Dota 2's The International 11 regional qualifiers: Results, teams, and more
The regional qualifiers for The International 11 (TI11), this year's iteration of Dota 2's annual multimillion-dollar world championship tournament, are now underway.
From 3 to 17 September, teams from all across the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) will be fighting to be among the 30 teams flying to Singapore to join the battle for the Aegis of Champions.
With 12 teams already directly invited to TI11, 28 spots are up for grabs in the regional qualifiers. The winners of the six regional qualifiers will advance directly to the Group Stage while the second and third-placed teams from each qualifier will start in the new Last Chance Qualifiers (LCQ).
Read on for everything you need to know about the TI11 regional qualifiers:
The TI11 Regional Qualifiers will be held from 3 to 17 September across the DPC's six regions: Western Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, North America, and South America. The qualifiers will be played in three batches, with two regions playing in each batch.
The first batch of qualifiers from 3 to 7 September will feature Eastern Europe and South America. The second batch featuring China and North America will then take place from 8 to 12 September.
Finally, the last batch of qualifiers for Western Europe and Southeast Asia will be held from 13 to 17 September.
The qualifiers will follow a double-elimination format featuring best-of-three matches except for the grand finals, which will be a best-of-five series.
Results
Here are the results of each regional qualifier:
Eastern Europe:
Winner: BetBoom Team
2nd place: Outsiders
3rd place: Natus Vincere
South America:
Winner: Hokori
2nd place: Infamous
3rd place: Tempest
China:
Winner: Royal Never Give Up
2nd place: Xtreme Gaming
3rd place: Vici Gaming
North America:
Winner: Soniqs Esports
2nd place: Nouns Esports
3rd place: Wildcard Gaming
Western Europe:
Winner: Entity
2nd place: Team Secret
3rd place: Team Liquid
Southeast Asia:
Winner: Talon Esports
2nd place: Polaris Esports
3rd place: T1
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Teams
The teams in each regional qualifier are comprised of the teams that participated in the Summer Tour of the 2021-2022 DPC season that did not finish in the Top 12 of the DPC leaderboard at the end of the season.
Here's the full list of teams participating in each regional qualifier:
Eastern Europe:
Outsiders
BetBoom Team
Natus Vincere
Mind Games
PuckChamp
HellRaisers
One Move
Pari Parni
Nemiga Gaming
Project Armor
cybercats
Team Unique
X3
HYDRA
South America:
Infamous
Tempest
Hokori
SG Esports
No Runes
Wolf Team
Infinity
Ravens
Dreamers Esports
Mad Kings
Qhali
Balrogs
China:
Royal Never Give Up
Xtreme Gaming
EHOME
Aster.Aries
Vici Gaming
CDEC
Invictus Gaming
Ybb Gaming
Team Magma
LBZS
ShenZhen
Team Fusion
Team Saiyan
North America:
Soniqs Esports
nouns
Wildcard Gaming
5RATFORCESTAFF
Alpha
The Cut
KBU.US
felt
Team DogChamp
Eternity
Arkosh Gaming
CDUB Esports
Western Europe:
Team Liquid
Entity
Team Secret
Nigma Galaxy
goonsquad
Into The Breach
Alliance
DGG Esports
IVY
Team Bald Reborn
Water Rune Enjoyers
Brame
Southeast Asia:
Talon Esports
T1
RSG
Polaris Esports
Nigma Galaxy SEA
Neon Esports
Execration
Lilgun
Army Geniuses
Summit Gaming
Atlantis
XERXIA
TNC Predator
How to watch
Dota 2 developer Valve Software sold the broadcasting rights for the TI11 regional qualifiers to PGL, who will be broadcasting the qualifiers on its official Twitch and YouTube channels.
TI11 will be hosted in Singapore from 8 to 30 October and features a revamped format and a longer schedule. For everything you need to know about TI11, check here.
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