MOSCOW, Oct 12 Russian Dota 2 team Virtus.pro lost to Western European Team Secret in the final of the upper bracket of the playoffs of the final stage of qualification for The International 11. The Russian team lost with a score of 0-2. Virtus.pro is represented by Russians Roman RAMZES666 Kushnarev, Danil gpk Skutin, Dmitry DM Dorokhin, Daniyal yamich Lazebny and Egor Xakoda Lipartia. Team Secret earned the first of two raffle tickets to the main tournament of the year, team captain Estonian Clement Puppey Ivanov remained the only player in the history of Dota 2 who will play at all The International. As part of the Ukrainian Natus Vincere in 2011, he became the winner of the first TI, which was held in Cologne, Germany. Virtus.pro dropped to the lower bracket, where they will play in the final for the last ticket with the winner of the match Team Liquid (Western Europe) — Vici Gaming (China) . Earlier, the Russian team knocked out both teams from the upper bracket. Also representing Eastern Europe, Na'Vi lost a day earlier in the second round of the lower bracket and failed to qualify for TI. A total of 12 teams took part in the qualifier. The two best teams based on the results of the qualifier 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. In 2021, the team won approximately $18.2 million in prize money. At the moment, the total prize pool for the upcoming TI11 is just over $13.5 million.
