Jordan Woodruff
Team Liquid and Team Falcons were the only sides that pulled out three-map wins on Wednesday as the DreamLeague Season 27 got underway.
The $1 million Dota 2 event features 24 teams starting in a Swiss System group stage. All matches are best-of-three, with the top eight teams advancing to the double-elimination playoffs, which run from Dec. 17-21.
Playoff matches will all be best-of-three ahead of the best-of-five grand final.
The championship team will receive $200,000 in prize money and a $30,000 club reward. The runner-up side will get $125,000 and a $25,000 club reward.
On Wednesday, Team Nemesis opened with a 61-minute win on red before Team Liquid prevailed in 30 minutes on red. Liquid took the decisive third map in 33 minutes on green.
Poland’s Michal “Nisha” Jankowski compiled a 30/8/52 kill-death-assist ratio for Team Liquid. Thailand’s Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon wound up at 20/17/22 for Team Nemesis.
Team Falcons sandwiched 31-minute and 25-minute victories on red around a 37-minute loss on red against Passion UA. Jordan’s Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf amassed a 21/7/18 K-D-A ratio for Team Falcons. Volodymyr “Moonlight” Bilous ended up at 18/11/19 for all-Ukrainian Passion UA.
In other Wednesday action:
–OG def. TeamTidebound 2-0
–Team Spirit def. 1w Team 2-0
–BetBoom Team def. Runa Team 2-0
–Team Yandex def. Virtus.pro 2-0
–Natus Vincere def. Aurora Gaming 2-0
–MOUZ def. Pipsqueak+4 2-0
–Xtreme Gaming def. Nigma Galaxy 2-0
–HEROIC def. Yakult Brothers 2-0
–PARIVISION def. GamerLegion 2-0
–Tundra Esports def. Amaru Gaming 2-0
Dream League Season 27 group standings
T1. Team Falcons, 1-0
T1. Tundra Esports, 1-0
T1. MOUZ, 1-0
T1. Team Spirit, 1-0
T1. BetBoom Team, 1-0
T1. Team Liquid, 1-0
T1. PARIVISION, 1-0
T1. Team Yandex, 1-0
T1. OG, 1-0
T1. HEROIC, 1-0
T1. Xtreme Gaming, 1-0
T1. Natus Vincere, 1-0
T13. Aurora Gaming, 0-1
T13. Nigma Galaxy, 0-1
T13. Yakult Brothers, 0-1
T13. Team Tidebound, 0-1
T13. Virtus.pro, 0-1
T13. GamerLegion, 0-1
T13. Team Nemesis, 0-1
T13. Runa Team, 0-1
T13. 1w Team, 0-1
T13. Pipsqueak+4, 0-1
T13. Amaru Gaming, 0-1
T13. Passion UA, 0-1
Dream League Season 27 prize pool, with prize money and club reward
1. $200,000, $30,000
2. $125,000, $25,000
3. $75,000, $20,000
4. $50,000, $15,000
5-6. $14,000, $10,000
7-8. $10,000, $10,000
9-24. No money, $7,500
–Field Level Media
