The real battle for second place in Group B. Both teams needed a win here to make their bid for top two easier. T1 vs 100 Thieves With both of these teams wanting to claim second place in the group, a win was necessary here. Feeling the...
The highly anticipated rematch between the two group favorites, which could very well decide who takes first place in Group B. Edward Gaming vs T1 With T1 just one game behind EDG, this was their chance to knock EDG down a peg and contest them for first...
DFM had their biggest challenge of the day right off the bat, having to beat EDG to potential start a miracle run, DetonatioN FocusMe vs Edward Gaming Faced with the monumental task of facing EDG in their first game of the day, along with being winless in...
The International is now in its major phase, where drama, action and emotions are running high. With the beginning of Main Stage a few days ago, Dota 2’s biggest event is slowly concluding. The fourth day has brought forward some surprising yet entertaining results. We had...
It was a crazy day of games today, with even crazier results. To the shock of viewers around the world, pre-tournament favorites FunPlus Phoenix have been eliminated from the 2021 World Championship. Meanwhile, against all odds, Cloud9 managed to clinch a spot in the Knockout Stage....
NA faces off against EU for the final time in Group A. With both sides sharing a 1-1 record against each other, C9 were the favorites given their earlier victory in the day against RGE. The winner would advance to the Finals stage, but would...
Our first full group day action comes from Group A, as the four sides try to escape, some more desperate than others. Group A is when we’ll see our first EU and NA teams leave us. Worst case, though highly likely, we’ll see them both leave....
Our first of two tiebreakers! Could RGE beat FPX again today, or could FPX recover from their 0-3 second-half? With a game against C9 awaiting whoever won, it was all to play for. Tiebreaker: FunPlus Phoenix vs Rogue Everything was on the line for these two teams...
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It was all in C9’s hands coming into the game. If C9 could beat DK they'd qualify for the next stage. A defeat, however, would see them head into the two-game tiebreaker as the top seed, meaning they’d play the winner of an FPX v...