The International 4 Participants Revealed!
The International 4 Participants Revealed!
Valve didn't disappoint fans as they already announced early today the full list of participants and the teams that are included in the qualifier. We see some familiar teams and some teams that got a direct invite has already build a good momentum from the past tournaments that were held word wide.
So, I won't give more introduction as we go directly to the list of teams who received a direct invite to the most prestigious yearly tournament of DOTA2.
The International 4 List of teams who receive a direct invite
Alliance
Natus Vincere
Team DK NewBee Vici Gaming invictus Gaming
Cloud9
Empire Fnatic
Evil Geniuses
Titan
The list says it all, the teams listed above deserve the direct invite as they show they deserve to be invited directly to the international 4. Four teams from China showing how ready the chinese to take the throne as this year's the international champion. As we remember Alliance really show up a good fight last year's international losing only at the grand finals against Natus Vincere but still manage to grab the title.
China showing how ready the chinese to take the throne as this year's the international champion. As we remember Alliance really show up a good fight last year's international losing only at the grand finals against Natus Vincere but still manage to grab the title.
As valve announced the direct invite teams, they also released at the same time the teams included in the qualifiers. The international 4 is really different unlike the previous the international qualifiers since their are 4 division right now. American qualifier, Europe Qualifier, South East Asia Qualifier and China Qualifier.
Each qualifier division has 10 teams to battle for the invite for this years International. The champion of each region will join the 11 teams listed above and the rest will go on wildcard and the champion of the wildcard will join the rest of the teams.
The regional qualifiers will occur with a span of 4 days. On the first two days each team will face each other in a Best of 1 round robin format. On the third day the top 4 will advance to the second round with double elimination format. The top 2 will be in the winners bracket, while the 3 and 4 position will start at the losers bracket. The final day will feature a Bo3 match for the championship and consolidation match for the 3rd place.
The International 4 List of teams who will undergo the qualifiers.
May 12 - 15th NA Qualifier
1. Team Liquid
2. No Earthspirit
3. Osiris Gaming
4. TOP5
5. Union Gaming
6. Sneaky Nyx Assassins
7. Team eHug
8.CNB e-Sports Club
9. North American Rejects
10. Revenge eSports
1. DT.NGC
2. LGD Gaming
3. CIS Game
4. TongFu
5. LGD.CDEC
6. CNB.cn
7. New Element
8. Orenda
9. Speed Gaming.cn
10. HyperGloryTeam
May 16th - 19th SEA Qualifier
1. MVP Phoenix
2. Execration
3. MiTH.Trust
4. Mineski Infinity
5. First Departure
6. Team Zephyr
7. Arrow Gaming
8. Rex Regum Qeon
9. Scythe Gaming
10.Orange Esports
24th - 27th European Qualifier
1. Relax
2. Virtus.pro
3. Monomaniacs
4. Team Dog
5. NEXT.kz
6. Power Rangers
7. RoX.KIS
8. Aware Gaming
9.Meet Your Makers
10.hehe united
We can expect a very good games coming our way as the international 4 is on the way and really fast approaching. Dota2 community is getting ready for this years international 4 not only watching games but for the compendium.
The compendium was first released during the international 3 to help rise the prize pool and it really helps a lot. We can expect something like the compendium in the upcoming patch.