Field Level Media
22 Apr 2026, 22:49 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Esports World Cup Foundation)
HEROIC, South America Rejects and Team Spirit secured the final three playoff spots Wednesday at the $1 million PGL Wallachia Season 8 event in Bucharest, Romania.
Sixteen teams began the Dota 2 tournament with the top eight advancing from the Swiss-system group stage. The double-elimination playoffs begin Thursday with all matches best-of-three until Sunday's best-of-five grand final, where the winner will take home $300,000.
Wednesday's do-or-die Round 5 matches pitted teams with 2-2 records. HEROIC swept GamerLegion, SAR knocked out MOUZ 2-1, and Spirit swept Xtreme Gaming.
HEROIC won in 42 minutes on red and 44 minutes on green. SAR sandwiched a 45-minute win on green and a 58-minute victory on red around MOUZ's 53-minute win on red. Spirit followed up a marathon 72-minute triumph on red with a 40-minute win on green.
Thursday's upper-bracket quarterfinal matches:
--PARIVISION vs. South America Rejects
--Aurora Gaming vs. HEROIC
--Team Liquid vs. Team Falcons
--BetBoom Team vs. Team Spirit
PGL Wallachia Season 8 prize pool:
1. $300,000 -- TBD
2. $175,000 -- TBD
3. $120,000 -- TBD
4. $80,000 -- TBD
5-6. $60,000 -- TBD
7-8. $40,000 -- TBD
9-11. $20,000 -- GamerLegion, Xtreme Gaming, MOUZ
12-14. $15,000 -- Vici Gaming, Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere
15-16. $10,000 -- Team Yandex, Tundra Esports
--Field Level Media
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