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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 semifinals, while the next six teams head to a play-in event. Teams that come in ninth through 12th will compete in a last-chance playoff on Sunday.

One team will advance out of the last-chance playoff into the play-in event, also on Sunday. Four head-to-head, best-of-three play-in matches will be held, with the four winners earning playoff quarterfinal berths and the other teams eliminated.The single-elimination playoffs are scheduled for Dec. 5-7 in Chengdu, China. The quarterfinals and semifinals will feature best-of-three matches, and the grand final will be best-of-five.

The championship team will receive $300,000 in prize money and $100,000 in team earnings.

In two of the first five matches of the day Saturday, Tundra Esports came away with a pair of 1-0 victories over Team Tidebound and OG.

The win over Team Tidebound came in 24 minutes on green. Matthew 'Ari' Walker of the United Kingdom had a 5-0-13 kill-death-assist ratio in the win.

The win over OG was harder fought, with Tundra Esports coming away with a 52-minute win on Red. Ivan 'Pure' Moskalenko of Russia led in this match with a 17-7-6 K-D-A.

Team Falcons started its day with a 34-minute win on green over Team Yandex. Ammar 'ATF' Al-Assaf of Jordan posted an 11-2-18 K-D-A in the win.

Team Falcons then clinched the top spot with its 1-0 victory over Tearlaments in 45 minutes on green. Stanislav 'Malr1ne' Potorak of Russia led in this match with a 13-3-11 K-D-A.

In the day's other matches:

--Yakult Brothers def. Xtreme Gaming

--MOUZ def. Tearlaments

--HEROIC def. Natus Vincere

--Execration def. Team Yandex

--Team Tidebound def. Xtreme Gaming

--MOUZ def. Yakult Brothers

--OG def. HEROIC

--Natus Vincere def. Execration

BLAST Slam V group-stage standings

1. Team Falcons, 10-1

2. Tundra Esports, 10-1

3. MOUZ, 7-4

4. Team Yandex, 6-5

5. OG, 6-5

6. Team Tidebound, 5-6

7. Natus Vincere, 5-6

8. HEROIC, 5-6

9. Xtreme Gaming, 4-7

10. Execration, 4-7

11. Yakult Brothers, 3-8

12. Tearlaments, 1-10

The elimination portion of the event begins Sunday with two last-chance playoff matches and four play-in matches:

Last-chance playoffs

--Xtreme Gaming vs. Tearlaments

--Execration vs. Yakult Brothers

Play-in matches

--OG vs. HEROIC

--Team Tidebound vs. Natus Vincere

--Team Yandex vs. Xtreme Gaming/Tearlaments winner

--MOUZ vs. Excration/Yakult Brothers winner

BLAST Slam V prize pool, with prize money and team earnings

1. $300,000, $100,000

2. $150,000, $50,000

3-4. $60,000, $20,000

5-6. $35,000, $15,000

7-10. $22,500, $6,250

11-12. $10,000, $2,500

--Field Level Media