Liquid, Spirit charge into PGL Wallachia Season 7 playoffs

Field Level Media|published: Tue 10th March, 05:37 2026

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Team Spirit came from behind to edge HEROIC 2-1 on Monday at Bucharest, Romania, earning a berth in the PGL Wallachia Season 7 playoffs.

Team Liquid also booked their playoff spot by sweeping PARIVISION 2-0. Both Spirit-HEROIC and Liquid-PARIVISION were clashes of teams that entered the day with 2-0 records.

In the day's two elimination matches featuring 0-2 teams, Yellow Submarine knocked out Team Nemesis 2-0 and OG ousted MOUZ 2-1.

Matchups featuring 1-1 teams saw Aurora Gaming nip Tundra Esports 2-1, Xtreme Gaming slip past BetBoom Team 2-1, Natus Vincere squeeze by Vici Gaming 2-1 and Team Yandex trounce Team Falcons 2-0.

The $1 million Dota 2 tournament features a group stage through Wednesday with 16 teams playing a modified Swiss system format. All matches are best-of-three. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs, and the bottom eight are eliminated.

The playoffs run from Thursday through Sunday in a double-elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three until the grand final, which is best-of-five.

First place is worth $300,000, with $175,000 for second place and $120,000 for third.

On Monday, HEROIC earned a 39-minute win on red before Team Spirit bounced back with two victories on red, in 46 minutes and 48 minutes.

Russia's Denis "Larl" Sigitov finished with a 21-13-32 kill-death-assist ratio for Team Spirit. Peru's Santiago "TaiLung" Agüero Gustavo wound up at 28-13-33 for HEROIC.

Team Liquid bested PARIVISION in 56 minutes on red and 42 minutes on green.

Sweden's Michael "miCKe" Vu paced Team Liquid with a 27-7-27 K-D-A ratio. Russia's Alan "Satanic" Gallyamov finished at 13-9-18 for PARIVISION.

Yellow Submarine took down Team Nemesis in 43 minutes on red and 46 minutes on green. Russia's Andrei "bottega" Kopytko registered a 19-1-10 K-D-A ratio for Yellow Submarine. Thailand's Worawit "Q" Mekchai recorded a 5-10-12 K-D-A ratio for Team Nemesis.

OG began with a 49-minute victory on green, but MOUZ equalized in 35 minutes on green. OG took the match decider in 41 minutes on red.

John "Natsumi-" Vargas ended up at 25-14-25 for all-Philippine OG. The Netherlands' Remco "Crystallis" Arets logged a 18-10-22 K-D-A ratio for MOUZ.

The Tuesday schedule:

Matchups of 2-1 teams

--PARIVISION vs. Team Yandex

--Xtreme Gaming vs. Aurora Gaming

--HEROIC vs. Natus Vincere

Matchups of 1-2 teams

--BetBoom Team vs. Yellow Submarine

--Vici Gaming vs. Team Falcons

--Tundra Esports vs. OG

PGL Wallachia Season 7 group-stage standings