Team Liquid beat Tundra Esports 2-1 on Thursday to advance to the upper-bracket semifinals at the PGL Wallachia Season 4 event in Bucharest, Romania.
Liquid opened the double-elimination playoffs by sandwiching a 37-minute win on red and a 42-minute victory on green around Tundra’s 58-minute win on red.
Liquid moved on to face Team Spirit, who swept NAVI Junior with a 39-minute win on red and a 31-minute victory on green.
PARIVISION and Aurora Gaming both swept their way into the other semifinal. PARIVISION had 41- and 26-minute wins on green against Team Tidebound, while Aurora capped the day with a 58-minute win on red and a 32-minute victory on green against BetBoom Team.
Sixteen teams started the $1 million Dota 2 tournament, with the top eight qualifying for the playoffs. All remaining matches are best-of-three until Sunday’s best-of-five grand final, where the winners will take home $300,000.
Friday’s playoff schedule:
–Tundra Esports vs. NAVI Junior (lower bracket Round 1)
–Team Tidebound vs. BetBoom Team (lower bracket Round 1)
–Team Liquid vs. Team Spirit (upper-bracket semifinal)
–PARIVISION vs. Aurora Gaming (upper-bracket semifinal)
Dota PGL Wallachia Season 4 prize pool
1. $300,000
2. $175,000
3. $120,000
4. $80,000
5-6. $60,000
7-8. $40,000
9-11. $20,000 — Team Falcons, Xtreme Gaming, HEROIC
12-14. $15,000 — Shopify Rebellion, Edge, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000 — AVULUS, Talon Esports
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