Aurora, PARIVISION, Xtreme open DreamLeague Season 28 with wins

PARIVISION, Aurora Gaming and Xtreme Gaming secured victories on the opening day of Group Stage 1 as the DreamLeague Season 28 got underway Monday.

Only four matches were played Monday, and the fourth saw MOUZ and Tundra Esports tie 1-1. The initial stage runs through Friday.

The $1 million Dota 2 event features 16 teams, starting in a round-robin stage split into two groups of eight teams. All series consist of two games, and the top four teams from each group advance to Group Stage 2, a single round robin featuring best-of-three matches.

From there, four teams will compete in a double-elimination playoff bracket Feb. 28-March 1 with best-of-three matches until the grand final, which will best-of-five.

The championship team will receive $250,000 in prize money and a $40,000 club reward. The runner-up side will get $100,000 and a $30,000 club reward.

In Group A on Monday, PARIVISION swept paiN Gaming in 29 minutes and 40 minutes on red. Aurora blanked BetBoom Team in 37 minutes on green and 57 minutes on red.

In Group B, Xtreme Gaming notched a 40-minute win on red and a 52-minute triumph on green to defeat Team Spirit. Tundra opened its match with a 24-minute win on green before MOUZ responded with a 32-minute victory, also playing on green.

DreamLeague Season 28 Group Stage 1, Group A standings (W-L-T, map record)

T1. Aurora Gaming, 1-0-0, 2-0

T1. PARIVISION, 1-0-0, 2-0

T3. OG, 0-0-0, 0-0

T3. Team Liquid, 0-0-0, 0-0

T3. Team Yandex, 0-0-0, 0-0

T3. Yakult Brothers, 0-0-0, 0-0

T7. BetBoom Team, 0-1-0, 0-2

T7. paiN Gaming, 0-1-0, 0-2

DreamLeague Season 28 Group Stage 1, Group B standings (W-L-T, map record)

1. Xtreme Gaming, 1-0-0, 2-0

2. MOUZ, 0-0-1, 1-1

3. Tundra Esports, 0-0-1, 1-1

T4. Execration, 0-0-0, 0-0

T4. GamerLegion, 0-0-0, 0-0

T4. Natus Vincere, 0-0-0, 0-0

T4. Team Falcons, 0-0-0, 0-0

8. Team Spirit, 0-1-0, 0-2

Dream League Season 28 prize pool, with prize money and club reward

1. $250,000, $40,000

2. $125,000, $30,000

3. $80,000, $25,000

4. $60,000, $20,000

5. $45,000, $15,000

6. $35,000, $15,000

7. $30,000, $12,500

8. $25,000, $12,500

9-10. $20,000, $10,000

11-12. $17,5000, $10,000

13-14. $15,000, $10,000

15-16. $10,000, $10,000

--Field Level Media