The second day of the Frankfurt Dota Major Americas qualifiers has come to an end. Cloud 9 and Unknown have advanced to the Upper Bracket finals and are both on series away from clinching the first spot. Digital Chaos prevailed over EWolves and have moved forward in the Lower Brackets. The games will resume on October 14th, at 01:00 CEST.
The day started with a best-of-one series serving as a tiebreaker between Unknown and Leviathan. The South American team was able to overthrow the North American team, eliminating them from the event and giving themselves a fighting chance to surge forward.
In an all-South American series, Unknown continued to ride on the momentum and bested Elite Wolves, 2:1, in the Upper Bracket semifinals. Unknown have advanced into the Upper Bracket finals.
The new North American rivalry between Cloud 9 and Digital Chaos made another appearance in the Upper Bracket semifinals. True to recent history, Cloud 9 denied Digital Chaos the chance to advance and outplayed them, 2:1. Cloud 9 will face Unknown in the Upper Bracket finals.
Digital Chaos managed to knock Elite Wolves out of contention, 2:1, after stomping out their opponents in only 22 minutes during the third deciding game. They moved forward into the Lower Bracket finals.
The Upper Bracket finals between Team Unknown and Cloud 9 will kick off on October 14th, at 01:00 CEST, followed by the Lower Bracket finals.
Frankfurt Dota Major Americas Qualifiers tiebreaker
Unknown 1:0 Leviathan – Unknown and Leviathan competed in a best-of-one match for the remaining spot in the playoffs. The match was relatively even, with Unknown having a slight advantage in gold and experience until about 26 minutes into the game, when Unknown started to purchase their items and break high ground. They were then able to start capitalizing on their momentum and pushed through until the end of the game, without giving any room for Leviathan to do much about it. The game was over in 39 minutes.
- Unknown advanced to the playoffs to face Elite Wolves. Leviathan were eliminated.
Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs brackets
Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs format
Playoffs matches are best-of-three series. Top two teams – winners of both the Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket finals – will qualify for the $3,000,000 Frankfurt Dota Major, scheduled to take place between November 16-21, in Frankfurt, Germany.
Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs results, Upper Bracket semifinals
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Unknown 2:1 Elite Wolves – The first match was a complete slaughter for Elite Wolves. The 25-minute-game ended with a score of 20:1 and EWolves managed to take multiple pick-offs in the first few minutes.
Unknown came back to redeem themselves in the second game, with amazing performances from their Queen of Pain and Storm Spirit. Unknown took the lead after the laning phase and kept a firm hold onto it until the end, at minute 36.
Unknown continued with their momentum in the third deciding game and they were able to easily overtake Elite Wolves in 32 minutes, on the back of their Shadow Fiend and Ember Spirit.
- Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs results: Unknown have advance in the Upper Bracket finals, while Elite Wolves were sent to the Lower Brackets.
Digital Chaos 1:2 Cloud 9 – While Digital Chaos started the laning phase of the first game doing well, Cloud 9 managed to move ahead shortly, as both Braxton “Brax” Paulson’s Krobolus and Ravi “Ritsu” Kodippili’s Ember Spirit began to snowball, paired with the night vision and speed of Avery “SVG” Silverman’s NightStalker.
A flawless performance by Tyler “TC” Cook on Ember Spirit, paired with Hà “Biryu” Quốc Đạt’ incredible Wryven plays and Yawar “YawaR” Hassan’s dominant Templar Assassin, was all that Digital Chaos needed to become unstoppable and tie up the series in less than 30 minutes, forcing a deciding game three.
The last game was an hour long, as both teams were fighting to be the one to advance to the Upper Bracket finals. Starting relatively even, DC managed to take the lead for some time. Although they had a slight advantage, they had some questionable item builds and the lead began to slip from their grasp, as Cloud 9 started to come online. The next half of the game was filled with some intense moments, but Cloud 9 retained their lead and control until the end.
- Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs results: Cloud 9 have advanced to the Upper Bracket finals to face Unknown, while Digital Chaos were sent to the Lower Brackets to face EWolves.
Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs results, Lower Bracket, Round 1
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EWolves 1:2 Digital Chaos – In the first game, DC appeared to have good map control. That paired with TC’s perfect game on Doom, EWolves were at a loss, dropping heroes all over the map.
EWolves managed to create enough space for Juan Carlos “vanN” Tito to farm his Alchemist well. By the end, he was almost double the next hero in the net worth chart. Shutting down Shadow Fiend mid also gave Elite Wolves the ability to move towards their victory and extend the series for one more game.
Being outdrafted in the third game, EWolves had no way to initiate or counter Digital Chaos in fights. The game was over in 22 minute and Digital Chaos stomped EWolves out, 17:2.
- Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs results: Digital Chaos have advanced in the Lower Brackets, where they will face either Unknown, or Cloud 9, while EWolves were eliminated.
Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs schedule
The Upper Bracket finals between Team Unknown and Cloud 9 will kick off on October 14th, at 01:00 CEST, followed by the Lower Bracket finals.
Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs streams
The Frankfurt Dota Major Americas playoffs will be broadcast in English as part of the coverage provided by The Sweden Hub, a mix of talent from ASUS ROG DreamLeague, joinDOTA and Moonduck Studios, starting at 04:00 CEST, on October 11th. Beyond the Summit will also broadcast a selection of games.
- All matches covered from the Monster Energy DreamHack Studios will be broadcast on the DreamLeague Twitch channel.
- The Beyond the Summit Twitch channel will provide coverage of select group stage matches.
The Frankfurt Dota Major Americas Qualifiers series have started on October 11th and will end on October 14th.
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