PARIVISION and Team Falcons won their upper-bracket semifinal matches in the playoff stage at The International 2025 on Friday in Hamburg, Germany.

PARAVISION swept Xtreme Gaming 2-0 and Falcons rallied past BetBoom Team 2-1 to reach Saturday's upper-bracket final. The winner of that match will advance to Sunday's grand final against the winner of the lower-bracket final.

Meanwhile, HEROIC and Nigma Galaxy posted 2-0 sweeps on Friday to advance to the lower-bracket quarterfinals.

The prestigious Dota 2 event began with 16 teams -- eight invitees and eight teams from regional qualifiers -- but that number was cut in half ahead of the double-elimination playoffs, which run through Sunday.

All playoff matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The tournament's

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