Team Falcons, Natus Vincere finish atop DreamLeague Season 29 groups

Team Falcons and Natus Vincere secured wins on Sunday to finish atop Group A and Group B, respectively, on the final day of round-robin play of the DreamLeague Season 29 event.

Falcons rallied past GamerLegion 2-1 to finish group play as the only unbeaten team in either group at 7-0. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf from Jordan led Team Falcons' comeback after dropping the opener with a combined 20-10-24 kill-death-assist ratio in the match. Daniel "Ghost" Chan of Hong Kong led GamerLegion with a 24-12-23 K-D-A ratio.

The $1 million Dota 2 event began with the 16 teams divided into two groups for round-robin play. The top four teams in each group have earned spots in the upper bracket for the double-elimination playoffs, while the fifth- and sixth-place teams will start the playoffs in the lower bracket.

All matches through the event are best-of-three until the final on May 24, which will be best-of-five. The championship team will receive $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.

Before the playoffs begin on Tuesday, Xtreme Gaming, PlayTime and Tundra Esports will contest a three-team tiebreaker on Monday, each facing one another to settle a three-way tie for fourth place in Group B.

In Group A action on the final day of round-robin play, Falcons won 2-1, dropping the first game in 41 minutes on red before winning in 51 minutes and 39 minutes on green.

Team Spirit locked up the second spot in Group A with a 2-0 triumph over ex-HEROIC, winning in 33 minutes on green and 34 minutes on red.

Team Liquid finished in the No. 3 spot in the Group A standings after its 2-1 comeback win over Vici Gaming. Vici won the opener in 36 minutes on green before Liquid surged back with a pair of victories on red in 37 minutes apiece.

Aurora Gaming, the fourth seed, finished group play with a 2-1 defeat of Virtus.pro. Aurora won the first game on red in 40 minutes, Virtus bounced back with a 36-minute triumph on red, but Aurora responded to win the match with a 40-minute deciding victory on red.

On the final day of Group B play, Natus Vincere locked up the No. 1 seed with a 2-0 defeat of Xtreme Gaming. Natus swept the match with a pair of red victories in 51 and 26 minutes.

PARIVISION, also 6-1 in Group B but with a loss to Natus Vincere, is the second seed after coming away with a 2-1 win over last-place REKONIX. PARIVISION won the first clash in 36 minutes on green and closed it out with a 44-minute triumph on red after REKONIX won a 57-minute marathon on green in the middle faceoff.

BetBoom Team locked into the third seed thanks to a 2-0 sweep of Nigma Galaxy, winning in 77 minutes and 33 minutes on red.

Tundra Esports forced the three-way tie for fourth with its 2-1 defeat of PlayTime. After PlayTime won the opener in 39 minutes on green, Tundra rallied with a 65-minute victory on green and a 39-minute red win.

Monday schedule:

Group B tiebreakers

--Xtreme Gaming vs. PlayTime

--XG/PT winner vs. Tundra Esports

--XG/PT loser vs. Tundra Esports

DreamLeague Season 29 group standings, with match record and map record

Group A

1. Team Falcons, 7-0, 14-3

2. Team Spirit, 6-1, 13-3

3. Team Liquid, 5-2, 11-6

4. Aurora Gaming, 4-3, 9-8

5. Virtus.pro, 2-5, 7-10

6. Vici Gaming, 2-5, 6-10

7. ex-HEROIC, 1-6, 2-12

8. GamerLegion, 1-6, 3-13

Group B

1 Natus Vincere, 6-1, 12-4

2. PARIVISION, 6-1, 13-6

3. BetBoom Team, 4-3, 10-7

T4. PlayTime, 3-4, 8-9

T4. Tundra Esports, 3-4, 8-11

T4. Xtreme Gaming, 3-4, 7-8

7. Nigma Galaxy, 2-5, 5-10

8. REKONIX, 1-6, 4-12

DreamLeague Season 29 prize pool, with player prize money, club bonus money and base ESL Pro Tour points

1. $250,000, $40,000, 6,000 points

2. $100,000, $30,000, 5,000 points

3. $80,000, $25,000, 4,000 points

4. $60,000, $20,000, 3,200 points

5-6. $40,000, $15,000, 2,200 points

7-8. $27,500, $12,500, 1,000 points

9-12. $20,000, $10,000, 375 points

13-14. $12,500, $10,000, 140 points -- ex-HEROIC, Nigma Galaxy

15-16. $10,000, $10,000, 60 points -- GamerLegion, REKONIX

--Field Level Media