PARIVISION, Team Spirit and Team Yandex remained unbeaten in round-robin play Sunday at the PARI Universe tournament as each team earned 2-0 sweeps.
OG joined them in the winner’s circle.
The $250,000, 10-team Dota 2 event is starting with a round-robin group stage, with all matches best-of-three. The top four teams in each group move on to 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 Nov. 1. The championship team will receive $45,000 for the club, $80,000 for the players.
Yandex took care of 1w, Spirit downed Astra Invicta and PARIVISION controlled BetBoom Team, as each squad improved to 3-0 in matches and 6-0 in games.
Yandex won in 34 minutes on Radiant and in 24 minutes on Dire, as Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf of Jordan posted a 18-5-25 kill-death-assist ratio.
Bohdan “Batyuk” Batiuk of Ukraine had a KDA of 18-5-27 as Spirit won in 28 minutes on Dire and 55 minutes on Radiant.
PARIVISION swept for wins in 24 minutes and 37 minutes, both on Radiant. Alan “Satanic” Gallyhamov of Russia led his team in kills on both maps, totaling 18 to go along with two deaths and 15 assists.
OG went three maps but won 2-1 over Liquid, advancing their record to 2-1 (4-3 in games). OG wrapped a 48-minute win on Radiant and 67-minute win on Dire around a 33-minute loss on Dire.
John “Natsumi” Vargas of the Philippines grabbed 12 kills in the first game to spark OG, finishing with 22 for the match. Valery “SSS” Lazarev of Russia added 16 kills in Game 3 to get OG across the finish line.
Liquid fell to 1-2 (3-4 games) while Astra is 1-3 (3-6). 1w and BetBoom have failed to notch a victory and are close to elimination with one more day of matches left.
The remaining group-stage schedule:
Monday
Group A — OG vs. GamerLegion
Group A — Team Yandex vs. Team Liquid
Group B — Team Spirit vs. PARIVISION
Group B — BetBoom Team vs. LEGION
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
–Field Level Media
