MOSCOW, Aug 16 The Russian team Virtus.pro is not on the invite list teams for the Dota 2 World Championship — The International 11, according to the official website of the tournament organizers. On Tuesday, Valve posted a statement on Twitter stating that «the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) website reflects the official position for the 2021/22 season «. According to the results of this rating, the Virtus.pro team (playing under the neutral name Outsiders) took 13th place with 1019 points, and the 12th place, which gives a direct ticket to the World Cup, is taken by the team from Southeast Asia — Fnatic (1020 points). Earlier, during the PGL Arlington Major — 2022 Major series tournament in the USA, Virtus.pro published a post on their social networks that they received a direct invitation to The International 11. Also, the Liquipedia portal, which calculates points for eSports tournaments, updated the rating, based on the results which the Russian team was 0.055 points higher than Fnatic. The difference in calculations is due to the fact that in the rating on the Dota 2 website all penalties due to player substitutions in teams are rounded up to a larger integer. The World Championship will be held in Singapore in October. The remaining participants of the tournament will be determined in the regional qualifiers, which will be played in September. The Russian team Team Spirit will defend the world title, which, thanks to the victory in 2021, earned about $18.2 million in prize money.
