The International 2024 tournament is coming soon

The International 2024, the premier annual tournament in competitive Dota 2 and the thirteenth in the series, will be held by the game's publisher, Valve, from 4 to 15 September 2024.

This year, The International 13 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the main stage hosted at the Royal Arena. Notably, only the final stage for the top 8 teams will be played in a LAN format, while the earlier stages will be conducted online as part of the “Road to The International.”

A total of 16 top teams from around the world will participate, with some receiving direct invitations and others advancing through qualifiers. The direct invites have been awarded to the top 6 teams from the season: Team Spirit, Xtreme Gaming, Team Falcons, Team Liquid, Gaimin Gladiators, and BetBoom Team.

The qualifiers are divided into two phases: open and closed. The open qualifiers are open to all, while the closed qualifiers feature the winners from the open qualifiers along with invited teams, ranging from 3 to 10 depending on the region. Notably, for The International 2024, Valve has not designated MENA as a separate region, and the slot distribution from the qualifiers is as follows:

- Western Europe: 2 slots

- Eastern Europe: 1 slot

- China: 2 slots

- Southeast Asia: 2 slots

- North America: 1 slot

- South America: 2 slots

Tournament Format

Participants:

- Six directly invited teams

- Ten teams from regional qualifiers:

  - Two teams from Western Europe, China, Southeast Asia, and South America

  - One team from Eastern Europe and North America

Group Stage:

4 - 5 September 2024 

- Four groups of four teams each

- Round-robin format

- All matches are played in a "best of two" format

- The top two teams from each group will compete against the teams finishing third and fourth from the opposite groups (A/B and C/D) in the Decider stage

- Teams finishing last in their group are eliminated

Decider Stage:

6 - 7 September 2024 

- The remaining sixteen teams will play eight matches in a "best of three" format to determine seeding for the main stage

Main Stage:

8 - 10 September (Playoffs) and 13 - 15 September (Finals) 2024

- Sixteen teams compete in a double-elimination bracket

- Eight teams start in the upper bracket, and eight in the lower bracket

- All matches, except the grand final, are played in a "best of three" format

- The grand final is played in a "best of five" format

Teams:

Europe:

- Team Liquid (Direct invite)

- Cloud9 (Western Europe)

- Tundra Esports (Western Europe)

- 1win (Eastern Europe)

- Team Spirit (Direct invite)

- BetBoom Team (Direct invite)

- Gaimin Gladiators (Direct invite)

China:

- Team Zero (China)

- G2.iG (China)

- Xtreme Gaming (Direct invite)

Southeast Asia:

- Talon Esports (Southeast Asia)

- Aurora (Southeast Asia)

North America:

- Nouns (North America)

South America:

- HEROIC (South America)

- Beastcoast (South America)

MENA:

- Team Falcons (Direct invite)