Team Winstrike on the way to DOTA 2 TI8
Today the CIS Regional Qualifiers has Officially ended, with Team Winstrike who knowing before as FlyToMoon, to earns the only one spot to the biggest event of the year TI8 after the win today.
Team Winstrike, previously known as FlyToMoon, have successfully nabbed the only spot through the CIS Regional Qualifiers to the biggest event of the year TI8 after defeated Team ESPADA with 3-1.
Winstrike have earned the slot to represent CIS Dota this August at The International 2018. Congratulations. #TI8 pic.twitter.com/1O8nr5xrvB
— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) June 21, 2018
Team Winstrike have qualified by defeating well-known and stacked teams such as ESPADA, Team Spirit and Team Empire. As one of the two teams to receive direct invites to the Regional Qualifiers of the CIS region, besides Vega Squadron, they proved their worth and showed some unique and impressive plays.
Formed only a few months ago in the mid-season roster shuffle of the Dota Pro Circuit, FlyToMoon (original name) made their mark on the professional scene as one of the strongest teams from the region.
Their most significant and well-known run at a DPC event was at EPICENTER XL, where they placed 3rd, and an unprecedented result considering the caliber of teams that participated at the tournament. They defeated Virtus.pro in the lower brackets before being eliminated by Team Liquid.
Team Winstrike roster:
- Russia Airat “Silent” Gaziev
- Ukraine Bogdan “Iceberg” Vasilenko
- Russia Alexey “nongrata”‘ Vasilev
- Russia Alexander “Nofear” Churochkin
- Ukraine Andrey “ALWAYSWANNAFLY” Bondarenko
For remember, only Team Winstrike will represent the CIS in TI8 this year.
