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.

- 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

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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 ]

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.[5] 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 $34,330,068 USD ($32,730,068 USD added).[5]

Participants [ edit ]

Invited Teams [ edit ]

Qualified Teams [ edit ]

1 Forward Gaming ceased operations on July 21st.[6] The roster is picked up by Newbee on July 24th.[7] 2 Mineski added Mushi [8]

Results [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]

Main Event [ edit ]

Show bracket Date Round Team Score Vs. Team Upper Bracket R1 PSG.LGD 2 : 0 VP Upper Bracket R1 VG 2 : 1 TNC Lower Bracket R1 [A] 0 : 1 RNG Lower Bracket R1 Fnatic 0 : 1 Liquid Lower Bracket R1 INF 1 : 0 KG Lower Bracket R1 Mski 1 : 0 Na`Vi Upper Bracket R1 OG 2 : 0 Newbee Upper Bracket R1 Secret 1 : 2 EG Lower Bracket R2 VP 0 : 2 RNG Lower Bracket R2 TNC 0 : 2 Liquid Lower Bracket R2 Newbee 1 : 2 INF Lower Bracket R2 Secret 2 : 1 Mski Upper Bracket R2 PSG.LGD 2 : 0 VG Upper Bracket R2 OG 2 : 1 EG Lower Bracket R3 RNG 0 : 2 Liquid Lower Bracket R3 INF 0 : 2 Secret Lower Bracket R4 EG 0 : 2 Liquid Lower Bracket R4 VG 0 : 2 Secret Upper Bracket Final PSG.LGD 1 : 2 OG Lower Bracket R5 Liquid 2 : 0 Secret Lower Bracket Final PSG.LGD 1 : 2 Liquid Grand Final OG 3 : 1 Liquid Show schedule Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) PSG.LGD 2 Virtus.pro 0 Vici Gaming 2 TNC Predator 1 OG 2 Newbee 0 Team Secret 1 Evil Geniuses 2 Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) PSG.LGD 2 Vici Gaming 0 OG 2 Evil Geniuses 1 Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) PSG.LGD 1 OG 2 Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Alliance 0 Royal Never Give Up 1 Fnatic 0 Team Liquid 1 Infamous 1 Keen Gaming 0 Mineski 1 Natus Vincere 0 Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Virtus.pro 0 Royal Never Give Up 2 TNC Predator 0 Team Liquid 2 Newbee 1 Infamous 2 Team Secret 2 Mineski 1 Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) Royal Never Give Up 0 Team Liquid 2 Infamous 0 Team Secret 2 Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) Evil Geniuses 0 Team Liquid 2 Vici Gaming 0 Team Secret 2 Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Team Liquid 2 Team Secret 0 Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) PSG.LGD 1 Team Liquid 2 Grand Final (Bo5) OG 3 Team Liquid 1

Additional Content [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

Viewing parties [ edit ]

Valve have partnered up with Barcraft to allow the general public to find pubstomps in their local area that will be screening this years International. Their official landing page has launched and can be found here.

Interviews [ edit ]

Team Interviews [ edit ]

Recap [ edit ]

Miscellaneous [ edit ]

Additional Data [ edit ]

Statistics [ edit ]

Total Radiant Side Dire Side Match Length (mins) Hero ∑ W L WR ∑ W L WR ∑ W L WR Details <30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 >70 1 Elder Titan 75 42 33 56% 35 15 20 43% 40 27 13 68% 11 8-3 73% 27 16-11 59% 25 11-14 44% 5 2-3 40% 5 3-2 60% 2 2-0 100% 2 Shadow Demon 70 39 31 56% 27 14 13 52% 43 25 18 58% 12 6-6 50% 23 11-12 48% 20 13-7 65% 6 3-3 50% 9 6-3 67% 0 0-0 0% 3 Tiny 62 33 29 53% 34 18 16 53% 28 15 13 54% 15 10-5 67% 21 10-11 48% 17 7-10 41% 4 3-1 75% 3 1-2 33% 2 2-0 100% 4 Ogre Magi 62 27 35 44% 32 14 18 44% 30 13 17 43% 12 4-8 33% 17 5-12 29% 22 10-12 45% 7 5-2 71% 4 3-1 75% 0 0-0 0% 5 Gyrocopter 52 32 20 62% 28 17 11 61% 24 15 9 63% 8 6-2 75% 16 7-9 44% 19 12-7 63% 4 3-1 75% 3 3-0 100% 2 1-1 50% 193 games played 89W - 104L (46%) 104W - 89L (54%) 35 games 69 games 57 games 16 games 12 games 4 games Click here for complete statistics table

Country Representation [ edit ]

Viewership Stats [ edit ]

Viewership Stats Peak Viewers 1 968 497 Average Viewers 726 754 Hours Watched 88 785 044

*Viewership stats for this page does not include the Chinese streams except Twitch