The four strongest teams for the 2026 Dota 2 International Championship have been decided. For the first time in the history of the TI Championship Series, no team from Western Europe finished in the top 4 – the competition for the main trophy and over $3.2 million in prize money continued with only representatives from the Eastern European region.
In the lower bracket, Team Spirit defeated by a clear margin liquid team (2:0), largely due to Ilya’s brilliant performance nationality Mularchuk, completed the first map, statistics as of September 2, 2020. Meanwhile, BetBoom Team defeated Nygma Galaxy (2:1), where is Elijah? Kiritic Ulyanov set a personal best on the decisive map with 1,086 gold medals per minute. Therefore, there are now four clubs competing for the title: Team Yandex, Team Spirit, BetBoom Team and PARIVISION. In the winner group finals, PARIVISION and Team Yandex will compete for first place in the finals.
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