Yandex beats PARIVISION 2–1 to reach PARI Universe upper bracket final against GamerLegion

On October 29, 2026, Team Yandex won 2-1 over PARIVISION in the PARI Universe upper bracket semifinal, earning a spot in the upper bracket final against GamerLegion and sending PARIVISION to the lower bracket. Team Spirit and Team Liquid each posted 2-0 sweeps on October 29, 2026, with Spirit beating LEGION and Liquid eliminating Astra Invicta in lower bracket matches.

GamerLegion swept OG 2-0 to set up the upper bracket final against Team Yandex, and the winner of that series moves straight to the Grand Final while the loser drops to the lower bracket final.

First place at PARI Universe pays $125,000, second place pays $50,000 and third place pays $30,000 from a $250,000 prize pool, while the Grand Final is a best-of-five on November 1. Astra Invicta and LEGION earned $5,000 apiece for 7th-8th after their eliminations.

The opening game of the Yandex-PARIVISION series ran 72 minutes and 26 seconds and ended 51 kills to 45, making it the longest playoff game yet. Yandex held a 12,578 gold advantage at the 57-minute mark before falling behind by 7,598 at minute 66, then secured all four kills of Roshan, the neutral boss creep, at 31:52, 43:02, 55:51 and 66:48 to close out the marathon.

PARIVISION took game two in 16 minutes and 10 seconds by a 25-kill to 1 margin, the shortest playoff game, and Saksa’s Windranger recorded the only Yandex kill. In game three, Watson played Slark 9/2/11 for Yandex and AMMAR_THE_F played Timbersaw 13/2/7. In the marathon, Satanic went 21/10/14 on Kez for PARIVISION with 60,844 total gold earned.

The second day featured nine games totaling 484 kills, with games averaging 47.2 minutes compared to 41.7 on Day 1, and three of the nine ran past one hour. Each series winner on Day 2 claimed the opening game, flipping the Day 1 pattern in which every winner lost game one. Radiant took 11 of the 21 games, winning 8 of 12 on Day 1 but just 3 of 9 on Day 2.

Bounty Hunter faced 20 bans across the 21 playoff games, a 95% ban rate, with Day 2 game nine as the lone exception when Bignum played it to victory. Dark Willow holds a 10-6 record as the most-picked hero, and Hoodwink has won 3 of 11 picks for a 27% win rate across 21 playoff games.

On October 30, PARIVISION plays Team Spirit and OG plays Team Liquid in the lower bracket quarterfinals, and the losing teams take 5th-6th place with $10,000 each while the winners move to the lower bracket semifinal. In game one, Liquid beat Astra Invicta 34 to 17 over 64 minutes and 8 seconds, while Spirit topped LEGION 37 to 18 in 42 minutes and 9 seconds. tOfu went 0/8/22 on first-pick Dazzle for Liquid in game one against Astra Invicta, and OmaR’s Windranger finished 0/10/11 for Astra.

Spirit held the worst gold deficit of 75 in game one, then won game two 36 kills to 32 in 63 minutes and 10 seconds despite trailing by 4,028 gold at its lowest point. LEGION had led by 3,275 gold at 20 minutes.

GamerLegion extended its win streak to four games and held OG to a 394 gold deficit at its worst in game two. Bignum went 1/5/18 on Bounty Hunter in that game, the sole Day 2 match without a ban on the hero, while skem finished 1/15/11 on Techies for OG as the team trailed by 13,917 gold at minute 30. Yandex’s 7,598 gold turnaround on Day 2 ranks as the third-largest comeback of the playoffs, behind 9,384 gold in Day 1 game one between Liquid and PARIVISION and 8,130 gold in Day 1 between LEGION and GamerLegion.

The Day 2 results come from OpenDota API data for league 20395, PARI Universe by FISSURE, spanning match IDs 9066750920 through 9067617648 and played October 29, 2026, on patch 7.41. Valve’s most recent patch at the time was 7.41f, released September 15, 2026.

Hotspawn predicted on October 29, 2026, that PARIVISION will beat Team Spirit in the Day 3 lower bracket quarterfinal, and the preview named PARIVISION, Team Spirit and Team Yandex as the top three teams in the world. Hotspawn author said, “I believe PARIVISION are back in form and Puppey should have figured out a way to beat Team Spirit by now.”

The preview also favors Team Liquid over OG and calls Team Spirit the TI winners after they beat PARIVISION in groups and lost to OG in an upset. Liquid is playing its first tournament together as a brand-new roster and has shown inconsistent form at the event.

OG took down Team Spirit 2–1 in the upper bracket at PARI Universe but lost 2–0 to GamerLegion in the upper bracket semifinal. The winners of those Day 3 quarterfinals meet in another elimination match immediately afterward, and Hotspawn says the PARIVISION-Team Spirit winner is most likely to beat either OG or Team Liquid with ease.