Field Level Media
18 May 2026, 20:25 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Esports World Cup Foundation)
Tundra Esports clinched the final upper-bracket playoff spot Monday at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.
Tundra posted 1-0 tiebreaker wins against PlayTime and Xtreme Gaming to finish fourth in Group B.
Sixteen teams began the Dota 2 tournament on May 13. The top four finishers from Group A and Group B moved into the upper-bracket playoffs, with the fifth- and sixth-place finishers advancing to the lower bracket.
The double-elimination playoffs begin Tuesday. All matches are best-of-three until Sunday's best-of-five grand final, where the winning team will take home $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.
The three-team tiebreaker action began Monday with PlayTime defeating Xtreme Gaming 1-0 in 38 minutes on green. Tundra then beat PlayTime in 27 minutes on red and outlasted Xtreme Gaming in 64 minutes on green to advance.
Tuesday's upper-bracket quarterfinals:
--Team Falcons vs. Tundra Esports
--Team Spirit vs. BetBoom Team
--PARIVISION vs. Team Liquid
--Natus Vincere vs. Aurora Gaming
DreamLeague Season 29 final group standings, with match record and map record
Group A
1. Team Falcons, 7-0, 14-3
2. Team Spirit, 6-1, 13-3
3. Team Liquid, 5-2, 11-6
4. Aurora Gaming, 4-3, 9-8
5. Virtus.pro, 2-5, 7-10
6. Vici Gaming, 2-5, 6-10
7. ex-HEROIC, 1-6, 2-12
8. GamerLegion, 1-6, 3-13
Group B
1 Natus Vincere, 6-1, 12-4
2. PARIVISION, 6-1, 13-6
3. BetBoom Team, 4-3, 10-7
4. Tundra Esports, 3-4, 8-11
5. PlayTime, 3-4, 8-9
6. Xtreme Gaming, 3-4, 7-8
7. Nigma Galaxy, 2-5, 5-10
8. REKONIX, 1-6, 4-12
DreamLeague Season 29 prize pool, with player prize money, club bonus money and base ESL Pro Tour points
1. $250,000, $40,000, 6,000 points
2. $100,000, $30,000, 5,000 points
3. $80,000, $25,000, 4,000 points
4. $60,000, $20,000, 3,200 points
5-6. $40,000, $15,000, 2,200 points
7-8. $27,500, $12,500, 1,000 points
9-12. $20,000, $10,000, 375 points
13-14. $12,500, $10,000, 140 points -- ex-HEROIC, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000, $10,000, 60 points -- GamerLegion, REKONIX
--Field Level Media
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