HEROIC and Team Falcons each record a win on Friday to advance to the upper-bracket final at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 competition in Bucharest, Romania.
HEROIC rebounded from a first-map misstep to record a 2-1 victory over Tundra Esports. Tundra started fast with a 43-minute win on red before HEROIC countered with a 35-minute victory on red and a 34-minute triumph on green.
Team Falcons posted a 2-0 sweep over Nouns Esports via a 28-minute win on green and a 66-minute victory on red. Falcons and HEROIC will square off on Saturday.
The $1 million Dota 2 event opened with 16 teams in a modified Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams — all of which had to achieve three wins — advanced to the double-elimination playoffs, while the bottom eight were eliminated.
All matches are best-of-three except for the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The champions will pocket $300,000, with the runner-up receiving $175,000.
Also on Friday, Natus Vincere and beastcoast each recorded a 2-1 win to advance to the lower-bracket quarterfinals.
Infinity started fast with a 61-minute win on red before Natus Vincere notched 25- and 22-minute victories on red.
AVULUS also got off to a strong start with a 41-minute triumph on red, but beastcoast countered with 44- and 32-minute victories on red.
The tournament continues Saturday with four matches:
–HEROIC vs. Team Falcons (upper-bracket final)
–Nouns Esports vs. Natus Vincere (lower-bracket quarterfinals)
–Tundra Esports vs. beastcoast (lower-bracket quarterfinals)
–TBD vs. TBD (lower-bracket semifinal)
PGL Wallachia Season 2 prize pool
1. $300,000
2. $175,000
3. $120,000
4. $80,000
5-6. $60,000
7-8. $40,000 — Infinity, AVULUS
9-11. $20,000 — Alliance, Azure Ray, Invictus Gaming
12-14. $15,000 — L1GA TEAM, MOUZ, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000 — Apex Genesis, Team Waska
–Field Level Media
