Team Yandex, Team Spirit to clash in PARI Universe grand final

A custom gaming keyboard backlit with red LED lights waits for tactile input before Manual took on Boone County in a Rocket League match, which was streamed on YouTube on Thursday, March 5, 2020. After sweeping their way through group play earlier this month, Team Yandex and Team Spirit on Saturday swept their way into the grand final of the PARI Universe event. 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 consisted of 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. In the upper-bracket final, Team Yandex posted 38-minute and 53-minute wins -- both times on Dire -- to sweep GamerLegion and advance to the grand final. Russia's Ilya "CHIRA_JUNIOR" Chirtsov paced Team Yandex with a kill-death-ratio of 26-13-30. For GamerLegion, American-Filipino player Francis "RCY" Fundemera led the way with an 18-9-24 K-D-A ratio. GamerLegion did not fare any better in the lower-bracket final as Team Spirit notched back-to-back wins on Dire in 56 minutes and 47 minutes to reach the grand final. Ukraine's Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk delivered a K-D-A ratio of 22-3-14 to help Team Spirit prevail. GamerLegion's Fundemera produced a 14-10-18 K-D-A ratio. 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) -- GamerLegion 4. 15,000 (10,000, $5,000) -- Team Liquid 5-6. 10,000 (10,000, none) -- OG, PARIVISION 7-8. 5,000 (5,000, none) -- Astra Invicta, LEGION 9-10. none -- 1w Team, BetBoom Team --Field Level Media