Team Liquid sweep Gladiators in grand final of The International

Team Liquid recorded a 3-0 win over Gaimin Gladiators in the grand final on Sunday of the International 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Liquid sandwiched 29- and 34-minute wins on red around a 44-minute victory on green to dispatch Gaimin Gladiators.

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— Team Liquid Dota (@teamliquiddota) September 15, 2024

Gaimin Gladiators advanced to the grand final after rallying from an early deficit against Tundra Esports. Tundra notched a 38-minute win on red before the Gladiators responded with a 30-minute victory on red and 69-minute triumph on green.

The playoffs began with 16 teams seeded in either the upper or lower bracket based on the results of the group stage and seeding deciders. The winners of the decider matches began the main event in the upper bracket, and the losing sides started in the lower bracket.

All matches were best-of-three until the grand final, which was best-of-five.

The International 2024 prize pool:

1. $1,154,818 (45 percent) -- Team Liquid

2. $359,281 (14 percent) -- Gaimin Gladiators

3. $230,921 (9 percent) -- Tundra Esports

4. $153,948 (6 percent) -- Team Falcons

5-6. $89,820 (3.5 percent) -- Cloud9

7-8. $64,127 (2.5 percent) -- BetBoom Team, Aurora

9-12. $51,281 (2 percent) -- nouns, 1w Team, HEROIC, Team Spirit

13-16. $38,540 (1.5 percent) -- Talon Esports, Team Zero, beastcoast, G2 x iG

--Field Level Media