{"id":19249,"date":"2021-07-12T09:19:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T09:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/og-to-defend-title-at-ti10-after-besting-nigma-tundra-at-eu-west-qualifiers"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:56:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:56:31","slug":"og-to-defend-title-at-ti10-after-besting-nigma-tundra-at-eu-west-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/dota-2\/og-to-defend-title-at-ti10-after-besting-nigma-tundra-at-eu-west-qualifiers","title":{"rendered":"OG to defend title at TI10 after besting Nigma, Tundra at EU West Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The journey to the Dota 2 International Championships<\/a> has been gruelling as many notable teams have had to prove that they are worthy of competing at the prestigious event. This included two-time defending TI champions, OG, who faced elimination several times before finally securing their place at the TI10 Main Event.<\/p>\n

This year’s TI will include a record-breaking prize pool of over $40 million<\/a>. In addition to this, OG could also be the first team to win three back-to-back TIs, should they power through and win the TI10 Grand Finals at Bucharest in Romania<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

OG will defend their title as the TI 8 & 9 Champions<\/h2>\n

OG’s run at the Western European Qualifiers<\/a> was met with speculation that the team would not perform after their star players Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka and Anathan “Ana” Pham retired from competitive.<\/p>\n

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OG win TI10 EU West Qualifier (Picture: Twitter \/ Wykrhm Reddy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martin “Saksa” Sazdov and Syed “SumaiL” Hassan subsequently came to the rescue by filling these positions, although it did not leave OG with much time to prepare together with their new roster. This did not prove to be an obstacle for OG though.<\/p>\n

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SumaiL joins OG after Ana announced retirement (Picture: OG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ceb described the previous Dota Pro Circuit season as “the hardest battle of [his] entire career” and stressed that he felt “so proud of [his] team and everyone around [them]”, adding that the “resilience and energy [they] showed made the difference” in a tweet after securing their spot at TI10.<\/p>\n