Direborn, Mentatilty Monster, and InterActive Philippines have advanced to the Southeast Asia closed qualifier for TI 2026
Following the results of the second Southeast Asia Open Qualifier, Direborn, Mentality Monster, and InterActive Philippines secured slots in the closed qualifiers for The International 2026.
In the final, Direborn defeated InterActive Philippines, while Mentality Monster defeated cincai team. The losing teams played a match for third place, which was won by the Philippine team.
Direborn Roster
- Daud “db-” Budiawan
- Noel Pino “Pota2” Prando Laf
- Said “womy” Reski
- Fariz “deko” Ihsan
- Prim Ejay “PlayHard” Bankil
Mentality Monster Roster
- Christian “Cije” Jonathan
- Gan “GaN-” Hou Sing
- Egor “egxrdemxn” Miller
- Ivan “Onejey” Zhivitsky
- Yuli “Juju” Ganawan
InterActive Philippines Roster
- Russell Jade “Jed” Oyao Leoz
- Charles Lewis “lewis” Delos Santos
- Jaykem “V” Puod Gumalan
- James Eris “Erice” Guerra
- Jomari “Grimz” Anis
The next stage for the teams will be the closed qualifiers for The International 2026 in Southeast Asia, which will take place from June 19 to 23. Ten teams will compete for the single slot in the year’s main tournament in Shanghai.
Photo — Valve.
