What should you be watching in the Dota 2 scene this week? PGL Wallachia Season 1 continues and ends this week.
PGL Wallachia Season 1 began on Friday, May 10th with the modified Swiss-system group stage. Over the weekend two teams lost their tournament lives – Azure Ray and Heroic.
This week there are two more group stage days where another six teams will be eliminated. The remaining eight teams will then advance to the playoff stage.
Read Team Falcons and Xtreme Gaming secure playoff spots, Azure Ray eliminated at PGL Wallachia Season 1
The action resumes today at 09:00 CEST with nouns
vs
G2 x iG. The games are on a rolling schedule for the day.
Team Secret and Team Liquid have a lot to prove and much on the line today if they hope to remain in the competition.
PGL Wallachia Season 1
Directly invited teams
Team Falcons
Team Liquid
Team Secret
Gaimin Gladiators
Team Spirit
BetBoom Team
Xtreme Gaming
Aurora Gaming
Shopify Rebellion
Heroic
Qualified teams
Tundra Esports (WEU qualifiers) * 
MOUZ
Virtus.pro (EEU qualifiers)
G2.iG (China qualifiers)
Blacklist International (SEA qualifiers)* 
Azure Ray
nouns (NA qualifiers)
BOOM Esports (SA qualifiers)
*unable to attend due to visa issues
PGL Wallachia Season 1 Format
PGL will be hosting the whole event at their studios in Bucharest, Romania, from May 10 to 16th with no live audience. The 16 teams will start the competition in a modified "Swiss System" group stage that will feature five rounds of best-of-three series.
- Group Stage - May 10 - May 15, 2024
- One modified Swiss-system of sixteen teams
- All matches are Bo3
- Top eight teams advance to playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated
- Playoffs - May 16 - May 19, 2024
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
PGL Wallachia Season 1 Prize Pool
The $1,000,000 prize pool is spread among the participants
