map record
Group A
1. Team Falcons, 7-0, 14-3
2. Team Spirit, 6-1, 13-3
3. Team Liquid, 5-2, 11-6
4. Aurora Gaming, 4-3, 9-8
5. Virtus.pro, 2-5, 7-10
6. Vici Gaming, 2-5, 6-10
7. ex-HEROIC, 1-6, 2-12
8. GamerLegion, 1-6, 3-13
Group B
1 Natus Vincere, 6-1, 12-4
2. PARIVISION, 6-1, 13-6
3. BetBoom Team, 4-3, 10-7
T4. PlayTime, 3-4, 8-9
T4. Tundra Esports, 3-4, 8-11
T4. Xtreme Gaming, 3-4, 7-8
7. Nigma Galaxy, 2-5, 5-10
8. REKONIX, 1-6, 4-12
DreamLeague Season 29 prize pool, with player prize money, club bonus money and base ESL Pro Tour points
1. $250,000, $40,000, 6,000 points
2. $100,000, $30,000, 5,000 points
3. $80,000, $25,000, 4,000 points
4. $60,000, $20,000, 3,200 points
5-6. $40,000, $15,000, 2,200 points
7-8. $27,500, $12,500, 1,000 points
9-12. $20,000, $10,000, 375 points
13-14. $12,500, $10,000, 140 points — ex-HEROIC, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000, $10,000, 60 points — GamerLegion, REKONIX
–Field Level Media
