FISSURE Universe Episode 8: Schedule, Standings, Results

Author: Hawk Live LLC

Last updated: 22:43, 01.02.2026

FISSURE Universe: Episode 8 is an online Dota 2 tournament organized by FISSURE, taking place from January 21 to February 1, 2026, on the Europe West server.

The event features teams from multiple regions: six squads have received direct invitations to the playoff stage, five teams are invited to compete in the Play-In stage, while the remaining participants will qualify through open qualifiers.

The tournament structure includes a Play-In phase followed by the main Double Elimination playoff bracket, where the strongest teams will battle for the championship title.

The total prize pool of the event is $250,000 USD, which will be distributed among the participating teams based on their final placements.

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In Format

Group Stage (January 21 - January 28)
- Four GSL groups of four teams each
- All matches are Bo3
- Top two teams from each group advance to the playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated

Playoffs (January 27 - January 28)
- Single-elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3
- Three teams qualify to the main tournament

Participants

Teams were announced
Aurora	Virtus.pro
Nigma Galaxy	Zero Tenacity
Pipsqueak+4	Inner Circle
1win Team	AVULUS
L1ga Team	Power Rangers
Rune Eaters	Nemiga Gaming
1000 reasons	Valinor
strongboys	VP.Prodigy

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group A bracket

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group A Schedule and Results

January 21, 2026

Time	Series				Results
9:00 UTC	Inner Circle vs VP.Prodigy				2-1
12:30 UTC	AVULUS vs 1win Team				2-1

January 22, 2026

Time	Series				Results
9:00 UTC	VP.Prodigy vs 1win Team				0-2
12:30 UTC	Inner Circle vs AVULUS				2-1

January 23, 2026

Time	Series				Results
12:30 UTC	AVULUS vs 1win Team				0-2

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group B bracket

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group B Schedule and Results

January 21, 2026

Time	Series				Results
16:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs 1000 reasons				2-0
19:30 UTC	Pipsqueak+4 vs L1ga Team				2-0

January 22, 2026

Time	Series				Results
16:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Pipsqueak+4				2-0
19:30 UTC	1000 reasons vs L1ga Team				0-2

January 23, 2026

Time	Series				Results
9:00 UTC	L1ga Team vs Pipsqueak+4				0-2

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group C bracket

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group C Schedule and Results

January 24, 2026

Time	Series				Results
9:00 UTC	Zero Tenacity vs Power Rangers				2-1
12:30 UTC	Virtus.pro vs Valinor				2-0

January 25, 2026

Time	Series				Results
9:00 UTC	Power Rangers vs Valinor				2-0
12:30 UTC	Zero Tenacity vs Virtus.pro				2-0

January 26, 2026

Time	Series				Results
12:30 UTC	Power Rangers vs Virtus.pro				2-1

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group D bracket

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Group D Schedule and Results

January 24, 2026

Time	Series				Results
16:00 UTC	Aurora vs strongboys				2-0
19:30 UTC	Rune Eaters vs Nemiga Gaming				2-0

January 25, 2026

Time	Series				Results
16:00 UTC	strongboys vs Nemiga Gaming				2-1
19:30 UTC	Aurora vs Rune Eaters				2-0

January 26, 2026

Time	Series				Results
16:00 UTC	Rune Eaters vs strongboys				0-2

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Playoffs bracket

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Play-In: Playoffs Schedule and Results

January 26, 2026

Time	Series				Results
19:00 UTC	Zero Tenacity vs Pipsqueak+4				1-2

January 27, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	Inner Circle vs strongboys	1-2
12:30 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Power Rangers	0-2
19:30 UTC	Aurora vs 1win Team	2-0

January 28, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	strongboys vs Power Rangers	1-2
14:00 UTC	Pipsqueak+4 vs Aurora	1-2
20:00 UTC	strongboys vs Pipsqueak+4	w-ff

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Format

Double-elimination bracket
Grand Final is Bo5, all other matches are Bo3

Participants

Teams were announced
Team Yandex	Team Spirit
MOUZ	BetBoom Team
Power Rangers	Team Liquid
Aurora	strongboys

FISSURE Universe Episode 8: Playoffs bracket

FISSURE Universe Episode 8: Playoffs Schedule and Results

January 29, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	MOUZ vs Team Liquid	1-2
16:00 UTC	BetBoom Team vs Aurora	1-2
19:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs Power Rangers	2-0

January 30, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs strongboys	2-0
12:30 UTC	MOUZ vs strongboys	2-0
16:00 UTC	Team Liquid vs Team Spirit	1-2
16:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs Aurora	0-2
19:30 UTC	Power Rangers vs BetBoom Team	1-2

January 31, 2026

Time	Series	Results
9:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs MOUZ	2-0
12:30 UTC	Team Liquid vs BetBoom Team	2-1
16:00 UTC	Aurora vs Team Spirit	0-2
19:30 UTC	Team Yandex vs Team Liquid	2-0

February 1, 2026

Time	Series				Results
12:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs Team Yandex				2-0
16:30 UTC	Aurora vs Team Spirit				3-2

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Prize Pool

$250,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Place	Prize Money	Team
1st	$125,000	Aurora
2nd	$60,000	Team Spirit
3rd	$30,000	Team Yandex
4th	$15,000	Team Liquid
5th-6th	$10,000	MOUZ
5th-6th	$10,000	BetBoom Team
7th-8th	-	strongboys
7th-8th	-	Power Rangers

FISSURE Universe Episode 8 Streams

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