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An underdog esports team from Southeast Asia prevented Team Spirit from defending their title as the defending champion of The International.

Dota 2 International champions usually take home between $1,000,000 to $7,000,000 (around P59 million to P413 million) in prize money. On average, they earn around $2,000 to $15,000 (roughly P118,000 to P885,000 in today’s exchange rates) per month. Both teams approached the game defensively and played safe since losing means outright elimination under the Lower Bracket matches.

BOOM Esports came into The International 2022 playoffs after overcoming a 99.6 percent chance of elimination, and now they have kept their run alive by ...

That moment quickly spiraled into an unstoppable push from BOOM that would end Spirit’s hopes of claiming another Aegis. Despite that, they still had a good regular season and entered as the defending TI champions, with many fans picking them to complete the first full-lower bracket run to a TI victory in Dota history. When looking at the group stage performance, this actually doesn’t look like much since Spirit struggled to pull themselves together and were locked into the lower bracket and an elimination game.

In a shocking turn of events, Team Spirit, the reigning DOTA 2 TI champions, has been knocked out of this year's tournament on the first day of the ...

Back after the Group Stage ended, DOTA 2 fans quickly mentioned on Twitter that BOOM Esports had a 1.42% chance of qualifying for the playoffs and they prevailed. As explained in the post-match interview, BOOM played to their strengths without being too worried, which seems to have paid dividends. But the shocking exit of the reigning champions so early on in the tournament is surely not something that many expected. Team Spirit opted for a Nyx, Leshrac, Lich, Lifestealer, and Outworld Destroyer line-up while the the Southeast Asian team picked Marci, Shadow Fiend, Mars, Disruptor, and Beastmaster, which eventually resulted in an upset. The Russian outfit faced off against BOOM Esports in round one of the lower bracket and were unable to overcome the Southeast Asian roster. Overall control of the match was see-sawed for some time, with both teams vying to come up on top.

In a shocking turn of events, the reigning champions of TI, Team Spirit were eliminated by BOOM Esports on the first day of the playoffs.

As a lower bracket round 1 match, the game between BOOM Esports and Team Spirit was a best-of-one affair. Team Spirit’s elimination from TI11 confirms that there will be a new champion this year. This guarantees a new champion being crowned at the Dota 2 championship.

BOOM Esports won the international 2022 playoffs with a 99.6 percent chance of elimination. Now, they have accumulated their run with completing the ...

Thanks to all our fans who woke up early in the morning to support the team. We fought to the end of the war and were trying to give up our best. Spirit and TI 11 exit in the 11th round in a tie for 13th place.

Some Filipino Dota 2 players will advance to the next round in the 11th edition of The International held in Singapore.

See you again on the streams tomorrow— The International (@dota2ti) Meanwhile, Abed "Abed" Yusop and the rest of Team Evil Geniuses lost to Thunder Awaken, 0-2. PSG.LGD lost to Team Secret in the upper bracket.