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The International 2021, the anniversary world championship in Dota 2, ended on October 17th. For the first time in 10 years, the CIS squad Team Spirit won the victory, taking away $18.2 million. Until the beginning of the tournament, few people believed in the team and even put them in the last places, preferring to talk about Virtus. pro. However, the guys showed that team spirit, solidarity, and focus on results are the most important thing for winning The International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The origin of Team Spirit: there was not a single player from the first roster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Team Spirit was created in 2015. For six years, the team managed to play such stars of the Dota scene as XBOCT, Goblak, Iceberg, RAMZES666, and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the team never had major victories: over the entire existence of the organization, the team’s biggest winnings were $60,000 for the fourth place at Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds in 2017. That sum of money sounds pretty good, but for the professional Dota 2 scene, it is like a grain of sand against the background of large tournaments from Valve, where prize money is in the millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next update of the Team Spirit roster took place in August 2020. Then a team called Yellow Submarine gathered – it consisted of young pub players and an experienced captain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n