The PGL Wallachia Season 9 Dota 2 offline tournament has concluded with Team Yandex taking the victory. The competition took place from September 19 to 27, 2026, in Bucharest at the PGL Studio, where 16 teams fought for a $1,000,000 USD prize pool. The tournament was played on gameplay patch 7.41f.
The path to the championship for Team Yandex went through the upper bracket playoffs, where they defeated 1w Team, Aurora Gaming, and LGD Gaming. In the Best-of-5 Grand Final, Team Yandex defeated Natus Vincere with a score of 3:0. For first place, the winning team received $300,000 USD. Natus Vincere, who made a long run through the lower bracket and successively eliminated Team Nemesis, Aurora Gaming, Xtreme Gaming, and LGD Gaming, took second place and earned $175,000 USD.
Prize pool distribution among the other top teams:
The tournament format consisted of a modified Swiss-system group stage (Bo3 matches), from which the top eight teams advanced to a Double-elimination playoff bracket. A total of 80 games were played during the tournament. Match statistics demonstrated a significant advantage for the Dire side, which won 58.75% of the time, while Radiant won 41.25% of the games.
The most popular heroes of the tournament were:
The next major Tier 1 Dota 2 tournament will be BLAST SLAM VIII, which starts on September 29 with a prize pool of $750,000 USD.
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