Team Falcons win grand final at Betboom Dacha Belgrade

Field Level Media|published: Sat 26th October, 21:07 2024

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Team Falcons, which beat Tundra Esports on Friday to reach the grand final, beat Tundra again on Saturday to win the $1 million Betboom Dacha Belgrade event in Serbia.

With a 3-2 victory over Tundra Esports in the grand final, Team Falcons earned the $400,000 first prize.

Tundra Esports, which fell to Team Falcons 2-1 in Friday's upper-bracket final, reached the grand final with a 2-0 sweep of BetBoom Team on Saturday before falling to Team Falcons to finish second overall and take home $200,000.

The 12-team Dota 2 tournament began on Oct. 19. Playoff matches were best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final.

In the grand final, Team Falcons fell behind as Tundra Esports pulled off a 50-minute victory on red but recovered with a 42-minute win on green. After Tundra Esports again went ahead with a 36-minute triumph on red, Team Falcons secured the victory with back-to-back wins on green (47 minutes and 73 minutes).

Earlier Saturday, Tundra Esports notched back-to-back wins over BetBoom on red (23 minutes and 45 minutes) to advance to the grand final.

BetBoom Dacha Belgrade prize pool:

1. $400,000 -- Team Falcons

2. $200,000 -- Tundra Esports

3. $100,000 - BetBoom Team

4. $60,000 -- Team Spirit

5-6. $40,000 -- Aurora Gaming, Yakult's Brothers

7-8. $30,000 -- Gaimin Gladiators, Team Liquid

9-10. $25,000 -- MOUZ, L1GA TEAM

11-12. $25,000 -- Talon Esports, Nouns Esports

--Field Level Media

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