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OG registered two victories on Tuesday, including a 2-1 triumph over previously unbeaten 1win, leaving the teams tied for first place in the round-robin stage of the Elite League Season 2 at Lima, Peru.
OG (5-1) recorded a 2-0 win over BOOM Esports, while 1win (5-1) bounced back to defeat Execration 2-0.
The first group stage in the $800,000 Dota 2 event featured 16 teams, with the top eight moving on to compete in best-of-three matches that will determine playoff seeding.
The top four teams in the round-robin stage move into the playoffs’ upper bracket, while the lower four teams head to the playoffs’ lower bracket.
The double-elimination playoffs run Friday through Sunday, with all matches best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final. The winning side will receive $240,000, and the runner-up will get $120,000.
On Tuesday, OG began with a 54-minute victory on green against 1win, which responded with a 43-minute win on green. OG took the decisive third map in 36 minutes on green.
Bulgaria’s Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov paced OG with an average 11/4/14 kill-death-assist ratio.
OG won twice against BOOM Esports, both on green, in 37 minutes and 39 minutes. Peru’s Enzo “Timado” Gianoli led OG with a 13.5/1.0/12.0 K-D-A ratio.
1win swept Execration with a pair of wins on green, in 32 minutes and 37 minutes. Russia’s Ilya “CHIRA_JUNIOR” Chirtsov posted an 11/4/14 K-D-A ratio for 1win.
In the day’s other matches, Team Liquid trounced beastcoast 2-0, nouns stopped Shopify Rebellion 2-0, BOOM Esports handled Execration 2-0, Team Liquid edged Shopify Rebellion 2-1, and beastcoast nipped nouns 2-1.
The round-robin stage concludes Wednesday with four matches:
–Execration vs. OG
–Shopify Rebellion vs. 1win
–nouns vs. Team Liquid
–BOOM Esports vs. beastcoast
Dota Elite League Season 2 round-robin group stage standings (overall win-loss record, individual game win-loss record):
T1. 1win, 5-1, 11-3
T1. OG, 5-1, 11-4
3. nouns, 4-2, 9-6
4. Team Liquid, 3-3, 7-7
T5. BOOM Esports, 2-4, 7-8
T5. Execration, 2-4, 4-9
T5. Shopify Rebellion, 2-4, 5-10
8. beastcoast, 1-5, 4-11
Dota Elite League Season 2 prize pool:
1. $240,000
2. $120,000
3. $72,000
4. $56,000
5-6. $52,000
7-8. $32,000
9-11. $24,000 — HEROIC, Yellow Submarine, Cuyes Esports
12-14. $16,000 — Evil Rabbit, MOUZ, Apex Genesis
15-16. $12,000 — FUSION, Infinity
–Field Level Media
