Team Spirit defeated Team Vision in a five-game thriller to win the TI 2026 championship.

In the 2026 Dota 2 International (TI 2026) Grand Finals held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, the Eastern European team Team Spirit defeated their regional rivals TEAM VISION 3-2 after a hard-fought five-game series, winning their third Aegis of Champions title in team history.

Team Spirit also became the first team in Dota 2 history to win three world championships, earning a prize of $1.4 million. The final was extremely intense. Team Spirit took the first game, and although their opponents rallied to tie the score in the second, they won the crucial third game to take the lead and reach match point.

After being dragged into a deciding game by their opponents, Team Spirit withstood the disadvantage of falling behind at the start and turned the tide in the 64-minute deciding game, securing the victory.

This victory makes Spirit players Yatoro and Collapse the first three-time TI champions in history as players, while head coach Miposhka won his third title (the first two were as a player, and this one is as a coach).

Spirit's midlaner Larl won his second world championship, while two young support players, not me and rue, also won their first world championships. Not me even won the title in his first appearance at TI.

Although they experienced setbacks and fell into the loser's bracket in the early stages of the group stage and knockout stage, Team Spirit subsequently eliminated Team Liquid and Team Yandex in succession, and finally won the championship in the finals.

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