The teams that will play on the fifth game day of the playoff stage of the ESL One Berlin Major 2023 Dota 2 championship have been determined. There will be a total of three bo3 matches (up to two wins).
The game day will start at 13:00 GMT+3 with Evil Geniuses and OG. The first team started the playoffs from the lower bracket and managed to knock Shopify Rebellion and Talon Esports out of the major. OG defeated Team Liquid in the upper bracket, but lost to Gaimin Gladiators, which put them in the losers' bracket.
After that, the battle for the final of ESL One Berlin Major 2023 between 9 Pandas and Gladiators will take place at 16:35. Roman RAMZES666 Kushnarev's squad defeated Shopify Rebellion and Tundra Esports in the winning bracket, and Anton dyrachyo Shkredov's team defeated Team Spirit and OG. Both teams have already guaranteed themselves at least the top 3 majors.
The game day will end with the semi-finals of the bottom draw, which will start after the match between 9 Pandas and Gladiators. Team Liquid's opponent will be the winner of the EG vs OG clash. The losing team will drop out of the event, while the winning team will advance to the losers' final.
Recall that according to the results of last game day, Team Aster, Talon Esports and Tundra Esports left the major. Team Aster and Talon Esports took 7-8 places, getting 12,500 prize money and 200 DPC points, Tundra got 5-6 places and took 25,000 points and 300 rating points.
It should be noted that Liquid secured an invite to The International 12 thanks to reaching at least the top 4 of the championship.
ESL One Berlin Major 2023 takes place in Berlin, Germany, from April 26 to May 7. 18 teams from around the world are fighting for $500,000 in prize money and 2,700 DPC points.
