While the road to the top is grueling, staying there is an even greater challenge.
The total prize pool of $1,600,000 was the biggest of any esports tournament at the time.
They became the first Defenders of the Aegis.
The Ukrainian squad was on fire.
They narrowly missed the mark, failing to defend their title 3:1.
They then took revenge over the defending champions to become the first Chinese team to win The International.
Team DK sent them to the lower brackets where they managed to survive two unforgiving bo1 death matches.
It was in the next series, the lower bracket Round 4 that TongFu sent them home.
The season leading to The International 4 would prove to be somewhat less successful for the Swedish champions.
Game 3 was a 17-minute affair, while game 4 concluded in just 15 minutes.
Newbee took the title after defeating Vici Gaming 3-1 in the grand finals.
The entirely new roster didn’t fare nearly as well for the organization.
In the months leading to TI6, no one really knew who Wings Gaming were.
Before this, all the teams that have won have been a part of the upper bracket finals.
The team stuck together after TI7 through The International 2018 and even a bit beyond.
The only thing they kept mentioning was they were playing for fun.
Team Spirit is the current defending champion of the Aegis.
TI10 was postponed for 2021 and moved from Sweden to Romania.
Since then, TI moved to Singapore in 2022 and last year it returned home, to Seattle.
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