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Dota 2: Underdogs TSpirit bag TI10 title, take home $18.2M prize

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Kevin Alabaso, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Team Spirit is the TI10 grand champion, taking home more than $18.2 million. Wykrhm Reddy" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/10/18/20211018-tspirit1.jpg"/><figcaption>Team Spirit is the TI10 grand champion, taking home more than $18.2 million. <em>Wykrhm Reddy</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The International 10 (TI10), Dota 2&#x27;s biggest annual tournament, concluded with Russia-based Team Spirit claiming the grand prize of $18.2 million (estimated P900 million).</p><p>Their journey towards the top was a Cinderella story as they faced several roadblocks, including facing 3 fan favorites and several veteran players.</p><p>The championship wasn&#x27;t the only thing they achieved, as they also eliminated back-to-back champions OG and veterans Team Secret before they advanced to the finals.</p><p>In the finals, a best-of-5 series between Team Spirit and PSG.LGD was set and the Europeans immediately took 2 games, leaving China&#x27;s best representative hanging in the balance in the third game.</p><p>Although PSG.LGD bounced back and won the third and fourth games, Team Spirit charged ahead in the fifth and final game to win the series.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Team Spirit claims the championship in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TI10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TI10</a> after they beat The International veterans PSG.LGD.<br/><br/>They take home $18.2 million and cement their names in DOTA 2&#x27;s pro player history as one of the teams with the youngest players to win the tournament. <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNewsSport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNewsSport</a> <a href="https://t.co/P3KLAgyGYp">pic.twitter.com/P3KLAgyGYp</a></p>— Kevin Alabaso (@KevAlabaso) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevAlabaso/status/1449796382718455811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Team Spirit will also go down in DOTA 2&#x27;s pro player history as one of the teams with the youngest players in the tournament.</p><p>Spirit won a total of $18,208,300 while runner-up PSG.LGD takes home $5,202,400.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/03/21/esports-dota-2s-ti10-top-prize-over-p900-million">Esports: DOTA 2&#x27;s biggest annual tournament top prize over P900 million</a></li></ul><p>Team Spirit&#x27;s roster is made up of Illya &quot;Yatoro&quot; Mulyarchuk, Alexander &quot;TORONTOTOKYO&quot; Khertek, Magomed &quot;Collapse&quot; Khalilov, Miroslaw &quot;Mira&quot; Kolpakov, and team captain Yaroslav &quot;Miposhka&quot; Naidenov.</p><p>All-Filipino teams were absent in TI10 as TNC Predator failed to qualify but Filipino players were present in the tournament as they were featured in the rosters of international teams.</p><p>Among the Filipino players present in the tournament were &quot;Abed&quot; Azel Yusop (Evil Geniuses), Carlo &quot;Kuku&quot; Palad and &quot;Karl&quot; Baldovino (T1), and Marc Polo Luis &quot;Raven&quot; Fausto and Djardel &quot;DJ&quot; Mampusti (Fnatic).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/11/21/ti10-group-stage-ends-teams-with-ph-players-survive">Esports: TI10 group stage ends; teams with PH players survive elimination</a></li></ul>

Team Spirit, which beat PSG.LGD, will also go down in DOTA 2's pro player history as one of the teams with the youngest players in the tournament.

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Dota 2: Underdogs TSpirit bag TI10 title, take home $18.2M prize

Kevin Alabaso,

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Published Oct 19, 2021 12:50 AM PHT

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