MOSCOW, Oct 18 The Russian team Team Spirit will play in the lower bracket of the play- off of the Dota 2 World Championship — The International 11, which takes place in Singapore. On Tuesday, the Russian team tied with the South American Beastcoast and the Chinese Team Aster. 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. -East Asia) in the Group B table, having failed to break into the upper bracket of the playoffs. In the lower bracket, teams do not have the right to lose. 20 teams, divided into two groups, take part in the tournament. According to the results of the group stage, four teams from two groups each advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs (with the right to lose), another four each fall into the lower bracket, the teams that occupy 9-10th places leave the tournament. The playoffs start on October 20. Team Spirit is the current champion of The International, in 2021 the team received about $18.2 million in prize money for winning TI. The Russian BB Team is also taking part in the tournament for the first time, it will play in the replays for the last ticket to the lower bracket from Group A. At the moment, the total prize fund of The International is $16.6 million and continues to grow. The tournament will end on October 30th.
