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Dota 28 years agoAndreea "divushka" Esanu

No Shanghai Major for Na’Vi, Empire-XBOCT advance to qualifier playoffs

The European qualifier group stage for Shanghai Major has ended with Team Spirit, Team Empire, Team Liquid and Vega Squadron advancing into the second stage.

It was a hard fought battle between Empire and Na-Vi for the second spot in group A and although Empire won the last direct match up with 2-0 the Ukrainian squad was really close to push the series into a tiebreaker. Akbar "SoNNeikO" Butaev had once again a marvelous performance in all the games played, including the last series against Empire but unfortunately for his team it was not enough for a playoff qualifier spot.

While Danil "Dendi" Ishutin must wait for the third Dota 2 Major, his ex teammates Gleb "Funn1k" Lipatnikov and Alexander "XBOCT" Dashkevich will continue their road to Shanghai with their new team.

In group B, the two favorites Team Liquid and Vega Squadron had no trouble securing the top two places and will also proceed to the double elimination bracket.

European qualifiers will resume tomorrow, January 9th with Team Spirit facing Vega Squadron and Team Liquid against Empire.

The winners of the playoffs stage and the runners up will join the directly invited team for the Shanghai Major.

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