The International 2018
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The International 2018
League Information
Series:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Format:
Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$25,532,177 USD
Start Date:
2018-08-15
End Date:
2018-08-25
Version:
Teams:
18
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Circuit Tier:
Links
Chronology
The International 2018 is the concluding tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit and the eighth annual edition of The International. The tournament will be held on Canadian soil for the first time, as it moves to the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada.[1] For the first time, a point system based on official sponsored Majors and Minors were used to determine invites to The International.
Format[edit]
- Open Qualifiers - June 14th - June 17th, 2018
- 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.
- Regional Qualifiers - June 18th - June 25th, 2018
- Six Regional Qualifiers.
- The winners of each Main Qualifier will advance directly to The International.
- The runners-up of the China, Southeast Asia, and North America Main Qualifiers will advance directly to The International.
- The third place team of the North America Main Qualifiers will advance directly to The International.
- Six Regional Qualifiers.
- Group Stage - August 15th - August 18th, 2018
- 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 20th - August 25th, 2018
- 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]
- Hosts:
- Content Creators:
Kaci (Kaci Aitchison)
Hot_Bid (Ken Chen)
Pyrion Flax (Ted Forsyth)
SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
- Commentators/Analysts:
Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
GodZ (David Parker)
GrandGrant (Grant Harris)
Luminous (David Zhang)
Lyrical (Gabriel Cruz)
ODPixel (Owen Davies)
TobiWan (Toby Dawson)
TrentPax (Trent MacKenzie)
Blitz (William Lee)
BSJ (Brian Canavan)
Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
Kyle (Kyle Freedman)
syndereN (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen)
WinteR (Chan Litt Binn)
Nahaz (Alan Bester)
March (Park Tae-won)
Purge (Kevin Godec)
Black^ (Dominik Reitmeier)
- ENs/CN Interpreters:
AutumnWindz (Joshua Lee)
XiiTuzi (Helen Xu)
- Hosts:
Faker (Ivan Demkin)
CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
- Observers:
CaptainSashko (Aleksandr Halushchenko)
Limonch1Q (Khomenko Dmitriy)
- Content Creator:
Tonya (Antonina Predko)
Prize Pool[edit]
Participants[edit]
Player Info
Invited Teams[edit]
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1st | (2017)|
Preview |
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Dota Pro Circuit #2 |
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9th - 12th | (2011)|
Preview |
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Dota Pro Circuit #5 |
Regional Qualified Teams[edit]
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4th | (2016)|
Preview |
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Southeast Asia |
- 1 paiN Gaming add
MISERY as a coach on July 18th.[8]
- 2 Invictus Gaming add
BurNIng as a coach on July 27th.[9]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Standings | ||||||
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1. | Evil Geniuses | 2-1-0 | 5 | |||
2. | Team Liquid | 1-2-0 | 4 | |||
3. | Fnatic | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
4. | Mineski | 1-1-1 | 3 | |||
4. | ![]() ![]() | 0-3-0 | 3 | |||
6. | Winstrike Team | 1-0-1 | 2 | |||
7. | Invictus Gaming | 0-2-1 | 2 | |||
8. | OG | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
9. | ![]() ![]() | 0-1-2 | 1 | |||
1. | Evil Geniuses | 4-1-0 | 9 | |||
2. | Fnatic ▲1 | 1-3-0 | 5 | |||
2. | Team Liquid | 1-3-0 | 5 | |||
4. | ![]() ![]() | 1-3-1 | 5 | |||
5. | Invictus Gaming ▲2 | 0-4-1 | 4 | |||
5. | Mineski ▼1 | 1-2-2 | 4 | |||
7. | OG ▲1 | 1-1-2 | 3 | |||
7. | ![]() ![]() | 1-1-2 | 3 | |||
9. | Winstrike Team ▼3 | 1-0-3 | 2 | |||
1. | Team Liquid ▲1 | 4-3-0 | 11 | |||
2. | Evil Geniuses ▼1 | 5-1-1 | 11 | |||
3. | ![]() ![]() | 3-3-1 | 9 | |||
4. | OG ▲3 | 3-2-2 | 8 | |||
5. | Fnatic ▼3 | 1-5-1 | 7 | |||
6. | ![]() ![]() | 2-2-3 | 6 | |||
7. | Mineski ▼2 | 1-3-3 | 5 | |||
8. | Invictus Gaming ▼3 | 0-4-4 | 4 | |||
9. | Winstrike Team | 1-1-5 | 3 | |||
1. | Team Liquid | 5-3-0 | 13 | |||
2. | Evil Geniuses | 6-1-1 | 13 | |||
3. | ![]() ![]() | 4-3-1 | 11 | |||
4. | OG | 3-3-2 | 9 | |||
5. | Fnatic | 1-5-2 | 7 | |||
6. | ![]() ![]() | 2-2-4 | 6 | |||
7. | Mineski | 1-3-4 | 5 | |||
8. | Winstrike Team ▲1 | 1-2-5 | 4 | |||
9. | Invictus Gaming ▼1 | 0-4-4 | 4 |
8th - 9th Place Tiebreaker | ||||||
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8. | Winstrike Team | 2-0 | ||||
9. | Invictus Gaming | 0-2 |
Group B[edit]
Standings | ||||||
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1. | ![]() ![]() | 2-0-0 | 4 | |||
2. | Newbee | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
2. | Virtus.pro | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
4. | Team Serenity | 0-2-0 | 2 | |||
4. | TNC Predator | 1-0-1 | 2 | |||
6. | paiN Gaming | 0-1-0 | 1 | |||
7. | Team Secret | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
8. | OpTic Gaming | 0-0-1 | 0 | |||
9. | Vici Gaming | 0-0-2 | 0 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 3-1-0 | 7 | |||
2. | TNC Predator ▲2 | 2-2-1 | 6 | |||
3. | Virtus.pro ▼1 | 1-3-0 | 5 | |||
4. | Newbee ▼2 | 2-1-2 | 5 | |||
5. | Team Secret ▲2 | 0-4-1 | 4 | |||
5. | Vici Gaming ▲4 | 1-2-2 | 4 | |||
7. | OpTic Gaming ▲1 | 1-1-2 | 3 | |||
7. | paiN Gaming ▼1 | 0-3-1 | 3 | |||
7. | Team Serenity ▼3 | 0-3-1 | 3 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 4-2-0 | 10 | |||
2. | Virtus.pro ▲1 | 2-4-0 | 8 | |||
3. | TNC Predator ▼1 | 2-3-2 | 7 | |||
4. | Team Secret ▲1 | 1-4-1 | 6 | |||
5. | Newbee ▼1 | 2-2-3 | 6 | |||
6. | paiN Gaming ▲1 | 0-5-1 | 5 | |||
6. | Team Serenity ▲1 | 0-5-1 | 5 | |||
6. | Vici Gaming ▼1 | 1-3-2 | 5 | |||
9. | OpTic Gaming ▼2 | 1-2-3 | 4 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 5-2-1 | 12 | |||
2. | Virtus.pro | 3-4-1 | 10 | |||
3. | Team Secret ▲1 | 2-4-2 | 8 | |||
4. | OpTic Gaming ▲5 | 3-2-3 | 8 | |||
5. | Newbee | 3-2-3 | 8 | |||
6. | TNC Predator ▼3 | 2-3-3 | 7 | |||
7. | Team Serenity ▼1 | 1-5-2 | 7 | |||
8. | Vici Gaming ▼2 | 2-3-3 | 7 | |||
9. | paiN Gaming ▼3 | 0-5-3 | 5 |
3rd - 5th Place Tiebreaker | ||||||
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3. | Team Secret | 1-0 | ||||
4. | OpTic Gaming | 1-0 | ||||
5. | Newbee | 0-2 |
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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) Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) |