MOUZ and Tundra Esports began PGL Wallachia Season 2 with 2-0 sweeps on Friday in Bucharest, Romania.
The $1 million Dota 2 event opened with 16 teams in a modified Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams will advance to the double-elimination playoffs, while the bottom eight will be eliminated.
All matches are best-of-three except for the best-of-five grand final on Oct. 13. The championship team will pocket $300,000, with the runner-up receiving $175,000.
MOUZ defeated Apex Genesis in 39 minutes on green and 50 minutes on red. Stefan “Ulnit” Gavrila of Romania led the way for MOUZ with an average kill-death-assist ratio of 13.0/4.0/15.5.
Tundra Esports swept Team Waska in 38 minutes on green and 24 minutes on red. Yeik Nai “MidOne” Zheng of Malaysia paced the winners with an average K-D-A ratio of 9.5/2.0/14.0.
Team Falcons won by forfeit over Nigma Galaxy due to an incomplete roster.
Friday’s other Round 1 results were all 2-1 wins: Azure Ray over Infinity, L1GA Team over Nouns Esports, Alliance over Invictus Gaming, HEROIC over Natus Vincere and AVULUS over beastcoast.
Action continues Saturday with four matches between 1-0 teams and four matches between 0-1 teams.
PGL Wallachia Season 2 group standings
T1. MOUZ, 1-0
T1. Tundra Esports, 1-0
T1. Alliance, 1-0
T1. AVULUS, 1-0
T1. Azure Ray, 1-0
T1. HEROIC, 1-0
T1. L1GA TEAM, 1-0
T1. Team Falcons, 1-0
T9. Team Waska, 0-1
T9. Apex Genesis, 0-1
T9. beastcoast, 0-1
T9. Infinity, 0-1
T9. Invictus Gaming, 0-1
T9. Natus Vincere, 0-1
T9. Nigma Galaxy, 0-1
T9. Nouns Esports, 0-1
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
9-11. $20,000
12-14. $15,000
15-16. $10,000
–Field Level Media