Team Falcons Exit Competitive Dota 2

Published September 8, 2026

Team Falcons have officially departed competitive Dota 2, with The International 2026 confirmed as the organization’s final tournament in the game. The announcement was made on September 6, ending the competitive chapter for a team that entered TI 2026 as the reigning world champion. The development matters because it is an organization-level exit from the discipline, rather than simply the end of one tournament run or one roster arrangement.

Falcons said it was changing its global strategic focus and would concentrate on esports ecosystems that better match its long-term plans while offering greater operational sustainability. The organization also thanked its players, staff and community for their shared journey. That explanation places the departure in a broader business direction: the Dota 2 exit was presented as part of a strategic reassessment, not as a response publicly tied to a single match, result or player change. Respawn Media reported the announcement and identified TI 2026 as the final event for the team in the title.

A Long-Standing Falcons Core

The departing Dota 2 project was notable for the continuity of its central five-player group. Across nearly all of Falcons’ history in the discipline, the core remained unchanged, giving the team an unusually stable competitive identity. That continuity is important context for the exit: the organization is leaving after maintaining the same central lineup through a sustained period of official competition, rather than after repeatedly rebuilding around short-lived lineups. The coaching setup also retained a long connection to that group after Aui_2000 joined the organization.

That stable five played 799 official matches together, a figure described as the record for one unchanged five-player roster in professional Dota 2 history. Falcons won 523 of those matches, producing a 65.46% win rate. These numbers provide a defined measure of the roster’s competitive body of work without requiring assumptions about what might have happened next. They also show why the team’s exit closes a substantial period rather than a brief experiment: the same group accumulated hundreds of official appearances while representing Falcons. The record belongs to the five as a unit, which is the relevant distinction in the source material.

Titles, Final TI and the Roster Timeline

Falcons’ biggest achievement was winning The International 2025, where the team secured its first and, at the time reported, only Aegis of Champions. Its wider record also included victories at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024, DreamLeague Season 22, DreamLeague Season 23, ESL One Birmingham 2024 and DreamLeague Season 24. In 2024, the team finished third at Riyadh Masters. Over its time in Dota 2, Falcons earned approximately $7.3 million to $7.5 million in prize money, with the precise total varying by statistical database and calculation method. Liquipedia listed about $7.46 million, including individual player prizes earned while representing the organization, while other databases placed the figure near $7.27 million.

• November 2023: Falcons assembled the five-player roster of skiter, Malr1ne, ATF, Cr1t- and Sneyking.
• January 2024: Aui_2000 joined Falcons, beginning a coaching association that remained tied to the long-running lineup.

The International event	Confirmed competitive outcome
The International 2025	Falcons beat Xtreme Gaming 3:2 in the final to win the organization’s first and only reported Aegis of Champions.
The International 2026	Falcons lost to Nigma Galaxy in the upper bracket and Team Liquid in the lower bracket, finishing in 7–8th place.

The organization’s exit also changes the immediate status of its former roster. After Falcons’ departure, skiter, Malr1ne, ATF and Sneyking are on the free-agent market. Cr1t-’s future in professional Dota 2 remains a separate question, as he had previously hinted at a possible retirement. With The International 2026 serving as Falcons’ final tournament, the announcement closes the competitive chapter for a lineup assembled in November 2023.