By 2022, the top Dota 2 teams were rapidly breaking into the top Asian cybersports organizations. For example, in the top three Doter teams, one org from China and another from Indonesia. Of course, they have not yet completely displaced the Europeans from the top, but the trend is such that it seems to be a matter of time.
As for the CIS, only Russian teams are among the three strongest cybersports clubs. In recent years, Navi has lost a lot of ground and is a pale shadow of the fighting five that crushed everyone at the first ever The International in 2011.
And a little tip: if you search for the top Dota 2 teams on HLTV to find out the official ranking of Doter orgs, you won't find it there. Now it is placed only on DLTV, and Counter Strike remained on HLTV.
Number 1 in the world rankings
The Chinese have not only become a major industrial and world power, but have also begun to claim top spots in cybersports, for example, by confidently winning the title of top 1 Dota 2 team in 2022. We are talking about the team PSG.LGD, which is more than 200 rating points ahead of the nearest pursuer.
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The team's players are:
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Wang Chunyu or Ame.
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At mid position - Cheng Jin Xiang or NothingToSay.
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Offline position - Zhang Ruida or Faith_bian.
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At the seven-guard position, Zhao Zixing or XinQ.
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At the fullback position and team captain - Zhang Liping or y`.
The team name translates from Chinese as «Old Stepfather». Until 2018, until a sponsorship agreement was signed with the French soccer club «Paris Saint-Germain», the organization was named LGD Gaming.
There is one curious fact in the history of the Chinese cybersports club: the team started playing Dota 2 in March 2012, and already six months later, in September, was able to take 3rd place in the most prestigious Dota tournament The International. By the way, the guys from PSG.LGD, the top 1 team of Dota 2, have not missed a single International since 2012 and have always ranked at least 6-9 at them.
Number 2 on planet Earth
They are the pride of Russia, the only Russian team to ever win an International (champions of The International 2021) and set the record for the largest prize money at a single eSports tournament - 18,208,300 dollars. They are number two in the top teams in the Dota 2 world and the best Doter CIS team. This is Team Spirit.
For Orga play:
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On the kerry position - Ilya Mulyarchuk or Yatoro.
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At mid position - Alexander Hertek or TORONTOTOKYO.
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On the offlane position - Magomed Khalilov or Collapse.
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At the seven-guard position - Miroslav Kolpakov or Mira.
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On the position of full-sapporter and team captain - Yaroslav Naydenov or Miposhka.
By the way, Spirit did not achieve high-profile successes before winning the last International. Suffice it to say that in the 6 years between the club's founding in December 2015 and winning the record prize in the fall of 2021, the team has earned a little over $700,000 in prize money.
Number 3 in the world
Once again an Asian team, but this time from Indonesia - BOOM Esports. It began its march to the list of top Dota 2 teams from November 2016, proclaiming the main goal of the club's existence to reach the first line of the world ranking. BOOM Esports made a major leap to the top in 2020 during the heyday of online competition due to the introduction of covid restrictions.
The acronym BOOM stands for «Beast on our mind» . The main principle of the cyber sports organization is to sign only Indonesian players. The club has not given an official comment on why its management is doing this, but my guess is this: the body wants to support local talent in this way.
The number 3 teams in the Dota 2 World Top Teams are:
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Sulia Khoomphemsavong or JaCkky at the kerry position.
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At the mid position - Erin Jasper Ferrer or Yopaj.
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At the offlane position and team captain - Saeful Ilham or Fbz.
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At the seventh-senior position - Timothy Gendrup or Tims.
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At the fullback position - Rolen Andre Gabriel Ong or skem.
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first and second line of the ranking in the CIS
About the first number among the top CIS Dota 2 teams, Team Spirit, I have already told above in the text under the subheading «Number 2 on the planet Earth».
As of August 2022, the second team among the CIS cybersport organizations is Outsiders from Russia. Actually, it's the good old Virtus.pro, which changed its name in order not to be associated with Russia and to continue receiving invitations to doter competitions.
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Unfortunately, they haven't conquered the International yet, but they have 2 majors in their bank of victories: Kuala Lumpur and Bucharest. The team's golden era ended in 2020 with the onset of the covid epidemic. Then it began to lose the status of the top team in the world of Dota 2, then the strongest players began to leave.
Currently, the club is trying its best to find a new winning strategy, but judging by the results, it has not succeeded yet.
Outsiders players:
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At kerry position - Danil Skutin or gpk~.
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At mid position - Egor Lipartia or Xakoda.
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Offline - Daniyal Lazebny or yamich.
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At the Seven-Support position - Dmitry Dorokhin or DM.
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At the fullback position - Roman Kushnarev or RAMZES666.
Number 3 in CIS
The third place among the top CIS Dota 2 teams is occupied by the Russian BetBoom Team, which bought the entire roster from the orga Winstrike Team. Reason for purchase: Winstrike after the start of the Russian special operation could not provide normal functioning of the team and decided to temporarily close the direction on Dota 2. So April 18, 2022 marked the birth of a new cyber sports club BetBoom.
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Despite the fact that the club is only 4 months old, it has already made a mark in the history of Dota by winning the 9th season of the Champions League, so it rightfully takes its place among the top teams of Dota 2.
The following players play for BetBoom: on the kerry position - Nikita Kuzmin or Daxak; on the mid position - Denis Segitov or Larl; on the offlane position - Evgeny Ignatenko or Noticed; on the seven-sapper position - Vladimir Nikoghosyan or RodjER; on the full-sapper position and team captain - Akbar Butaev or SoNNeikO.