{"id":34273,"date":"2026-02-20T20:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=34273"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:57:54","slug":"dreamleague-season-28-group-stage-1-roundup-group-stage-2-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dota-2\/dreamleague-season-28-group-stage-1-roundup-group-stage-2-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"DreamLeague Season 28 Group Stage 1 Roundup &amp; Group Stage 2 Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After <strong>5 days of excellent Dota 2 matches<\/strong>, <strong>DreamLeague Season 28\u2019s Group Stage 1<\/strong> is finally over. We already reported what happened three days after the start, but now that we have all the results, it\u2019s time for our <strong>in-depth overview<\/strong>. Let\u2019s take a look at which teams succeeded and what we expect for <strong>Group Stage 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Group A<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/BetBoomTeam\/status\/2024948378979692923?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned in our <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dota-2\/dreamleague-season-28-mid-group-stage-recap-and-standings\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dota-2\/dreamleague-season-28-mid-group-stage-recap-and-standings\/\">previous preview analysis<\/a>, <strong>Group A<\/strong> was heavily dominated by a few specific <strong>Dota 2 teams<\/strong>. Now that all of the matches are over, we have the following <strong>4 teams advancing to Group Stage 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aurora Gaming<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PARIVISION<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Team Liquid<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BetBoom Team<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aurora Gaming<\/strong> has proven itself to be the <strong>big favorite<\/strong> so far, achieving the <strong>best results<\/strong>. The team ended <strong>Group Stage 1<\/strong> with <strong>5 victories and 2 draws<\/strong> and is yet to taste defeat. This definitely puts it in an <strong>excellent position<\/strong> for what is to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PARIVISION<\/strong> also surprised its fans in a good way. Even though most people did not believe the squad would do well, PARIVISION ended <strong>Group Stage 1 without dropping a single map<\/strong>. The team secured <strong>4 victories and 3 draws<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Team Liquid<\/strong> is the next powerhouse that will advance to <strong>DreamLeague Season 28\u2019s next stage<\/strong>. Despite losing one series, Liquid did well, winning <strong>4 matches and securing 2 draws<\/strong>. Most people are probably not surprised that the squad is advancing to the next stage, especially after <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dota-2\/team-liquid-lifted-the-blast-slam-vi\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dota-2\/team-liquid-lifted-the-blast-slam-vi\/\">winning <strong>BLAST Slam VI<\/strong><\/a> just a few days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, some teams were unable to live up to their fans\u2019 expectations. <strong>Team Yandex<\/strong> is the biggest disappointment of all because some fans were hoping it would do much better. Sadly, the team ended without a single victory and got <strong>3 draws and 4 losses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BetBoom Team was the last to join the remaining three, but the squad had to do it the hard way. The EEU powerhouse met OG in the Tiebreaker, and after a deadly Bo3 series, it eliminated them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yakult Brothers<\/strong> and <strong>paiN Gaming<\/strong> also did not achieve anything impressive. Both ended with just <strong>one win, one draw, and 5 losses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Group B<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PURE IS STILL ALIVE! THANK YOU WHITEMON <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WJWPBTjIpo\">pic.twitter.com\/WJWPBTjIpo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TUNDRA (@TundraEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TundraEsports\/status\/2024211934631895522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving on to <strong>Group B<\/strong>, this was definitely the more interesting of the two, and we saw many amazing results. Remember how <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> was among the best-performing squads a few days ago? Well, the team made many mistakes and missed out on the slot for the <strong>DreamLeague Season 28 Group 2<\/strong>. Instead, we will see the following names:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>MOUZ<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tundra Esports<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Team Falcons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xtreme Gaming<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MOUZ<\/strong> seems to be among the <strong>biggest surprises<\/strong> so far, and for a good reason. Considering the squad\u2019s most recent results, we did not expect it to see among the best 4, let alone in first place. The team ended its <strong>Group Stage 1 clashes without losing a single series<\/strong> &#8211; it got <strong>3 victories and 4 losses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tundra Esports<\/strong> is the second name that we will see on the big stage. Until its last series against <strong>Team Falcons<\/strong>, Tundra did not make a single mistake and looked almost unstoppable. With that said, Team Falcons proved that they can bleed, so it will be interesting to see what\u2019s going to happen between the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of the <strong>Falcons<\/strong>, they are the third team to advance to <strong>Group Stage 2<\/strong>. This happened after securing <strong>3 wins, 3 draws, and only one loss<\/strong>. The team was unable to overcome <strong>MOUZ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"FALCONS vs TUNDRA - ALL CHAT! \u258cDREAMLEAGUE SEASON 28 DOTA 2 2026\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gRte6c197Y8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FALCONS vs TUNDRA &#8211; ALL CHAT!\u00a0DREAMLEAGUE SEASON 28 DOTA 2 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth team to advance to <strong>DreamLeague Season 28\u2019s next stage<\/strong> is <strong>Xtreme Gaming<\/strong>. It\u2019s safe to say this is also a surprise because people thought they would see <strong>Na\u2019Vi<\/strong> or <strong>Team Spirit<\/strong> here. Sadly for them, the Chinese played much better than expected and secured <strong>two victories, 4 draws, and 1 loss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GamerLegion<\/strong>, <strong>Execration<\/strong>, <strong>Team Spirit<\/strong>, and <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> did not make it out. Most people are not surprised by the first two names, but <strong>Team Spirit<\/strong> was among the favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DreamLeague Season 28 Group Stage 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague Season 28<\/strong> will begin tomorrow, <strong>February 21, 2026<\/strong> and will have the following teams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aurora Gaming<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MOUZ<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BetBoom Team<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PARIVISION<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Team Falcons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Team Liquid<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xtreme Gaming<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tundra Esports<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The stakes here are increasing because only <strong>four teams<\/strong> will make it to the <strong>Playoffs<\/strong>. Similar to <strong>Group Stage 1<\/strong>, four of the names mentioned above will be eliminated, so expect a <strong>week full of action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will have <strong>five Bo3 series per day<\/strong> until <strong>February 27<\/strong>. Once the results are in, <strong>DreamLeague Season 28<\/strong> will continue to its final form &#8211; the <strong>Playoffs<\/strong>. As always, we\u2019ll make sure to provide you with <strong>regular updates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 5 days of excellent Dota 2 matches, DreamLeague Season 28\u2019s Group Stage 1 is finally over. We already reported what happened three days after the start, but now that we have all the results, it\u2019s time for our in-depth overview. Let\u2019s take a look at which teams succeeded and what we expect for Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":34275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[260,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-34273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dota-2","8":"tag-dota-2","9":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34278,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34273\/revisions\/34278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}