Tundra Esports advanced to the grand final of the Gamers Galaxy: Invitational Series Dubai 2022 with a 2-0 victory over Nigma Galaxy on Saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Tundra defeated Nigma in 31 minutes on red and 39 minutes on green to advance to Sunday’s best-of-five grand final.
“GRAND FINALS HERE WE COOOOOOOME!!!” Tundra Esports wrote on Twitter.
GRAND FINALS HERE WE COOOOOOOME!!! ??
gg and well played @NigmaGalaxy ?? pic.twitter.com/kmdJFSTAc6
— Tundra Esports (@TundraEsports) March 5, 2022
Oliver “skiter” Lepko of Slovakia secured 22 of his 26 kills in the second map for Tundra Esports, who await the winner of the lower-bracket final between Nigma Galaxy and BOOM Esports.
Nine teams are competing for a share of a 1 million Emirati dirham prize pool, which equates to $272,532. After best-of-one contests in the Group Stage and best-of-three Play-In matches, the Playoff Stage will be best-of-three until the best-of-five Grand Final.
BOOM Esports posted a 2-0 victory over Team Secret and a 2-0 win against Team Spirit to advance to Sunday’s lower-bracket final.
BOOM dispatched Secret following a 60-minute win on red and 25-minute victory on green. They followed that up with a 34-minute triumph on green and 30-minute win on red against Spirit.
The Playoff Stage concludes Sunday with two matches:
Nigma Galaxy vs. BOOM Esports (lower bracket final)
Nigma-BOOM winner vs. Tundra Esports (grand final)
Gamers Galaxy: Invitational Series Dubai 2022 prize pool
1. $109,013
2. $54,507
3. $32,704
4. $21,803 — Team Spirit
5-6. $13,627 — OG, Team Secret
7-8. $8,176 — Nigma Galaxy SEA, TSM
9. $5,451 — Fnatic
–Field Level Media