Dota 2 The International winners: every TI champion in history

The Aegis of Champions is by far the most iconic trophy in Dota 2. Since Natus Vincere lifted it at the inaugural International in 2011, TI has delivered unforgettable plays, legendary dynasties, unexpected underdog runs, and some of the most memorable grand finals in esports history.

Below is the complete list of Dota 2 TI winners, followed by every champion’s journey to the title and the roster that made it possible.

Editor’s Note: This article will be updated after each TI.

The International – Dota 2’s annual world championship — has staged 15 editions since the inaugural edition in 2011, with 11 organizations lifting the Aegis. Team Spirit is the most successful organization in TI history, having triumphed in 2021, 2023, and 2026, followed by OG and Team Liquid, each with two titles.

OG is the only organization to have won back-to-back Internationals, claiming the Aegis in 2018 and 2019. Here are all the TI winners in Dota 2 history, organized in descending order:

Spirit had to qualify through Europe, then opened the Shanghai group stage 3–0 before consecutive 0–2 losses to TEAM VISION and Nigma Galaxy forced them into the elimination round. After beating Team Resilience 2–1, Spirit swept Iron Wing to start the main event, and then lost 1–2 to TEAM VISION in the upper semifinal.

From the lower bracket, Spirit swept Team Liquid, BoomBoys, and Team Yandex 2–0 before meeting TEAM VISION again. Spirit won the five-game final 3–2, becoming the first organization with three TI titles.

Team Falcons had to work for nearly every step of their run to The International 2025 title. They finished the modified Swiss stage at 3–2, entering the elimination round rather than directly to the playoffs. 

Falcons responded by sweeping Team Spirit 2–0, then beat Team Tidebound 2–0, BetBoom Team 2–1, and PARIVISION 2–1 on the upper side of the playoff bracket. Xtreme Gaming pushed the grand final to five games, but Falcons won the decider for a 3–2 victory and the organization’s first Aegis.

At The International 2024 in Copenhagen, Team Liquid finished second in group D with a 4–2 map record, then beat BB Team 2–1 in the seeding decider. From that point onward, Liquid did not lose another map. They swept Xtreme Gaming and Cloud9 2–0, then beat Gaimin Gladiators 2–0 in the upper-bracket final.

Gaimin clawed back for a rematch, but Liquid won the grand final 3–0 as well. Throughout the tournament, Liquid dropped only three maps and became the first organization to win TI with two completely different five-player rosters.

Team Spirit was almost flawless at The International 2023. The team went 8–0 in the first group phase and swept Shopify Rebellion 2–0 in the seeding decider.

In the main event, Spirit beat Virtus.pro 2–1 and Team Liquid 2–1, then swept LGD Gaming 2–0 in the upper-bracket final. Gaimin Gladiators came through the lower bracket, but Spirit ended the final 3–0. Across the entire event, Spirit dropped only two maps, making them the second organization after OG to win TI twice.

Tundra Esports entered TI11 ranked 9th in the Dota Pro Circuit after a relatively inconsistent summer. However, they looked like an entirely different team in Singapore, leading group B with a 5–4–0 series record and a 14–4 map score.

The team swept OG and Team Aster 2–0 before beating Team Secret 2–1 in the upper-bracket final—the only map Tundra lost during the playoffs. Secret returned for the grand final, but Tundra dismantled them 3–0, becoming only the second team, after Liquid in 2017, to sweep a TI grand final.

Team Spirit qualified through Eastern Europe and began The International 2021 on a rough patch, sitting last in its group after the first two days before recovering to fourth place and an upper bracket berth.

At the main event, Invictus Gaming immediately sent Spirit to the lower bracket with a 2–1 win. Spirit then eliminated Fnatic 2–0, OG 2–0, Virtus.pro 2–1, iG 2–0, and Team Secret 2–1 to reach PSG.LGD in the grand final. Spirit raced to a 2–0 lead, watched PSG.LGD level the series, then won game 5 to take the Aegis.

A year after their underdog triumph, OG returned as the team everyone had to beat. They topped group B with a 14–2 map record and remained in the upper bracket throughout the main event. 

OG swept Newbee 2–0, defeated Evil Geniuses 2–1, and beat PSG.LGD 2–1 in the upper bracket final. Team Liquid emerged from the lower bracket for an all-European grand final, but OG recovered from losing the opener to win 3–1.

The result made OG the first team to win two Internationals and the first — still the only — organization to win TI back-to-back.

OG reached TI8 through the European open qualifiers after a late-season roster rebuild that brought Anathan ‘ana’ Pham back and added pub star Topias ‘Topson’ Taavitsainen.

A 5–1 final day of the group stage pushed OG into fourth place in group A and the upper bracket. From there, they beat VGJ.Storm 2–0, Evil Geniuses 2–1, and PSG.LGD 2–1 to reach the final without dropping into the lower bracket.

The rematch with PSG.LGD went the full five games, with OG winning 3–2 to complete an extraordinary open-qualifier-to-Aegis run. OG won $11,234,158 of the $25,532,177 prize pool.

Team Liquid finished first in group A with a 13–3 map record, only to lose 1–2 to Invictus Gaming in its first main-event series. That defeat left Liquid only one loss from elimination for the rest of TI7.

They responded by beating Team Secret 2–1, Team Empire 2–0, Virtus.pro 2–1, LGD Gaming 2–0, and LGD.Forever Young 2–1 in succession to reach the grand final. Liquid then confidently swept Newbee 3–0, becoming the first Dota 2 team in TI history to win a grand final without dropping a game.

Wings Gaming had an uneven group stage, finishing third in group A with a 3–2–2 series record, but the playoffs were a different story. They beat Digital Chaos 2–1 in the opening upper-bracket round, then swept MVP Phoenix and defending TI champions Evil Geniuses 2–0. 

Digital Chaos fought back through the lower bracket to force a rematch in the grand final, but Wings won 3–1. Across the entire upper-bracket run, Digital Chaos was the only opponent to take games from the Chinese titans.

At TI5, Evil Geniuses topped group B with a 10–4 map record and carried that form right into the upper bracket, where they toppled compLexity 2–0 and EHOME 2–1. CDEC later halted a perfect run, beating EG 2–0 in the upper-bracket final.

However, EG swept LGD Gaming 2–0 in the lower-bracket final to earn a rematch. The grand final ended 3–1 in EG’s favor, with the famous $6 million Roshan-pit Echo Slam from Saahil ‘UNiVeRsE’ Arora becoming the defining moment of the championship.

Newbee had arguably one of The International’s greatest turnarounds at TI4.

The team went 7–8 in phase two and finished in a three-way tie for ninth, forcing tiebreakers against LGD Gaming and mousesports just to stay alive. Newbee ended up winning both, then tore through the next phase by beating Titan 2–1, Natus Vincere 2–0, and Invictus Gaming 2–1.

In the main event, they defeated Vici Gaming 2–1 and Evil Geniuses 2–0 before meeting Vici again in the final. After dropping game 1, Newbee won three straight to take the series 3–1.

Alliance arrived at TI3 as one of the strongest teams in the world, with podium finishes at seven Tier 1 tournaments leading up to the event. They backed that reputation up with a perfect 14–0 map record in group B. In the upper bracket, they beat LGD Gaming 2–0, Team DK 2–1, and Natus Vincere 2–0 to reach the grand final.

NAVI returned from the lower bracket, pushing the final to all five games, but Alliance took the decider to complete one of the most dominant championship runs in TI history.

Invictus Gaming entered The International 2012 main event after an excellent 13–1 map record in group B, going on to defeat Evil Geniuses 2–1 in the upper bracket round 1. However, the road became considerably harder after a 1–2 loss to defending champion Natus Vincere sent them into the lower bracket.

Impressively, iG survived the elimination side, beating EHOME 1–0, Team DK 2–1, and LGD Gaming 2–1 to earn another shot at NAVI. This time, iG emerged victorious, winning the grand final 3–1 and becoming the first Chinese organization to lift the Aegis.

Natus Vincere went 3–0 in group D at the inaugural International in Cologne, earning a place in the upper bracket of the double-elimination bracket. They stayed there through the playoffs, defeating Moscow Five 1–0, Invictus Gaming 1–0, and Scythe Gaming 2–0 to reach the championship match.

In the grand final, NAVI entered with a one-game upper-bracket advantage. EHOME won the first game played, but NAVI took the next two to close out the series 3–1. The victory earned NAVI the first Aegis of Champions and $1 million from the tournament’s $1.6 million prize pool.

Yatoro and Collapse hold the outright player record with three TI victories, having won with Team Spirit in 2021, 2023, and 2026. Aui_2000 and Miposhka also have three titles across playing and coaching roles, while OG’s TI8 and TI9 lineup remains the only five-player roster to win consecutive Internationals.

Many other Dota 2 pros have also lifted the Aegis twice, including 33, Larl, skiter, Sneyking, and two-time championship coach Silent.

Team Spirit holds the record for the most TI titles by an organization, having won TI10 in 2021, TI12 in 2023, and TI15 in 2026. OG and Team Liquid are next with two championships each.

Natus Vincere won the inaugural International in Cologne, Germany, in 2011, after defeating EHOME 3–1 in the grand final. They took home $1 million from the $1.6 million prize pool.

Yes. Team Spirit has won three Internationals, while OG and Team Liquid have won two each. OG remains the only organization to win consecutive titles, lifting the Aegis in 2018 and 2019 with the same five-player roster.

Valve postponed The International in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tenth edition was ultimately played in 2021, which is why TI10 refers to the 2021 event rather than a tournament held in 2020.

TI10, played in 2021, had the largest prize pool in International history at $40,018,195. Team Spirit earned $18,208,300 for winning the tournament.