Team Spirit wins Dota 2's The International 2026
Team Spirit won The International 2026 in Shanghai, defeating Team Vision 3:2 in the grand final to claim their third title in the tournament's history. The victory marked the first time all top four teams were from Russia.
Consensus
- Team Spirit won The International 2026.
- The final was contested against Team Vision.
- The match result was 3:2 in favor of Team Spirit.
- This was Team Spirit's third victory at The International, making them the first team to achieve this feat.
- The tournament took place in Shanghai from August 13 to August 23, 2026.
- The prize pool exceeded $3.3 million.
- All four top teams were from Russia: Team Spirit, Team Vision, Team Yandex, and BoomBoys.
- Team Spirit's players included Denis Larl Sigitov, Magomed Collapse Khalilov, Alexey not me Kosmynin, Alexander rue Filin, and Ilya Yatoro Mulyarchuk.
- The team's coach, Yaroslav Miposhka Naidenov, also won his third title as a player and coach.
- Magomed Collapse Khalilov and Ilya Yatoro Mulyarchuk became the first players to win three titles at The International.
- Team Vision finished in second place, improving from their 2025 third-place finish.
- Team Yandex won third place by defeating BoomBoys in the match for third place.
Points of divergence
- Team Spirit was originally based in Moscow but relocated to Belgrade after the start of the special military operation. — riamo
- Team Spirit was described as a Russia-Ukraine team, with one Ukrainian player and four Russian players. — tvrain
- Team Spirit's prize money was over $1.4 million. — fontanka
- Team Spirit won the Intel Extreme Masters series in Counter-Strike 2 in August, prior to The International. — vesti
- Team Spirit's prize money was approximately $1.3 million. — kommerzant
- The outcome of the tournament was clear by the quarterfinals, with a Russian team guaranteed to win. — tg_bazabazon
- The prize pool increased by about 30% compared to the previous year and reached $3.2 million. — tg_mash
Coverage (9 sources)
- Russian team Team Spirit wins the world Dota 2 championship for the third time — РИАМО
- Russian-Ukrainian team became first in history three-time champion of main Dota 2 tournament — Дождь
- A team of Russians and a Ukrainian won the main Dota 2 tournament for the third time. This is a record — Фонтанка
- Russian team Team Spirit became three-time winner of The International — Вести
- Russian team Team Spirit won The International tournament for Dota 2 — Ведомости
- Team Spirit wins The International for Dota 2 in a record third time — Коммерсантъ
- Russian team Team Spirit won the main tournament of the year in Dota 2 — The International. — Baza
- Team Spirit won The International 2026 and took the largest share of the $3.2 million prize pool — plus a third title in history. — Mash
- Russian team Team Spirit wins the Dota 2 tournament for the third time — Москва 24
Key entities
- Team Spirit
- Team Vision
- The International
- Russia
- Shanghai
- Alexei
- Belgrade
- Yandex Team
- Magomed Collapse Khalilov
- Denis Larl Sigitov
- Moscow
- TASS
- Meta
- RIA Novosti
- Parivision