Team Spirit Wins PARI Universe Dota 2 Championship

Team Spirit won the PARI Universe Dota 2 championship on Sunday, defeating Team Yandex 3-1 in the best-of-five grand final.

The victory earned Team Spirit the top prize of $125,000 from the $250,000 tournament, with $80,000 going to the players and $45,000 to the club, according to Field Level Media.

Team Yandex, which had not lost a series at the event, took second place and $50,000, with $32,000 for the players and $18,000 for the club.

In the grand final, Spirit sandwiched 34- and 51-minute wins on Radiant around a marathon 73-minute victory on Dire to secure the title, Field Level Media reported.

Both finalists had swept GamerLegion 2-0 on Saturday to advance, with Yandex winning the upper-bracket final and Spirit winning the lower-bracket final.

GamerLegion finished third, earning $30,000, with $20,000 for the players and $10,000 for the club.

In the upper-bracket final, Team Yandex posted 38-minute and 53-minute wins, both times on Dire, to sweep GamerLegion.

Russia's Ilya "CHIRA_JUNIOR" Chirtsov paced Team Yandex with a kill-death-assist 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 in that series.

According to LiveCyberScore, in the upper-bracket final, watson posted the best average K/D/A among Yandex players at 5.4/1.8/14.9, while Yatoro led Spirit in the lower-bracket final at 10.8/1.5/7.2.

The 10-team online event began on Oct. 22 with a round-robin group stage, where both finalists won their groups.

The top four teams from each group qualified for the double-elimination playoffs, with the last-place team in each group eliminated.

Team Liquid placed fourth, earning $15,000, while OG and PARIVISION tied for fifth-sixth, each taking $10,000.

Astra Invicta and LEGION finished seventh-eighth, each receiving $5,000, and 1w Team and BetBoom Team finished ninth-tenth with no prize money.

GamerLegion opened the playoffs with a loss to OG before winning four straight series, according to Offstage.

Spirit reached the lower-bracket final by beating Team Liquid, LiveCyberScore reported.

Redington Cybersport reported in October that Team Spirit also reached the grand final of BLAST Slam VIII via the lower bracket after an earlier loss to Team Yandex.