After three days of group-stage competition and the first elimination match Saturday, things heated up on Sunday with four more eliminations at The International 2025, establishing the final eight teams who will compete for the title in Hamburg, Germany.

Sixteen teams were competing in the prestigious Dota 2 event -- eight invitees and eight teams from regional qualifiers -- but that number has now been cut in half ahead of the double-elimination playoffs, which begin this Thursday with four upper-bracket quarterfinals.

In Sunday's action, there were two sweeps and two 2-1 victories among the four elimination matches, which pitted teams with 3-2 records in the group stage against 2-3 teams.

PARIVISION, which finished group stage in fourth place, swept No. 13 Wildcard 2-0 with a 39-minut

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