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Analysis articleTI15 China qualifier wrap: TR and VG qualify, YB fall in the last gameThe TI15 China Regional Qualifier is over. Team Resilience and Vici Gaming finished first and second to qualify for The International 2026, while Yakutou Brothers ended third. YB’s final day had two very different losses: TR shut them down from draft to game state, but against VG they had a real chance, especially in a Game 3 where they held a huge lead before losing after 92 minutes and 56 seconds.Event Recap · 2026-06-20Read article >>Event Recap · 2026-06-17TI15 China Qualifier Day Three: VG eliminate Team Refuser, three teams chase two slotsAs of 2026-06-17, only Team Resilience, Yakutou Brothers and Vici Gaming remain in the TI15 China Regional Qualifier. VG beat Cloud Rising 2-0, then eliminated Team Refuser 2-1 in the lower bracket semifinal. Refuser did not reach the final day, and Monet’s latest TI qualifier exit brings back the old comparison with Ame: two early Chinese carry hopes whose careers later diverged sharply in results.Read article >>Event Recap · 2026-06-17TI15 China Qualifier Day 2: VG drop to the lower bracket as YB and Resilience take controlDay 2 of the TI15 China Regional Qualifier ended with two 2-0 upper-bracket semifinals. Team Resilience defeated Team Refuser, Yakutou Brothers defeated Vici Gaming, and Resilience will meet YB in the upper-bracket final. VG have dropped to the lower bracket and must start their run against Cloud Rising if they want to keep chasing one of China’s two TI15 main-event slots.Read article >>Event Recap · 2026-06-16TI15 China Qualifier Day 1 recap: four 2-0s put VG and YB in controlThe TI15 China Regional Qualifier began on June 15, 2026, with four opening BO3 series all ending 2-0: Team Refuser over Roar Gaming, Team Resilience over Cloud Rising, Yakutou Brothers over Game Master, and Vici Gaming over Grey Track. The scorelines look tidy, but the details differ: Team Refuser won the longest game of the day before speeding up, YB closed both games against Game Master before 26 minutes, and VG needed a 44-minute opener before a much faster second game.Read article >>TI15 Preview · 2026-06-13TI15 China Qualifier Preview: Five Open Qualifier Teams Enter, VG And The Star Rosters Have No Safety NetThe TI15 China open qualifiers are over, and the closed qualifier runs from June 15 to June 18, 2026. Eight teams will play for two TI15 main-event slots. Because Yakutou Brothers lost their closed-qualifier invite due to roster changes, the final field is three invited teams plus five teams from the open qualifiers.Read article >>TI15 Preview · 2026-06-11TI15 China Open Qualifier Day Two: Yakutou Brothers Take First Seed, Team Refuser AdvanceDay two of the first TI15 China Open Qualifier ended with Yakutou Brothers and Team Refuser advancing to The International 2026 China regional qualifier. Yakutou Brothers beat Cloud Dawning, NGNB, and Team Refuser to take the first seed, while Team Refuser defeated Game Master 2-1 in the qualification match to claim the second seed. The main read from day two is clear: the open qualifier is not only about star IDs, but also about BO3 consistency, discipline, and team cohesion.Read article >>TI15 Preview · 2026-06-10TI15 China Open Qualifier Day One: Veteran Stacks Arrive, Team Refuser, GM and YB AdvanceThe TI15 China qualifier opened with Xtreme Gaming already directly invited and two regional slots still available. Day one drew attention because several teams were built around former pros, star names, and past TI champions. Team Refuser, Game Master, and Yakutou Brothers all advanced 2-0, Five Old Stars lost 1-2 to jx.gaming, and Jianlai! reportedly forfeited after players failed to appear on time.Read article >>TI15 Preview · 2026-05-28TI15 Direct Invite Analysis: Seven Teams Reach Shanghai, Three Contenders Still Face QualifiersValve has named seven direct invites for TI15: Aurora, BoomBoys, Falcons, Liquid, Tundra, Xtreme Gaming, and Team Yandex. The debate starts with PARIVISION, Team Spirit, and MOUZ, all top-10 EPT teams, being left out. Once those three are included in the power ranking, the title race looks led by Tundra, PARIVISION, Liquid, Aurora, and Spirit.Read article >>Event Recap · 2026-05-24XG Fall to Tundra in the Top Eight: Strong Lanes, Sharper Wins NeededXG lost 1:2 to Tundra Esports in the second lower-bracket round of DreamLeague Season 29 and finished in the top eight. Their laning phase still produced real advantages, often giving them economy and tower pressure before 20 minutes, but vision control, tempo conversion, and core protection remain the main problems to solve.Read article >>Event Recap · 2026-05-22VG Exit DreamLeague S29: The Roster Adjustment Is Pressing Into the TI15 Run-UpVG were eliminated from DreamLeague Season 29 after a 1:2 loss to BetBoom Team in the first lower-bracket round. Moving from planet to XinQ raised the roster’s experience and ceiling, but the support-style shift is still being absorbed. With TI15 getting closer, VG need a deeper run at the next high-level event, ideally a top-four finish, to strengthen any direct-invite argument.Read article >>Event Recap · 2026-05-21XG 2-1 Liquid: A Win That Stopped the PatternXG eliminated Team Liquid 2:1 in the first lower-bracket round of DreamLeague Season 29. The result mattered beyond survival: after a flat group-stage finish, XG found a repeatable structure built around dual-core damage, Xxs as the teamfight anchor, and active support play from fy and xNova.Read article >>TI15 Preview · 2026-05-16VG TI15 Preview: Reading Their Form After the ESL China TitleVG’s ESL China title puts shiro, Xm, Bach, XinQ, and y` back into the TI15 conversation. The result is a strong form signal, but EWC qualification is not TI15 qualification.Read article >>TI15 Preview · 2026-05-16XG TI15 Preview: Form Signals After PGL Wallachia S8XG finished PGL Wallachia S8 at 2-3 in the Swiss stage, 6W-6L on maps, and 9th-11th overall. It was not a collapse, but for a roster with Ame, NothingToSay, Xxs, fy, and xNova, the stability question before TI15 is clear.Read article >>