Xtreme stave off elimination twice at DreamLeague Season 27

Xtreme Gaming won a pair of elimination matches Friday to remain alive in the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs, advancing into the lower-bracket semifinal.

After losing its playoff opener 2-0 to Team Spirit on Wednesday, Xtreme Gaming began the Friday competition with a 2-0 sweep of Team Falcons in a lower-bracket Round 1 match. Xtreme then capped the day off with another 2-0 sweep of Tundra Esports to clinch a spot as one of the final four teams.

In the day's other match, OG eliminated Virtus.pro with a 2-0 sweep in the first round of the lower bracket.

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.

Playoff matches will all be best-of-three ahead of the best-of-five grand final on Sunday.

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.

Xtreme completed its first sweep of the day with a 40-minute victory on green followed by a 30-minute victory on green to eliminate Team Falcons. Xtreme Gaming's second sweep came in 32 minutes and 45 minutes on green to eliminate Tundra Esports.

Cheng "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang of Malaysia led Xtreme Gaming in both matches, averaging 8.5 kills, 2.5 deaths and 16.5 assists across the day's competition.

OG swept Virtus.pro in 34 minutes on red and 26 minutes on green. John "Natsumi-" Vargas led the all-Filipino squad with an average K-D-A of 8.5-0.0-9.5.

The schedule continues Saturday:

--Lower-bracket quarterfinal: PARIVISION vs. OG

--Upper-bracket final: Team Yandex vs. Team Spirit

--Lower-bracket semifinal: Xtreme Gaming vs. OG/PARIVISION winner

DreamLeague Season 27 prize pool, with prize money and club reward (dollar amounts for teams 1-6 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 -- Tundra Esports, one team TBD

7-8. $10,000, $10,000 -- Virtus.pro, Team Falcons

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