PARAVISION rallied for a 2-1 victory over Team Spirit on Saturday to reach the grand final at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.
Team Spirit will play in the lower-bracket final on Sunday against Aurora Gaming, which took down Team Falcons 2-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal on Saturday. The winner of the lower-bracket final will face PARAVISION in the grand final.
Sixteen teams began the Dota 2 tournament on May 13. The top four finishers from Group A and Group B moved into the upper-bracket playoffs, with the fifth- and sixth-place finishers advancing to the lower bracket.
The double-elimination playoffs began Tuesday. All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The winning team will take home $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.
On Saturday, Team Spirit opened with a 27-minute win on red, but PARAVISION rebounded with back-to-back wins on green (25 minutes, 36 minutes) to pull out the victory. Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov of Russia led the way for PARAVISION with a 27-7-13 kill-death-assist ratio. For Team Spirit, Russian Denis “Larl” Sigitov posted a K-D-A ratio of 23-8-19.
Later, Aurora registered a 23-minute victory on green and a 44-minute win on red to complete the sweep of Team Falcons. Malaysia’s Chung “Ws” Wei Shen recorded an 18-6-28 K-D-A ratio to pace Aurora. Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf of Jordan turned in a K-D-A of 7-9-5 for Team Falcons.
The Sunday schedule
–Lower-bracket final: Team Spirit vs. Aurora Gaming
–Grand final: PARAVISION vs. Team Spirit/Aurora Gaming winner
DreamLeague Season 29 prize pool (player prize money, club reward and base ESL Pro Tour points)
1. $250,000, $40,000, 6,000 points
2. $100,000, $30,000, 5,000 points
3. $80,000, $25,000, 4,000 points
4. $60,000, $20,000, 3,200 points – Team Falcons
5-6. $40,000, $15,000, 2,200 points — Tundra Esports, PlayTime
7-8. $27,500, $12,500, 1,000 points — Xtreme Gaming, BetBoom Team
9-12. $20,000, $10,000, 375 points — Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, Vici Gaming, Natus Vincere
13-14. $12,500, $10,000, 140 points — ex-HEROIC, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000, $10,000, 60 points — GamerLegion, REKONIX
–Field Level Media
