Team Spirit win The International 10 Grand Final: Final placements & recap

The 2021 iteration of Dota 2’s premier tournament, The International 10, is officially in the books, and Team Spirit’s amazing run will definitely be one to remember. Here’s everything you need to know about the tournament, including scores, final placements, and more.

• Team Spirit caps off legendary run with 3-2 Grand Final win over PSG.LGD
• PSG.LGD fell 0-2 down in the Grand Final, before taking Game 3 and 4 to make it 2-2
• Team Spirit’s lower bracket miracle run takes them to the Grand Final after eliminating Invictus Gaming and Team Secret

The International 10 was more than just the final tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit 2021. Despite no fans being present, it still had teams competing live for one of the biggest and most prestigious esports events on the calendar.

18 of the best Dota 2 teams in the world, 12 of which qualified through the Dota Pro Circuit, and six who earned a place through Regional Qualifiers, put it all on the line for a chance to win their share of the $40,018,195 prize pool – the biggest in esports history.

In the end though it would be Team Spirit taking home the top prize of $18,208,300 after a fantastic and unexpected run through the lower bracket to Grand Final, all after playing their Group Stage matches from a hotel kitchen.

Here’s everything you need to know about what went down at the event, including Group scores, playoff results, and more.

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• Recap & results
• Final placements
• Group stage
• Main event
• Qualified teams

TI 10 Groups, Recap & Results

The schedule for TI 10 was released on October 6, with 18 teams starting in the group stage. The top four teams from both groups advanced to the upper bracket of the main event, while the teams ranked fifth through eighth went to the lower bracket. The bottom-placed sides were eliminated.

Eventual winners Spirit started out in the upper bracket, but fell down after losing to Invictus 2-1. However they would go on to take down Fnatic, defending champs OG, and Virtus.pro to set up a Round 5 showdown with Invictus, where they would get their revenge 2-0.

After falling down 0-1 against Team Secret in the lower bracket Final, Spirit would do it again and win to consecutive games to set up the Grand final against PSG.LGD.

What a Grand Final it was too, back and forth the whole way, PSG seemed to have it in the bag before Spirit absolutely turned it on during the final match, wrapping things up with a thrilling 3-2 win. The Chinese team were heavy favorites headed into things, but once the dust has all settled the TI trophy will be headed back to eastern Europe after a decade.

Ti10: Final placements

Overall placements

Group Stage (October 7 to October 10)

Group A

Group B

Day 1: October 7

Day 2: October 8

Day 3: October 9

Day 4: October 10

All teams qualified for Dota 2 The International 10

The Dota Pro Circuit 2021 wrapped up with the conclusion of the WePlay Animajor in June 2021.

But although the top 12 teams in the season qualified for The International 10 then and there, many other teams still had to slog it out in the Regional Qualifiers for a chance to fill the remaining six spots.

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Those matches wrapped up on July 10, which means the 18 teams competed in The International 10 were all locked in.