PVISION, 1w stay perfect in Dota at Esports World Cup

PVISION and 1w became the only teams to sweep two matches through the first two days of the Dota 2 event at the Esports World Cup in Paris.

PVISION registered a 2-0 win over Vici Gaming on Wednesday in Group C action, while 1w swept Virtus.pro 2-0 in Group D.

In the other two groups, three teams all have one win and one draw through two matches. BB Team, Team Falcons and Xtreme Gaming share the top spot in Group A, while Aurora Gaming, Nigma Galaxy and Team Liquid are level atop Group B.

The Dota event at the Esports World Cup is the final championship of the ESL Pro Tour, now in its fourth season. The tournament has a $2 million prize pool, with $750,000 and 1,000 club points going to the first-place team.

The format consists of three phases: a group stage (through Sunday) of four groups of six teams competing in a round robin, a survival phase (July 14-15) formatted into a single-elimination bracket that will see four teams advance, then a final playoff stage (July 16-19), which is single elimination.

All matches in Phase 1 are two games, while the matches in Phases 2 and 3 are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final.

Overall, the Esports World Cup will feature competition in 25 titles and a total prize purse of $45 million. This week's events also include Valorant, Apex Legends and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. Upcoming events will include League of Legends, PUBG, EA Sports FC, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Rocket League, Counter-Strike 2 and Fortnite.

On Wednesday, PVISION got past Vici Gaming in 31 minutes and 30 minutes, both on red. Ukraine's Volodymyr "No[o]ne-" Minenko paced PVISION with a 19-4-22 kill-death-assist ratio. Guo "Xm" Hongcheng led all-Chinese Vici Gaming with six kills.

1w downed Virtus.pro in 57 minutes on red and 28 minutes on green. Bulgaria's Bozhidar "bzm" Bogdanov compiled a 24-5-32 K-D-A ratio for 1w. Peru's Enzo "Timado" Gianoli wound up at 10-7-9 for Virtus.pro.

Wednesday results:

Group A

Xtreme Gaming 2, GamerLegion 0

BB Team 2, Poor Rangers 0

Team Falcons 2, Rune Eaters 0

Group B

Nigma Galaxy 1, Aurora Gaming 1

L1 TEAM 1, PTime 1

Team Liquid 2, Level UP 0

Group C

PVISION 2, Vici Gaming 0

MOUZ 2, REKONIX 0

Team Spirit 2, Team Nemesis 0

Group D

1w 2, Virtus.pro 0

LGD Gaming 2, OG 0

Team Yandex 2, IC x Insanity 0

Thursday's schedule:

Group A

GamerLegion vs. Team Falcons

Poor Rangers vs. Xtreme Gaming

BB Team vs. Rune Eaters

Group B

Nigma Galaxy vs. Team Liquid

L1 TEAM vs. Aurora Gaming

PTime vs. Level UP

Group C

Vici Gaming vs. Team Spirit

MOUZ vs. Team Nemesis

REKONIX vs. PVISION

Group D

LGD Gaming vs. 1w

Virtus.pro vs. Team Yandex

OG vs. IC x Insanity

Dota 2 Esports World Cup group-stage standings (match record W-L-T, map record)

Group A

T1. BB Team, 1-0-1 (3-1)

T1. Team Falcons, 1-0-1 (3-1)

T1. Xtreme Gaming, 1-0-1 (3-1)

4. GamerLegion, 1-1-0 (2-2)

5. Rune Eaters, 0-1-1 (1-3)

6. Poor Rangers, 0-2-0 (0-4)

Group B

T1. Aurora Gaming, 1-0-1 (3-1)

T1. Nigma Galaxy, 1-0-1 (3-1)

T1. Team Liquid, 1-0-1 (3-1)

4. PTime, 0-0-2 (2-2)

5. L1 TEAM, 0-1-1 (1-3)

6. Level UP, 0-2-0 (0-4)

Group C

1. PVISION, 2-0-0 (4-0)

T2. MOUZ, 1-0-1 (3-1)

T2. Team Spirit, 1-0-1 (3-1)

4. Vici Gaming, 1-1-0 (2-2)

T5. REKONIX, 0-2-0 (0-4)

T5. Team Nemesis, 0-2-0 (0-4)

Group D

1. 1w, 2-0-0 (4-0)

T2. LGD Gaming, 1-0-1 (3-1)

T2. Team Yandex, 1-0-1 (3-1)

T4. OG, 0-1-1 (1-3)

T4. Virtus.pro, 0-1-1 (1-3)

6. IC x Insanity, 0-2-0 (0-4)

--Field Level Media