Xtreme Gaming extended its perfect start in the group stage of The International 2025 by beating the only other undefeated team, Team Tidebound, on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany.

With this victory, Xtreme Gaming is the first-place team in the group stage and earned an automatic berth in the playoffs. Team Tidebound will have another chance on Saturday to grab a win and seal a playoff bid.

Sixteen teams are competing in the prestigious Dota 2 event -- eight invitees and eight teams from regional qualifiers. The group stage employs a Swiss system format in which all matches are best-of-three. The top three teams will head straight to the playoffs, while the fourth through 13th teams will move to a special elimination round to determine the other five playoff teams.

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