PARIVISION, Falcons move on in BLAST Slam II playoffs

PARIVISION survived a second consecutive playoff matchup on Thursday at the BLAST Slam II, edging Team Liquid 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Team Falcons came from behind for a 2-1 win over BetBoom Team in the other second-round playoff match.

Team Liquid and Team Falcons each had a first-round bye.

In the quarterfinals on Friday, PARIVISION will oppose Nigma Galaxy, with the winner advancing to a Saturday semifinal matchup against Tundra Esports. Team Falcons will meet Yakult Brothers in the quarterfinals for the right to face Gaimin Gladiators in the semifinals.

The $1 million Dota 2 event began last week with two groups of five teams. A round robin of best-of-one matches in each group determined seeding for the playoff stage.

All matches are best-of-three until the grand final on Sunday, which will be best-of-five. The championship side will make $300,000 in prize money plus $100,000 in team earnings.

On Thursday, PARIVISION opened with a 22-minute win on green, but Team Liquid pulled level with a 36-minute victory on green. PARIVISION sealed the series by taking the third map in 27 minutes on green.

Ukraine's Volodymyr "No[o]ne-" Minenko led PARIVISION with an average 9.0/4.0/10.7 kill-death-assist ratio. Sweden's Michael "miCKe" Vu wound up at 3.7/6.0/7.7.

After BetBoom team notched a 55-minute win on green, Team Falcons replied by claiming a 45-minute victory on green and a 43-minute triumph on red.

Jordan's Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf produced a 7.3/3.7/14.0 K-D-A ratio for Team Falcons. Russia's Danil "gpk" Skutin finished at 5.7/3.3/9.7 for BetBoom Team.

BLAST Slam II prize pool, with prize money and team earnings

1. $300,000, $100,000

2. $150,000, $50,000

3-4. $60,000, $20,000

5-6. $35,000, $15,000

7-8. $30,000, $10,000 -- Team Liquid, BetBoom Team

9-10. $25,000, $5,000 -- Talon Esports, Xtreme Gaming

--Field Level Media