Team Spirit wins Dota 2's The International for third time
The Russian-Ukrainian team Team Spirit became the three-time world champion in Dota 2 — this is the first time in the history of the tournament that the cyber sports team Team Spirit won The International 2026, the main tournament for the game Dota 2.
Consensus
- Team Spirit won The International 2026.
- This was the third time Team Spirit won The International, making them the first team in history to achieve this.
- The tournament was held in Shanghai.
- Team Spirit defeated Team Vision in the grand final with a score of 3:2.
- The prize pool exceeded $3.3 million.
- The team includes players from both Russia and Ukraine.
- Magomed 'Collapse' Khalilov and Ilya 'Yatoro' Mulyarchuk were part of all three winning Team Spirit rosters.
- Team Spirit is based in Belgrade.
- The tournament took place in August 2026.
Points of divergence
- The final was played on August 23, 2026, and the peak audience reached 1.69 million viewers. — tg_tvrain
- Team Vision included Ukrainian player Vladimir 'No[o]ne' Minenko. — vm
- The team roster includes Denis 'Larl' Sigitov, Alexey 'not me' Kosmynin, and Alexander 'rue' Filin. — tg_tvrain
- Team Spirit won the Major in 2024 and Danil Kryshkovets was named best player in 2025. — vm
- Team Spirit was founded in Russia and moved its headquarters from Moscow to Belgrade in 2022. — tg_tvrain
- Five Russian teams reached the playoffs. — tg_tvrain
- Four teams from Eastern Europe with predominantly Russian rosters reached the semifinals. — tg_varlamov_news
- The prize pool was $3.344 million and the winner received $1.4 million. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (6 sources)
- Russian-Ukrainian team Team Spirit wins The International for the third time — main Dota 2 tournament — Meduza
- Russian-Ukrainian team Team Spirit became three-time world champion in Dota 2 — this is the first case in the tournament history... — Дождь (Telegram)
- Russian team Team Spirit won The International tournament for Dota 2 — Вечерняя Москва
- The International — the world's largest annual Dota 2 tournament — is won by Team Spirit, in whic... — Varlamov News
- Russian team Team Spirit wins the Dota 2 World Championship for a record third time. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Russian team Team Spirit became three-time winner of The International for Dota 2. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
Key entities
- Team Spirit
- The International
- Russia
- Shanghai
- Team Vision
- Alexei
- TASS
- Sports.ru
- Magomed
- Filin
- Yandex
- The International 2026
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