PARIVISION and Xtreme Gaming rolled to quarterfinal sweeps in the BLAST Slam I on Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
PARIVISION move on to oppose BetBoom Team in the semifinals on Saturday, while Xtreme Gaming advance to face Tundra Esports.
The 10 teams in the $1 million Dota 2 event were divided into two groups for the opening round-robin phase of single-map matches.
The top team in each group (BetBoom Team and Tundra Esports) earned berths in the playoff semifinals. The second-place teams (Team Liquid and Xtreme Gaming) qualified directly into the quarterfinals. The third-place teams (PARIVISION and Gaimin Gladiators) secured Round 2 places in the playoffs, and the fourth- and fifth-place teams started the playoffs in Round 1.
All playoff matches are best-of-three except for the best-of-five final on Sunday. The winning team will receive $400,000, and the runner-up will earn $200,000.
On Friday, PARIVISION beat Team Liquid in 36 minutes on green and 50 minutes on red. Ukraine’s Volodymyr “No(o)ne-” Minenko posted an average kills-deaths-assists ratio of 13.0/2.5/22.0. Poland’s Michal “Nisha” Jankowski finished at 7.0/7.0/8.5 for Liquid.
Xtreme Gaming got past Gaimin Gladiators in 54 minutes on green and 41 minutes on red. China’s Lou “Lou” Zhen wound up with a 10.0/0.5/15.0 K-D-A ratio for Xtreme, while Denmark’s Marcus “Ace” Christensen logged a 5/5/4 K-D-A ratio for Gaimin Gladiators.
BLAST Slam I prize pool
1. $400,000
2. $200,000
3-4. $80,000
5-6. $50,000 — Team Liquid, Gaimin Gladiators
7-8. $40,000 — HEROIC, Team Falcons
9-10. $30,000 — Team Spirit, OG
–Field Level Media