Yandex, BetBoom advance to FISSURE Playground 2 upper-bracket final

Field Level Media|published: Wed 29th October, 20:51 2025

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Team Yandex and BetBoom Team clinched top-three spots and advanced to the upper-bracket final of the FISSURE Playground 2 event with wins on Wednesday in Belgrade, Serbia.

Team Yandex rallied for a 2-1 win over MOUZ while BetBoom Team handed Team Spirit its first loss of the tournament, also 2-1, in upper-bracket semifinal action.

The losing teams fall into the lower-bracket quarterfinals and await the winners of Friday's lower-bracket Round 1 matches. The winning teams will face off Saturday for a spot in the grand final.

The $1 million Dota 2 event began with 16 teams competing in a Swiss system group stage from Oct. 23-27. The top eight teams from that stage advanced to the double-elimination playoffs.

All playoff matches are best-of-three except for the grand final, which is best-of-five. The winning team will take home a $300,000 prize plus a $50,000 club reward.

Team Yandex dropped its opening game to MOUZ 23-11 on red in 35 minutes, but came from behind with a 30-minute, 25-7 victory on red and a 64-minute, 45-27 win on green. Alimzhan "watson" Islambekov of Kazakhstan led Team Yandex by totaling a 26-6-29 kill-death-assist ratio.

BetBoom Team won 17-10 in 39 minutes on green, then was smacked 20-2 in 21 minutes on green but bounced back for a 40-minute, 22-7 victory on green in the third game. Moldova's Vitalie "Save-" Melnic led BetBoom Team with a 9-7-29 K-D-A.

After a day off Thursday, the tournament continues Friday with three matches:

--Tundra Esports vs. Team Falcons (lower-bracket Round 1)

--HEROIC vs. Team Liquid (lower-bracket Round 1)

--Team Spirit vs. Tundra Esports/Team Falcons winner (lower-bracket quarterfinals)

Prize pool (money plus club reward)

1. $350,000, TBD

2. $180,000, TBD

3. $105,000, TBD

4. $80,000, TBD

5-6. $55,000, TBD

7-8. $37,000, TBD

9-11. $15,000, Aurora Gaming, Vici Gaming, PARIVISION