A total of 16 teams continue the fight in the playoffs of this year's The International, where they will fight for a prize fund of over three million dollars.
After the group stage of the competition, four teams were eliminated from the tournament, among them Team SMG, Thunder Awaken, beastcoast and PSG Quest.
After the teams played the initial four matches in the group stage, there was a playoff for the upper and lower barrage of the playoffs. The biggest surprise during these matches is the victory of the nouns team against Tundra Esports, the third team from this year's Dota Pro Circuit list. And second place DPC team Gaimin Gladiators will begin their fight to Aegis from the losers bracket, after losing 1-2 to Talon Esports.
Here are the complete results of the playoff playoff matches:
Team Spirit 2-0 Shopify Rebellion
TSM 0-2 Virtus.pro
Team Liquid 2-0 Evil Geniuses
Gaimin Gladiators 1-2 Talon Esports
LGD Gaming 0-2 Keyd Stars
BetBoom Team 1-2 9Pandas
Tundra Esports 0-2 nouns
Entity 0-2 Azure Ray
The winner's barrage will open the big CIS derby Team Spirit - Virtus.pro, Talon Esports will try to surprise Team Liquid, LGD Gaming will start their campaign for the title against 9Pandas, while the nouns will have Azure Ray in front of them.
In the fight for survival, we see TSM and Shopify Rebellion, Evil Geniuses and Gaimin Gladiators, Keyd Stars and BetBoom Team, and Entity will be the first to have the opportunity to send the Tundra Esports team home.
The TI2023 playoff stage begins on Friday, October 20, and a new champion will be crowned on October 29.
