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PARIVISION made quick work of LEGION, posting a two-map sweep in 65 minutes at the PARI Universe tournament on Friday.
All four matches ended in 2-0 victories as Astra Invicta joined PARIVISION in Group B with a sweep of BetBoom Team. In Group A, OG took down 1w Team, and GamerLegion beat Team Liquid.
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.
On Friday, PARIVISION rolled past LEGION in 31 minutes on Dire, then completed the sweep in 34 minutes on Radiant. Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov of Russia led PARIVISION with a 20-6-23 kill-death assist ratio. For LEGION, Czech player Jonas “SabeRLight-” Volek produced a 7-16-9 K-D-A ratio.
Astra Invicta posted back-to-back wins over BetBoom Team on Radiant in 40 minutes and 59 minutes. Leading the way for Astra Invicta was Artem “lorenof” Melnyk of Ukraine with a K-D-A ratio of 23-5-30. Russia’s Ilya “Kiritych” Ulyanov paced BetBoom Team with a 13-8-11 K-D-A ratio.
OG opened with a 38-minute win on Radiant, then put 1w Team away with another victory on Radiant, this time in 49 minutes. Finland’s Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen guided OG with a K-D-A ratio of 18-4-36. For 1w Team, Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko of Russia notched a 12-13-17 K-D-A ratio.
It took GamerLegion 123 minutes to sweep Team Liquid, posting a pair of wins on Radiant (52 minutes, 71 minutes). American Victor “Fayde” Zuev led the way for GamerLegion with a K-D-A ratio of 22-10-33. On the other side, Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak of Russia finished with a 15-22-32 K-D-A ratio.
The remaining group-stage schedule:
Saturday
Group A — 1w Team vs. GamerLegion
Group A — Team Yandex vs. OG
Group B — Team Spirit vs. BetBoom Team
Group B — Astra Invicta vs. LEGION
Sunday
Group A — Team Liquid vs. OG
Group A — Team Yandex vs. 1w Team
Group B — Team Spirit vs. Astra Invicta
Group B — PARIVISION vs. BetBoom Team
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
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