PARIVISION defeated Team Spirit in the upper bracket final of DreamLeague Season 29 in Dota 2. The match ended 2:1, sending PARIVISION directly to the grand final.
Team Spirit managed to take one map, but PARIVISION kept control of the series and closed it out. As we predicted, PARIVISION were expected to move forward despite the opponent’s status and the risk of a longer series.
PARIVISION will now wait for their grand final opponent. Team Spirit dropped to the lower bracket and will face Aurora in the lower bracket final on May 24 at 13:00 CEST. The winner of that match will play PARIVISION in the grand final at 16:00 CEST.
DreamLeague Season 29 runs from May 13 to 24 online. The playoffs use a Double Elimination bracket, all matches are best-of-three except the best-of-five grand final, and the tournament prize pool is $1,000,000. You can follow predictions for upcoming matches of DreamLeague Season 29 and other tournaments on Winio!
Source: game-tournaments
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