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| Blacklist Rivalry swept its DOTA 2 group in the Asia Pacific Predator League group stages. |
MANILA--Blacklist Rivalry and Execration entered the semifinals of the Asia-Pacific Predator League DOTA 2 event after going 1-2 in their group stage pool.
Blacklist Rivalry, headlined by midlaner Abed Yusop and offlaner Kim Santos, went 4-0 in Group A, tagged as the "group of death" due to having three Filipino teams, the other being ZOL Esports.
Execration, on the other hand, went 3-1 in the said group to finish second with their only defeat at the hands of Blacklist Rivalry.
Meanwhile, the lone Filipino team in Group B, Polaris Esports, missed out on semifinal qualification, and Chinese club Team Aster and Mongolian team IHC Esports made it to the Final Four.
Team Secret last PH team standing in Valorant tourney
On the other hand, Team Secret moved on to the semifinals in the Valorant event after sweeping Group D.
ZOL and Oasis, the other two Filipino teams in contention, were already eliminated.
Secret will take on Vietnam's Team Flash Japan's FAV Gaming, and Indonesia's Boom Esports in the semis.
FAV and Boom went perfect in Groups A and C, respectively.
The final stage of the Predator League will take place at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay starting on Saturday.
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