The International 2024 - Direct Invites and The Road to TI

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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]
The remaining ten slots will be awarded to those worthy teams able to battle through the daunting Regional Qualifiers, with the final slot breakdown and dates for each region set as follows:
  • 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
    (+5 teams from Open Qualifiers)[/expand]
  • 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
    (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)[/expand]
  • 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
    (+2 teams from Open Qualifiers)[/expand]
For those of you now making plans to spectate or compete in said qualifiers, we've also got some important dates to keep in mind. The Road to The International will officially kick off with Open Qualifiers for all six regions June 3rd to 8th, followed by the Regional Qualifiers as described above.

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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