OG, Natus Vincere, MOUZ and Team Yandex rounded out the six-team playoff field at the BLAST Slam V event by advancing through the play-in round on Sunday.
Team Falcons and Tundra Esports grabbed the top two group-play seeds by finishing top-two in the group stage, which concluded Saturday. The teams that finished Nos. 3-8 moved on to the play-in, while the bottom four teams competed in the last-chance playoff for a chance to join them.
OG and Team Yandex will meet in the playoff quarterfinals and Natus Vincere and MOUZ will play in the other match. Falcons and Tundra will be waiting in the semifinals after receiving a bye.
The $1 million Dota 2 event started with 12 teams competing in a round-robin of single-map matches.
The single-elimination playoffs are scheduled for Dec. 5-7 in Chengdu, China. The quarterfinals and semifinals will feature best-of-three matches, and the grand final will be best-of-five.
The championship team will receive $300,000 in prize money and $100,000 in team earnings.
On Sunday, OG swept HEROIC 2-0, winning in 33 minutes and 34 minutes, both on green. Erin Jasper “Yopaj” Ferrer of the Philippines averaged 7.5 kills, just 0.5 deaths and 10.5 assists across the two maps for OG.
Natus Vincere defeated Team Tidebound in 41 minutes on red and 39 minutes on green. NaVi was led by Ukraine’s Taras “gotthejuice” Linnikov, who posted a 10.0-2.5-9.0 average kills-deaths-assists ratio.
MOUZ outlasted Yakult Brothers 2-1 by sandwiching a 38-minute win on red and a 48-minute win on green around Yakult’s 31-minute win on red. Remco “Crystallis” Arets of the Netherlands led MOUZ with an average 8.3-2.3-7.7 K-D-A.
Yandex also prevailed 2-1 in their match against Xtreme Gaming. After Xtreme took the first map in 43 minutes on red, Yandex prevailed in 49 minutes on green and 44 minutes on red. Kazakhstan’s Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov guided Yandex with an average K-D-A of 7.0-1.7-7.0.
Yakult Brothers and Xtreme Gaming had to escape the last chance playoff to get that far. Yakult swept Execration 2-0 and Xtreme defeated Tearlaments 2-1.
The tournament will continue Friday in China with the two quarterfinal matches:
–OG vs. Team Yandex
–Natus Vincere vs. MOUZ
BLAST Slam V prize pool, with prize money and team earnings
1. $300,000, $100,000
2. $150,000, $50,000
3-4. $60,000, $20,000
5-6. $35,000, $15,000
7-10. $22,500, $6,250 — HEROIC, Team Tidebound, Yakult Brothers, Xtreme Gaming
11-12. $10,000, $2,500 — Execration, Tearlaments
–Field Level Media
