On July 18, 2025, at 13:00 UTC, a semifinal match between Team Spirit and PARIVISION will take place as part of the Esports World Cup 2025. The match will be in a Best of 3 format at the LAN stage of the tournament in Saudi Arabia. Both teams have already proven their strength in the previous stages and are now ready to compete for a spot in the grand finals of one of the year's most prestigious tournaments.

Current Form of the Teams

Team Spirit

Team Spirit has been showing excellent form throughout the tournament. The team confidently passed through the group stage and playoffs without losing a single map in the last three series. Thanks to their stable play, strong laning, and smart decisions on the map, Spirit looks like one of the main contenders for the title. Their recent victories over Gaimin Gladiators, Natus Vincere, and Talon Esports highlight the team's high level of coordination and discipline.

PARIVISION

PARIVISION has pleasantly surprised with their play in the tournament. The team has gone through a tough path, defeating opponents such as Aurora Gaming, Xtreme Gaming, and HEROIC. Their style is aggressive, focusing on tempo play and pressure on the map. Despite a loss to Team Liquid, PARIVISION quickly recovered and showed confidence in subsequent matches. However, in matches against Team Spirit earlier in the season, the team lost twice out of three.

Most Frequent Picks

In professional Dota 2, drafting plays a key role in determining the outcome of the match. Hero selection directly depends on the current meta, which sets the pace of the game, affects the team's strength in team fights, map control, and the overall strategy's feasibility.

Team Spirit

PARIVISION

Most Frequent Bans

Bans are equally important — teams aim to remove the most dangerous or signature heroes of the opponent to deprive them of their usual playstyle. Especially in the early stages of drafting, the strongest characters of the current patch are often blocked, and their absence can significantly change the course of the entire series.

Team Spirit

PARIVISION

Head-to-Head Matches

In head-to-head encounters between Team Spirit and PARIVISION, there is a roughly equal balance, with a slight edge for the European team. Over the past three months, the teams have met three times: PARIVISION won twice, including a 3:1 series in May 2025, while Spirit took revenge with a 2:1 victory in June. PARIVISION's win rate in head-to-head matches is 66%, but the last game went to Spirit. This indicates a tense and unpredictable rivalry where much will depend on the drafts and the teams' current form on match day.

Match Prediction

Based on their current form and confident playoff performance, Team Spirit appears to be the favorite for the match. Their stability, experience in major tournaments, and dominance in recent series give them a significant advantage. At the same time, PARIVISION has already proven they can surprise and defeat even the favorites. The match promises to be intense, but analysts lean towards a victory for Team Spirit.

Prediction: Team Spirit 2:1 PARIVISION

Odds for the match are provided by Stake and are current at the time of publication.     

The Esports World Cup 2025 takes place from July 8 to 19 in Saudi Arabia, with a prize pool of $3,000,000. You can follow the news, schedule, and results of the tournament by clicking here.