Tundra Esports swept Team Secret in the grand final on Sunday to win The International 2022 in Singapore.
The London-based team earned nearly $8.5 million for capturing the prestigious Dota 2 championship and Aegis of Champions trophy.
Team Secret took home $2.45 million for second place, followed by Team Liquid ($1.7 million) and Team Aster ($1.13 million).
The Tundra Esports lineup featured Oliver “skiter” Lepko of Slovakia, Leon “Nine” Kirilin of Germany, Neta “33” Shapira of Israel, Martin “Saksa” Sazdov of North Macedonia and American captain Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu.
THE AEGIS IS OURS! #TI11 CHAMPIONS ??
Thankyou #TundraTribe?? for the amazing support! Now let’s go fucking party ?? pic.twitter.com/vU26BGF96y
— TUNDRA (@TundraEsports) October 30, 2022
In the best-of-five grand final, Tundra Esports opened with back-to-back 40-minute wins on red and clinched the title with a 45-minute victory on green.
“It doesn’t feel real,” Saksa said. “I’m still trying to understand what happened in my mind, I can’t even believe it.”
“I want to thank everyone for coming here, supporting us and watching the Grand Final,” Sneyking said. “We wouldn’t be here without you guys. Shoutout to everyone who has supported us along the way!”
Earlier Sunday, Team Secret advanced to the final showdown with a 2-1 defeat of Team Liquid in the lower-bracket final. Secret sandwiched 28- and 38-minute wins on green around Liquid’s 40-minute win on red.
The International 2022 prize pool:
No. 1 — $8.492 million: Tundra Esports
No. 2 — $2.453 million: Team Secret
No. 3 — $1.699 million: Team Liquid
No. 4 — $1.132 million: Team Aster
5th-6th — $660,491: PSG.LGD, Thunder Awaken
7th-8th — $471,827: beastcoast, OG
9th-12th — $377,439: Evil Geniuses, BOOM Esports, Gaimin Gladiators, Entity
13th-16th –$283,052: Hokori, Team Spirit, Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up
17th-18th — $47,082: Soniqs, Talon Esports
19th-20th — $47,082: BetBoom Team, TSM
–Field Level Media
