Team Yandex squeeze into DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs

Team Yandex, PARIVISION, Xtreme Gaming and Tundra Esports each won their group-stage finale on Monday and advanced to the playoffs of DreamLeague Season 27.

That quartet, which all finished with 4-2 records, joined four teams that had already clinched advancement: OG (5-1), Team Spirit (5-1), Team Falcons (5-1) and Virtus.pro (4-2). Spirit landed Falcons their lone loss of the group stage on Monday, so no team finished with a perfect record.

The $1 million Dota 2 event began with 24 teams competing in a Swiss System group stage. All matches were best-of-three, with the top eight teams advancing to the double-elimination playoffs, which run from Wednesday to Sunday.

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 Monday, Team Yandex rallied for a 2-1 win over BetBoom Team, which took the first map in 39 minutes on green. Yandex then posted a two victories on green, in 51 minutes and 35 minutes.

Russia's Ilya "CHIRA_JUNIOR" Chirtsov compiled a 39-13-44 kill-death-assist ratio for Yandex. Another Russian, Ilya "Kiritych" Ulyanov, wound up at 25-15-13 for BetBoom Team.

PARIVISION swept Nigma Galaxy 2-0, prevailing in 34 minutes on green and 38 minutes on red.

Russia's Alan "Satanic" Gallyamov posted a 19-3-11 K-D-A ratio for PARIVISION. Pakistan's Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan finished at 7-8-9 for Nigma Galaxy.

Xtreme Gaming beat Natus Vincere in 36 minutes in green, then lost in 25 minutes on red. On the decisive third map, Xtreme Gaming emerged victorious in 42 minutes on red.

China's Wang "Ame" Chunyu amassed a 32-5-28 K-D-A ratio for Xtreme Gaming. Ukraine's Artem "Niku" Bachkur logged a 13-14-12 K-D-A ratio for Natus Vincere.

Tundra Esports ran past Runa Team 2-0, winning in 42 minutes on red and 37 minutes on green behind a 20-6-22 K-D-A ratio from Russia's Ivan "Pure" Moskalenko. Magomed "nesfeer" Kurbanov tallied a 9-9-9 K-D-A ratio for Runa Team.

Team Spirit won its showdown with Team Falcons 2-0 behind a 41-minute and 21-minute victories on green.

Ukraine's Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk paced Spirit at 26-3-19. The United States' Jingjun "Sneyking" Wu amassed a 5-12-6 K-D-A ratio for Team Falcons.

In other Monday results:

--OG def. Virtus.pro 2-0

--Passion UA def. Yakulk Brothers 2-1

--Team Tidebound def. Aurora Gaming 2-1

--Pipsqueak+4 def. Amaru Gaming 2-0

--MOUZ def. Team Nemesis 2-0

--HEROIC def. 1w Team 2-0

--Team Liquid def. GamerLegion 2-0

The opening playoff matches --

Wednesday

--Upper-bracket quarterfinal: Team Falcons vs. PARIVISION

--Upper-bracket quarterfinal: Team Spirit vs. Xtreme Gaming

--Upper-bracket quarterfinal: OG vs. Tundra Esports

Thursday

--Upper-bracket quarterfinal: Virtus.pro vs. Team Yandex

--Upper-bracket semifinal: Falcons/PARIVISION winner vs. Spirit/Xtreme winner

--Upper-bracket semifinal: OG/Tundra winner vs. Virtus.pro/Yandex winner

Dream League Season 27 final group standings

T1. OG, 5-1

T1. Team Spirit, 5-1

T1. Team Falcons, 5-1

T4. Virtus.pro, 4-2

T4. Team Yandex, 4-2

T4. PARIVISION, 4-2

T4. Xtreme Gaming, 4-2

T4. Tundra Esports, 4-2

T9. BetBoom Team, 3-3

T9. Team Liquid, 3-3

T9. Natus Vincere, 3-3

T9. Runa Team, 3-3

T9. MOUZ, 3-3

T9. Nigma Galaxy, 3-3

T9. Team Tidebound, 3-3

T9. Pipsqueak+4, 3-3

T17. Amaru Gaming, 2-4

T17. Aurora Gaming, 2-4

T17. GamerLegion, 2-4

T17. Team Nemesis, 2-4

T17. HEROIC, 2-4

T22. Passion UA, 1-5

T22. 1w Team, 1-5

T22. Yakult Brothers, 1-5

Dream League Season 27 prize pool, with prize money and club reward (dollar amounts for teams 1-16 are minimums)

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

9-16. $10,500, $7,500 -- BetBoom Team, Team Liquid, Natus Vincere, Runa Team, MOUZ, Nigma Galaxy, Team Tidebound, Pipsqueak+4

17-21. $7,000, $7,500 -- Amaru Gaming, Aurora Gaming, Team Nemesis, GamerLegion, HEROIC

22-24. $3,500, $7,500 -- Passion UA, 1w Team, Yakult Brothers

--Field Level Media