Team Falcons and Tundra Esports each won two matches on Saturday to clinch the top two group-play spots and earn byes directly to the playoff semifinals on the final day of BLAST Slam V group stage.
Both teams finished group play 10-1, but Team Falcons earned the top seed thanks to its head-to-head win over Tundra Esports on Thursday.
MOUZ, Team Yandex, OG, Team Tidebound, Natus Vincere and HEROIC finished in third through eighth places, earning spots in the play-in event. Xtreme Gaming, Execration, Yakult Brothers and Tearlaments finished in the bottom four spots and will compete in the last-chance playoff.
The $1 million Dota 2 event started with 12 teams competing in a round-robin of single-map matches. The top two teams in the group-stage standings move straight into the playoff sem

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