OG and Team Falcons, two of the top three teams in the DreamLeague Season 27 group stage, dropped their openers in the double-elimination playoffs on Wednesday.
Team Spirit, who joined OG and Team Falcons in posting a 5-1 group-stage record, won their first playoff match, downing Xtreme Gaming 2-0 in the upper-bracket quarterfinals.
Tundra Esports swept OG 2-0, and PARIVISION got past Team Falcons 2-0.
The last upper-bracket quarterfinal match, Virtus.pro vs. Team Yandex, is scheduled for Thursday.
The $1 million Dota 2 event began with 24 teams competing in a Swiss System group stage. All matches were best-of-three, with the top eight teams advancing to the double-elimination playoffs.
Playoff matches will all be best-of-three ahead of the best-of-five grand final on Sunday.
The championship team will receive $200,000 in prize money and a $30,000 club reward. The runner-up side will get $125,000 and a $25,000 club reward.
On Wednesday, Team Spirit rolled past Xtreme Gaming in 70 minutes on green and 38 minutes on red. Ukraine’s Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk led Spirit with a 31/10/22 kill-death-assist ratio. Malaysia’s Cheng “NothingToSay” Jin Xiang wound up at 19/13/32 for Xtreme Gaming.
Tundra Esports trounced OG in 36 minutes and 44 minutes, both on red. Russia’s Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko registered a 16-8-24 K-D-A ratio for Tundra Esports. The Philippines’ John “Natsumi-” Vargas posted a 17-13-12 K-D-A ratio for OG.
PARIVISION dumped Team Falcons in 51 minutes and 71 minutes, both on green. Russia’s Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov amassed a 27/7/21 K-D-A ratio for PARIVISION. Russia’s Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak logged a 20/13/26 K-D-A ratio for Team Falcons.
The Thursday schedule:
–Upper-bracket quarterfinal: Virtus.pro vs. Team Yandex
–Upper-bracket semifinal: PARIVISION vs. Team Spirit
–Upper-bracket semifinal: Tundra Esports vs. Virtus.pro/Team Yandex winner
Dream League Season 27 prize pool, with prize money and club reward (dollar amounts for teams 1-16 are minimums)
1. $200,000, $30,000
2. $125,000, $25,000
3. $75,000, $20,000
4. $50,000, $15,000
5-6. $14,000, $10,000
7-8. $10,000, $10,000
9-16. $10,500, $7,500 — BetBoom Team, Team Liquid, Natus Vincere, Runa Team, MOUZ, Nigma Galaxy, Team Tidebound, Pipsqueak+4
17-21. $7,000, $7,500 — Amaru Gaming, Aurora Gaming, Team Nemesis, GamerLegion, HEROIC
22-24. $3,500, $7,500 — Passion UA, 1w Team, Yakult Brothers
–Field Level Media
