“Obvious and to be expected”—the Russian-speaking community on Spirit and TEAM VISION qualifying for The International 2026
Timur Kadyrov
Representatives of the Russian-speaking Dota 2 community took to their personal social media accounts to summarize the results of the upper bracket of the European closed qualifiers for The International 2026.
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Commentator Daria “Eiritel” Morozova noted that the results for TEAM VISION and Team Spirit seem to be as expected:
Team Vision and Team Spirit are taking the top two slots at TI2026!
It’s obvious and to be expected. But both favorites really gave us a scare today
Caster Rustam “Adekvat” Mavlyutov believes that now that Team Spirit and TEAM VISION have qualified for The International 2026, the main battle in the qualifiers is just beginning:
Spirit and TEAM VISION have secured their slots, and now the REAL qualifiers for TI are beginning. A battle between roughly equal teams for 2 slots
Analyst and commentator Vladislav “BLACKARXANGEL” Ivashchenko noted TEAM VISION’s successful strategic preparation in the decisive match against Virtus.pro:
PVISION pulled off a brilliant strategy with a Meepo last-pick and went for the win
Earlier, community caster Alexey “Solo” Berezin named Team Spirit one of the top favorites for the upcoming The International 2026: “Spirit, with its current roster, is one of the main contenders to win TI 2026.”
Photo — Valve.
Timur Kadyrov
