Astra Invicta, LEGION sneak into PARI Universe playoffs

The hands of an esport gamer clutching the controler at Encore Esports Gaming Lounge in New Rochelle on Thursday, December 20, 2018. E Sports 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