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The International 2021

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[e][h]The International 2021
League Information
Organizers:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Location:
Romania Bucharest
Format:
Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$40,018,195 USD
Start Date:
2021-10-07
End Date:
2021-10-17
Version:
Teams:
18
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Circuit Tier:
Links
Chronology


The International 2021 is the concluding tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit and the tenth annual edition of The International which returns to Europe for the first time since 2011. The invite format is similar to the format used for the preceding International, whereby a point system based on official sponsored Regional Leagues and Majors will be used to determine the teams invited to The International.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from August 18th to 23rd, 2020 in Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Valve delayed the event to 2021 tentatively.[2] Valve later announced that the event will take place on August 5th to 15th, 2021.[3] However, due to issue with hosting the tournament in Sweden, Valve announced the tournament will take place from October 7th to 17th in Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania.[4][5]

Format[edit]

  • Participants
    • 12 teams qualify through Dota Pro Circuit
    • 6 teams qualify through Regional Qualifiers; one team each from North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, China and Southeast Asia[6]
  • Group Stage - October 7th - October 10th, 2021
    • Two round robin groups of nine teams each
    • All series are Bo2
    • Top four teams in each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the Main Event
    • 5th-8th place teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the Main Event
    • Remaining teams in each group are eliminated
    • Click here for tiebreaker rules
  • If there is a tie along the Upper and Lower Bracket divider or between the Lower Bracket and Elimination divider (henceforth known as the 'Dividers'), more games will be played according to the following:
    • Two-way tie: Bo3
    • Three-way or more tie: Bo1 round-robin
      • If any ties remain that still result in ties along the Dividers, then repeat until ties are resolved with the teams that still remain tied.

If any ties remain that are not along the Dividers, then the non-Divider rules will be used to resolve ties.

  • For other (non-Divider) ties, the following are used in order:
    1. Compare the head to head series result between the tied teams.
    2. Compare the tied teams' wins vs the seed right below them. Repeat the comparison with the next lower seeded team until resolved.
    3. Coin toss.
  • Main Event - October 12th - October 17th, 2021
    • Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination bracket
      • Eight teams begin in the Upper Bracket, eight in the Lower Bracket
      • For Upper Bracket Round 1, the 1st place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th place finish in the opposite group.
      • For Lower Bracket Round 1, the 5th place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 7th or 8th place finish in the opposite group.
    • Lower Bracket Round 1 Bo1, Grand Final is Bo5, all other series are Bo3

Broadcast Talent[edit]

The talent for the English broadcast was announced on September 16th, 2021.[7]

  • Statistician:


United States ppd was invited as an analyst but decided not to attend the event.[8]

The talent for the Russian broadcast was announced on September 16th, 2021.[9]

The talent for the Chinese broadcast was announced on September 17th, 2021.[10]

  • Content Creators:
  • Translators:

The talent for the Portuguese broadcast was announced on October 1st, 2021.[11]

  • Hosts:
    • Brazil Haon (Rômulo Capazzo)
    • Brazil Shaolin (Fabio Madia)
    • Brazil Tay (Taynara Sousa)
  • Analysts:
    • Brazil Aedrons (João Hugo Carvalho)
    • Brazil PDS (Guilherme Pullin)
    • Brazil Flerya (Daiani Beregula Araujo)
    • Brazil Sherlock (Alisson Maximo Dobosz)
    • Brazil Enoch (Hiago Schiavonni)
    • Brazil Astini (Filipe Astini)
    • Brazil guipepe (Guilherme Tedesco)
    • Brazil ace (Paulo Camerino)
    • Brazil Mentirinha (Matheus Ayala Batista)

The talent for the Spanish broadcast was announced on October 1st, 2021.[12]

  • Hosts:
    • Peru Ndree (Andree Santillán)
    • Spain Tainim (María García)
  • Analysts:
    • Spain Er-Kratos (Dimas Enrique Romero Fernández)
    • Brazil Mandy (Leonardo Santos Viana da Guarda)
    • Peru Masoku (Jair Alex Dávila Matallana)
    • Peru MiHawk (Leonardo Astete)
    • Spain RoD (Alberto Polo Jordán)
    • Peru Yadomi (Junior Reyes Rimari)
  • Interviewer:
    • Spain Swadow (Ramón López Beltrán)
  • Observer:
    • Peru Glem (Glem Rafaile)

The talent for the Arabic broadcast was announced on October 6th, 2021.[13]

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.[14]
The current total prize pool is $40,018,195 USD ($38,418,195 USD added).[15]

Participants[edit]

Invited Teams[edit]

Regional Qualified Teams[edit]

1 October 1st - OG announce Sweden miCKe as a reserve player in case France Ceb is unable to play.[16] It was later confirmed that France Ceb will be playing.[17][18]
2 October 7th - Team Aster announce China 86 as a substitute as China White丶Album_白学家 was unable to play on the first day due to health issue.[19]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming Invictus Gaming2-1-05-1
1.OGOG OG2-1-05-1
1.Virtus.proVirtus.pro Virtus.pro2-1-05-1
4.Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses Evil Geniuses2-0-14-2
5.Team UndyingTeam Undying Team Undying1-1-13-3
6.AllianceAlliance Alliance1-0-22-4
7.T1T1 T10-0-20-4
7.Team AsterTeam Aster Team Aster0-0-20-4
7.Thunder PredatorThunder Predator Thunder Predator0-0-20-4
1.Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming Invictus Gaming4-1-09-1
2.OGOG OG▼13-1-17-3
3.Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses Evil Geniuses▲12-1-15-3
3.Team UndyingTeam Undying Team Undying▲22-1-15-3
3.Virtus.proVirtus.pro Virtus.pro▼22-1-25-5
6.AllianceAlliance Alliance1-2-24-6
7.Team AsterTeam Aster Team Aster1-1-23-5
8.T1T1 T1▼11-0-32-6
9.Thunder PredatorThunder Predator Thunder Predator▼20-0-40-8
1.Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming Invictus Gaming6-1-013-1
2.OGOG OG3-3-19-5
2.Virtus.proVirtus.pro Virtus.pro▲14-1-29-5
4.Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses Evil Geniuses▼13-2-28-6
4.T1T1 T1▲44-0-38-6
4.Team UndyingTeam Undying Team Undying▼13-2-28-6
7.Team AsterTeam Aster Team Aster2-1-45-9
8.AllianceAlliance Alliance▼21-2-54-12
9.Thunder PredatorThunder Predator Thunder Predator0-0-70-14
1.Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming Invictus Gaming6-2-014-2
2.Virtus.proVirtus.pro Virtus.pro5-1-211-5
3.OGOG OG▼13-4-110-6
4.T1T1 T15-0-310-6
5.Team UndyingTeam Undying Team Undying▼13-3-29-7
6.Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses Evil Geniuses▼23-3-29-7
7.Team AsterTeam Aster Team Aster2-1-55-11
8.AllianceAlliance Alliance1-2-54-12
9.Thunder PredatorThunder Predator Thunder Predator0-0-80-16

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.PSG.LGDPSG.LGD PSG.LGD2-0-04-0
2.ElephantElephant Elephant1-1-03-1
2.Vici GamingVici Gaming Vici Gaming1-1-03-1
4.beastcoastbeastcoast beastcoast1-0-12-2
4.FnaticFnatic Fnatic0-2-02-2
4.Team SecretTeam Secret Team Secret1-0-12-2
7.Quincy CrewQuincy Crew Quincy Crew0-0-10-2
7.SG esportsSG esports SG esports0-0-10-2
7.Team SpiritTeam Spirit Team Spirit0-0-20-4
1.Vici GamingVici Gaming Vici Gaming▲14-1-09-1
2.PSG.LGDPSG.LGD PSG.LGD▼13-1-07-1
3.Team SecretTeam Secret Team Secret▲12-2-16-4
4.beastcoastbeastcoast beastcoast2-1-15-3
5.ElephantElephant Elephant▼31-2-24-6
6.FnaticFnatic Fnatic▼20-3-23-7
7.Quincy CrewQuincy Crew Quincy Crew0-2-22-6
7.SG esportsSG esports SG esports1-0-32-6
7.Team SpiritTeam Spirit Team Spirit1-0-32-6
1.PSG.LGDPSG.LGD PSG.LGD▲15-1-011-1
2.Vici GamingVici Gaming Vici Gaming▼14-2-110-4
3.Team SecretTeam Secret Team Secret3-2-18-4
4.beastcoastbeastcoast beastcoast2-3-17-5
5.ElephantElephant Elephant2-2-26-6
5.Team SpiritTeam Spirit Team Spirit▲23-0-36-6
7.FnaticFnatic Fnatic▼10-4-34-10
8.Quincy CrewQuincy Crew Quincy Crew▼10-2-42-10
8.SG esportsSG esports SG esports▼11-0-52-10
1.PSG.LGDPSG.LGD PSG.LGD7-1-015-1
2.Team SecretTeam Secret Team Secret▲14-2-210-6
3.Vici GamingVici Gaming Vici Gaming▼14-2-210-6
4.Team SpiritTeam Spirit Team Spirit▲15-0-310-6
5.beastcoastbeastcoast beastcoast▼12-3-37-9
6.Quincy CrewQuincy Crew Quincy Crew▲22-2-46-10
7.FnaticFnatic Fnatic1-4-36-10
8.ElephantElephant Elephant▼32-2-46-10
9.SG esportsSG esports SG esports▼11-0-72-14

Color key


Color key
Upper Bracket Seed
Lower Bracket Seed
Eliminated

Main Event[edit]

Show bracket
DateRoundTeamScorevs. Team
2021-10-12 08:00:00October 12, 2021 - 08:00 UTCUpper Bracket R1 (Bo3)iG Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming2 : 1Team SpiritTeam Spirit TSpirit
2021-10-12 12:15:00October 12, 2021 - 12:15 UTCUpper Bracket R1 (Bo3)Secret Team SecretTeam Secret2 : 0OGOG OG
2021-10-12 15:00:00October 12, 2021 - 15:00 UTCLower Bracket R1 (Bo1)UND Team UndyingTeam Undying0 : 1FnaticFnatic Fnatic
2021-10-12 16:30:00October 12, 2021 - 16:30 UTCLower Bracket R1 (Bo1)QC Quincy CrewQuincy Crew1 : 0Team AsterTeam Aster Aster
2021-10-12 18:05:00October 12, 2021 - 18:05 UTCLower Bracket R1 (Bo1)bc beastcoastbeastcoast0 : 1AllianceAlliance [A]
2021-10-12 19:40:00October 12, 2021 - 19:40 UTCLower Bracket R1 (Bo1)EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses1 : 0ElephantElephant Elephant
2021-10-13 07:25:00October 13, 2021 - 07:25 UTCUpper Bracket R1 (Bo3)PSG.LGD PSG.LGDPSG.LGD2 : 1T1T1 T1
2021-10-13 11:35:00October 13, 2021 - 11:35 UTCUpper Bracket R1 (Bo3)VP Virtus.proVirtus.pro2 : 1Vici GamingVici Gaming VG
2021-10-13 15:20:00October 13, 2021 - 15:20 UTCLower Bracket R2 (Bo3)TSpirit Team SpiritTeam Spirit2 : 0FnaticFnatic Fnatic
2021-10-13 17:45:00October 13, 2021 - 17:45 UTCLower Bracket R2 (Bo3)OG OGOG2 : 0Quincy CrewQuincy Crew QC
2021-10-14 08:10:00October 14, 2021 - 08:10 UTCLower Bracket R2 (Bo3)T1 T1T12 : 0AllianceAlliance [A]
2021-10-14 10:40:00October 14, 2021 - 10:40 UTCLower Bracket R2 (Bo3)VG Vici GamingVici Gaming2 : 1Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses EG
2021-10-14 14:50:00October 14, 2021 - 14:50 UTCUpper Bracket R2 (Bo3)iG Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming0 : 2Team SecretTeam Secret Secret
2021-10-14 17:35:00October 14, 2021 - 17:35 UTCUpper Bracket R2 (Bo3)PSG.LGD PSG.LGDPSG.LGD2 : 0Virtus.proVirtus.pro VP
2021-10-15 07:10:00October 15, 2021 - 07:10 UTCLower Bracket R3 (Bo3)TSpirit Team SpiritTeam Spirit2 : 0OGOG OG
2021-10-15 09:45:00October 15, 2021 - 09:45 UTCLower Bracket R3 (Bo3)T1 T1T11 : 2Vici GamingVici Gaming VG
2021-10-15 13:10:00October 15, 2021 - 13:10 UTCLower Bracket R4 (Bo3)VP Virtus.proVirtus.pro1 : 2Team SpiritTeam Spirit TSpirit
2021-10-16 07:05:00October 16, 2021 - 07:05 UTCLower Bracket R4 (Bo3)iG Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming2 : 0Vici GamingVici Gaming VG
2021-10-16 09:55:00October 16, 2021 - 09:55 UTCUpper Bracket Final (Bo3)Secret Team SecretTeam Secret0 : 2PSG.LGDPSG.LGD PSG.LGD
2021-10-16 12:40:00October 16, 2021 - 12:40 UTCLower Bracket R5 (Bo3)TSpirit Team SpiritTeam Spirit2 : 0Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming iG
2021-10-17 07:05:00October 17, 2021 - 07:05 UTCLower Bracket Final (Bo3)Secret Team SecretTeam Secret1 : 2Team SpiritTeam Spirit TSpirit
2021-10-17 12:10:00October 17, 2021 - 12:10 UTCGrand Final (Bo5)PSG.LGD PSG.LGDPSG.LGD2 : 3Team SpiritTeam Spirit TSpirit
Show schedule
Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)
Grand Final (Bo5)
Invictus GamingInvictus GamingiG
2
Team SpiritTeam SpiritTSpirit
1
October 12, 2021 - 11:00 EEST
Io
Lion
Monkey King
Leshrac
Slardar
37m05s
Morphling
Invoker
Bane
Mars
Elder Titan
Doom
Lion
Bane
Morphling
Ember Spirit
48m55s
Shadow Fiend
Chaos Knight
Snapfire
Legion Commander
Weaver
Mars
Phoenix
Bane
Storm Spirit
Spectre
40m50s
Puck
Juggernaut
Crystal Maiden
Snapfire
Tiny
Casters: United States SUNSfan, Denmark syndereN
Team SecretTeam SecretSecret
2
OGOGOG
0
October 12, 2021 - 15:15 EEST
Monkey King
Ancient Apparition
Earthshaker
Morphling
Ember Spirit
40m35s
Ursa
Invoker
Tusk
Mars
Io
Enchantress
Magnus
Windranger
Ursa
Tinker
27m58s
Hoodwink
Clinkz
Legion Commander
Monkey King
Elder Titan
Casters: United Kingdom ODPixel, United States Fogged
Invictus GamingInvictus GamingiG
0
Team SecretTeam SecretSecret
2
October 14, 2021 - 17:50 EEST
Mars
Lion
Lina
Winter Wyvern
Weaver
30m12s
Elder Titan
Vengeful Spirit
Templar Assassin
Enchantress
Monkey King
Elder Titan
Lion
Mars
Spectre
Kunkka
45m35s
Templar Assassin
Lifestealer
Windranger
Enchantress
Earthshaker
Casters: United States Moxxi, United States Purge
PSG.LGDPSG.LGDPSG.LGD
2
T1T1T1
1
October 13, 2021 - 10:25 EEST
Magnus
Snapfire
Dragon Knight
Bane
Terrorblade
34m57s
Morphling
Crystal Maiden
Legion Commander
Lina
Weaver
Elder Titan
Death Prophet
Earthshaker
Snapfire
Terrorblade
54m45s
Doom
Medusa
Dawnbreaker
Lion
Magnus
Magnus
Io
Lion
Ursa
Ember Spirit
37m24s
Venomancer
Spectre
Storm Spirit
Disruptor
Elder Titan
Casters: United States SUNSfan, Denmark syndereN
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
2
Vici GamingVici GamingVG
1
October 13, 2021 - 14:35 EEST
Earthshaker
Pugna
Phoenix
Bristleback
Razor
39m12s
Void Spirit
Magnus
Silencer
Snapfire
Tiny
Earthshaker
Silencer
Medusa
Dark Willow
Puck
45m57s
Dragon Knight
Drow Ranger
Clockwerk
Snapfire
Magnus
Elder Titan
Storm Spirit
Luna
Bane
Underlord
33m48s
Ember Spirit
Terrorblade
Tidehunter
Snapfire
Monkey King
Casters: United Kingdom ODPixel, United States Fogged
PSG.LGDPSG.LGDPSG.LGD
2
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
0
October 14, 2021 - 20:35 EEST
Dawnbreaker
Tidehunter
Visage
Luna
Kunkka
43m26s
Ember Spirit
Bristleback
Bane
Earthshaker
Silencer
Monkey King
Winter Wyvern
Necrophos
Oracle
Kunkka
26m49s
Void Spirit
Earth Spirit
Dark Seer
Io
Tiny
Casters: United States Lyrical, Canada Trent
Team SecretTeam SecretSecret
0
PSG.LGDPSG.LGDPSG.LGD
2
October 16, 2021 - 12:55 EEST
Magnus
Winter Wyvern
Snapfire
Weaver
Dragon Knight
42m36s
Puck
Phoenix
Lycan
Ogre Magi
Tiny
Io
Gyrocopter
Windranger
Beastmaster
Ursa
52m53s
Leshrac
Bane
Legion Commander
Elder Titan
Monkey King
Casters: United States SUNSfan, Denmark syndereN
Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)
Team UndyingTeam UndyingUND
0
FnaticFnaticFnatic
1
October 12, 2021 - 18:00 EEST
Earthshaker
Storm Spirit
Enchantress
Night Stalker
Naga Siren
28m18s
Legion Commander
Luna
Void Spirit
Clockwerk
Nature's Prophet
Casters: United States Lyrical, Canada Trent
Team SpiritTeam SpiritTSpirit
2
FnaticFnaticFnatic
0
October 13, 2021 - 18:20 EEST
Io
Mars
Disruptor
Luna
Ember Spirit
25m21s
Morphling
Ogre Magi
Storm Spirit
Nature's Prophet
Tidehunter
Weaver
Tidehunter
Shadow Demon
Sven
Kunkka
37m09s
Night Stalker
Grimstroke
Void Spirit
Luna
Elder Titan
Casters: United States Lyrical, Canada Trent
Quincy CrewQuincy CrewQC
1
Team AsterTeam AsterAster
0
October 12, 2021 - 19:30 EEST
Rubick
Ogre Magi
Void Spirit
Spectre
Nature's Prophet
40m21s
Luna
Legion Commander
Disruptor
Storm Spirit
Weaver
Casters: United States Lyrical, Canada Trent
OGOGOG
2
Quincy CrewQuincy CrewQC
0
October 13, 2021 - 20:45 EEST
Elder Titan
Void Spirit
Nyx Assassin
Luna
Nature's Prophet
40m20s
Kunkka
Lion
Monkey King
Phoenix
Magnus
Earthshaker
Snapfire
Dawnbreaker
Bane
Templar Assassin
38m08s
Mars
Winter Wyvern
Medusa
Void Spirit
Monkey King
Casters: United Kingdom Gareth, Croatia Lacoste
Team SpiritTeam SpiritTSpirit
2
OGOGOG
0
October 15, 2021 - 10:10 EEST
Winter Wyvern
Magnus
Lion
Ember Spirit
Faceless Void
45m49s
Void Spirit
Clockwerk
Dark Seer
Nature's Prophet
Tiny
Magnus
Winter Wyvern
Lion
Void Spirit
Lifestealer
29m59s
Earthshaker
Invoker
Night Stalker
Nature's Prophet
Tiny
Casters: United States Lyrical, Canada Trent
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
1
Team SpiritTeam SpiritTSpirit
2
October 15, 2021 - 16:10 EEST
Elder Titan
Medusa
Kunkka
Lion
Underlord
46m42s
Monkey King
Bane
Invoker
Tidehunter
Weaver
Elder Titan
Bane
Ursa
Viper
Pangolier
46m21s
Terrorblade
Leshrac
Shadow Shaman
Tidehunter
Io
Phoenix
Bane
Luna
Invoker
Beastmaster
51m58s
Silencer
Lina
Doom
Snapfire
Tiny
Casters: United Kingdom ODPixel, Sweden iNSaNiA
beastcoastbeastcoastbc
0
AllianceAlliance[A]
1
October 12, 2021 - 21:05 EEST
Sven
Shadow Demon
Nyx Assassin
Windranger
Sand King
43m57s
Spectre
Dragon Knight
Lion
Lina
Elder Titan
Casters: United States Cap, United States Kyle
T1T1T1
2
AllianceAlliance[A]
0
October 14, 2021 - 11:10 EEST
Magnus
Lina
Bane
Dawnbreaker
Wraith King
37m05s
Sand King
Morphling
Ember Spirit
Lion
Snapfire
Lion
Treant Protector
Earthshaker
Slark
Ember Spirit
33m58s
Void Spirit
Crystal Maiden
Medusa
Tidehunter
Snapfire
Casters: United States SUNSfan, Denmark syndereN
Evil GeniusesEvil GeniusesEG
1
ElephantElephantElephant
0
October 12, 2021 - 22:40 EEST
Elder Titan
Luna
Disruptor
Void Spirit
Night Stalker
39m44s
Sven
Silencer
Storm Spirit
Lion
Tidehunter
Casters: United States Cap, United States Kyle
Vici GamingVici GamingVG
2
Evil Geniuses