The International 2018

Overview

 

Main Qualifiers

 

Group Stage

 

Main Event

 

The International 2018
British Columbia
Start Date:	20 August 2018
End Date:	25 August 2018
Tier:	The International
Teams:	18
Prize Pool:	$25,532,177
Website:	Link
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The International 2018 was the eight iteration of Dota 2's flagship annual championship. Hosted by Valve Corporation, it took place at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, being the first to be celebrated outside of the United States. The tournament began on 14 June 2018 with the Open Qualifiers and closed on 25 August 2018 with the Grand Final, where underdog team OG defeated Chinese group PSG.LGD 3-2, becoming the first Grand Final since 2013 to feature five games.

With a prize pool of over US$25.3 million, The International 2018 is the largest tournament to ever take place in eSports, breaking the record held by its previous iteration, The International 2017, which accumulated over U$24 million. The majority of this sum is collected through several in-game items released by Valve, including the The International 2018 Battle Pass, a digital tournament pass and features bundle tied to the event that included many activities and cosmetic items. 2018 marks the fifth consecutive year that The International's prize pool outgrows its previous-year record.

The International 2018 became the first time a non-Chinese team had won the tournament in an even year, breaking the tradition of Western and Eastern teams alternating the championship which had been maintained for the previous seven years. The tournament also saw the first time a team went from the Open Qualifiers to TI champions, as OG lost their spot after being forced into a late-minute roster change. For a second consecutive year, champions Natus Vincere (2011) and Alliance (2013) failed to qualify.

Schedule and Format

Date	Event	Notes
June 14 – 17	Open Qualifiers	Open to all teams. Single elimination. Winner from each region advances to regional qualifiers.
June 18 – 25	Main Qualifiers	6 Regions: North Americas, South Americas, Europe, China, CIS, and Southeast Asia. Winner from each region advances to main event. 2nd place in the Europe, China, Southeast Asia and North America Qualifier advances to the main event. 3rd place in the China and Southeast Asia Qualifier advances to the main event.
August 15 -18	Group Stage	Two groups of nine teams. Round Robin The top four teams in each group advance to the upper bracket in the Main Event. The bottom team of each group gets eliminated. The remaining teams advance to the lower bracket in the Main Event. If there is a tie along the Upper and Lower Bracket divider or between the lower bracket and elimination divider, more games will be played.
August 20 – 25	Main Event	16 teams, double elimination. 8 teams begin in the upper bracket, 8 in the lower bracket. First lower bracket game is best of one, others are best of three. Grand finals are best of five.
August 23	All-Star Match

Coverage

• The International 2018 can be viewed live for free on DotaTV in-game.

English SteamTV Official Stream 1 Official Stream 2 Official Stream 3 Official Stream 4 Official Newcomer Stream Official Replays YouTube playlists

Russian Official Stream 1 Official Stream 2 Official Stream 3 Official Stream 4

Chinese Official Stream 1 Official Stream 2 Official Stream 3

Official Pubstomp viewing party listing (international)

Promotional items

Immortal Treasure I 2018

Immortal Treasure II 2018

Immortal Treasure III 2018

Trust of the Benefactor 2018

Trove Carafe 2018

Treasure of the Crimson Witness 2018

The International 2018 Collector's Cache

The International 2018 Collector's Cache II

Teams

Invited Teams

Virtus.pro 1  RAMZES666 2  No[o]ne 3  9pasha 4  RodjER 5  Solo Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster] Team Liquid 1  MATUMBAMAN 2  Miracle- 3  MinD_ContRoL 4  GH 5  KuroKy Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster] PSG.LGD 1  Ame 2  Somnus丶M 3  Chalice 4  fy 5  xNova Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster] Team Secret 1  Ace 2  MidOne 3  Fata 4  YapzOr 5  Puppey Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster] Mineski 1  Mushi 2  NaNa 3  iceiceice 4  Jabz 5  ninjaboogie Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster] Newbee 1  Moogy 2  Sccc 3  kpii 4  faith 5  Kaka Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster] Vici Gaming 1  Paparazi灬 2  Ori 3  eLeVeN 4  LaNm 5  Fenrir Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster] VGJ.Thunder 1  Sylar 2  ghost 3  Yang 4  Fade 5  ddc Dota Pro Circuit [Show/Hide Roster]

Qualified Teams

OG 1  ana 2  Topson 3  7ckngMad 4  JerAx 5  N0tail Europe Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] Winstrike Team 1  Silent 2  Iceberg 3  nongrata 4  Nofear 5  ALWAYSWANN… CIS Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] Invictus Gaming 1  Agressif 2  Xxs 3  Srf 4  BoBoKa 5  Q China Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] Team Serenity 1  zhizhizhi 2  Zyd 3  XinQ 4  Pyw 5  XCJ China Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] Evil Geniuses 1  Arteezy 2  SumaiL 3  s4 4  Cr1t- 5  Fly North America Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] Fnatic 1  EternaLEnVy 2  Abed 3  UNiVeRsE 4  DJ 5  pieliedie Southeast Asia Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] TNC Pro Team 1  Raven 2  Armel 3  Sam_H 4  Tims 5  Kuku Southeast Asia Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] VGJ.Storm 1  YawaR 2  Resolut1on 3  Sneyking 4  MSS 5  SVG North America Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] OpTic Gaming 1  Pajkatt 2  CCnC 3  33 4  zai 5  ppd North America Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster] paiN Gaming 1  hFn 2  w33 3  tavo 4  Kingrd 5  Duster South America Qualifier [Show/Hide Roster]

Results

Open Qualifiers

• North America 1: Evil Geniuses
• North America 2: compLexity Gaming
• North America 3: Team Baidu
• North America 4: Team Leviathan
• North America 5: VGJ.Storm
• North America 6: Jsut a Squad
• South America 1: SG e-sports
• South America 2: paiN Gaming
• South America 3: Infamous
• South America 4: Torus Gaming
• South America 5: Thunder Predator
• South America 6: Midas Club
• Europe 1: OG
• Europe 2: Wind and Rain
• Europe 3: BlinkPool
• Europe 4: Alliance
• CIS 1: Team Empire
• CIS 2: Double Dimension
• CIS 3: ESPADA
• CIS 4: Team Spirit
• CIS 5: 20 min afk les
• CIS 6: Gambit Esports
• China 1: Team Serenity
• China 2: Keen Gaming
• China 3: CDEC Gaming
• China 4: iG Vitality
• China 5: For The Dream
• China 6: LGD.Forever Young
• China 7: Young Dumb
• SEA 1: TNC Tigers
• SEA 2: Alpha Red
• SEA 3: Entity Gaming
• SEA 4: Battle Arena Elites
• SEA 5: Sterling Global Dragons

Main Qualifiers

• North America 1: VGJ.Storm
• North America 2: Evil Geniuses
• North America 3: OpTic Gaming
• South America 1: paiN Gaming
• Europe 1: OG
• CIS 1: Winstrike Team
• China 1: Team Serenity
• China 2: Invictus Gaming
• SEA 1: Fnatic
• SEA 2: TNC Pro Team

All-Star Match

In the All-Star match of 2018, two teams, Team BurNIng and Team rOtk, faced each other in a best of one, playing Mutation Mode. The teams' players were decided by Compendium owners, who were able to vote for 5 players for each team. Just like in the previous year, there was no secrecy between the teams. The playing booths were completely open, so that both teams could hear each other, the casters and the crowd.

On the previous day, both teams were gathered to draft their heroes and mutations before-hand. Unlike in regular Mutation Mode, the teams were allowed to choose three mutations, which would then only affect their team.

Drafted mutations:

Team BurNIng

• Super Blink Dagger: All players on the team start with a Blink Dagger that does not go on cooldown when taking damage.
• Hero Glyph: When used, Glyph applies to all heroes on the team as well.
• Death Explosion: When heroes on the team die, they cause a 1-second delayed, 300 radius explosion doing 150-775 pure damage (based on hero level). Looks like Pugna Blast.

Team rOtk

• Pocket Tower: All players on the team start with a consumable item that, when used on a location, creates a Tier 1 Tower there.
• Team Runes: All non-bounty runes apply to all heroes on the team. Includes usage from a Bottle.
• Pocket Roshan: When Roshan is killed by the team, he also drops a consumable item that, when used, spawns a Roshan under control of that team that lasts for 60 seconds.

In addition to the chosen modifiers, the following modifications were active for both teams:

• Tilting Tips: When tipping a player, the tipping player's hero deals pure damage to the tipped player's hero, based on the tip amount. If the tipped player is an ally, their hero gets healed instead.
• Prowler Madness: Every neutral creep camp (except for Roshan) is replaced by three Ancient Prowler Shamans.

Team BurNIng		25	3	Team rOtk
Sccc					EternaLEnVy
Pajkatt					Kingrd
Miracle-					Arteezy
kpii					LaNm
JerAx					Solo

Group Stage

In the Group Stage, all 18 teams are divided into two groups of nine. Within each group, teams competed in a best-of-two round robin tournament, with the top four teams (denoted in Green) advancing to the Upper Bracket of the main event, the teams ranked 5-8 (denoted in Yellow) advancing to the Lower Bracket of the former, and the team in last place (denoted in Red) being eliminated.

Group A

Group A Pos Team W L 1. Team Liquid 13 3 2. Evil Geniuses 13 3 3. PSG.LGD 11 5 4. OG 9 7 5. Fnatic 7 9 6. VGJ.Thunder 6 10 7. Mineski 5 11 8. Winstrike Team 4 12 9. Invictus Gaming 4 12 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-2

Group B

Group B Pos Team W L 1. VGJ.Storm 12 4 2. Virtus.pro 10 6 3. Team Secret 8 8 4. OpTic Gaming 8 8 5. Newbee 8 8 6. Vici Gaming 7 9 7. TNC Pro Team 7 9 8. Team Serenity 7 9 9. paiN Gaming 5 11 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 0-2 2-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 2-0

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Main Event

The Main Event is a double-elimination tournament with the top four teams from each group starting off in the Upper Bracket whilst those who received 5th to 8th place starting off in the Lower (The teams that received 9th place in each group were eliminated). Most matches in the tournament are best-of-three, with the only exceptions being the matches in the 1st round of the Lower Bracket being best-of-one and the Grand Finals being best-of-five.

If any team in the Upper Bracket were to have lost their round, they will be placed within the Lower Bracket, giving them a second chance to make it to the grand finals. If any team were to be eliminated from the Lower Bracket, they are eliminated from play.

	Lower Bracket Round 1 (Bo1)				Upper Bracket Round 1 (Bo3) Lower Bracket Round 2 (Bo3)				Lower Bracket Round 3 (Bo3)				Upper Bracket Round 2 (Bo3) Lower Bracket Round 4 (Bo3)				Lower Bracket Round 5 (Bo3)				Upper Bracket Finals (Bo3) Lower Bracket Finals (Bo3)				Grand Finals (Bo5)
					Team Liquid	2
					OpTic Gaming	0
													Team Liquid	0
													PSG.LGD	2
					Virtus.pro	0
					PSG.LGD	2
																					PSG.LGD	1
																					OG	2
					VGJ.Storm	0
					OG	2
													OG	2
													Evil Geniuses	1
					Evil Geniuses	2
					Team Secret	0
																									OG	3
																									PSG.LGD	2
					OpTic Gaming	2
	Fnatic	0
					Team Serenity	0							Evil Geniuses	2
	Team Serenity	1							OpTic Gaming	1
													Virtus.pro	0
									Virtus.pro	2
					Virtus.pro	2
	TNC Pro Team	0																			PSG.LGD	2
					Mineski	0									Evil Geniuses	2
	Mineski	1																		Evil Geniuses	0
																		Team Liquid	0
					VGJ.Storm	2
	Newbee	0
					Winstrike Team	0							Team Liquid	2
	Winstrike Team	1							VGJ.Storm	0
													Team Secret	0
									Team Secret	2
					Team Secret	2
	VGJ.Thunder	0
					Vici Gaming	1
	Vici Gaming	1

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Prize Allocation

As with previous Internationals, the winning team is also awarded the Aegis of Champions.

Final Prize Pool: $25,532,177 USD
Place	Team	Winnings	Percent
A11st	OG	$11,234,158	44%
A22nd	PSG.LGD	$4,085,148	16%
A33rd	Evil Geniuses	$2,680,879	10.5%
A44th	Team Liquid	$1,787,252	7%
A55th - 6th	Team Secret	$1,148,948	4.5%
A55th - 6th	Virtus.pro	$1,148,948	4.5%
A77th - 8th	VGJ.Storm	$638,304	2.5%
A77th - 8th	OpTic Gaming	$638,304	2.5%
A99th - 12th	Winstrike Team	$382,983	1.5%
A99th - 12th	Vici Gaming	$382,983	1.5%
A99th - 12th	Mineski	$382,983	1.5%
A99th - 12th	Team Serenity	$382,983	1.5%
B313th - 16th	VGJ.Thunder	$127,661	0.5%
B313th - 16th	Newbee	$127,661	0.5%
B313th - 16th	TNC Pro Team	$127,661	0.5%
B313th - 16th	Fnatic	$127,661	0.5%
B717th - 18th	Invictus Gaming	$63,830	0.25%
B717th - 18th	paiN Gaming	$63,830	0.25%
Crowdfunding 25% The International 2018 Battle Pass 25% The International 2018 Battle Pass - Level 75 25% The International 2018 - 5 Battle Pass Levels 25% The International 2018 - 11 Battle Pass Levels 25% The International 2018 - 24 Battle Pass Levels 25% The International 2018 Collector's Cache 25% The International 2018 Collector's Cache II 25% Battle Level Bundle 2018

Gallery

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  Outside Rogers Arena

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  Opening ceremony

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  Pros engaged in axe throwing

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  Evil Geniuses arriving

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  OG arriving

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  Casters

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  TNC Pro Team

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  Sneyking

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  John Patrick Lowrie

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  Evil Geniuses

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  Semi Finals

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  Grand finals

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  Grand finals

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  OG with the Aegis of Champions

Cosplay

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  Meranth Dragoon

External links

• Official Site
• The International 2018 Announcement
• The International Ticketing FAQ
• The International Shuffle

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