Field Level Media
15 Mar 2026, 12:35 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Esports World Cup)
Team Yandex swept BetBoom Team in the upper-bracket final on Saturday to advance to grand final of the PGL Wallachia Season 7 at Bucharest, Romania.
BetBoom team dropped into Sunday's lower-bracket final against Team Liquid, with the winner taking on Team Yandex later in the day in the double-elimination playoff format.
The $1 million Dota 2 tournament began last weekend with 16 teams. Eight teams advanced from the 16-team group stage, which concluded Wednesday. All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final, with the winning team taking home $300,000.
Team Yandex took down BetBoom in a marathon 61 minutes and then 48 minutes, both on red. Alimzhan 'watson' Islambekov of Kazakhstan paced Team Yandex with a 15-4-13 kill-death-assist ratio. Ilya 'Kiritych' Ulyanov of Russia led BetBoom with a 14-5-12 K-D-A ratio.
Team Liquid got started on a busy Saturday by sweeping HEROIC 2-0 in the lower-bracket quarterfinals, winning in 56 minutes on red and 80 minutes on green. Michal 'Nisha' Jankowski of Poland posted a 16-3-12 K-D-A. HEROIC's Yuma 'Yuma' Langlet, who represents Nicaragua, Belgium and Germany, had a 20-1-8 K-D-A.
Team Spirit won in the other lower-bracket quarterfinal, vanquishing Tundra Esports in 40 minutes on red and 38 minutes on green. Team Spirit's Illya 'Yatoro' Mulyarchuk of Ukraine had a 20-2-11 K-D-A. Neta '33' Shapira of Israel paced Tundra Esports with a 5-6-3 ratio.
The lower-bracket semifinal was a battle, won by Team Liquid 2-1. Team Liquid opened with a win in 40 minutes on green, but Team Spirit drew even with a win in 43 minutes on green. Team Spirit took the match in 32 minutes on green.
Sweden's Michael 'miCKe' Vu led Team Liquid with a 13-3-10 K-D-A. Aleksandr 'rue' Filin of Russia paced Team Spirit with a 7-4-11 ratio.
PGL Wallachia Season 7 prize pool:
1. $300,000
2. $175,000
3. $120,000
4. $80,000
5-6. $60,000 -- HEROIC, Tundra Esports
7-8. $40,000 -- Vici Gaming, Aurora Gaming
9-11. $20,000 -- Xtreme Gaming, Natus Vincere, PARIVISION
12-14. $15,000 -- Team Falcons, OG, Yellow Submarine
15-16. $10,000 -- MOUZ, Team Nemesis
--Field Level Media
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