Team Tundra and PARAVISION opened Group Stage 2 on Friday with sweeps at the DreamLeague Season 25 event.
BetBoom Team and Chimera Esports also picked up Group Stage 2 victories.
Group Stage 2 of the $1 million Dota 2 event is a single round-robin group, with eight teams facing off in best-of-three matches.
The top two teams from Group Stage 2 will head to the upper bracket of the playoffs, the third- and fourth-place teams will land in the lower bracket, and the remaining teams will be eliminated.
The playoffs begin March 1 and feature a double-elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three aside from the grand final on March 2, which is best-of-five. The winning team gets $250,000 and a club reward of $40,000. There will also be 20,440 ESL Pro Tour points distributed to the participants.
On Friday, Team Tundra posted consecutive victories on red, winning in 42 minutes and 27 minutes over Team Spirit. Anton “dyrachyo” Shkredov of Russia paced Tundra with an average 10.5/2.0/12.0 kill-death-assist ratio.
With 41-minute and 40-minute wins on green, PARAVISION knocked off Team Falcons, led by Russian Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov’s K-D-A ratio of 15.0/3.0/13.5.
Team Liquid jumped ahead of BetBoom Team with a 43-minute triumph on green, but BetBoom bounced back with a 56-minute win on green and closed out the match, prevailing in 42 minutes on red. Russia’s Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko had a strong effort for BetBoom, with a K-D-A ratio of 10.3/2.0/14.0.
Against HEROIC, Chimera Esports grabbed the lead in 36 minutes on red, then after a 39-minute defeat on green, rebounded to seal the victory in 37 minutes on red. Chimera’s top player was Kazakhstan’s Aybek “Naive-” Tokayev, who posted a K-D-A ratio of 6.7/1.3/9.7.
Group Stage 2 continues Saturday with four matches:
–Team Spirit vs. BetBoom Team
–Team Liquid vs. Chimera Esports
–HEROIC vs. Team Falcons
–Tundra Esports vs. PARAVISION
DreamLeague Season 25 prize pool (cash winning, EPT points, club reward)
1. $250,000, TBD, $40,000
2. $100,000, TBD, $30,000
3. $80,000, TBD, $25,000
4. $60,000, TBD, $20,000
5. $40,000, TBD, $15,000
6. $35,000, TBD, $15,000
7. $30,000, TBD, $12,500
8. $25,000, TBD, $12,500
9-10. $20,000, 350 points, $10,000 — Shopify Rebellion, Yakult Brothers
11-12. $17,500, 175 points, $10,000 — Moodeng Warriors, Gaimin Gladiators
13-14. $15,000, 98 points, $10,000 — Xtreme Gaming, BOOM Esports
15-16. $10,000, 42 points, $10,000 — 9Pandas, AVULUS
–Field Level Media
