MOSCOW, Oct 18 Russian Team Spirit will face BOOM Esports from Southeast Asia in the first stage of the lower bracket of the playoffs of the Dota 2 World Championship — The International 11, which takes place in Singapore. The playoffs start on October 20th. Team Spirit is represented by Russians Alexander TORONTOTOKYO Khertek, Magomed Collapse Khalilov and Yaroslav Miposhka Naydenov, as well as Ukrainians Ilya Yatoro Mulyarchuk and Miroslav Mira Kolpakov. Russians Anton dyrachYO Shkredov (with Gaimin Gladiators; region — Western Europe), Egor Nightfall Grigorenko (Evil Geniuses; North America) and Mikhail Misha Agatov (OG; Western Europe). As part of the Indian organization Entity, the Russians Ivan Pure Moskalenko and Vladislav Kataomi Semenov, as well as the Belarusian Dmitry Fishman Polishchuk, will compete in the playoffs. 20 teams divided into two groups took part in the tournament. According to the results of the group stage, four teams from two groups each advanced to the upper bracket of the playoffs (with the right to lose), another four each made it to the lower bracket, the teams that took 9th-10th places left the tournament.Roster the rest of the playoff pairs are as follows:Upper bracketEvil Geniuses — Thunder Awaken,Team Secret — PSG.LGD,Tundra Esports — OG,Team Aster — Team LiquidLower bracketTeam Spirit — BOOM EsportsHokori — beastcoast,Fnatic — Gaimin Gladiators, Royal Never Give Up — Entity.Team Spirit is the current champion of The International, in 2021 the team received about $18.2 million in prize money for winning TI. At the moment, The International has a total prize pool of $16.6 million and continues to grow. The tournament will end on October 30th.
