Team Spirit (esports)
Short name | Spirit |
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Divisions | |
Founded | 2015 |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
CEO | Nikita "Cheshir" Chukalin |
Championships | The International 2021 |
Partners | |
Website | teamspirit |
Team Spirit is a Russian esports organization based in Moscow. Founded in 2015, the organization currently has teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, League of Legends and Hearthstone.[1] Their Dota 2 squad won The International 2021 and received the largest single prize money payout in esports history at $18 million.
Divisions[]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[]
On 9 June 2016, the organization signed the members of Team Phenomenon.[citation needed] On 3 March 2019, Artem "iDISBALANCE" Yegorov and Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov joined the team.[2] On 9 September 2019, Pavel "COLDYY1" Veklenko and Dmitriy "SotF1k" Forostyanko were removed from the squad. They were replaced by Nikolai "mir" Bityukov from Gambit Esports and 17-year-old Boris "magixx" Vorobyov from the ESPADA team.[3][4][5]
Roster[]
Team Spirit CS:GO roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Latest roster transaction: 6 February 2022. |
Dota 2[]
The organisation signed its first team in Dota 2 on 6 December 2015 by acquiring CIS Rejects.[6] On 19 December 2020, the team signed the roster of Yellow Submarine.[7] In October 2021, Team Spirit defeated PSG.LGD in the Grand Finals of The International 2021 and won a total of US$18,208,300, the largest purse ever awarded in esports.[8] They were the first Eastern European team to win an International since Natus Vincere in the inaugural International in 2011.
Team Spirit Dota 2 roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Airat "Silent" Gaziyev
Latest roster transaction: 8 February 2021. |
League of Legends[]
Short name | SPT |
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Game | League of Legends |
Founded | 31 January 2022 |
League | LCL (2022–present) |
Based in | Moscow, Russia |
Head coach | Mikhail "Kira" Garmash |
Manager | Dmitry "Korb3n" Belov |
General manager | Nikita "Cheshir" Chukalin |
Broadcasters | Riot Games, Twitch |
Analyst | Evgeny "Seigimitsu" Podlobnikov |
Spirit entered the League of Legends competitive scene on 31 January 2022 by signing young players Dreampull, Griffon and Mytant, as well as the legends of CIS LoL competitive scene: Diamondprox and Edward.[9]
Team Spirit League of Legends roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mikhail "Kira" Garmash
Evgeny "Seigimitsu" Podlobnikov
Latest roster transaction: 31 January 2022. |
Hearthstone[]
On 6 October 2016, Team Spirit opened its Hearthstone division by signing SilverName, ShtanUdachi, Iner, and NickChipper.[10] In 2020, Silvername achieved 3rd place at the Hearthstone World Championship.[citation needed]
Nat. | ID | Name | Join date | Leave date |
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Silvername | Vladislav Sinotov | 6 October 2016 | – |
Former divisions[]
Team Spirit had a PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds division from 2017 until 2019.[11]
References[]
- ^ "About Team Spirit". Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Meet the new players of Team Spirit's CS:GO roster". Team Spirit. 3 March 2019.
- ^ Team Spirit (26 September 2019). "Спасибо за все, COLDYY1 и S0tF1k" [Thanks for everything, COLDYY1 and S0tF1k] (in Russian).
- ^ "Встречайте, mir!" [Welcome mir!] (in Russian). Team Spirit. 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Magixx стал пятым игроком состава Team Spirit по CS:GO" [Magixx becomes Team Spirit's CSGO fifth player.] (in Russian). Team Spirit. 26 September 2019.
- ^ "TEAM SPIRIT — НАЧАЛО ПУТИ". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ 0x04b8 (19 December 2020). "Team Spirit returns to Dota 2". teamspirit.ru. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Michael, Cale (17 October 2021). "Team Spirit shock the world, beat PSG.LGD to win The International 10". Dot Esports.
- ^ "TEAM SPIRIT INTRODUCES LEAGUE OF LEGENDS TEAM". Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ 0x04b8 (6 October 2016). "New Roster Team Spirit" (in Russian).
- ^ "ДРАКОНЫ ПРОЩАЮТСЯ С PUBG". teamspirit.ru. 1 November 2019.
External links[]
- Official website (in Russian)
- Dota teams
- Counter-Strike teams
- Esports teams based in Russia
- Hearthstone teams
- 2015 establishments in Russia
- Esports teams established in 2015