The International 2021
BucharestRound-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
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:
- Compare the head to head series result between the tied teams.
- Compare the tied teams' wins vs the seed right below them. Repeat the comparison with the next lower seeded team until resolved.
- 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
- Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination bracket
Broadcast Talent[edit]
The talent for the English broadcast was announced on September 16th, 2021.[7]
- Analysts:
- Commentators:
- Guest Analysts:
N0tail (Johan Sundstein)
Ceb (Sébastien Félix Albert Debs)
SVG (Avery Silverman)
SabeRLight- (Jonáš Volek)
Sheepsticked (Alexandra Roberts)
The talent for the Russian broadcast was announced on September 16th, 2021.[9]
- Hosts:
CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
Olsior (Mykhailo Zvieriev)- Eiritel (Dariya Morozova)
- Content Creators:
- B0rbe1 (Boris Belozerov)
- NotInMyHouse (Dmitry Krupnov)
- Analysts:
- 9pasha (Pavel Khvastunov)
- ARS-ART (Sergey Revin)
- ArtStyle (Ivan Antonov)
- Dendi (Danil Ishutin)
- DkPhobos (Alexander Kucheria)
- Goblak (Artur Kostenko)
- Inmateoo (Dmitry Filinov)
- JotM (Egor Surkov)
- Lil (Ilya Ilyuk)
- Resolut1on (Roman Fomynok)
- Sh4dowehhh (Yevhen Alekseiev)
- Solo (Alexey Berezin)
- XBOCT (Oleksandr Dashkevych)
The talent for the Chinese broadcast was announced on September 17th, 2021.[10]
The talent for the Portuguese broadcast was announced on October 1st, 2021.[11]
The talent for the Spanish broadcast was announced on October 1st, 2021.[12]
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]
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Team Spirit (from left to right):
Mira, Collapse, Miposhka, TORONTOTOKYO, and Yatoro
Participants[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
| 1 |  Ame |
|---|---|
| 2 |  NothingToSay |
| 3 | Faith_bian |
| 4 | XinQ |
| 5 | y` |
| C | xiao8 |
2nd  (2018) | |
 | |
| Dota Pro Circuit #2 | |
| 1 | Nightfall |
|---|---|
| 2 | gpk |
| 3 | DM |
| 4 |  Save- |
| 5 | Kingslayer |
| C | boolk |
| 5th - 6th (2018) | |
 | |
| Dota Pro Circuit #3 | |
| 1 | poyoyo |
|---|---|
| 2 | Ori |
| 3 | old eLeVeN |
| 4 | Pyw |
| 5 | Dy |
| C | Fenrir |
| 2nd (2014) | |
 | |
| Dota Pro Circuit #7 | |
| 1 |  MATUMBAMAN |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Nisha |
| 3 |  zai |
| 4 |  YapzOr |
| 5 |  Puppey |
| C |  Heen |
| 4th (2019) | |
 | |
| Dota Pro Circuit #8 | |
Regional Qualified Teams[edit]
- 1 October 1st - OG announce miCKe as a reserve player in case Ceb is unable to play.[16] It was later confirmed that Ceb will be playing.[17][18]
- 2 October 7th - Team Aster announce 86 as a substitute as 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 Gaming | 2-1-0 | 5-1 | |||
| 1. |  OG | 2-1-0 | 5-1 | |||
| 1. |  Virtus.pro | 2-1-0 | 5-1 | |||
| 4. |   Evil Geniuses | 2-0-1 | 4-2 | |||
| 5. |  Team Undying | 1-1-1 | 3-3 | |||
| 6. |  Alliance | 1-0-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 7. |  T1 | 0-0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| 7. |  Team Aster | 0-0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| 7. |   Thunder Predator | 0-0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| 1. | Invictus Gaming | 4-1-0 | 9-1 | |||
| 2. | OG▼1 | 3-1-1 | 7-3 | |||
| 3. | Evil Geniuses▲1 | 2-1-1 | 5-3 | |||
| 3. | Team Undying▲2 | 2-1-1 | 5-3 | |||
| 3. | Virtus.pro▼2 | 2-1-2 | 5-5 | |||
| 6. | Alliance | 1-2-2 | 4-6 | |||
| 7. | Team Aster | 1-1-2 | 3-5 | |||
| 8. | T1▼1 | 1-0-3 | 2-6 | |||
| 9. | Thunder Predator▼2 | 0-0-4 | 0-8 | |||
| 1. | Invictus Gaming | 6-1-0 | 13-1 | |||
| 2. | OG | 3-3-1 | 9-5 | |||
| 2. | Virtus.pro▲1 | 4-1-2 | 9-5 | |||
| 4. | Evil Geniuses▼1 | 3-2-2 | 8-6 | |||
| 4. | T1▲4 | 4-0-3 | 8-6 | |||
| 4. | Team Undying▼1 | 3-2-2 | 8-6 | |||
| 7. | Team Aster | 2-1-4 | 5-9 | |||
| 8. | Alliance▼2 | 1-2-5 | 4-12 | |||
| 9. | Thunder Predator | 0-0-7 | 0-14 | |||
| 1. | Invictus Gaming | 6-2-0 | 14-2 | |||
| 2. | Virtus.pro | 5-1-2 | 11-5 | |||
| 3. | OG▼1 | 3-4-1 | 10-6 | |||
| 4. | T1 | 5-0-3 | 10-6 | |||
| 5. | Team Undying▼1 | 3-3-2 | 9-7 | |||
| 6. | Evil Geniuses▼2 | 3-3-2 | 9-7 | |||
| 7. | Team Aster | 2-1-5 | 5-11 | |||
| 8. | Alliance | 1-2-5 | 4-12 | |||
| 9. | Thunder Predator | 0-0-8 | 0-16 | |||
Group B[edit]
| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PSG.LGD | 2-0-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. |  Elephant | 1-1-0 | 3-1 | |||
| 2. |  Vici Gaming | 1-1-0 | 3-1 | |||
| 4. |  beastcoast | 1-0-1 | 2-2 | |||
| 4. |  Fnatic | 0-2-0 | 2-2 | |||
| 4. | Team Secret | 1-0-1 | 2-2 | |||
| 7. |   Quincy Crew | 0-0-1 | 0-2 | |||
| 7. |  SG esports | 0-0-1 | 0-2 | |||
| 7. | Team Spirit | 0-0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| 1. | Vici Gaming▲1 | 4-1-0 | 9-1 | |||
| 2. | PSG.LGD▼1 | 3-1-0 | 7-1 | |||
| 3. | Team Secret▲1 | 2-2-1 | 6-4 | |||
| 4. | beastcoast | 2-1-1 | 5-3 | |||
| 5. | Elephant▼3 | 1-2-2 | 4-6 | |||
| 6. | Fnatic▼2 | 0-3-2 | 3-7 | |||
| 7. | Quincy Crew | 0-2-2 | 2-6 | |||
| 7. | SG esports | 1-0-3 | 2-6 | |||
| 7. | Team Spirit | 1-0-3 | 2-6 | |||
| 1. | PSG.LGD▲1 | 5-1-0 | 11-1 | |||
| 2. | Vici Gaming▼1 | 4-2-1 | 10-4 | |||
| 3. | Team Secret | 3-2-1 | 8-4 | |||
| 4. | beastcoast | 2-3-1 | 7-5 | |||
| 5. | Elephant | 2-2-2 | 6-6 | |||
| 5. | Team Spirit▲2 | 3-0-3 | 6-6 | |||
| 7. | Fnatic▼1 | 0-4-3 | 4-10 | |||
| 8. | Quincy Crew▼1 | 0-2-4 | 2-10 | |||
| 8. | SG esports▼1 | 1-0-5 | 2-10 | |||
| 1. | PSG.LGD | 7-1-0 | 15-1 | |||
| 2. | Team Secret▲1 | 4-2-2 | 10-6 | |||
| 3. | Vici Gaming▼1 | 4-2-2 | 10-6 | |||
| 4. | Team Spirit▲1 | 5-0-3 | 10-6 | |||
| 5. | beastcoast▼1 | 2-3-3 | 7-9 | |||
| 6. | Quincy Crew▲2 | 2-2-4 | 6-10 | |||
| 7. | Fnatic | 1-4-3 | 6-10 | |||
| 8. | Elephant▼3 | 2-2-4 | 6-10 | |||
| 9. | SG esports▼1 | 1-0-7 | 2-14 | |||
| Color key |
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| Upper Bracket Seed |
| Lower Bracket Seed |
| Eliminated |
Main Event[edit]
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