A 4-day high-profile Dota 2 tournament – here’s everything you need to know about 1win Series Dota 2 Spring.

Popular bookmaker and Russian esports organization, 1win, has kickstarted a high-profile Dota 2 tournament featuring notable tier 1 teams and a $100,000 prize pool. The tournament is called 1win Series Dota 2 Spring, suggesting it's a part of a Dota 2 tournament series. From March 16 to 19, this tournament will showcase intense online competition throughout a compact 3-day window. Read more about the event below.

UPDATE: Entity wins the 1win Series Dota 2 Spring! Here is the final standings of the event:

Place
$ USD
Participant
1st$50,000Entity
2nd$30,000Virtus.pro
3rd$15,000Team Liquid
4th$5,000Team Spirit
5th-6th-L1GA TEAM
5th-6th-MOUZ
7th-8th-PSG Quest
7th-8th-1win

All participating teams

Even though the 1win Series Dota 2 Spring is a tier 2 event, many of its participants are world-renowned giants. The two-time The International champions, Team Spirit, and Western Europe juggernauts, Team Liquid, are among the teams that are taking part in the 1win Series Dota 2 Spring. Here is the full list of teams in this event:

  • Team Liquid
  • Entity
  • 1win
  • MOUZ
  • Team Spirit
  • L1GA Team
  • Virtus.pro
  • PSG Quest

Where to watch

The event will be on live broadcast on 1win Series' official live channels. You can catch the English-language streams on YouTube and on Twitch. Unfortunately, the Twitch account is currently unavailable due to a violation of Twitch's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. We will embed the stream once it is up on the site again.

1win Series Dota 2 Spring schedule and results

Group Stage standings

Group A

Standings
Team
Record
1.Virtus.pro2-0
2.Team Liquid2-1
3.L1GA Team1-2
4.PSG Quest0-2

Group B

Standings
Team
Record
1.Entity2-0
1.Team Spirit2-1
3.MOUZ1-2
3.1win0-2

Group Stage

The Group Stage will be a BO1 phase. Four teams in each group will collect points to advance to the Playoffs. In each group, the top two survive, meanwhile the bottom two face elimination.

Match
Results
1win vs Entity
0-1
VP vs L1GA
1-0
Spirit vs MOUZ
0-1
Liquid vs Quest
1-0
L1GA vs Quest
1-0
VP vs Liquid
1-0
DECIDER MATCH: L1GA vs Liquid
1-2
1win vs Spirit
0-1
Entity vs MOUZ
1-0
DECIDER MATCH: Spirit vs MOUZ
2-0

Playoffs

The Playoffs have only four remaining teams. It starts on the Semifinals and after that, we head straight into the Grand Finals.

Match
Score
VP vs Spirit
2-0
Entity vs Liquid
2-0
Third-place match: Spirit vs Liquid
1-2
Grand Final: VP vs Entity
1-3

The result for the first Semifinals series is a shocker! Virtus.pro upsets the two-time TI champions, Team Spirit to advance to the Grand Final. The 0-2 defeat knocked Spirit to fight for the third-place. Next was also an upset as Entity took down Liquid 2-0. It will be a grand finals of dark horses as Virtus.pro takes on Entity for the title of champions. On the other hand, Spirit and Liquid will clash for the third-place position.

Ultimately, Entity wins the championship, defeating VP 3-1. The third-place clash ended in favor for Team Liquid as they take the series 2-1.

Prize pool distribution

This tournament will only reward prize money to the final four teams. With a total of $100,000 on the line, the champion of 1win Series Dota 2 Spring will take home $50,000 - half of the prize pool. The runner-up will claim $30,000, followed by $15,000 in the third place. The fourth place will take the remaining $5,000.

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