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Aurora Gaming swept the upper-bracket closing on Saturday to change into the primary crew to clinch a spot within the grand closing on the Fissure Universe: Episode 8 occasion.

After wins within the quarterfinals and semifinals Thursday and Friday, Aurora Gaming beat Team Spirit 2-0 within the upper-bracket closing to enhance to 3-0 and clinch their first top-two end in a Fissure Universe occasion. Aurora’s earlier greatest end was a third-place end at Fissure Universe: Episode 5 final July.

Team Spirit will face Team Yandex within the lower-bracket closing to start Sunday’s motion and set the stage for the grand closing. Team Yandex gained a pair of elimination matches Saturday, opening with a 2-0 win over MOUZ in a lower-bracket quarterfinal after which knocking out Team Liquid with a 2-0 win within the lower-bracket semifinal.

Before its elimination, Team Liquid earned its spot within the semifinal with a 2-1 defeat of BetBoom crew within the different lower-bracket quarterfinal.

The $250,000 Dota 2 occasion started with eight groups taking part in in a double-elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three till the best-of-five closing on Sunday.

The championship crew will earn $125,000, whereas the runner-up will get $60,000 and the third-place crew will obtain $30,000.

In the upper-bracket closing, Aurora swept Spirit with a 35-minute victory on inexperienced adopted by a 39-minute win on purple. Artem “lorenof” Melnyk of Ukraine led Aurora with a 26-3-24 kill-death-assist ratio. Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk, additionally of Ukraine, posted an 11-16-6 Okay-D-A to steer Team Spirit.

In the lower-bracket semifinal, Yandex accomplished the sweep of Team Liquid with a 64-minute slender victory on inexperienced and a 52-minute clincher on purple. Kazakhstan’s Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov posted a 21-6-26 Okay-D-A to steer Team Yandex, whereas Michal “Nisha” Jankowski of Poland helmed Liquid’s dropping effort with a 17-8-27 ratio.

Sunday
–Lower-bracket closing: Team Spirit vs. Team Yandex
–Grand closing: Aurora Gaming vs. lower-bracket closing winner

Fissure Universe: Episode 8 prize pool
1. $125,000
2. $60,000
3. $30,000
4. $15,000 — Team Liquid
5-6. $10,000 — MOUZ, BetBoom Team
7-8. No cash — StrongBoys, Power Rangers

–Field Level Media