Team Liquid, Aurora Gaming and Team Falcons swept to victories on Saturday, the first day of Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague Season 28.
Tundra Esports also triumphed, by a 2-1 margin, in the first of seven consecutive days of the group stage.
The $1 million Dota 2 event featured 16 teams, starting in a round-robin stage split into two groups of eight teams. All series consisted of two games, and the top four teams from each group advanced to Group Stage 2, a single round robin featuring best-of-three matches from Feb. 21-27.
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 be 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.
On Saturday, Team Liquid downed Xtreme Gaming in 34 minutes and 25 minutes, both on red. Michael “miCKe” Vu of Sweden paced Team Liquid with a 12.5-1.5-5.5 average kills-deaths-assists differential.
Aurora Gaming blanked PARIVISION in 42 minutes on green and 45 minutes on red. Russian Egor “Nightfall” Grigorenko posted an average KDA of 13-2.5-11 for Aurora and teammate Chung “Ws” Wei Shen of Malaysia had a 9.1-2.5-16 differential.
Team Falcons got past BetBom Team in 30 minutes and 50 minutes, both on red. Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak of Russia led the Falcons with an average KDA of 12-4.5-11.5.
Tundra Esports won a battle with MOUZ, taking the opener in 30 minutes on red, falling in 41 minutes on green and winning in 27 minutes on red. Russian Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko averaged a KDA of 11-5-17.5 and Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov of Bulgaria averaged a differential of 11-3-21 for Tundra.
Sunday’s matches
–Xtreme Gaming vs. MOUZ
–Tundra Esports vs. PARIVISION
–BetBoom Team vs. Team Liquid
–Aurora Gaming vs. Team Falcons
Monday’s matches
–MOUZ vs. BetBoom Team
–PARIVISION vs. Xtreme Gaming
–Aurora Gaming vs. Tundra Esports
–Team Liquid vs. Team Falcons
Group Stage 2 standings
T1. Aurora Gaming, 1-0, 2-0
T1. Team Falcons, 1-0, 2-0
T1. Team Liquid, 1-0, 2-0
T1. Tundra Esports, 1-0, 2-1
T5. BetBoom Team, 0-1, 0-2
T5. MOUZ, 0-1, 1-2
T5. PARIVISION, 0-1, 0-2
T5. Xtreme Gaming, 0-1, 0-2
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 — OG, Natus Vincere
11-12. $17,500, $10,000 — Team Yandex, Team Spirit
13-14. $15,000, $10,000 — paiN Gaming, GamerLegion
15-16. $10,000, $10,000 — Yakult Brothers, Execration
–Field Level Media