Team Spirit wins Dota 2's The International 2026

TI-2026 became the third tournament won by the team.

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 23, 2026.
• The prize pool exceeded $3.3 million.
• All four top teams in the tournament were Russian: 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.

Points of divergence

• Team Spirit was described as a Russian-Ukrainian team. — tvrain
• Team Spirit's prize money was over $1.4 million. — fontanka
• Team Yandex took third place and BoomBoys took fourth. — vesti
• Team Vision improved from third place in 2025 to silver in 2026. — kommerzant
• The winner was clear after the quarterfinals, and it was the first time only one country's teams reached the top four. — tg_bazabazon
• The prize pool was $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

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