The International Dota 2 Championships was held in Seattle, Washington. This tournament was the fourth edition of The International, and it was the third consecutive year that the tournament had been hosted in Seattle. Unlike the previous two years, the tournament was held at the KeyArena, a multi-purpose arena in Seattle Center with a total seating capacity of over 17,000.

A grand total of 16 teams competed in the main event of the tournament. 11 of those received a direct invite, while 4 teams had to qualify through separate regional qualifiers, with the runners up in those qualifiers getting one last chance to compete for the final spot in the main tournament.

Format [ edit ]

Qualifiers - May 12th - 27th, 2014 Four Regional Qualifiers. The winner of each Regional Qualifier will join the other invited teams in Seattle. The runner-up of each Qualifier will be invited to Seattle to compete in phase one of the playoffs.

- Playoffs Phase One - July 8th, 2014. The four second place teams from the qualifiers play on-site in Seattle for a spot in phase two in the playoffs. Phase Two - July 9th - 12th, 2014. 16-team round robin group stage The top two teams advance directly to the main event upper bracket. The middle eight teams advance to phase three of the playoffs. The bottom six teams are eliminated. Phase Three - July 13th - 14th, 2014. Two brackets of four teams seeded from phase two. Last team from each bracket is eliminated. Second and third teams advances to the loser's bracket of the main event. First team advances to the winner's bracket of the main event.

Main Event - July 18th - 21st, 2014. Eight-team Double Elimination Bracket played at KeyArena.

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Broadcast Talent [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

The initial prize pool of the tournament was $1,600,000 USD.

An additional $2.50 USD (25%) was added to the total prize pool for every TI4 Compendium sold.[1]

There is also an option to buy points to level up the compendium in game and 25% of these purchases goes towards the prize pool of the event.

The final prize pool is $10,923,977 ($9,323,977 added).[1]

Participants [ edit ]

Invited Teams [ edit ]

Qualified Teams [ edit ]

Playoffs Phase One Teams [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Phase One [ edit ]

Semifinals (Bo3) Virtus.pro 0 MVP Phoenix 2 CIS Game 0 Team Liquid 2 Finals (Bo3) MVP Phoenix 0 Team Liquid 2

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Main Event [ edit ]

Upper Bracket Round 1 (Bo3) Vici Gaming 1 Newbee 2 Evil Geniuses 2 Team DK 0 Upper Bracket Final Newbee 2 Evil Geniuses 0 Lower Bracket Round 1 (Bo3) Cloud9 2 Natus Vincere 1 Invictus Gaming 1 LGD Gaming 2 Lower Bracket Round 2 (Bo3) Vici Gaming 2 Cloud9 1 Team DK 2 LGD Gaming 1 Lower Bracket Round 3 (Bo3) Vici Gaming 2 Team DK 0 Lower Bracket Round 4 (Bo3) Evil Geniuses 1 Vici Gaming 2 Grand Final Newbee 3 Vici Gaming 1

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View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Qualifiers





Additional data [ edit ]

Country Representation [ edit ]

# Country / Region #P ΔTI3 Players 1 21 -2 Luo, Ferrari_430, YYF, Faith, BurNIng, LaNm, X!!, Sylar, rOtk, Super, Fenrir, fy, Hao, Mu, xiao8, Banana, SanSheng, Rabbit, Yao, Lin, DD 2 12 -1 Chuan, Mushi, kYxY, Yamateh, Ohaiyo, XtiNcT, Net, Lance, ddz, JoHnNy, MoZuN, xiangzai 3 10 +2 mason, Universe, ppd, MSS, Sneyking, Korok, Brax, Fogged, BuLba, DeMoN 4 9 +2 Loda, s4, Akke, AdmiralBulldog, EGM, zai, Era, Pajkatt, pieliedie 5 6 +2 Arteezy, Aui_2000, EternaLEnVy, 1437, Waytosexy, TC 5 6 +1 Dendi, Funn1k, XBOCT, ALWAYSWANNAFLY, Resolut1on, Mag~ 7 5 -1 Kuroky, H4nn1, FATA, paS, qojqva 8 2 -1 MiSeRy, BigDaddy 8 2 -4 Silent, VANSKOR 10 1 0 Puppey 10 1 0 Trixi 10 1 0 Fly 10 1 0 DDC 10 1 +1 SingSing 10 1 +1 bOne7 10 1 -2 iceiceice

Previews [ edit ]

Interviews [ edit ]

Valve [ edit ]



