MOSCOW, Oct 12 The Russian team Virtus.pro failed to qualify for the championship World Dota 2 — The International 11. On Wednesday, VP lost to Western European Team Liquid with a score of 0-2 in the final of the lower bracket of the playoffs of the final stage of qualification, the last ticket to the main tournament of the year was played out in the match. On Tuesday, the Russian team beat the opponent with a score of 2-1 in the upper bracket semi-finals, but on Wednesday they lost to another team from Western Europe, Team Secret, and dropped to the lower bracket. Virtus.pro includes Russians Roman RAMZES666 Kushnarev, Danil gpk Skutin, Dmitry DM Dorokhin , Daniyal yamich Lazebny and Egor Xakoda Lipartiya. Also representing Eastern Europe, Ukrainian Natus Vincere lost a day earlier in the second round of the lower bracket and failed to make it to The International. Ukrainians Alik V-Tune Vorobey, Volodymyr No[o]ne-Minenko, Vladislav laise Lais, as well as Russians Georgy swedenstrong Zaynalabidov and Aleksey Solo Berezin are playing for the team. and Team Liquid. Earlier, the Russian teams Team Spirit and BetBoom entered the tournament directly. Team Spirit is the reigning champion of The International. In 2021, the team won about $18.2 million in prize money. The International 11 will be held October 15-30 in Singapore, with 20 teams competing for the title. At the moment, the total prize pool of the upcoming tournament is just over $13.6 million.
