The first day of the DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs at DreamHack Summer has concluded. Ninjas in Pyjamas and Na’Vi have advanced to compete versus Alliance and Virtus.Pro later today, while both Burden United and Basically Unknown have been eliminated.
Day one of the DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs brought five back to back games. Basically Unknown and Burden United have been eliminated from the competition. Natus Vincere will face Alliance today, June 14, at 14:00 CEST, while Ninjas in Pyjamas will play against Virtus.Pro, at 16:30 CEST.
Check out yesterday’s live updates and a thorough DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs and finals preview.
DreamLeague Season 3 LAN Day 1 recap
Basically Unknown 1:0 Burden United
The first match of the day was the best-of-one series between the two BU teams, Burden United and Basically Unknown. Between a very farmed Anti-Mage, who was able to split push, and Keeper of the Light repelling advances and pushes from Basically Unknown, Burden United was able to take the first game in the playoffs.
Basically Unknown
Na’Vi 1:0 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Na’Vi defeated NiP in the best-of-one series by dominating and controlling the game from the very beginning. Akbar “SoNNeikO” Butaev had some great clutch ultis in the game and Daniil “Dendi” Ishutin had a great game on Shadow Fiend (13-2-12). Both supports on Na’Vi had only 5K less gold than the highest gold hero on NiP, the Juggernaut played by Adrian “Era” Kryeziu.
Na’Vi 2:0 Burden United
Na’Vi took the first win of the best-of-three series versus Burden United in a quick 28 minute game. Na’Vi maintained control and patience this game instead of rushing and diving – a normal play-style for them, and it seems to have paid off for them. 20 minutes into the game, a four-man Vacuum into Wall of Replica by Gleb “Funn1k” Lipatnikov, followed by a Winter’s Curse coming out from SoNNeikO, was too much for Burden United to continue to defend and Na’Vi took down the barracks.
Na’Vi came out with a strong second game by Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich. Although the game started relatively even with back and forth exchanges, Burden United had a few favorable fights that seemed to give them a slight advantage. However, Na’Vi were able to grab control of the game a bit later. A four-for-one fight in Na’Vi’s favor allowed them to break high ground. Burden United didn’t manage to repel the Ukrainian. The game was over after 33 minutes.
XBOCT, Natus Vincere, at Dreamhack Summer
Basically Unknown 0:2 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas swept through Basically Unknown, 2:0, eliminating them from the tournament.
Ninjas in Pyjamas were able to secure the first win of the best-of-three series versus Basically Unknown. Although the game was mostly one-sided for NiP, Nikos “ReaLaxXx” Kiazolis’ Brood Mother was able to stall the game out for just under 60 minutes to give Basically Unknown a chance to try to turn the game. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t enough and ended up dropping the first game.
Basically Unknown started out doing well with a few kills for Ionuț “Ar1sE” Turtoi. Despite some very good rotations and individual pick offs by Basically Unknown, a team wipe at minute 20 would start to give NiP the momentum and advantage they needed to win the game. The Io-BristleBack combo was too much for Unknown‘s lineup. The recently disbanded team has been eliminated from the tournament.
Burden United 0:2 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas swept Burden United, 2:0, eliminating them from the tournament.
Burden United, Credits: Dreamhack
Ninjas in Pyjamas were able to claim the first game of the series versus Burden United. The game started fairly even with Burden having a slight advantage for most of the game. A fight at Roshan with NiP using both netherward and tombstone gave them the Aegis, the fight and the gold advantage they needed. NiP were able to turn the game, even though their lineup was geared more towards an early game, which was not as strong as it needed to be.
Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated Burden United in a very heavily one-sided second game that lasted for only 26 minutes, thanks mostly to Jonas “joanssomfan” Lindholm’s Legion Commander’s duel wins. Burden United has been eliminated from the DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs and NiP will face Virtus.Pro next.
DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs brackets
Dreamhack Summer DreamLeague LAN finals day 2 schedule
June 14
- 13:30 – Preshow
- 14:00 – Match F – Alliance vs. Na’Vi – BO3
- 16:30 – Match G – Virtus.Pro vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas – BO3
- 19:00 – Match H – Loser of Match F&G – BO3
- 21:30 – Match I – Winner of Match F&G – BO3
DreamLeague Season 3 LAN broadcasting
English broadcast is provided on DreamLeague’s Twitch channel:
Watch live video from the DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs and finals!
DreamLeague LAN finals talent
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Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden – Host
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Shane “Shaneomad” Clarke – Co-host
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Andy “Draskyl” Stiles – Commentator
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Owen “ODpixel” Davies – Commentator
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Troels “SyndereN” Nielsen – Commentator
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David “Luminous” Zhang – Commentator
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Jess Brohard – Reporter
Credits: Dreamhack
DreamLeague Season 3 prize pool distribution
The “League” was played between May 4-21. After the May 23-24 super-weekend, six teams qualified for the LAN playoffs being held between June 13-15, in Sweden. The total prize pool has reached $147,556. Teams will split a $30,000 budget for travel expenses.
1st place: $53,954
2nd place: $31,977
3rd place: $19,477
4th place: $12,151
5th place: $9,651 – Burden United
6th place: $9,651 – Basically Unknown
7th place: $5,326 – Vega Squadron
8th place: $0 – Team Empire*
*According to the announcement made on the Dreamhack website:
Team Empire have had to cancel their participation, even though the reason was VISA this was notified very late to the DreamHack administration and therefore Team Empire will not be entitled to any prize which is instead distributed to the other 7 teams in the League.
Photo Credits: Dreamhack, Basically Unknown, Natus Vincere
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