The International 2017 — 2 - 12 August 2017

General information

Tournament format

Group stage

• The 18 teams are divided into two groups, where they play in a Round Robin format
• All matches are played in Bo2 format
• The top four teams in each group advance to the Main Stage Upper Bracket
• The last placed team in each group is eliminated
• The rest of the teams get to the lower grid of the Main stage

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• 16 teams play in a grid with a second chance
• The first round of the lower bracket is Bo1
• The rest of the matches, except for the grand final, are Bo3.
• Grand Final - Bo5,