Thunder Awaken became the first team from South America to reach the upper bracket of the playoffs - the results of the last round of the group stage of The International 2022

In Singapore, the scheduled matches of the group stage of The International 2022 have ended. The last round of games determined the participants in the playoffs, and also gave the opportunity to extend the pleasure (or not) from watching additional matches at replays. Briefly, about the main thing.

In the first match, the reigning champions of Team Spirit played against the Chinese giant from Team Aster. On the first map, the “dragons” lost against Razor on Monet, but then got even on map number 2 in 20 minutes. chance of failing in the main stage.

In a parallel game, Fnatic played TSM. The American team lost 2 maps, thus becoming the first team to leave the main competition of the year. Fnatic go to the lower bracket of the playoffs, where in the first round they will play 1 series for a lifetime.

In the match Tundra Esports - Entity, Fata strengthened its dominance in Group B. In the European derby, Tundra finished off Entity, not letting them into the lower bracket and sending them to replays against Talon.

Now about the Talons themselves. They played a decisive game for themselves against Last Chance Qualifier Team Secret, which overclocked along the way. Puppey didn't give any indulgence to the team from Southeast Asia, and now Talon will have to play in tiebreaks against Entity for the right to continue playing on the main arena of the year.

Thunder Awaken and Beastcoast decided the fate of tickets to the top of the playoffs. After losing the first map, Thunder Awaken were close to falling into the meat grinder of 4-team replays, however, having made a comeback with Gyro on the second map, Thunder Awaken became the first team from South America to qualify for the upper bracket of The International 2022 playoffs.

Replays are now being played in Singapore in Group A for the last place in the main stage of The International 2022. In a parallel match, Entity and Talon are playing for a similar prize in Group B.

Recall that The International 2022 runs from October 15 to 30 this year. The top 20 teams from around the world compete in LAN format for the title of world champion, as well as the largest prize pool of the year. At the moment, its amount is 16+ million dollars. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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