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Team Spirit Sweep Team Yandex to Win PARI Universe 2026

REPORTED Written by GPN · Nov 7, 2026, 3:40 AM ET · Dota 2 · Gaming

Team Spirit won PARI Universe 2026, sweeping Team Yandex 3-0 in the best-of-five Grand Final on November 1, 2026, to claim their first Dota 2 title since The International 2026 and $125,000 from the tournament's $250,000 prize pool.

Spirit reached the final the hard way, through the lower bracket, where they swept GamerLegion in the best-of-three lower-bracket final. In the Grand Final they sandwiched 34- and 51-minute wins on Radiant around a marathon 73-minute victory on Dire, denying Team Yandex a single game.

The win avenges Spirit's defeat to Team Yandex in the BLAST Slam VIII Grand Final, and ends Yandex's dominant run — Yandex had won four global tournaments since March and had not finished worse than third since June.

The online tournament, organized by FISSURE with PARI as title sponsor, ran from October 22 to November 1 on patch 7.41f. Spirit's $125,000 prize breaks down as $80,000 for the players and $45,000 for the club.

The two teams meet again soon — BLAST Slam IX, the last Dota 2 tournament of the year, starts November 20 with almost the same field, and DreamLeague Season 30 follows from December 2 to 13.

Facts gathered from

• KeenGamer
• esports.gg
• Deadspin

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