Tundra wins DreamLeague Season 29 group tiebreaker

Tundra Esports clinched the final upper-bracket playoff spot Monday at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.

Tundra posted 1-0 tiebreaker wins against PlayTime and Xtreme Gaming to finish fourth in Group B.

Sixteen teams began the Dota 2 tournament on May 13. The top four finishers from Group A and Group B moved into the upper-bracket playoffs, with the fifth- and sixth-place finishers advancing to the lower bracket.

The double-elimination playoffs begin Tuesday. All matches are best-of-three until Sunday's best-of-five grand final, where the winning team will take home $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.

The three-team tiebreaker action began Monday with PlayTime defeating Xtreme Gaming 1-0 in 38 minutes on green. Tundra then beat PlayTime in 27 minutes on red and outlasted Xtreme Gaming in 64 minutes on green to advance.

Tuesday's upper-bracket quarterfinals:

--Team Falcons vs. Tundra Esports

--Team Spirit vs. BetBoom Team

--PARIVISION vs. Team Liquid

--Natus Vincere vs. Aurora Gaming

DreamLeague Season 29 final 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

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

5. PlayTime, 3-4, 8-9

6. 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