The International 2018
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The International 2018
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Prize pool:
$25,532,177 USD
Start Date:
2018-08-15
End Date:
2018-08-25
Version:
Teams:
18
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
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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)
- Commentator/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)
- EN/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]
The initial prize pool of the tournament is $1,600,000 USD.
An additional 25% of all Battle Pass sales are added to the total prize pool.[6] These sales include Battle Pass purchases at multiple levels as well as points purchases used to level up the Battle Pass in game.
The current total prize pool is $25,532,177 USD ($23,932,177 USD added).[6]
Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
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$11,234,158 | 44% | OG |
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$4,085,148 | 16% | ![]() ![]() |
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$2,680,879 | 10.5% | Evil Geniuses |
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$1,787,252 | 7% | Team Liquid |
5th-6th | $1,148,948 | 4.5% | Virtus.pro |
Team Secret | |||
7th-8th | $638,304 | 2.5% | OpTic Gaming |
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9th-12th | $382,983 | 1.5% | Team Serenity |
Mineski | |||
Winstrike Team | |||
Vici Gaming | |||
13th-16th | $127,661 | 0.5% | Fnatic |
TNC Predator | |||
Newbee | |||
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17th-18th | $63,830 | 0.25% | Invictus Gaming |
paiN Gaming |
Participants[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
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C | ![]() |
9 - 12th | |
Preview |
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Dota Pro Circuit #5 |
Qualified Teams[edit]
- 1 paiN Gaming add
MISERY as a coach on July 18th.[7]
- 2 Invictus Gaming add
BurNIng as a coach on July 27th.[8]
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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Main Event[edit]
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Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) Team Liquid 2 OpTic Gaming 0 Virtus.pro 0 ![]() ![]() 2 ![]() ![]() 0 OG 2 Evil Geniuses 2 Team Secret 0 Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) Team Liquid 0 ![]() ![]() 2 OG 2 Evil Geniuses 1 Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Fnatic 0 Team Serenity 1 TNC Predator 0 Mineski 1 Newbee 0 Winstrike Team 1 ![]() ![]() 0 Vici Gaming 1 Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) OpTic Gaming 2 Team Serenity 0 Virtus.pro 2 Mineski 0 ![]() ![]() 2 Winstrike Team 0 Team Secret 2 Vici Gaming 1 Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) OpTic Gaming 1 Virtus.pro 2 ![]() ![]() 0 Team Secret 2 Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) Evil Geniuses 2 Virtus.pro 0 Team Liquid 2 Team Secret 0 Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Evil Geniuses 2 Team Liquid 0 Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) ![]() ![]() 2 Evil Geniuses 0 Additional Data[edit]Statistics[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
Viewership Stats[edit]
Additional Content[edit]Streams[edit]Viewing parties[edit]Not every fan can make the journey to Vancouver to witness the tournament in person. To help fans around the world connect with each other for their own celebratory Dota event - an official listing of Pubstomp viewing events is provided by Barcraft United. Previews[edit]Starting on August 8th, Valve released a series of videos recapping the 18 teams' path to The International 2018.[10]
Interviews[edit]
Team Profiles[edit]
Reviews[edit]
Other Videos[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
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