For the first time in history, only Eastern European teams made it into the top 3 of The International. Results of the third day of the TI 2026 playoffs
The penultimate day of The International 2026 has come to an end. It was memorable both for a lot of highlights and for yet another career ending. You can read about that in our article. Today, for the first time in history, exclusively CIS teams made it into the top 4 of The International:
First, the lower bracket matchup got underway. Team Spirit knocked Team Liquid out of the tournament. On the first map, Yatoro was the standout, as if competing with Satanic in every game to set more GPM and XPM records. Ace on Timbersaw, seemingly picked specifically to counter Nature's Prophet, did not get in his way at all. On the second map, Team Liquid again could not give the King a fight, even though Nisha was putting out his maximum on the currently non-meta Puck:
Meanwhile, Nigma Galaxy were fighting BetBoom Team for survival. However, on the first map lorenof failed to build winning moments and ganks around himself; he got a bit lost on the map and could not snowball. As for the second, after picking his signature Ember Spirit, he dominated the game and led his team to victory in 35 minutes. Everything was decided on the third map, where gpk~ and company showed their will to win, not allowing Nigma Galaxy to make more than five kills:
In the upper bracket, PARIVISION were paving their way to the grand final. Satanic continued to destroy everyone on the broken Lone Druid, and 9Class, staying true to himself, picked an active hero and even out-farmed No[o]ne-, becoming the MVP of the match with a score of 7/0/20. The second map went into the coffers of Team Yandex. On the third, things were not going so smoothly, but PARIVISION still made a comeback, proving their discipline and desire to win. watson regretted mocking the team in chat:
Team Spirit, in their typical style, continued to make their way through the lower bracket. This time they met BetBoom Team. The first map was remembered for yet another MVP performance by not me on Rubick, and on the second everything went like clockwork for Team Spirit. Both games lasted 30 minutes each and deprived one of the Eastern European teams of title hopes:
The International 2026 takes place from August 13 to 23 in Shanghai, China. At the moment, the prize pool is $3.2 million. Follow all the latest news on our Telegram channel.
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Очень огромный разрыв в призовых между первым и вторым, может, это и есть мотивация..?