Team Falcons capture TI 2025 title in thrilling 3-2 final
Team Falcons rose as the new kings of Dota 2 after outlasting Xtreme Gaming 3-2 in a fierce Grand Final at The International (TI) 2025 in Hamburg, Germany. The win not only secured the $1.15 million first-place prize from the $2.7 million pool, but also marked coach Kurtis 'Aui_2000' Ling as the first to claim the Aegis of Champions three times.
Aui_2000โs journey spans ten years of excellence. He first held the Aegis with Evil Geniuses in 2015, then as coach of Tundra Esports in 2022, before his third victory with Falcons. This record run seals him as one of the most famed names in Dota 2โs history.
The Falconsโ path to glory was far from smooth. They opened the playoffs with a 2-0 win over Team Tidebound before pulling off bold reverse sweeps against BetBoom Team and PARIVISION. In the Grand Final, down 2-1, they rallied to take the last two games, drawing a peak of 1.77 million viewers, making it the third-highest in TI history.
The win also gave Oliver 'skiter' Lepko and Jingjun 'Sneyking' Wu their second title, while also casting light on the key work of the Falconsโ full support crew.
