Team Liquid knocked out Shopify Rebellion and Team Falcons in lower-bracket action Friday at the ESL One Bangkok tournament in Thailand.
Liquid swept Shopify in Round 1, winning in 31 minutes on red and 47 minutes on green. Liquid defeated Falcons 2-1 in the quarterfinals. Falcons opened with a 69-minute win on green, but Liquid answered with 32- and 77-minute victories on green.
Team Spirit eliminated Nigma Galaxy with a sweep in another Round 1 match in the lower bracket, winning in 33 minutes on red and 39 minutes on green.
Spirit will face AVULUS in the lower-bracket quarterfinals, with the winner taking on Liquid on Saturday.
PARIVISION and BetBoom Team will meet in Saturday’s upper-bracket final, with the winner advancing to Sunday’s best-of-five grand final. The winner of the $1 million Dota 2 tournament will take home $300,000.
ESL One Bangkok prize pool:
1. $300,000 — TBD
2. $175,000 — TBD
3. $120,000 — TBD
4. $85,000 — TBD
5-6. $57,500 — Team Falcons, TBD
7-8. $47,500 — Shopify Rebellion, Nigma Galaxy
9-10. $30,000 — BOOM Esports, Gaozu
11-12. $25,000 — Natus Vincere, beastcoast
–Field Level Media
