
Former pro player and two-time TI runner-up Melchior “Seleri” Hillenkamp noted on X the dominance of Eastern European teams in the playoffs of The International 2026.
It’s pretty crazy to see that the entire top 4 at TI 2026 consisted exclusively of teams from Eastern Europe. Given that most of the new generation of players come from there, their success was entirely predictable, but to take all four spots in the top four—that’s really impressive.
Earlier, Egor “JotM” Surkov spoke about the finals at The International 2026: “This year, we saw the highest level of play ever in the finals, and the game has become much more complex since then, with millions of people still playing it.”