The International 2025
Dota2 tournament
Dates:
4 - 14 September 2025
Tier:
Tier 1
Prize money:
$ 0
Other prizes:
0 DPC
Group stage
Group stage tables. The group stage usually determines which teams will have a better position in the playoff stage.
The team enters the upper grid of the playoffs.
The team advances to the qualifying round.
The team is eliminated from the tournament.
Group stage table
Matches
Games
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
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Elimination stage
Playoffs, for a team to advance to the playoff stage
Elimination round 1
wins
ties
losses
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Qualifying Round 2
wins
ties
losses
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Qualifying Round 3
wins
ties
losses
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Qualifying Round 4
wins
ties
losses
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Qualifying Round 5
wins
ties
losses
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Playoff stage
Play-off stage tables. This stage is final and determines the winners and prizes received.
Playoff table.
Tournament information
General information
Organizers:
Valve
Location:
Hamburg, Germany
Tournament region:
Western Europe
Dates:
4 - 14 September
Prize pool:
$ 0
EPL points:
0
Tier:
Tier 1
Number of participants:
16
Qualified:
3
Direct invitation:
8
Tournament format
Group stage
- Four groups of four teams each
- All matches are Bo2
- The top two teams in each group will play their opponents from the 3rd or 4th placed teams in the opposite group (A vs. B and C vs. D) for the playoff seeding matches
- Seeding Matches: Sixteen teams play eight straight Bo3 matches to determine their place in the main event group
- The remaining teams are eliminated.
- The top three teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs.
- Teams ranked 4-13 advance to the qualifying round.
- The remaining teams are eliminated.
Playoff stage
- Sixteen teams play in a second-chance bracket
- Eight teams start in the upper bracket, eight in the lower bracket
- The grand final is Bo5, all other series are Bo3
- Double Elimination
- Grand Final — Bo5, all other matches — Bo3
general information
- 16 participating teams
- 6 teams are invited directly
- 10 teams are selected from the regional qualifiers
Elimination stage
- Five teams advance to the playoffs
- The remaining teams are eliminated.
Participants
Qualified
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Results and prizes
Place
Team
Prizes
Other prizes
1
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
-
2
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
-
3
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
-
4
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
-
5-6
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
-
7-8
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
-
9-12
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
-
13-16
Team
Prizes
$ 0
Other prizes
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