PARIVISION and Xtreme Gaming pulled off clutch wins on the ultimate day of group-stage competitors on Wednesday to advance into the playoffs of the ESL One Birmingham occasion in England.
The groups entered the day in sixth and eighth place, respectively, in Group A and Group B. PARIVISION secured its second win over Yakult Brothers after which received a pair of one-off tiebreakers over GamerLegion and BetBoom to clinch the fourth spot.
In different Group A motion earlier than the tiebreakers, BetBoom beat GamerLegion whereas Crew Yandex and Tundra Esports locked down the highest two spots within the group with wins over MOUZ and REKONIX. MOUZ nonetheless completed in third place and superior regardless of the loss.
Xtreme Gaming used a win over OG — its first of the competitors — and losses by three different groups forward of them to leap up 4 spots into fourth place in Group B. The losses they wanted have been Aurora Gaming beating paiN Gaming, Crew Spirit beating Nigma Galaxy and Crew Falcons beating Virtus.professional. Aurora Gaming and Crew Spirit claimed the highest two spots in Group B with Crew Falcons claiming third.
The $1 million Dota 2 match, that includes 16 groups, will award $750,000 in prize cash and $250,000 in membership rewards in addition to 35,460 ESL Professional Tour factors unfold amongst all individuals.
The highest two groups from every group superior to the higher bracket of the playoffs. The third- and fourth-place groups have been delegated to the lower-bracket playoffs, with the remaining eight groups eradicated after Wednesday’s competitors.
The playoffs will likely be contested Thursday via Sunday with a double-elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three aside from the grand closing, which is best-of-five.
In Wednesday motion, PARIVISION accomplished its win of Yakult Brothers with a 32-minute win on inexperienced adopted by a 42-minute victory on pink. Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov of Russia led the win with a 21-2-20 kill-death-assist ratio. Malaysia’s Daniel “Ghost” Chan led Yakult Brothers with a 7-8-6 Ok-D-A.
Yandex clinched the highest spot with its 2-0 win over MOUZ, profitable in 32 minutes and 31 minutes on inexperienced. Kazakhstan’s Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov led the win with a powerful 22-1-13 Ok-D-A, whereas Dutch competitor Remco “Crystallis” Arets led MOUZ with a 10-12-6 ratio.
Tundra locked up the second spot with a pair of 29-minute victories on pink adopted by on inexperienced. Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov led the win with a 19-3-27 ratio, and Saieful “Fbz” Ilham of Indonesia led REKONIX with a 4-11-8 Ok-D-A.
BetBoom Crew’s 2-0 win over GamerLegion in 45 minutes and 58 minutes on inexperienced made the Group A tiebreaker a necessity. Ilya “Kiritych” Ulyanov of Russia posted a 21-6-35 Ok-D-A for BetBoom, beating out Edmond Dantes’ 11-16-24 ratio for GamerLegion.
PARIVISION received the primary tiebreaker over GamerLegion in 45 minutes on inexperienced and adopted with a 51-minute triumph on pink over BetBoom. Gallyamov led the staff with an 8-8-19 ratio within the two tiebreakers.
In Group B motion, Xtreme Gaming did its half to advance with 41-minute and 39-minute wins on inexperienced to beat OG. Wang “Ame” Chunyu of China led the hassle by totaling 11-2-30 in opposition to a 5-12-9 ratio for OG’s John “Natsumi-” Vargas from the Philippines.
Crew Spirit beat Nigma Galaxy in 35 minutes on inexperienced and 49 minutes on pink. Russia’s Denis “Larl” Sigitov led the win with a 17-2-27 Ok-D-A, whereas Tony “No!ob” Assaf of Lebanon led Nigma with a 14-11-13 ratio.
Crew Falcons closed out the group stage with a 46-minute win on inexperienced adopted by a 45-minute win on pink over Virtus.professional. A 22-6-21 exhibiting from Jordan’s Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf led the way in which for Falcons in opposition to Abed “Abed” Yusop’s 18-6-18 ratio for Virtus.
Aurora Gaming completed atop the group with a 50-minute pink victory adopted by a 30-minute inexperienced beatdown of paiN. Egor “Dusk” Grigorenko of Russia put up a 19-3-20 Ok-D-A to steer Aurora. Maximo “Wits” Orozco Alza led the Peruvian paiN squad with a 8-9-10 ratio.
Thursday schedule
Higher-bracket semifinals
Crew Yandex vs. Crew Spirit
Aurora Gaming vs. Tundra Esports
ESL One Birmingham standings
Place, Crew, Match W-L (Maps W-L)
Group A
1. Crew Yandex, 5-0-2 (12-2)
2. Tundra Esports, 4-0-3 (11-3)
3. MOUZ, 4-3-0 (8-6)
4. PARIVISION, 2-3-2 (6-8)
5. GamerLegion, 2-3-2 (6-8)
6. BetBoom, 2-3-2 (6-8)
7. Yakult Brothers, 1-3-3 (5-9)
8. REKONIX, 0-5-2 (2-12)
Group B
1. Aurora Gaming, 6-0-1 (13-1)
2. Crew Spirit, 5-1-1 (11-3)
3. Crew Falcons, 3-1-3 (9-5)
4. Xtreme Gaming, 1-2-4 (6-8)
5. Virtus.professional, 1-3-3 (5-9)
6. paiN Gaming, 0-3-4 (4-10)
7. OG, 0-3-4 (4-10)
8. Nigma Galaxy, 0-3-4 (4-10)
ESL One Birmingham prize pool (prize cash, membership reward)
1. TBD, $250,000, $40,000
2. TBD, $100,000, $30,000
3. TBD, $80,000, $25,000
4. TBD, $60,000, $20,000
5-6. TBD, $40,000, $15,000
7-8. TBD, $27,500, $12,500
9-10. GamerLegion, Virtus.professional; $20,000, $10,000
11-12. BetBoom Crew, paiN Gaming; $17,500, $10,000
13-14. Yakult Brothers, OG; $15,000, $10,000
15-16. REKONIX, Nigma Galaxy; $10,000, $10,000
–Area Degree Media
