Team Liquid and Gaimin Gladiators each recorded a sweep on Friday to advance to the upper-bracket final in The International 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Liquid posted 37- and 50-minute wins on red to dispatch Cloud9, while Gaimin Gladiators notched a 33-minute victory on green and a 24-minute triumph on red to topple Tundra Esports. Liquid and Gaimin Gladiators will clash on Saturday for the right to advance to the grand final.

The two losing teams in those contests were dropped to the lower-bracket quarterfinals. Cloud9 are set to face Team Falcons on Saturday, while Tundra Esports will challenge Xtreme Gaming.

Team Falcons and Xtreme Gaming advanced to that bracket by posting sweeps over BetBoom Team and Aurora, respectively. Team Falcons secured a 25-minute win on red and a 60-minute victory on green over BetBoom Team, while Xtreme Gaming seized a 38-minute win on green and a 57-minute victory on red versus Aurora.

BetBoom Team and Aurora were eliminated following their respective losses.

The playoffs began with 16 teams seeded in either the upper or lower bracket based on the results of the group stage and seeding deciders. The winners of the decider matches began the main event in the upper bracket, and the losing sides started in the lower bracket.

The main event runs through Sunday. All matches are best-of-three until the grand final, which is best-of-five.

The champions will earn 45 percent of the prize pool, which began with a base of $1.6 million and will increase based on sales within the game.

The International 2024 prize pool:
1. $1,139,825 (45 percent)
2. $354,617 (14 percent)
3. $227,923 (9 percent)
4. $151,949 (6 percent)
5-6. $88,654 (3.5 percent)
7-8. $63,295 (2.5 percent) — BetBoom Team, Aurora
9-12. $50,615 (2 percent) — nouns, 1w Team, HEROIC, Team Spirit
13-16. $38,039 (1.5 percent) — Talon Esports, Team Zero, beastcoast, G2 x iG

–Field Level Media