Team Spirit, Team Liquid assert superiority at FISSURE Universe

Team Spirit and Team Liquid each swept two matches on Wednesday to soar to the top of their respective groups as round-robin play continued in FISSURE Universe: Episode 6.

In best-of-two play at the $250,000 tournament, Team Spirit defeated Gaimin Gladiators 2-0 and AVULUS 2-0 to improve to 3-0-0 in Group A. In the Gaimin Gladiators match, Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk of Ukraine led the way with a 25-9-26 kill-death-assist ratio. Versus AVULUS, Mulyarchuk continued to excel with a 35-9-29 ratio.

Team Liquid (2-1-0) jumped to the top of the five-team Group B standings with 2-0 victories over Aurora Gaming and Virtus.pro. The Aurora Gaming match featured Poland's Michal "Nisha" Jankowski racking up a 28-8-30 K-D-A ratio to lead Team Liquid. Jankowski reigned against Virtus.pro as well, posting a 20-5-22 ratio.

In other Group A round-robin play Wednesday, Team Falcons (2-0-1) moved into second place with 2-0 sweeps of BetBoom Team and AVULUS. Oliver "skiter" Lepko of Slovakia led the way for Team Falcons with a 34-4-29 K-D-A ratio in that pair of matches.

In other Group B round-robin play Wednesday, Parivision and Aurora Gaming split 1-1 and Team Tidebound swept Virtus.pro 2-0.

Group-stage round-robin action continues with five matches Thursday and concludes with three matches Friday. Once the final standings in each group are tabulated, the top team from each group earns a spot in the upper-bracket playoffs. The second- and third-place teams from each group are placed in the lower bracket while the fourth- and fifth-place teams are done.

The six playoff teams will determine the champion during double-elimination play on Saturday and Sunday. All matches are best-of-three except for Sunday's best-of-five grand final.

Group A Standings

Team Spirit 3-0-0 (6-0)

Team Falcons 2-0-1 (4-2)

BetBoom Team 1-0-1 (2-2)

AVULUS 0-0-2 (0-4)

Gaimin Gladiators 0-0-2 (0-4)

Group B Standings

Team Liquid 2-1-0 (5-1)

Aurora Gaming 1-1-1 (3-3)

PARIVISION 0-2-0 (2-2)

Team Tidebound 1-0-1 (2-2)

Virtus.pro 0-0-2 (0-4)

Prize pool:

First. $125,000, TBD

2. $60,000, TBD

3. $30,000, TBD

4. $15,000, TBD

5-6. $10,000, TBD

7-10, no prize money, TBD

--Field Level Media