The top 8 teams at The International have been defined this Sunday, in Seattle. While Team Spirit, Liquid LGD Gaming and Azure Ray are on the upper bracket semifinals, Virtus.pro BetBoom, nouns and Gaimin Gladiatores will battle in the lower bracket. Dota 2 main tournament is set to decide the champion on Sunday and there is a prize pool of US$ 3 million.
All of the matches for the next stage will be on Friday, 27th. Current champions Tundra Esports were eliminated during playoffs this weekend as they were defeated by Entity by 2-0. Tundra was able to reach the playoffs as leader in Group D.
The Russians from Team Spirit haven't lost a single match and only missed a game to Virtus.pro as the result was 2-1. They are favorites to the tournament. In 2021, they were the ones grabbing the Aegis and recently they were the Riyadh Masters 2023 and DreamLeague Season 21 champions.
This has been the smallest prize pool since 2013, with a total of US$2,874,380. The 2021 event holds the record of greatest amount in a single game: US$ 40 million.
Next matches (Friday):
Team Spirit x Team Liquid
LGD Gaming x Azure Ray
nouns x Gaimin Gladiators
BetBoom x Virtus.pro
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