MOSCOW, 8 Oct. The Russian Dota 2 team Virtus.pro shares the first place in group B with the Western European Team Liquid following the results of the first day of the final stage of qualification for The International 11. The teams have four wins and two losses on maps in three matches. Next in the table are Xtreme Gaming (China), Infamous Gaming (South America), T1 (Southeast Asia), Wildcard Gaming (North America). Virtus.pro is represented by the Russians Roman RAMZES666 Kushnarev, Danil gpk Skutin, Dmitry DM Dorokhin, Daniyal yamich Lazebny and Egor Xakoda Lipartiya. In group A, the Ukrainian team Natus Vincere is the sole leader, which is represented by the Ukrainians Alik V-Tune Vorobey, Vladimir No[o] ne- Minenko, Vladislav laise Lais, as well as the Russians Georgy swedenstrong Zaynalabidov and Aleksey Solo Berezin. The team has five wins and one loss on maps in three matches. Next in the table are Team Secret (Western Europe), Polaris Esports (Southeast Asia), Vici Gaming (China), Nouns (North America), Tempest (South America). Four teams from each group will advance to the upper bracket of the play- off, the rest will play in the lower bracket. Based on the results of the qualification, the two best teams will go to The International. Earlier, the Russian teams Team Spirit and BetBoom entered the tournament directly. Team Spirit is the reigning champion of the tournament, having won around $18.2 million in prize money last year. As of now, the total prize pool for the upcoming TI11 is just over $13.3 million.
