OG, Team Liquid and Team Falcons each won two matches on Tuesday in the first full day of action in Group Stage 1 at DreamLeague Season 28.
Team Liquid, OG, Aurora Gaming and PARIVISION share first place in Group A, all 2-0. The lone 2-0 squad in Group B is Team Falcons.
The $1 million Dota 2 event features 16 teams, starting in a round-robin stage split into two groups of eight teams. All series consist of two games, and the top four teams from each group advance to Group Stage 2, a single round robin featuring best-of-three matches.
From there, four teams will compete in a double-elimination playoff bracket Feb. 28-March 1 with best-of-three matches until the grand final, which will best-of-five.
The championship team will receive $250,000 in prize money and a $40,000 club reward. The runner-up side will get $100,000 and a $30,000 club reward.
In Group A on Tuesday, OG got past Yakult Brothers in 27 minutes and 23 minutes, both on green. John “Natsumi-” Vargas recorded a 24-3-20 kill-death-assist ratio for all-Philippine OG.
OG then downed Team Yandex in 29 minutes and 32 minutes, again both on green. Natsumi- again starred, finishing at 20-1-26.
Team Liquid topped Team Yandex in 38 minutes on red and 56 minutes on green. Team Liquid’s Michael “miCKe” Vu, of Sweden, wound up at 22-13-13.
Liquid then got past Yakult Brothers in 27 minutes on red and 34 minutes on green, with miCKe amassing an 18-4-21 K-D-A ratio.
Team Falcons swept Natus Vincere in 34 minutes and 44 minutes, both on red. Falcons’ Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak, of Russia, logged a 19-2-21 K-D-A ratio.
Falcons handled Execration in 42 minutes and 33 minutes, again both on red behind a 23-3-28 performance from Malr1ne.
In the day’s other Group A matches, Aurora Gaming beat paiN Gaming 2-0 and PARIVISION bested BetBoom Team 2-0.
Elsewhere in Group B, Team Spirit and MOUZ tied 1-1, Execration got past GamerLegion 2-0, Xtreme Gaming and Tundra Esports tied 1-1, and Natus Vincere dumped GamerLegion 2-0.
Group Stage 1 continues through Friday.
DreamLeague Season 28 Group Stage 1, Group A standings (W-L-T, map record)
T1. Aurora Gaming, 2-0-0, 4-0
T1. OG, 2-0-0, 4-0
T1. PARIVISION, 2-0-0, 4-0
T1. Team Liquid, 2-0-0, 4-0
T5. BetBoom Team, 0-2-0, 0-4
T5. paiN Gaming, 0-2-0, 0-4
T5. Team Yandex, 0-2-0, 0-4
T5. Yakult Brothers, 0-2-0, 0-4
DreamLeague Season 28 Group Stage 1, Group B standings (W-L-T, map record)
1. Team Falcons, 2-0-0, 4-0
2. Xtreme Gaming, 1-0-1, 3-1
T3. Execration, 1-1-0, 2-2
T3. Natus Vincere, 1-1-0, 2-2
T3. MOUZ, 0-0-2, 2-2
T3. Tundra Esports, 0-0-2, 2-2
7. Team Spirit, 0-1-1, 1-3
8. GamerLegion, 0-2-0, 0-4
Dream League Season 28 prize pool, with prize money and club reward
1. $250,000, $40,000
2. $125,000, $30,000
3. $80,000, $25,000
4. $60,000, $20,000
5. $45,000, $15,000
6. $35,000, $15,000
7. $30,000, $12,500
8. $25,000, $12,500
9-10. $20,000, $10,000
11-12. $17,5000, $10,000
13-14. $15,000, $10,000
15-16. $10,000, $10,000
–Field Level Media