Eden Esports organized the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show commenced yesterday 20th November with a total of 20 European Dota 2 teams. The tournament carries a prize pool of $100,000 USD and follows a Round-robin group stage format. The tournament will run till the 6th of December and the total prize pool will be shared among the top 8 teams. 

Day 1 Overview 

A total of four groups are drawn with five teams each following a single round-robin format with Best of three games. The top two teams will move to upper-bracket playoffs and the teams that will secure 3rd positions will advance to the lower brackets. Yesterday, 20th November a total of 4 matches were played.

    Team 1                Team 2                            Results
   

   Alliance                  Nemiga Gaming               Alliance

   KZ Team                NAVI Junior                     KZ Team

 Atlas Burden            MoneyMakers                 MoneyMakers  

The dudley-boyz       Klim Sani4                      The dudley-boyz    

It was a total dominance from Alliance as they won both the games. Game 1 ended in 46 minutes and 50 seconds with Alliance taking the win. Game 2 also ended in 46 minutes and 35 seconds. 

Match 2: KZ Team vs NAVI Junior

It was a good clash among the teams. Both played extremely well and the match became intense when NAVI Junior equalized the Best of 3 series. Game 1 was a quick match as it took only 24 minutes and 39 seconds for KZ Team to beat NAVI Junior. But as the match went to Game 2, it was NAVI Junior who made a comeback and sealed the victory in 26 minutes and 51 seconds. Both the teams were on a draw until it was Game 3 when the KZ Team turned the cards and clinched the victory after 28 minutes and 8 seconds. 

Match 3: Atlas Burden vs MoneyMakers 

MoneyMakers dominated both the games and secured their win. Game 1 got over by 34 minutes and 42 seconds and Game 2 took 35 minutes and 50 seconds for MoneyMakers to clinch the win. 

Match 4: The dudley-boyz vs Klim Sani4

The final game of the day was between these two teams. Both teams gave a strong fight till the end but it was The dudley-boyz that came out as the victors. Game 1 took 51 minutes and 31 seconds and Game 2 took 52 minutes and 9 seconds. 

With this, Day 1 of Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show concluded with the actions from Group A, Group B and Group D. Day 2 is currently live.