Team Spirit Eliminated from The International 2025 After Defeat to Falcons

Team Spirit ended its run at The International 2025, losing to Team Falcons in the elimination round. The Dragons left the tournament before the start of the main playoff stage, despite their status as one of the main favorites according to bookmakers. The team raised the Aegis twice - in 2021 and 2023 - and came to Hamburg with a victory at EWC 2025, where they beat the same Team Falcons in the final. In the 2025 season, the team also won DreamLeague Season 25, but throughout the remaining major tournaments - in both seasons of PGL Wallachia, in competitions from FISSURE and BLAST - Spirit was unable to consistently reach trophies. An additional cause for concern was the health of mid laner Denis “Larl” Sigitov: shortly before TI 2025, he missed FISSURE Universe 6 due to surgery, and his