The International 2026 — 13 - 23 August 2026

General information

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 table.

• 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.