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Day 1 of the group stage of the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 3 on Saturday was noteworthy extra for its blowouts than its competitiveness.
Taking part in in Bucharest, 16 groups opened play with eight best-of-three matches. Solely one of many matches went to a 3rd map.
The $1 million Protection of the Ancients event started Saturday and runs by means of March 16. Utilizing the modified Swiss system of play, the group stage consists of 5 rounds earlier than the highest eight groups advance to the playoffs.
All group stage matches are best-of-three and the playoffs are double elimination. All playoff matches are best-of-three aside from the grand remaining, which is best-of-five.
Saturday started with a pair of sweeps:
Staff Liquid beat Natus Vincere (42 minutes on inexperienced, 40 minutes on crimson), and Xtreme Gaming beat Mosquito Clan (37 and 35 minutes, each on inexperienced).
Aurora Gaming then pulled off a reverse sweep, dropping to Wildcard in 23 minutes whereas on inexperienced earlier than successful in 34 minutes on crimson and 34 minutes on inexperienced.
The remaining 5 matches returned to sweeps:
–Gamin Gladiators def. Yellow Submarine (23 minutes on crimson, 24 minutes on inexperienced).
–Staff Falcons def. Nigma Galaxy (34 minutes and 56 minutes, each on crimson).
–Staff Tidebound def. HEROIC (36 minutes on inexperienced, 53 minutes on crimson).
–Staff Spirit def. OG (28 minutes and 23 minutes, each on inexperienced).
–Tundra Esports def. AVULUS (43 minutes on crimson, 27 minutes on inexperienced).
Sunday’s matches
1-0 groups
–Staff Falcons vs. Xtreme Gaming
–Staff Liquid vs. Aurora Gaming
–Tundra Esports vs. Staff Tidebound
–Staff Spirit vs. Gamin Gladiators
0-1 groups
–HEORIC vs. Yellow Submarine
–Nigma Galaxy vs. Natus Vincere
–AVULUS vs. Mosquito Clan
–OG vs. Wildcard
PGL Wallachia Season 3 — group stage standings
T1. Tundra Esports (1-0)
T1. Staff Spirit (1-0)
T1. Staff Falcons (1-0)
T1. Staff Liquid (1-0)
T1. Aurora Gaming (1-0)
T1. Xtreme Gaming (1-0)
T1. Gaimin Gladiators (1-0)
T1. Staff Tidebound (1-0)
T9. HEROIC HEROIC (0-1)
T9. AVULUS (0-1)
T9. OG (0-1)
T9. Nigma Galaxy (0-1)
T9. Natus Vincere (0-1)
T9. Wildcard (0-1)
T9. Mosquito Clan (0-1)
T9. Yellow Submarine (0-1)
PGL Wallachia Season 3 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
–Subject Stage Media
