TEAM VISION and Boomboys got off to 2-0 starts Thursday as group stage action began at The International 2026 in Shanghai.
Sixteen teams are competing in the 15th annual Dota 2 tournament. The crowd-funded prize pool has a base of $1.6 million and a current vallue of $2.93 million. .
The Swiss-system group stage features best-of-three matches, with the top three teams going to the playoffs and the fourth- to 13th-place teams moving to an elimination round. The bottom three teams are eliminated. Five additional teams will advance to the playoffs from the elimination round.
The double-elimination playoff bracket will run from Aug. 20-23 with all matches best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final.
TEAM VISION posted a 2-1 victory against Team Resilience in Round 1, sandwiching a 42-minute win on red and a 32-minute win on green around Team Resilience’s 48-minute win on red. In Round 2, TEAM VISION rallied for a 2-1 win against Team Falcons, which opened with a 45-minute win on green. TEAM VISION answered with 51- and 95-minute wins on green.
BoomBoys swept OG in Round 1 with a 45-minute win on green and a 37-minute win on red. In Round 2, BoomBoys wrapped a 54- and 69-minute wins on green around Iron Wing’s 45-minute victory on red.
Friday schedule:
Round 2:
–Team Spirit vs. Aurora Gaming
–Team Yandex vs. Team Liquid
–Xtreme Gaming vs. GamerLegion
–HULIGANI vs. Vici Gaming
Round 3 (partial):
–BoomBoys vs. TEAM VISION
–Iron Wing vs. Team Falcons
–LGD vs. Nigma Galaxy
–Team Resilience vs. OG
Group stage standings (match record, game record):
T1. BoomBoys, 2-0, 4-1
T1. TEAM VISION, 2-0, 4-2
T3. Team Spirit, 1-0, 2-0
T3. Team Liquid, 1-0, 2-0
T3. Aurora Gaming, 1-0, 2-0
T3. Team Yandex, 1-0, 2-0
T7. Team Falcons, 1-1, 3-3
T7. LGD, 1-1, 3-3
T7. Iron Wing, 1-1, 3-2
T7. Nigma Galaxy, 1-1, 2-2
T11. Xtreme Gaming, 0-1, 0-2
T11. Vici Gaming, 0-1, 0-2
T11. GamerLegion, 0-1, 0-2
T11. HULIGANI, 0-1, 0-2
T15. OG, 0-2, 0-4
T15. Team Resilience, 0-2, 2-4
The current $2.93 million prize pool is to be allocated this way:
1 TBD, $1.25 million
2. TBD, $381,042
3. TBD, $263,725
4. TBD, $175,856
5-6. TBD, $146,527
7-8. TBD, $117,198
9-13. TBD, $52,697
14-15. TBD, $29,329
16. TBD, $14,665
–Field Level Media
