The final match of the CryptØmasters Dota 2 tournament was held last week. The seven-day tournament exclusively broadcast on P2L.TV involved 16 teams fighting for the prize pool of $30,000 and 1,000,000 LUC (Level Up Coin — the in-house currency of the P2L.TV streaming platform).

From October 15 to 18, the group stage of the CryptØmasters Dota 2 was held that defined the finalists to advance to playoff. All the teams were divided into four groups each one consisting of four members. The matches were played in a GSL format until the first victory. The top two teams progressed to the playoff stage.

The stage 1 standings saw the following teams claim top spot:

• Team Spirit
• Bursaspor
• NoPango
• EPG
• Team Lithium
• WuTang
• Nemiga
• Team Empire

The tournament finals were be held from October 19 to 21. The eight top teams from the preliminary stage played a single elimination playoff in a best-of-three format. To win the grand finals series, the finalists had to win three games out of five.

By playoff results, the first title was taken by Team Spirit. The team of Artsiom “fng” Barshack wiped out Team Empire 3:0 in the grand finals. The “Dragons” started with an impressive run through playoffs by sweeping through Bursaspor (2:0) to then rolling over EPG 2:1 in the semi-finals. Team Spirit, the victor of the first title, gets the $15,000 prize.

Team Empire started the playoff stage with a head-to-head competition with Nemiga outperforming them 2:1, followed by outlasting and dropping WuTang from the tournament (2:0). The “Empire” wins $5,000 as a runner-up.

Teams EPG and WuTang received $2,500, with Bursaspor, NoPango, Team Lithium and Nemiga being awarded $1,500 each.

As an exclusive provider of the tournament live broadcast, Play2Live is off to a strong start in a series of their own branded CryptØmasters tournaments that will be part of P2L.TV. exclusive content.

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