It took a full three-game series but Tundra became the first team to secure their place in the grand finals of The International 2022.
The upper bracket finals were an all-WEU brawl to be the first team to gain access to the Grand Finals of The International 2022.
Team Secret came from the LCQ, Tundra has been known to have a unique style and has been targeted as the team to beat with their impressive winning streak at the event.
Courier meta, pulling the creeps with the courier. Giant tiny, larger than Roshan. Tier 5 items. Popping off irl at opponents. Pog Toggles. This series had it all.
Tundra EsportsGame 1
Tundra went for a vision game and pushing the lanes in while Team Secret went for team fights. Two different approaches to the same game.
But there was no shortage of damage on the Tundra side. They were incredibly tanky and there was so much positioning displacement from their side, that they were able to force Team Secret into a real DEFENSE of the ANCIENTS, managing to hold on far longer than expected.
It took more than an hour but Tundra took the first game of the series with disciplined, careful to not over-extend, wearing Team Secret down eventually.
Game 2
Tundra had an aggressive draft and Team Secret aimed for a balanced draft to allow for some mistakes or not have to work hard to out-tempo them.
Secret was able to start out the game by setting the tempo that was best for them and getting what they wanted out of their heroes. The tri-core lineup had some impressive physical damage that they were able to exact on Tundra to clean through hero after hero and tie up the series.
Game 3
Tundra's draft could push the lanes out and set up kills which is up their alley. However, Team Secret's draft looked much stronger than Tundra's with several counters to the Enigma.
Team Secret secured the first three bounty runes and first kill, giving them the lead and advantage immediately out of the gate.
A team wipe from Tundra shifted the momentum and gave them some control of the game less than 15 minutes in. Once that happened they remained on top and snowballed through to the game and series victory.
Tundra has seized the first spot in the Grand Finals of TI11.
Team Secret will drop to the lower bracket finals to face Team Liquid tomorrow, October 20th at 05:00 CET.
TI11 Finals Weekend schedule
October 30
- 12:00 SGT/05:00 CET - Team Liquid vs Team Secret (LB finals)
- 15:30 SGT/09:30 CET - Grand Finals
The International 2022 Broadcasts
The event will be officially streamed in five different languages - English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese. In addition, there will be other streams with various languages available for fans across the globe.
In 2019, the peak concurrent viewership on Twitch.tv of the DOTA 2 TI9 championships reached almost 1.08 million, up from 735 thousand viewers a year earlier.
English:
Twitch: Main Channel
Russian:
Twitch: Main Channel
Chinese:
Twitch: Main Channel
Spanish Streams:
Twitch: Main Channel
Portuguese Streams:
Twitch: Main Channel
The International 2022
The International in Singapore will be the largest Dota tournament in history featuring 30 world-class teams battling out on the road to the Aegis of Champions across 4 consecutive weekends.
TI11 takes place in Singapore from October 8th (starting with the offline/LAN last chance qualifiers) to October 30th with the grand finals.
- Read more about the schedule and format changes for The International 2022.
On 22nd January 2022, it was announced that the second and third-place teams from each region's qualifiers would compete in the Last Chance Qualifier LAN event prior to The International to decide the final two qualification spots - thus expanding The International 2022 from 18 to 20 teams.
