Tundra Esports were extended to four maps before defeating Team Falcons on Sunday in the grand final of the BLAST Slam III playoff stage in Copenhagen, Denmark.
After a victory in 58 minutes on red, Tundra Esports won on green in 38 minutes. Team Falcons stayed alive with a win in 38 minutes on red before Tundra closed it out with a win in 56 minutes on red.
Bozhider “bzm” Bodganov of Bulgaria led Tundra with a 9.75-3-9 average kills-deaths-assists ratio. Teammate Remco “Crystallis” Arets of the Netherlands averaged a K-D-A of 7.25-4-10.25.
Team Falcons had won the Group A stage at 3-1, while Tundra topped the Group B standings at 3-1.
The $1 million Dota 2 tournament began with a single-day group stage featuring two round-robin groups of five teams apiece. All matches were best-of-one. The top teams received byes into the semifinals, the second-place finishers were seeded into the quarterfinals, the third-place teams were seeded into Round 2 and the fourth- and fifth-place teams were placed into Round 1.
All matches were best-of-three until Sunday’s best-of-five grand final.
BLAST Slam III prize pool (prize money, team earnings)
1. $300,000, $100,000 — Tundra Esports
2. $150,000, $50,000 — Team Falcons
3-4. $60,000, $20,000 — Team Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators
5-6. $35,000, $15,000 — Team Tidebound, Aurora Gaming
7-8. $30,000, $10,000 — PARIVISION, Xtreme Gaming
9-10. $25,000, $5,000 — Team Liquid, BetBoom Team
–Field Level Media
