With yesterday’s matches concluded, we are officially halfway done with the Frankfurt Major.The event had real Dota 2 treats in store for us. Two upper bracket finalists have been determined and two more teams got eliminated.
The day started off with the lower bracket matches where OG came out on top of Mineski and Virtus.pro beat Alliance (no real comeback this time). After that, it was time to the upper bracket and a rematch from The International 5 upper bracket final and grand final - Evil Geniuses vs. CDEC Gaming. At TI5, CDEC came out victorious in the upper bracket final with a 2-0 score and fell to EG in the grand final 1-3. This time, the boys in bluegame CDEC no chances and defeated them in a 2-0 fashion.
The last matchup of the day was Team Secret vs. Vici Gaming which delivered what many thought the best games at the Frankfurt Major so far. We saw a fierce fight for the second slot in the upper bracket final together with an unexpected appearance of Meepo picked by Team Secret. In the end, it was Puppey’s team who prevailed and get to face Evil Geniuses on Friday.
Upper bracket
|
Matchup |
Result |
|
Evil Geniuses vs. CDEC Gaming |
2-0 |
|
Vici Gaming vs. Team Secret |
1-2 |
Lower bracket
|
Matchup |
Result |
|
Alliance vs. Virtus.pro |
0-2 |
|
Mineski vs. OG |
0-2 |
The battle continues today
Today’s matches will be from the lower bracket only. EHOME will take on LGD and Virtus.pro will face OG. The winner of the latter will face CDEC in the last match of the day. Don’t miss any of the action and tune in here from 10:30 CET. For all important information about the event, visit the Frankfurt Major official website and follow ESL Dota 2 on Twitter and Facebook.
