Falcons — champions of TI 2025, Ame lost three times in the grand final 2-3
The International 2025 has come to an end. We did not receive an announcement of a new hero and did not see True Sight, but some things remained unchanged: today we witnessed an incredible intensity of emotions in the grand final, the live emotions of esports players, and high-skill gameplay. This The International 2025 also made history. For the fourth time in this tournament, we got to see a grand final with five maps.
Today, the lower bracket grand final took place, where Xtreme Gaming defeated PARIVISION with a score of 2-1. The first two maps were quite one-sided and were decided at the draft stage. However, on the third map, both teams showed their maximum, and still, the Chinese team proved to be stronger. PARIVISION took third place and went home with $241,386 in prize money. Immediately after the victory of Xtreme Gaming, Valve announced that the next TI will be held in Shanghai in August 2026.
No[o]ne- spoke about the situation within the team after the match:
"There were very serious problems in the team before TI. But closer to the final, we managed to fix them. I thought we could win the Int, but unfortunately, we didn't succeed. Satanic was very upset and took the defeat personally. We tried to calm him down".
In the grand final, Xtreme Gaming faced Team Falcons. This was the fourth TI in history where the grand final was decided on the fifth map. It was also the third TI where Ame lost with Magnus in the grand final, remaining one map away from victory. Both teams showed many bright highlights, but Team Falcons demonstrated greater self-control in a stressful situation, playing more calculated and academic, not allowing the opponent to capitalize on their mistakes. It is also worth noting that they managed to secure Naga Siren, the top-1 hero by bans in this tournament, and the signature Medusa for skiter, while the pick of Xtreme Gaming was less strong and meta.
The first Aegis was lifted by ATF, who salted quite a few games this season. Cr1t-, who has been performing on the pro scene since 2012, lifted the trophy next. Sneyking, thanks to whose wards the team gained a significant advantage on the decisive map, and skiter, who was the top net worth throughout the match, also touched their second Aegis. Finally, the plate was lifted by Malr1ne, who promised his father to win The International 2025!
The International 2025 was held from September 4 to 14 in Hamburg, Germany. The tournament's prize pool was 2.65 million dollars.