Full sweeps across the board in first day of DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs

The playoffs for DreamLeague Season 27 are now underway, with just eight teams left standing after a brutal group stage that saw 16 squads sent packing.

Day one also marked the first true test of the new patch in a high-stakes environment, offering an early look at how the changes are shaping the competitive meta and decision-making at the top level.

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The most surprising result came from PARIVISION, who stunned Team Falcons with a 2–0 sweep—but “clean” would be the wrong word. Game one dragged on for nearly an hour, while game two escalated into chaos, stretching past the 70-minute mark and ending in a mega creeps versus mega creeps showdown. The win sends PARIVISION through to the Upper Bracket semifinals and inches them closer to a breakthrough under the guidance of their new 'secret' weapon, Clement “Puppey” Ivanov.

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Next up, Team Spirit made quick work of Xtreme Gaming with a decisive 2–0, followed by Tundra Esports doing the same to OG. It didn't matter if it was TI11 or a new patch, Game 1 featured Neta on his signature hero Tidehunter (incidently who is currently OP) and then Timbersaw after.

There is still one more Upper Bracket Quarter Finals series tomorrow between Virtus.pro and Team Yandex at 12:00 CET.

DreamLeague Season 27 Format

Playoffs

• December 17th-21st
• Double-elimination bracket
• All matches are Bo3
• Grand Final is Bo5

DreamLeague Sesaon 27 Prize Pool

The $1,000,000 prize pool will be split as below. Note that just like in BLAST Slam V, $750,000 are awarded as Prize Money while $250,000 USD are awarded as Club Reward. The 19,500 EPT Points will be spread among the participants and in addition, teams will earn $3,500 prize money and 100 EPT points for each series win in the Group Stage. However, eliminated teams in Group Stage will only earn the prize money.

• 1st place $200,000/$30,000/ 3,000 base EPT points
• 2nd place $125,000/$25,000/2,500 base EPT points
• 3rd place $75,000/$20,000/2,000 base EPT points
• 4th place $50,000/$15,000/1,600 base EPT points
• 5-6th place $14,000/$10,000/1,100 base EPT points
• 7-8th place $10,000/$10,000/500 base EPT points