TEAM VISION, BoomBoys start fast at The International

Dota 2 competitors at the 2025 Esports World Cup. 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