Between a massive 7.36 update and Act II of Crownfall, there were a lot of big announcements vying for your attention last week, so we decided to give everybody a few days to process everything before we posted any more big Dota news. But now a new week is upon us, and we're happy to turn our focus from the in-game experience to pro Dota, with the the announcement of the six direct invites to this year's The International!
Read on for that unveiling, as well as details on the qualifying road for those still fighting to earn the last ten spots in Copenhagen.
From Dubai to Birmingham to Bucharest and beyond, the year has been packed with top-tier Dota tournaments. Befitting their dominant performances across the year so far, we're happy to invite the following teams directly to The International 2024:
- Team Spirit
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Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk
Denis "Larl" Sigitov
Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov
Myroslav "Mira" Kolpakov
Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov[/expand]
- Xtreme Gaming
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Wang "Ame" Chunyu
Guo "Xm" Hongcheng
Lin "Xxs" Jing
Zhao "XinQ" Zixing
Ding "Dy" Cong[/expand]
- Team Falcons
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Oliver "skiter" Lepko
Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak
Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf
Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen
Wu "Sneyking" Jingjun[/expand]
- Team Liquid
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Michael "miCKe" Vu
Michał "Nisha" Jankowski
Neta "33" Shapira
Samuel "Boxi" Svahn
Aydin "Insania" Sarkohi[/expand]
- Gaimin Gladiators
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Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov
Quinn "Quinn" Callahan
Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard
Erik "tOfu" Engel
Melchior "Seleri" Hillenkamp[/expand]
- BetBoom Team
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Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko
Danil "gpk" Skutin
Matvey "MieRo`" Vasyunin
Vitalie "Save-" Melnic
Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Khertek[/expand]
- China and North America - June 9th to 13th
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China (2 slots)
Azure Ray
G2.iG
LGD Gaming
Team Bright
Team Zero
Dark Horse
(+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)
North America (1 slot)
Shopify Rebellion
Nouns
La Correntada
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- Eastern Europe + South America - June 14th to 18th
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Eastern Europe (1 slot)
Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro
1win
L1GA TEAM
Night Pulse
Nemiga Gaming
One Move
Yellow Submarine
9Pandas
(+3 teams from Open Qualifiers)
South America (2 slots)
HEROIC
beastcoast
BOOM Esports
Midas Club
Infinity
Leviatán
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- Southeast Asia + Western Europe - June 19th to 23rd
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Southeast Asia (2 slots)
Aurora
Blacklist International
Talon Esports
Neon Esports
Execration
Bleed Esports
MANTA Esports
Salvation Gaming
(+4 teams from Open Qualifiers)
Western Europe (2 slots)
Tundra Esports
PSG Quest
OG
Team Secret
Entity
MOUZ
NAVI Junior
Nigma Galaxy
Rest Farmers
JustBetter
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Once all the initial dust has settled and the tournament field has been filled out, the Road to the International will continue when all sixteen teams meet in Copenhagen. The two-day Group Stage will commence Wednesday, September 4th, immediately followed by the five-day Playoffs, a studio production that will run through Tuesday, September 10th,
The International itself will be held in Copenhagen's Royal Arena, with the top eight teams slated to take the main stage from Friday, September 13th through Sunday, September 15th. Fans hoping to attend in person will be able to purchase tickets starting Monday, June 10th. Set your reminders now, and we'll see you when qualifiers start next Monday, June 3rd.
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