Last week Valve dropped a huge announcement with the release of update 7.36 which changed how Dota 2 was played. The studio once again revealed big news and this time it was all about The International 2024. In particular, six teams have received direct invites to the biggest event in the game.
The teams are:
- Team Spirit
- Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk
- Denis "Larl" Sigitov
- Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov
- Myroslav "Mira" Kolpakov
- Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov
- Xtreme Gaming
- Wang "Ame" Chunyu
- Guo "Xm" Hongcheng
- Lin "Xxs" Jing
- Zhao "XinQ" Zixing
- Ding "Dy" Cong
- Team Falcons
- Oliver "skiter" Lepko
- Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak
- Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf
- Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen
- Wu "Sneyking" Jingjun
- Team Liquid
- Michael "miCKe" Vu
- Michał "Nisha" Jankowski
- Neta "33" Shapira
- Samuel "Boxi" Svahn
- Aydin "Insania" Sarkohi
- Gaimin Gladiators
- Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov
- Quinn "Quinn" Callahan
- Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard
- Erik "tOfu" Engel
- Melchior "Seleri" Hillenkamp
- BetBoom Team
- Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko
- Danil "gpk" Skutin
- Matvey "MieRo'" Vasyunin
- Vitalie "Save-" Melnic
- Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Khertek
For most of the teams chosen, they aren't actually a surprise. There's been five Tier 1 tournaments and these ones are those that usually end up on top. Team Falcons for example grabbed first place in three of those tournaments while getting a second place finish in one and a third place finish in another.
If anything, the surprise pick would have to be Team Liquid. There's no question that they're a strong team. However, their performance so far hasn't been that consistent. Still, it is exciting to know that they're headed to TI.
Regional Qualifiers
What about the other teams? Valve has that covered and shared through a post that the remaining ten slots are going to be filled up through the Regional Qualifiers. Here's what fans can look forward to:
- Western Europe (2 slots)
- Tundra Esports
- PSG Quest
- OG
- Team Secret
- Entity
- MOUZ
- NAVI Junior
- Nigma Galaxy
- Rest Farmers
- JustBetter
- (+2 teams from Open Qualifiers)
- Eastern Europe (1 slot)
- Natus Vincere
- Virtus.pro
- 1win
- L1GA TEAM
- Night Pulse
- Nemiga Gaming
- One Move
- Yellow Submarine
- 9Pandas
- (+3 teams from Open Qualifiers)
- North America (1 slot)
- Shopify Rebellion
- Nouns
- La Correntada
- (+5 teams from Open Qualifiers)
- South America (2 slots)
- HEROIC
- beastcoast
- BOOM Esports
- Midas Club
- Infinity
- Leviatán
- (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)
- China (2 slots)
- Azure Ray
- G2.iG
- LGD Gaming
- Team Bright
- Team Zero
- Dark Horse
- (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)
- Southeast Asia (2 slots)
- Aurora
- Blacklist International
- Talon Esports
- Neon Esports
- Execration
- Bleed Esports
- MANTA Esports
- Salvation Gaming
- (+4 teams from Open Qualifiers)
That said, here's the schedule for the Regional Qualifiers:
- China and North America - June 9 to June 13
- Eastern Europe and South America - June 14 to June 18
- Southeast Asia and Western Europe - June 19 to June 23
Excited yet for the coming days?
