November 5, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; DRplayers hold up the Summoner’s Cup Worlds 2022 trophy after defeating T1 in the League of Legends World Championships at the Chase Center. Mandatory credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Betboom Team and Heroic came away with 2-0 victories on Saturday in meetings between undefeated teams at the Dota 2 Fissure Playground event in Belgrade, Serbia.
Betboom Team Liquid in 29 minutes on green and in 29 minutes on red behind an average kill-death-assist ratio of 29 minutes on red behind an average kill-death-assist ratio of 9.5-15.0-15.0 from Russian Matvey “Miero” Vasyunin.
Adrian “Wisper” Dobles of Bolivia delivered an average KDA of 12.0-2.0-19.0 as Heroic earned a 49-minute win on the Green Against Award before prevailing for 45 minutes on red.
The $1 million DOTA tournament begins with 16 teams competing in a group stage using a modified Swiss system. Group stage matches consist of a single map at the start, then best-of-three for matches that determine progression or elimination.
The top eight teams in the group stage advance to the double-elimination playoffs. All playoffs will be best-of-three except for the grand final on February 2, which will be best-of-five.
In four games that tied the teams at 1-1 on Saturday, the squads played on just one map. Talon esports got the best of Tundra esports, Parivision defeated Yakult Brothers, Gaimin Gladiators got the best of Aurora Gaming and Team Falcons bested wildcards.
Two elimination matches were held, with Xtreme Games blanking Chimera esports 2-0 and Avulu sinking Shopify Uprising by the same score.
Group stage action continues Sunday with six games:
Between 2-1 teams
-Team Liquid vs. Parivision
-Talon esports vs. Team Spirit
-Team Falcons vs. Gaimin Gladiators
Between 1-2 teams
-Wildcard vs. Tundra esports
– Yakult Brothers vs. Avulus
–Aurora Gaming vs. Xtreme Gaming
Fissure Playground Belgrade Prize Pool:
1. $400,000
2. $170,000
3. $100,000
4. $75,000
5-6. 50,000 dollars
7-8. 35,000 dollars
9-11. 15,000 dollars
12-14. 10,000 dollars
15-16. $5,000 – Chimera esports, Shopify Rebellion
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