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With The International 2022 (TI11) Last Chance Qualifiers (LCQ) slowly approaching, many within the community were giving out their predictions for the upcoming event. This includes famous Dota 2 professional players and personalities such as Tundra Esports’s Oliver "skiter" Lepko & Neta "33" Shapira, OG’s Ammar "ATF'' Al-Assaf, and Dota 2 livestreamer Janne "Gorgc" Stefanovski.
While all of them agreed that the Last Chance Qualifiers will be competitive, each of them gave their own predictions on which two teams will most likely advance into the TI11 Group Stage.
Gorgc predicts Team Secret & Outsiders to advance from the LCQ, others disagree
Gorgc recently did a watchalong on the TI11 Western Europe (WEU) Regional Qualifier, alongside OG’s ATF and Tundra’s skiter & 33 on his Twitch channel. Following the conclusion of the TI11 WEU Qualifiers, Gorgc went on to browse the Last Chance Qualifiers on Liquipedia as he wanted to see the final twelve teams that will be competing in the LCQ.
While all four of them agreed that the Last Chance Qualifiers will be competitive due to the quality of the teams participating, all of them had their own predictions on which two teams may advance into TI11’s Group Stage.
Gorgc was the first one to give out his prediction, saying that Team Secret and Outsiders will be the teams most likely to advance while also suggesting that Team Liquid might be able to contest for the spot.
“I think my top two teams are Secret and Outsiders. Nothing controversial, but I think Liquid might be able to make the cut. But those are my picks for the LCQ.” said Gorgc.
While ATF agreed with Gorgc’s predictions, the Tundra Esports duo disagreed on the prediction. Skiter gave his prediction saying that the Chinese team of Xtreme Gaming will advance from the LCQ, alongside one of the Western Europe teams - Team Liquid or Secret.
“I think it’s going to be Xtreme Gaming plus one WEU team [Secret/Liquid].” said skiter.
Skiter’s teammate, 33 interjected his opinion by saying that Southeast Asia’s T1 should not be counted out by the other three as the duo of Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen and Anathan "ana" Pham tend to perform extremely well at The International.
The Last Chance Qualifiers will begin in a couple of weeks, as the second and third place teams from each regional qualifier will compete against each other for the remaining two spots at TI11, and they shall commence on 8th October. Which two teams will advance?
