Xtreme Gaming, Staff Spirit and Staff Liquid swept their two matches Wednesday, the primary day of The Worldwide 2024, a $2.4 million event being performed in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The sphere for the Dota 2 evet accommodates 16 groups — six invited groups and 10 groups who made it by way of regional qualifiers — divided into 4 teams of 4 groups, with every match best-of-two. After group play Wednesday and Thursday, eight best-of-three seeding matches shall be performed Friday and Saturday to set the playoff bracket.
The playoffs start Sunday with the best-of-five grand closing going down Sept. 15. The whole prize pool is $2,415,143. Payouts for every ending place have but to be introduced.
Taking part in in Group A on Wednesday, Xtreme beat HEROIC in 41 and 35 minutes, each occasions on inexperienced, earlier than downing Gaimin Gladiators in 35 minutes on inexperienced and half-hour on purple.
Liquid and Spirit made fast work in establishing the pecking order in Group D. Liquid beat Aurora in 33 minutes on purple and 44 minutes on inexperienced, then topped beastcoast in 41 minutes on inexperienced and 29 minutes on purple.
Spirit topped beastcoast in 38 and half-hour, each occasions on inexperienced, earlier than taking down Aurora in 26 minutes on inexperienced and 57 minutes on purple.
Cloud9, one in all two groups to play solely as soon as on Wednesday, additionally ended the day unbeaten after topping G2 x iG in Group B, profitable in 35 minutes on purple and 44 minutes on inexperienced.
In different matches Wednesday, 1w Staff tied HEROIC and misplaced to Gaimin Gladiators in Group A; Tundra tied Talon Esports and G2.iG beat Talon in Group B; and Staff Falcons registered a pair of ties, in opposition to Staff Zero and nouns, whereas BetBoom Staff beat nouns and misplaced to Zero in Group C.
The Worldwide 2024
Thursday’s schedule
Group A
–Xtreme Gaming vs. 1w Staff
–Gaimin Gladiators vs. HEROIC
Group B
–Tundra Esports vs. Cloud9
–G2 x iG vs. Tundra Esports
–Talon Esports vs. Cloud9
Group C
–BetBoom Staff vs. Staff Falcons
–nouns vs. Staff Zero
Group D
–beastcoast vs. Aurora
–Staff Liquid vs. Staff Spirit
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