Five Russian teams reached the playoffs of The International in Dota 2

MOSCOW, August 15 - RIA Novosti. Five Russian teams reached the playoffs of The International, the main Dota 2 tournament of the year. The group stage was held according to the Swiss system with the participation of 16 teams, as a result of which eight teams reached the playoffs.

On Saturday, the Russian Team Vision (the only team to win all four matches), as well as the European Team Liquid and the Middle Eastern Nigma Galaxy, who were next in the table, made it to the playoffs.

On Sunday, play-off matches for reaching the playoffs took place, as a result of which the Russian BoomBoys, Team Spirit, Iron Wing, Team Yandex, as well as the Middle Eastern Team Falcons (the current champion), made it to the final part of the tournament.

The Russian teams Huligani and Aurora Gaming, as well as OG, LGD Gaming (both from Southeast Asia), GamerLegion (North America), Xtreme Gaming, Team Resilience, Vici Gaming (all from China) left the tournament.

The International is taking place in Shanghai for the second time, with playoff matches taking place on August 20-23.