A pair of best-of-three tiebreakers helped decide the ultimate order of Teams C and D on the Dota 2 Esports World Cup 2025 on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In Group C, Aurora Gaming defeated Tundra Esports 2-1 to clinch first place and a coveted double bye within the elimination section. PARIVISION defeated HEROIC 2-1 to find out second place in Group D.
The Esports World Cup 2025 is the ultimate championship of the third season of the ESL Professional Tour. Beforehand often known as the Riyadh Masters, the Esports World Cup takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has a prize pool of $3 million, with $1 million in addition to 1,000 membership factors going to the crew that is topped champion on July 19.
The format consists of three phases: a bunch stage (July 8-11) of 4 teams of 4 groups competing in a round-robin, an elimination section (July 12-13) formatted right into a gauntlet bracket that rewards high finishers from Section 1, then a remaining playoff stage (July 16-19), which is single elimination.
All matches in Section 1 are two video games, whereas the matches in Phases 2 and three are best-of-three till the best-of-five grand remaining.
On Friday, Aurora swept Virtus.professional (38 and 37 minutes, each on pink) and Tundra blanked Crew Yandex (40 and 27 minutes, each on pink) to land in a tie atop the Group C standings. Within the tiebreaker, Aurora sandwiched a 32-minute win on inexperienced and a 54-minute triumph on pink round Tundra’s 39-minute win on inexperienced.
Group D noticed a pair of 1-1 ties, with PARIVISION drawing with Shopify Riot and HEROIC splitting with Crew Liquid. That left Liquid as group winners with two wins and a tie, however PARIVISION and HEROIC, each 1-1-1, went to a tiebreaker.
PARIVISION opened with a 32-minute win on inexperienced, HEROIC answered with a 39-minute victory on inexperienced and PARIVISION wanted greater than 61 minutes to drag out the decisive third map on pink.
The event continues Saturday with the beginning of the elimination section:
–Xtreme Gaming vs. Execration
–Crew Yandex vs. Shopify Riot
–HEROIC vs. Talon Esports
–Crew Falcons vs. Virtus.professional
Esports World Cup 2025 Standings (match report W-T-L, map report):
Group A
1. Crew Spirit, 2-1-0 (5-1)
2. Natus Vincere, 1-1-1 (3-3)
T3. Xtreme Gaming, 0-2-1 (2-4)
T3. Talon Esports, 0-2-1 (2-4)
Group B
1. BetBoom Crew, 2-1-0 (5-1)
2. Gaimin Gladiators, 1-2-0 (4-2)
3. Crew Falcons, 0-2-1 (2-4)
4. Execration, 0-1-2 (1-5)
Group C
T1. Aurora Gaming, 2-1-0 (5-1)
T1. Tundra Esports, 2-1-0 (5-1)
3. Crew Yandex, 1-0-2 (2-4)
4. Virtus.professional, 0-0-3 (0-6)
Group D
1. Crew Liquid, 2-1-0 (5-1)
T2. PARIVISION, 1-1-1 (3-3)
T2. HEROIC, 1-1-1 (3-3)
4. Shopify Riot, 0-1-2 (1-5)
–Discipline Stage Media