Falcons, OG off to 4-0 starts at DreamLeague Season 27

OG and Team Falcons improved to 4-0 to share first place at DreamLeague Season 27 on Saturday.

Another five teams sit right behind at 3-1, including Team Spirit, which entered the day atop the group-stage standings but suffered its first loss, 2-0 to OG.

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 Saturday, OG took care of business with a 57-minute win on green and a 63-minute victory on red to knock Team Spirit from the ranks of the unbeaten. Erin Jasper "Yopaj" Ferrer of the Philippines posted an average kills-deaths-assists ratio of 19.5-5.5-21 to lead OG.

Team Falcons was pushed to the limit by Pipsqueak+4, sandwiching 30-minute and 29-minute victories on green around Pipsqueak's 32-minute win on green. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf of Jordan led the way for Team Falcons with a K-D-A ratio of 8.0-3.0-10.0.

In other Saturday action:

--Xtreme Gaming def. Team Yandex 2-0

--Runa Team def. Amaru Gaming 2-0

--Team Tidebound def. Yakult Brothers 2-0

--Tundra Esports def. BetBoom Team 2-0

-Virtus.pro def. Team Liquid 2-1

--MOUZ def. GamerLegion 2-1

-Team Nemesis def. Passion UA 2-0

-Aurora Gaming def. HEROIC 2-1

-PARIVISION def. Natus Vincere 2-0

-Nigma Galaxy def. 1w Team 2-0

Dream League Season 27 group standings (match record, Buchholz score)

1. OG, 4-0, 2

2. Team Falcons, 4-0, -2

3. Team Spirit, 3-1, 0

4. PARIVISION, 3-1, 0

5. Xtreme Gaming, 3-1, 0

6. Virtus.pro, 3-1, 0

7. Tundra Esports, 3-1, -2

8. BetBoom Team, 2-2, 8

9. Team Yandex, 2-2, 6

10. MOUZ, 2-2, 4

11. Team Liquid, 2-2, 4

12. Natus Vincere, 2-2, 2

13. Team Tidebound, 2-2, 0

14. Runa Team, 2-2, 0

15. Pipsqueak+4, 2-2, -2

16. Aurora Gaming, 2-2, -4

17. Nigma Galaxy, 2-2, -4

18. HEROIC, 1-3, 0

19. Amaru Gaming, 1-3, 0

20. Yakult Brothers, 1-3, -4

21. GamerLegion, 1-3, -4

22. Team Nemesis, 1-3, -6

23. Passion UA, 0-4, 2

24. 1w Team, 0-4, 0

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