The International 2017
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The International 2017
League Information
Series:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Location:
SeattleVenue:
KeyArena
Format:
Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$24,787,916 USD
Start Date:
2017-08-02
End Date:
2017-08-12
Version:
Teams:
18
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology
The International 2017 is the third Major of the 2017 season and the seventh annual edition of The International. The tournament was hosted in Seattle for the sixth consecutive year. The Main Event took place for the fourth consecutive time at KeyArena, a multi-purpose arena in Seattle Center with a total seating capacity of over 17,000.
Format[edit]
- Champions Qualifiers - June 20th - June 22nd, 2017
- Four Regional Champions Qualifiers.
- The winners of each Champions Qualifier will advance to the respective Main Qualifier.
- Four Regional Champions Qualifiers.
- Open Qualifiers - June 22nd - June 26th, 2017[1]
- Twelve Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region.
- The winners of each Open Qualifier will advance to the respective Main Qualifier.
- Twelve Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region.
- Main Qualifiers - June 26th - June 30th, 2017[1]
- Six Regional Qualifiers.
- The winners of each Main Qualifier will advance directly to The International.
- The runners-up of the Europe, China, Southeast Asia, and North America Main Qualifiers will advance directly to The International.
- The third place team of the China and Southeast Asia Main Qualifiers will advance directly to The International.
- Six Regional Qualifiers.
- Group Stage - August 2nd - August 5th, 2017
- All eighteen teams are divided into two groups where they play in a Round Robin format.
- All matches are played in a Bo2.
- The top four teams in each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the Main Event.
- The bottom team in each group is eliminated.
- The remaining teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the Main Event.
- All eighteen teams are divided into two groups where they play in a Round Robin format.
- Main Event - August 7th - August 12th, 2017
- Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination format over six days.
- Eight teams begin in the Upper Bracket, eight in the Lower Bracket.
- First Lower Bracket round is Bo1, Grand Finals are Bo5, all others rounds are Bo3.
- Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination format over six days.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Interviewers:
- Kaci (Kaci Aitchison)
- SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
- EN/CN Interpreters:
AutumnWindz (Joshua Lee)- KBBQ (Jack Chen)
- Commentators:
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- Draskyl (Andy Lee Stiles)
- Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
GoDz (David Parker)- LD (David Gorman)
- Lyrical (Gabriel Cruz)
- Luminous (David Zhang)
- Merlini (Ben Wu)
ODPixel (Owen Davies)- Purge (Kevin Godec)
Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
syndereN (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen)- TobiWan (Toby Dawson)
WinteR (Chan Litt Binn)
- Analysts:
- Content Creators:
- Hot_Bid (Ken Chen)
- PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
- Newbie Stream:
- Torte De Lini (Michael Cohen)
- 1
AdmiralBulldog was invited to be part of the English talent, but could not attend the event due to visa issues.
- Host:
Faker (Ivan Demkin)
- Observers:
CaptainSashko (Aleksandr Halushchenko)- 4ce (Nikita Kotkov)
- Adekvat (Rustam Mavliutov)
- Statsman:
- Leo (Oleh Povar)
- EN/RU Interpreter:
- Tonya (Antonina Predko)
- 2 Resolut1on was originally invited as a Russian analyst, but chose to compete with Team Empire after Chappie was unable to secure a visa in time.
The talent for the Spanish broadcast was announced on August 04, 2017.[4]
- Hosts:
Ndree (Andree Santillán)
The Azathoth (Carlos Rios)- Nunü (Danna Ben Haim)
- Observer:
- Glem (Glem Rafaile Camacho)
Prize Pool[edit]
The initial prize pool of the tournament was $1,600,000 USD.
An additional 25% of all TI 7 Battle Pass sales are added to the total prize pool.[5]
The current total prize pool is $24,787,916 USD ($23,187,916 USD added).[6]
$100,000 of the prize pool is awarded to the winner of the All-Star Match.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Team Liquid (from left to right):
Miracle-, MATUMBAMAN, KuroKy, MinD_ContRoL and GH
Participants[edit]
Player Info
Invited Teams[edit]
| 1 |  MATUMBAMAN |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Miracle- |
| 3 |  MinD_ContRoL |
| 4 |  GH |
| 5 |  KuroKy |
| C |  Heen |
7th - 8th  (2016) | |
| Preview | |
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| Invited | |
Qualified Teams[edit]
| 1 |  EternaLEnVy |
|---|---|
| 2 | FATA- |
| 3 | MSS |
| 4 | Aui_2000 |
| 5 | pieliedie |
| C | Stan King |
| 5th - 6th (2014) | |
| Preview | |
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| North America | |
- 1 Hellraisers signed Planet Dog on July 20th.[7]
- 2 Cloud9 signed Team NP on July 20th.[8]
- 3 Chappie was unable to secure a visa. He was replaced by Resolut1on.[3]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | LGD Gaming | 3-0-0 | 6 | |||
| 2. | Team Liquid | 2-1-0 | 5 | |||
| 3. |  TNC Pro Team | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
| 4. |  Evil Geniuses | 0-3-0 | 3 | |||
| 5. |  Infamous | 0-2-0 | 2 | |||
| 6. |  Team Empire | 0-2-1 | 2 | |||
| 6. |   Team Secret | 0-2-1 | 2 | |||
| 8. |   iG Vitality | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
| 9. |  Fnatic | 0-0-3 | 0 | |||
| 1. | Team Liquid▲1 | 3-2-0 | 8 | |||
| 2. | LGD Gaming▼1 | 3-1-1 | 7 | |||
| 3. | Evil Geniuses▲1 | 1-3-0 | 5 | |||
| 3. | TNC Pro Team | 1-3-0 | 5 | |||
| 5. | iG Vitality▲3 | 1-2-1 | 4 | |||
| 6. | Team Secret | 0-4-1 | 4 | |||
| 7. | Infamous▼2 | 0-3-1 | 3 | |||
| 8. | Team Empire▼2 | 0-3-2 | 3 | |||
| 9. | Fnatic | 0-1-3 | 1 | |||
| 1. | Team Liquid | 4-3-0 | 11 | |||
| 2. | LGD Gaming | 4-2-1 | 10 | |||
| 3. | Evil Geniuses | 2-5-0 | 9 | |||
| 3. | TNC Pro Team | 2-5-0 | 9 | |||
| 5. | iG Vitality | 1-5-1 | 7 | |||
| 5. | Team Secret▲1 | 1-5-1 | 7 | |||
| 7. | Team Empire▲1 | 1-4-3 | 6 | |||
| 8. | Infamous▼1 | 0-3-4 | 3 | |||
| 9. | Fnatic | 0-2-5 | 2 | |||
| 1. | Team Liquid | 5-3-0 | 13 | |||
| 2. | LGD Gaming | 5-2-1 | 12 | |||
| 3. | Evil Geniuses | 3-5-0 | 11 | |||
| 4. | TNC Pro Team▼1 | 2-5-1 | 9 | |||
| 5. | Team Secret | 1-5-2 | 7 | |||
| 6. | iG Vitality▼1 | 1-5-2 | 7 | |||
| 7. | Team Empire | 1-4-3 | 6 | |||
| 8. | Infamous | 1-3-4 | 5 | |||
| 9. | Fnatic | 0-2-6 | 2 | |||
Group B[edit]
| Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | LGD.Forever Young | 2-0-0 | 4 | |||
| 2. | Newbee | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
| 2. |  OG | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
| 2. |  Virtus.pro | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
| 5. |   Invictus Gaming | 0-1-0 | 1 | |||
| 6. |  Digital Chaos | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
| 6. |  Execration | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
| 8. |  HellRaisers | 0-0-1 | 0 | |||
| 9. |  Cloud9 | 0-0-2 | 0 | |||
| 1. | LGD.Forever Young | 5-0-0 | 10 | |||
| 2. | Virtus.pro | 2-2-1 | 6 | |||
| 3. | Newbee▼1 | 2-2-0 | 6 | |||
| 4. | OG▼2 | 2-2-1 | 6 | |||
| 5. | Invictus Gaming | 1-2-1 | 4 | |||
| 6. | Digital Chaos | 1-1-2 | 3 | |||
| 7. | Execration▼1 | 0-3-2 | 3 | |||
| 8. | Cloud9▲1 | 0-1-3 | 1 | |||
| 8. | HellRaisers | 0-1-3 | 1 | |||
| 1. | LGD.Forever Young | 6-1-0 | 13 | |||
| 2. | Newbee▲1 | 3-2-1 | 8 | |||
| 2. | Virtus.pro | 3-2-1 | 8 | |||
| 4. | Invictus Gaming▲1 | 2-3-1 | 7 | |||
| 4. | OG | 2-3-1 | 7 | |||
| 6. | Digital Chaos | 2-2-2 | 6 | |||
| 7. | Execration | 0-4-3 | 4 | |||
| 8. | Cloud9 | 0-2-4 | 2 | |||
| 9. | HellRaisers▼1 | 0-1-5 | 1 | |||
| 1. | LGD.Forever Young | 6-2-0 | 14 | |||
| 2. | Newbee | 4-3-1 | 11 | |||
| 3. | Virtus.pro▼1 | 3-4-1 | 10 | |||
| 4. | Invictus Gaming | 3-4-1 | 10 | |||
| 5. | OG▼1 | 2-5-1 | 9 | |||
| 6. | Cloud9▲2 | 2-2-4 | 6 | |||
| 7. | Digital Chaos▼1 | 2-2-4 | 6 | |||
| 8. | Execration▼1 | 0-5-3 | 5 | |||
| 9. | HellRaisers | 0-1-7 | 1 | |||
| Color key |
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| Upper Bracket Seed |
| Lower Bracket Seed |
| Eliminated |
Main Event[edit]
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Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) Grand Final (Bo5) 1 2 1 2 August 7, 2017 - 10:35 PDT       30m33s          41m45s        40m05s     
          2 0 2 0 August 7, 2017 - 14:05 PDT    37m28s         52m49s  
1 2 1 2 August 9, 2017 - 15:00 PDT   48m05s     39m18s    48m20s   
2 0 2 0 August 8, 2017 - 10:40 PDT  61m34s   33m07s  
0 2 0 2 August 8, 2017 - 13:20 PDT   24m28s    28m46s  
2 0 2 0 August 9, 2017 - 19:00 PDT    26m46s   52m46s 
2 1 2 1 August 11, 2017 - 12:50 PDT  52m22s  33m54s   48m10s
Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) 1 0 1 0 August 7, 2017 - 16:50 PDT   34m09s  
2 1 2 1 August 8, 2017 - 15:15 PDT 27m56s  34m43s  35m34s 
0 1 0 1 August 7, 2017 - 18:20 PDT    62m04s
0 2 0 2 August 8, 2017 - 18:25 PDT 60m17s 52m44s
2 0 2 0 August 10, 2017 - 10:25 PDT 34m02s    30m27s 
1 2 1 2 August 10, 2017 - 15:30 PDT 103m33s 36m48s  46m10s
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