The International 2019
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The International 2019
League Information
Series:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Format:
Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$34,330,068 USD
Start Date:
2019-08-15
End Date:
2019-08-25
Version:
Teams:
18
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Circuit Tier:
Links
Chronology
The International 2019 is the concluding tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit and the ninth annual edition of The International. The tournament will be held on Chinese soil for the first time, as it moves to the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.[1] Following the previous year format, a point system based on official sponsored Majors and Minors will be used to determine the twelve invites to The International.[2]
Format[edit]
- Teams
- 12 teams qualify through Dota Pro Circuit
- 6 teams qualify through Regional Qualifiers: one team each from China, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, CIS, and Europe[3]
- Open Qualifiers - July 3rd - July 6th, 2019
- Single-elimination bracket for Regional Qualifiers
- Regional Qualifiers - July 7th - July 14th, 2019
- Bo1 round-robin Group Stage to advance to Playoffs
- Double-elimination Playoffs, the winner qualifies to TI
- Group Stage - August 15th - August 18th, 2019
- 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, 2019
- 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.
- Click here for a detailed explanation of the Main Stage format
- Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination format over six days.
For the full rules, see here
- Upper Bracket
- Top four teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Upper Bracket.
- The 1st place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th placed team in the opposite group.
- The 2nd place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 1st place.
- All Upper Bracket games are Bo3
- For the first round, the higher-seeded team has Selection Priority in games 1 and 3
- In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by a coin toss and alternates for the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
- Lower Bracket
- 5th-8th placed teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Lower Bracket.
- The 5th place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 7th or 8th placed team in the opposite group.
- The 6th place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 5th place.
- First round is played in a Bo1 then all matches are played in a Bo3.
- The higher seeded team has Selection Priority for the first round Bo1 game
- In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by a coin toss and alternates for the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
- Grand Finals
- Grand Finals is played in a Bo5 with no game advantage.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Hosts:
Redeye (Paul Chaloner)
Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
Richard (Richard Campbell)
SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
Kaci (Kaci Aitchison)
- Hosts:
Faker (Ivan Demkin)
CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
DonStepan (Stepan Shulga)
- Content Creator:
Tonya (Antonina Predko)
- EN/RU Interpreter:
AbsoKulikov (Oleg Kulikov)
- Analysts:
- Analysts:
Ferrari_430 (Luo Feichi)
LavenderAA (Li Qiming)
Ams (Chen Juan)
xiao8 (Zhang Ning)
璨璨cc (Shi Cancan)
跳刀跳刀丶 (Zhou Yang)
iceice (Li Peng)
Yuno (Wang Jing)
DC (Dong Can)
BurNIng (Xu Zhilei)
Sccc (Song Chun)
Faith_bian (Zhang Ruida)
The talent for the Spanish broadcast was announced on August 12, 2019.[5]
Prize Pool[edit]
Participants[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
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1st | (2017)|
Preview |
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Dota Pro Circuit #5 |
Regional Qualified Teams[edit]
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13th - 16th | (2017)|
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South America |
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9th - 12th | (2018)|
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Southeast Asia |
- 1 Forward Gaming ceased operations on July 21st.[8] The roster is picked up by Newbee on July 24th.[9]
- 2 Mineski added
Mushi as a coach on August 12th.[10]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Standings | ||||||
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1. | Team Secret | 3-0-0 | 6 | |||
2. | ![]() ![]() | 2-1-0 | 5 | |||
3. | TNC Predator | 1-1-1 | 3 | |||
4. | Mineski | 1-0-1 | 2 | |||
4. | Newbee | 1-0-1 | 2 | |||
6. | Keen Gaming | 1-0-2 | 2 | |||
6. | Team Liquid | 1-0-2 | 2 | |||
8. | Alliance | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
9. | Chaos Esports Club | 0-1-2 | 1 | |||
1. | Team Secret | 4-0-0 | 8 | |||
2. | ![]() ![]() | 3-2-0 | 8 | |||
3. | Mineski ▲1 | 2-1-1 | 5 | |||
4. | TNC Predator ▼1 | 1-3-1 | 5 | |||
5. | Alliance ▲3 | 1-2-1 | 4 | |||
5. | Newbee ▼1 | 1-2-1 | 4 | |||
7. | Team Liquid ▼1 | 1-1-3 | 3 | |||
8. | Keen Gaming ▼2 | 1-0-4 | 2 | |||
9. | Chaos Esports Club | 0-1-3 | 1 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 5-2-0 | 12 | |||
2. | Team Secret ▼1 | 4-2-1 | 10 | |||
3. | Newbee ▲2 | 2-4-1 | 8 | |||
4. | Mineski ▼1 | 2-3-2 | 7 | |||
5. | Alliance | 1-5-1 | 7 | |||
5. | TNC Predator ▼1 | 1-5-1 | 7 | |||
7. | Team Liquid | 2-2-3 | 6 | |||
8. | Keen Gaming | 2-1-5 | 5 | |||
9. | Chaos Esports Club | 0-2-5 | 2 | |||
1. | ![]() ![]() | 5-3-0 | 13 | |||
2. | Team Secret | 4-3-1 | 11 | |||
3. | Newbee | 2-5-1 | 9 | |||
4. | TNC Predator ▲1 | 2-5-1 | 9 | |||
5. | Alliance | 1-6-1 | 8 | |||
6. | Mineski ▼2 | 2-4-2 | 8 | |||
7. | Team Liquid | 2-2-4 | 6 | |||
8. | Keen Gaming | 2-1-5 | 5 | |||
9. | Chaos Esports Club | 0-3-5 | 3 |
Group B[edit]
Standings | ||||||
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1. | Vici Gaming | 2-0-0 | 4 | |||
2. | OG | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
2. | Virtus.pro | 1-1-0 | 3 | |||
4. | Fnatic | 1-0-1 | 2 | |||
4. | Natus Vincere | 0-2-0 | 2 | |||
6. | Evil Geniuses | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
6. | Royal Never Give Up | 0-1-1 | 1 | |||
8. | Infamous | 0-0-1 | 0 | |||
8. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 0-0-1 | 0 | |||
1. | OG ▲1 | 4-1-0 | 9 | |||
2. | Natus Vincere ▲2 | 2-3-0 | 7 | |||
2. | Vici Gaming ▼1 | 3-1-1 | 7 | |||
4. | Evil Geniuses ▲2 | 2-1-2 | 5 | |||
5. | Infamous ▲3 | 1-2-1 | 4 | |||
6. | Fnatic ▼2 | 1-1-2 | 3 | |||
6. | Virtus.pro ▼4 | 1-1-2 | 3 | |||
8. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 0-1-3 | 1 | |||
8. | Royal Never Give Up ▼2 | 0-1-3 | 1 | |||
1. | OG | 6-1-0 | 13 | |||
2. | Vici Gaming | 3-2-1 | 8 | |||
3. | Natus Vincere ▼1 | 2-3-2 | 7 | |||
4. | Evil Geniuses | 2-2-2 | 6 | |||
5. | Fnatic ▲1 | 2-1-3 | 5 | |||
5. | Infamous | 1-3-2 | 5 | |||
5. | Royal Never Give Up ▲3 | 2-1-3 | 5 | |||
5. | Virtus.pro ▲1 | 2-1-3 | 5 | |||
9. | Ninjas in Pyjamas ▼1 | 0-2-4 | 2 | |||
1. | OG | 6-2-0 | 14 | |||
2. | Vici Gaming | 4-3-1 | 11 | |||
3. | Evil Geniuses ▲1 | 3-3-2 | 9 | |||
4. | Virtus.pro ▲1 | 3-2-3 | 8 | |||
5. | Infamous | 1-5-2 | 7 | |||
6. | Fnatic ▼1 | 3-1-4 | 7 | |||
7. | Natus Vincere ▼4 | 2-3-3 | 7 | |||
8. | Royal Never Give Up ▼3 | 2-2-4 | 6 | |||
9. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 0-3-5 | 3 |
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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) |