Maelstorm said who will get invites to The International 2026
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Vladimir “Maelstorm” Kuzminov made a list of 8 teams that could receive direct invites to The International 2026, but believes that 
Team Spirit will not get an invitation.
He said this in his Telegram channel.
“As you can see Spirit is not here. Can they be replaced? Yes, of course – lets think by who. Obviously Team Yandex, Xtreme and PARIVISION. The rest are out of reach and will definitely get invites. Which of the remaining four will get an invite and who won’t - you can guess and calculate as much as you want, but no one will give 100% predictions”
List of direct invites to TI15 according to Maelstorm:
Tundra Esports
Team Liquid
Team Falcons
BetBoom Team
Aurora
Team Yandex
Xtreme Gaming
PARIVISION
At the same time, Maelstorm predicts that Team Spirit will still play at the Dota 2 world championship, but will qualify through the qualifiers.
