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  • DOTA: Group A tiebreaker on tap at DreamLeague Season 20

    DOTA: Group A tiebreaker on tap at DreamLeague Season 20


    Only one of the eight spots in Group Stage 2 remains up for grabs at DreamLeague Season 20 after Wednesday’s action.

    9Pandas, BetBoom Team, Gaimin Gladiators and Team Aster advanced from Group B in Group Stage 1. Team Spirit, PSG.LGD and Talon Esports advanced from Group A, with the fourth spot to be decided in a tiebreaker.

    Team Secret, Tundra Esports and Evil Geniuses will square off Thursday in a best-of-one round robin after each finished with identical 7-7 map records in Group A.

    Sixteen Dota 2 teams from around the world were invited to DreamLeague Season 20 to compete for a $1 million prize pool. The winner will receive $300,000 and the runner-up will earn $175,000, with both of the top two finishers qualifying for the Riyadh Masters later this year.

    Group Stage 1 began Sunday with a single round-robin format and all matches best-of-two. The top four teams from each group advance to Group Stage 2 and form one single group of eight. The top four finishers from Group Stage 2 will qualify for a double-elimination playoff stage June 24-25.

    In Wednesday’s action in Group A, Team Liquid swept TSM and Spirit swept Secret, while the Tundra-EG and Talon-PSG.LGD matches ended in 1-1 draws.

    9Pandas finished atop Group B with a 2-0 win Wednesday over beastcoast. Team Aster and BetBoom Team also registered sweeps against Entity and Gaimin Gladiators, respectively. OG and Shopify Rebellion drew 1-1.

    Group A standings (match W-D-L, map record)
    1. Team Spirit — 1-6-0, 8-6
    T2. PSG.LGD — 1-6-0, 8-6
    T2. Talon Esports — 1-6-0, 8-6
    T4. Evil Geniuses — 0-7-0, 7-7
    T4. Team Secret — 1-5-1, 7-7
    T4. Tundra Esports — 1-5-1, 7-7
    7. TSM — 0-6-1, 6-8
    8. Team Liquid — 1-3-3, 5-9

    Group B standings (match W-D-L, map record)
    1. 9Pandas — 4-2-1, 10-4
    T2. BetBoom Team — 3-2-2, 8-6
    T2. Gaimin Gladiators — 2-4-1, 8-6
    4. Team Aster — 2-4-1, 8-6
    5. beastcoast — 1-5-1, 7-7
    6. Shopify Rebellion — 0-6-1, 6-8
    7. OG — 1-4-2, 6-8
    8. Entity — 0-3-4, 3-11

    –Field Level Media

  • CSGO: CS:GO player Oni, 21, dies fighting for Ukraine

    CSGO: CS:GO player Oni, 21, dies fighting for Ukraine


    Ukrainian professional esports player Ostap “Oni” Onistrat died on the battlefield in the conflict with Russia earlier this month. He was 21.

    The 68th brigade of Ukrainian land forces announced his passing on social media. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense confirmed that he was killed by enemy shrapnel on June 3.

    Oni’s last recorded Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament was at the ZUEL Championship in 2021, where he played for the Ukrainian team LIBERTATEM and finished second, per Sportskeeda.com.

    Sergey “LMBT” Bezhanov, a Ukrainian-based CS:GO coach, described Oni as a national hero who died defending his country.

    –Field Level Media

  • OTHER: Jordy Lopez gets first eNASCAR win by .005 seconds

    OTHER: Jordy Lopez gets first eNASCAR win by .005 seconds


    Jordy Lopez led only lap on Tuesday night, but it was the only lap that mattered.

    After spinning out the race leader to take the lead on the final lap, Lopez edged Michael Conti in a door-to-door drag race to the finish line to prevail at a virtual World Wide Technology Raceway for his first career eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series win.

    “I just can’t believe it,” said an emotional Lopez, whose No. 3 Chevrolet edged Conti’s No. 8 Chevrolet by .005 seconds at the virtual Madison, Ill., track. “So many years of frustration and it’s finally paying off.”

    Despite the runner-up finish, Conti remains atop the season standings with 312 points through 10 races. He is tied for the series lead with two wins and leads all racers with six top-five finishes. Lopez’s win moved him into second with 273 points.

    “I’m not going to go up there and dump somebody because I feel entitled to a win,” said Conti, who got Lopez loose with a bump in Turn 4 to get even with him down the stretch. “I just wanted to give Jordy a nudge just to kind of get him a little bit upset with those old tires, and I did, and we just locked together coming down the front stretch in Kurt Busch-Ricky Craven Darlington fashion.”

    The final move to give Lopez the lead ruined Garrett Manes’ shot at his first career win in his 46th career eNASCAR race. When a caution came out with 17 laps to go, Manes stayed out — despite having 26 laps on his tires — and moved from 29th place to the lead.

    Manes and his No. 12 Ford then maintained the lead thanks to a series of yellow flags, including one that forced a green-white-checkered restart.

    Manes actually took the white flag, as well, but Lopez got to Manes’ bumper and turned him heading into Turn 2. That sent Manes spinning and caused a massive pileup that set up Lopez’s sprint with Conti.

    Manes, who led 19 laps, finished the race in 30th place. That was one spot better than Nick Ottinger, the series leader in laps led this season who led a race-high 79 on Tuesday. Ottinger got shuffled to the back while pitting on the caution with 17 to go and got caught up in the final wreck.

    Parker White finished the race in third place in his No. 11 Toyota, followed by Garrett Lowe’s No. 15 Ford in fourth and Graham A. Bowlin in fifth in the No. 48 Toyota.

    The series resumes at virtual Chicago Street Course on June 27.

    –Field Level Media

  • DOTA: 9Pandas, Talon make moves at DreamLeague Season 20

    DOTA: 9Pandas, Talon make moves at DreamLeague Season 20


    9Pandas scored their second win of Group B action at DreamLeague Season 20 on Monday, while Talon Esports got on the board in Group A.

    9Pandas drew with Team Aster before their 2-0 victory over BetBoom Team – which won two matches Sunday. 9Pandas, BetBoom and Gaimin Gladiators are in a tie for the lead in Group B.

    For the second straight day, only one of eight Group A matches ended in a win while the rest were 1-1 draws. Talon Esports beat Team Liquid 2-0 after Tundra Esports beat Liquid on Sunday.

    Sixteen teams from around the world were invited to DreamLeague Season 20 to compete for a $1 million prize pool. The winner will receive $300,000 and the runner-up will earn $175,000, with both of the top two finishers qualifying for the Riyadh Masters later this year.

    Group Stage 1 will run from Sunday through Wednesday, with a single round-robin format and all matches best-of-two.

    The top four teams from each group will advance to Group Stage 2 and form one single group of eight. The top four finishers from Group Stage 2 will qualify for a double-elimination playoff stage June 24-25.

    On Monday, 9Pandas defeated BetBoom in 31 minutes on green and 39 minutes on red. The group’s only other 2-0 result came in favor of OG, which beat Entity in 57 minutes and 36 minutes, both on green.

    As for Group A, Talon took down Liquid in 48 minutes on green and 28 minutes on red. Five of the group’s eight teams now have identical records with four ties in four matches.

    Group A standings (match W-D-L, map record)
    T1. Talon Esports — 1-3-0, 5-3
    T1. Tundra Esports — 1-3-0, 5-3
    T3. Evil Geniuses — 0-4-0, 4-4
    T3. PSG.LGD — 0-4-0, 4-4
    T3. Team Secret — 0-4-0, 4-4
    T3. Team Spirit — 0-4-0, 4-4
    T3. TSM — 0-4-0, 4-4
    8. Team Liquid — 0-2-2, 2-6

    Group B standings (match W-D-L, map record)
    T1. 9Pandas — 2-1-1, 5-3
    T1. BetBoom Team — 2-1-1, 5-3
    T1. Gaimin Gladiators — 1-3-0, 5-3
    T4. beastcoast — 0-4-0, 4-4
    T4. OG — 1-2-1, 4-4
    T4. Team Aster — 1-2-1, 4-4
    7. Shopify Rebellion — 0-3-1, 3-5
    8. Entity – 0-2-2, 2-6

    –Field Level Media

  • CSGO: Full 24-team field announced for IEM Cologne

    CSGO: Full 24-team field announced for IEM Cologne


    The full 24-team field for the $1 million Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event was confirmed on Monday.

    IEM Cologne runs from July 26 to Aug. 6 in Cologne, Germany, with a top prize of $400,000.

    Four top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams qualified directly to the group stage: G2 Esports (IEM Katowice winner), FaZe Clan (EPL Season 17 winner), ENCE (IEM Dallas winner) and Team Vitality (IEM Rio winner).

    Four others qualified for the group stage based on their ESL World Ranking: HEROIC, Cloud9, Natus Vincere and GamerLegion.

    The other 16 teams will start off in the play-in stage: MOUZ, Apeks, 9INE, FURIA Esports, Team Liquid, Imperial Sportsbet, The MongolZ, GRAYHOUND, fnatic, paiN Gaming, Monte, Ninjas in Pyjamas, FORZE, Astralis, Into The Breach and BIG Academy.

    The July 25-26 play-in stage features a double-elimination bracket. Opening matches are best-of-one and the remaining matches are best-of-three. The top eight teams advance to the group stage.

    The July 27-30 group stage will have two double-elimination groups of eight teams each. All matches are best-of-three and the top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs.

    The Aug. 4-6 playoff bracket is a single-elimination format. All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final. In addition to the $400,000 prize, the winner also receives 3,000 BLAST Premier points and directly qualifies for IEM Katowice 2024.

    –Field Level Media

  • CSGO: Report: MOUZ bringing back siuhy to replace dexter

    CSGO: Report: MOUZ bringing back siuhy to replace dexter


    MOUZ are close to signing Kamil “siuhy” Szkaradek to replace CS:GO captain Christopher “dexter” Nong, Dexerto reported Monday.

    Negotiations on siuhy’s transfer from GamerLegion are at “a very advanced stage,” according to the report.

    siuhy helped GamerLegion qualify for back-to-back majors at IEM Rio (November) and the BLAST Paris Major (May).

    The 20-year-old Polish prodigy played for the MOUZ academy team prior to joining GamerLegion in September.

    –Field Level Media

  • DOTA: BetBoom off to fast start at DreamLeague Season 20

    DOTA: BetBoom off to fast start at DreamLeague Season 20


    BetBoom Team was the only team to get off to a 2-0-0 start at DreamLeague Season 20 as the first group stage commenced Sunday.

    BetBoom swept Team Aster and Shopify Rebellion to establish their spot atop the Group B standings. Gaimin Gladiators is closed behind with one win and one draw, while Tundra Esports was the only team to notch a win in Group A action.

    Sixteen teams from around the world were invited to DreamLeague Season 20 to compete for a $1 million prize pool. The winner will receive $300,000 and the runner-up will earn $175,000, with both of the top two finishers qualifying for the Riyadh Masters later this year.

    Group Stage 1 will run from Sunday through Wednesday, with a single round-robin format and all matches best-of-two.

    The top four teams from each group will advance to Group Stage 2 and form one single group of eight. The top four finishers from Group Stage 2 will qualify for a double-elimination playoff stage June 24-25.

    BetBoom beat Aster in 45 minutes on green and 34 minutes on red, then took down Shopify Rebellion in 46 minutes on green and 34 minutes on red.

    Gaimin Gladiators tied with Shopify Rebellion 1-1 before beating 9Pandas. GG won in 39 minutes on red and 34 minutes on green to take down 9Pandas.

    9Pandas and Aster also got in the win column to start 1-0-1 in Group B. 9Pandas beat Entity in 37 minutes on green and 31 minutes on red, while Aster swept OG in 37 minutes on red and 45 minutes on green.

    Every match in Group A ended in a 1-1 draw except Tundra’s win over Team Liquid. Tundra snapped up two quick map wins — 25 minutes on red and 28 minutes on green.

    Group A standings (match W-D-L, map record)
    1. Tundra Esports — 1-1-0, 3-1
    T2. Evil Geniuses — 0-2-0, 2-2
    T2. PSG.LGD — 0-2-0, 2-2
    T2. Talon Esports — 0-2-0, 2-2
    T2. Team Secret — 0-2-0, 2-2
    T2. Team Spirit — 0-2-0, 2-2
    T2. TSM — 0-2-0, 2-2
    8. Team Liquid — 0-1-1, 1-3

    Group B standings (match W-D-L, map record)
    1. BetBoom Team — 2-0-0, 4-0
    2. Gaimin Gladiators — 1-1-0, 3-1
    T3. 9Pandas — 1-0-1, 2-2
    T3. Team Aster — 1-0-1, 2-2
    T3. beastcoast — 0-2-0, 2-2
    T6. Entity — 0-1-1, 1-3
    T6. OG — 0-1-1, 1-3
    T6. Shopify Rebellion — 0-1-1, 1-3

    –Field Level Media

  • CSGO: Heroic edge Team Vitality, win BLAST Premier Spring Final

    CSGO: Heroic edge Team Vitality, win BLAST Premier Spring Final


    Heroic pulled out a 2-1 victory over Team Vitality on Sunday afternoon to win the grand final at the BLAST Premier Spring Final in Washington, D.C.

    With the victory, Heroic took home $200,000 and qualified for the $1 million BLAST Premier World Final on Dec. 12-17 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Team Vitality earned $85,000 as the runner-up.

    Heroic opened the match with a 16-9 win on Vertigo before falling 16-10 on Mirage. But Heroic recovered by claiming another 16-9 victory, this time on Inferno, to put Team Vitality away and clinch the title.

    Jakob “jabbi” Nygaard led the all-Danish winners with 59 kills and a plus-14 kills-deaths ratio, while Israel’s Lotan “Spinx” Giladi finished with 55 kills and a plus-eight K-D for Vitality.

    The eight-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event began with a double-elimination group stage, with the field split into two groups of four teams.

    All matches were best-of-three as winners of each group advanced to the playoff semifinals. Runners-up of each group moved on to the quarterfinals of the playoffs as high seeds, while third-place finishers headed to the quarterfinals as low seeds. All playoff matches were also best-of-three in the single-elimination bracket.

    BLAST Premier Spring Final prize pool and points distribution:
    1. $200,000, 3,000 BLAST Premier points, berth in BLAST Premier World Final — Heroic
    2. $85,000, 2,000 BLAST Premier points — Team Vitality
    3-4. $40,000, 1,200 BLAST Premier points — G2 Esports, Imperial Esports
    5-6. $20,000, 500 BLAST Premier points — FaZe Clan, Complexity
    7-8. $10,000, 300 BLAST Premier points — Cloud9, Astralis

    –Field Level Media

  • DOTA: Team Secret acquire Fbz on loan to bolster roster

    DOTA: Team Secret acquire Fbz on loan to bolster roster


    One day after releasing offlaner Miroslav “BOOM” Bican, Team Secret added Saieful “Fbz” Ilham to their Dota 2 roster on Saturday.

    The 22-year-old Indonesian player arrives on loan from BOOM Esports for the remainder of the season, Team Secret announced on social media.

    The other members of the active roster are Clement “Puppey” Ivanov, Remco “Crystallis” Arets, Armel Paul “Armel” Tabios and Daniyal “yamich” Lazebnyy.

    Team Secret are competing at DreamLeague Season 20, where they open with a group-stage match against Talon on Sunday.

    –Field Level Media

  • CSGO: Team Vitality, Heroic advance to grand final at BLAST Premier Spring Final

    CSGO: Team Vitality, Heroic advance to grand final at BLAST Premier Spring Final


    Team Vitality and Heroic both earned 2-1 wins on Saturday to advance to the grand final at the BLAST Premier Spring Final in Washington, D.C.

    After losing 16-11 on Anubis, Team Vitality won 16-9 on Inferno and 16-12 on Nuke to dispatch G2 Esports, while Heroic sandwiched victories on Overpass (16-13) and Nuke (19-17) around a 16-11 setback on Inferno to oust Imperial Esports.

    The eight-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event began with a double-elimination group stage, with the field split into two groups of four teams.

    All matches were best-of-three as winners of each group advanced to the playoff semifinals. Runners-up of each group moved on to the quarterfinals of the playoffs as high seeds, while third-place finishers headed to the quarterfinals as low seeds. All playoff matches are also best-of-three in the single-elimination bracket.

    The grand final is scheduled for Sunday, with the winner taking home $200,000 of the $425,000 prize pool. A victory in the grand final also grants qualification to the $1 million BLAST Premier World Final on Dec. 12-17 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

    Israel’s Lotan “Spinx” Giladi propelled Vitality to victory, posting 61 kills along with a plus-13 kills-deaths ratio. Nikola “NiKo” Kovac of Bosnia and Herzegovina finished with a match-high 63 kills to go with a plus-12 ratio.

    Heroic, an all-Danish squad, was led by Martin “stavn” Lund, who amassed 68 kills. Jhonatan “JOTA” Willian paced the all-Brazilian Imperial Esports with 66 kills.

    The BLAST Premier Spring Final concludes on Sunday with the grand final:
    –Team Vitality vs. Heroic

    BLAST Premier Spring Final prize pool and points distribution:
    1. $200,000, 3,000 BLAST Premier points, berth in BLAST Premier World Final
    2. $85,000, 2,000 BLAST Premier points
    3-4. $40,000, 1,200 BLAST Premier points — G2 Esports, Imperial Esports
    5-6. $20,000, 500 BLAST Premier points — FaZe Clan, Complexity
    7-8. $10,000, 300 BLAST Premier points — Cloud9, Astralis

    –Field Level Media