Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators will square off in Saturday’s Bali Major 2023 upper bracket final.
Tundra swept Team Liquid and GG earned a 2-1 win against Quest Esports in Friday’s semifinals.
In the lower bracket, PSG.LGD eliminated Azure Ray and 9Pandas knocked out beastcoast, both by 2-1 scores.
Eighteen Dota 2 teams from around the world were invited to compete for a $500,000 prize pool. The winner will receive $200,000 and 600 Dota Pro Circuit points, and the runner-up will earn $100,000 and 550 DPC points.
The double-elimination playoffs are all best-of-three matches until Sunday’s best-of-five grand final.
In the upper bracket Friday, Tundra defeated Liquid in 53 minutes on green and in 46 minutes on red. GG wrapped 39- and 23-minute wins on green around Quest’s 29-minute victory on red.
In the lower bracket, Azure Ray opened with a 32-minute win on green before PSG.LGD answered with a 41-minute win on green and a 32-minute triumph on red. 9Pandas also pulled off the reverse sweep, following up beastcoast’s 60-minute win on green with 35- and 30-minute victories on red.
PSG.LGD will face Quest and 9Pandas will take on Liquid in the lower bracket quarterfinals.
Azure Ray and beastcoast finished in 7th-8th place, each taking home $12,500 and 300 DPC points.
Bali Major 2023 standings, prize pool (DPC points):
1. TBD — $200,000 (600)
2. TBD — $100,000 (550)
3. TBD — $75,000 (500)
4. TBD — $50,000 (450)
5-6. TBD — $25,000 (400)
7-8. Azure Ray, beastcoast — $12,500 (300)
9-12. Team Spirit, BetBoom Team, Shopify Rebellion, Team Aster
13-14. Blacklist International, Bleed Esports
15-16. Execration, nouns
17-18. Invictus Gaming, Evil Geniuses
–Field Level Media