Team Spirit qualified for The International 2026 through the European qualifiers
Team Spirit defeated Nigma Galaxy in the upper bracket final of the closed qualifiers for The International 2026 in Europe.
The series ended with a score of 2-1. On the first map, Nigma gained an advantage on the lanes, but Team Spirit evened out the gold count despite a 16-4 kill count in favor of Marun “GH” Merzhe’s team—the outcome was decided by a team fight at the 51-minute mark, in which TS lost four heroes.
In the second game, the “Dragons” dominated from the very start and managed to even the series. At match point, Nigma Galaxy picked Artem “lorenof” Melnik’s signature Ember Spirit, but Spirit, with a fast-paced Sven, secured a slot at The International 2026.
Team Spirit Roster
- Ilya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk
- Denis “Larl” Sigitov
- Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
- Alexey “not me” Kosmyinin
- Alexander “rue” Filin
- Milan “MiLAN” Kozomara (coach)
- Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov (assistant coach)
Nigma will have one last chance to secure a spot at The International 2026—the team has dropped to the lower bracket, where it will face the runner-up for the right to compete in the year’s premier tournament in Shanghai, scheduled for August 13–23.
Photo: Team Spirit.
