The International in Dota 2 has been determined”/>
The esports team Team Liquid won the world championship in the computer game Dota 2 – The International.
As Day.Az reports with reference to TASS, the competition took place in Copenhagen.
In the finals, Team Liquid defeated Gaming Gladiators with a score of 3-0, both teams representing the Western European region. The winners included Swedes Michael Wu (Micke), Samuel Swan (Boxi), Aiden Sarkoi (Insania), as well as Israelis Neta Shapira (33) and Michal Jankowski (Nisha). Among the losers was Russian Anton Shkredov (Dyrachyo) – he became a two-time vice world champion.
Third place was taken by another Western European team, Tundra Esports, which included Russian Roman Kushnarev (Ramzes). Team Liquid will receive $1.153 million for winning the tournament, Gaming Gladiators – $358 thousand, Tundra Esports – $153 thousand.
The best result among Russian teams was shown by BB Team, it shared seventh-eighth places with the Aurora team and earned $64 thousand. The Russian team Team Spirit, which won The International last year, shared 9-12th places ($51 thousand), the same The result was shown by the Russian team 1w Team.
Team Liquid won The International for the second time, the first time this happened in 2017, but then the team was represented by other players. Before the last tournament, Team Liquid had never defeated its opponents in the finals of a major tournament.