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Astra Invicta and LEGION both earned victories over BetBoom Team on Tuesday in a tiebreaker round, securing playoff berths in the PARI Universe tournament.
All three teams finished with 1-3 records when Group B play concluded on Monday, leaving the three to battle in a tiebreaker to see which two sides would advance. The tiebreaker consisted of one-map matches.
First, LEGION beat Astra Invicta, but Astra Invicta immediately bounced back to down BetBoom Team. Finally, LEGION topped BetBoom Team.
The results finalized the matchups for the upper-bracket quarterfinals on Wednesday. PARVISION will oppose Team Liquid, Team Yandex will face Astra Invicta, Team Spirit will square off with OG, and GamerLegion will clash with LEGION.
The $250,000, 10-team Dota 2 event began with a round-robin group stage, with all matches best-of-three. The top four teams in each group qualified for the double-elimination playoffs, with the last-place team in each group eliminated.
The playoffs also will feature best-of-three matches until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The championship team will receive $45,000 for the club, $80,000 for the players.
On Tuesday, LEGION downed Astra Invicta in 34 minutes on Radiant. North Macedonia’s Igor «Stojkov» Stojkov paced LEGION with a 7-0-11 kill-death-assist ratio. Russia’s Egor «Nightfall» Grigorenko wound up at 3-2-2 for Astra Invicta.
Astra Invicta eked out a 52-minute victory over BetBoom Team on Radiant as Nightfall produced a 17-0-12 K-D-A ratio. Moldova’s Vitalie «Save-» Melnic put up a 2-2-9 K-D-A ratio for BetBoom Team.
LEGION prevailed in 41 minutes on Radiant against BetBoom Team as Stojkov finished at 12-2-11. Save- logged a 5-5-7 K-D-A ratio in defeat.
PARI Universe final group standings
Group A
1. Team Yandex, 4-0
2. GamerLegion, 3-1
3. OG, 2-2
4. Team Liquid, 1-3
5. 1w Team, 0-4
Group B
1. Team Spirit, 4-0
2. PARIVISION, 3-1
T3. LEGION, 1-3 (advanced on tiebreaker)
T3. Astra Invicta, 1-3 (advanced on tiebreaker)
T3. BetBoom Team, 1-3
PARI Universe prize pool, with player prize money and club share
1. $125,000 ($80,000, $45,000)
2. $50,000 ($32,000, $18,000)
3. $30,000 ($20,000, $10,000)
4. $15,000 ($10,000, $5,000)
5-6. $10,000 ($10,000, none)
7-8. $5,000 ($5,000, none)
9-10. none — 1w Team, BetBoom Team
–Field Level Media
