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The International 2016
Tournament information
SportDota 2
LocationSeattle, Washington, United States
DatesAugust 2–August 13, 2016
AdministratorValve Corporation
Tournament
format(s)
Round robin, double elimination
Host(s)Valve Corporation
Venue(s)KeyArena
Participants16 teams
Purse$19,600,000+

The International 2016 (TI6) is the ongoing sixth iteration of The International, an annual Dota 2 eSports championship tournament, which is taking place at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, the tournament began in June 2016 with the qualifier phase, and will end after the main event in Seattle in August.

The tournament will award the biggest prize pool in eSports history, at over $19 million.

Background and format

Like in previous years of the tournament, a corresponding digital compendium was released before the event.[1] Known as the Battle Pass, 25% of the revenue made by it was sent towards the tournament's prize pool.[2][1] By the end of July, the crowdfunded prize pool had surpassed the previous year's total of $18.4 million, overtaking it as the largest eSports tournament prize pool in history.[3][4][1]

The event began with open qualifiers in June, with the Americas, China, Europe, and Southeast Asia regions.[5] The winners of each region then went on to the main qualifiers, which also took place in June. Winners of the regional round robin main qualifier earned an invite to the main event, while a secondary playoff bracket took place for teams in 2nd-5th place, with the winner of them also earning an invite. Six teams were directly invited without need for qualifying, which was based on consistently good results at previous Dota 2 events.[6] However, The International 2015 champion team Evil Geniuses did not receive a direct invite due to breaking Valve's rules on roster swapping prior to the tournament.[7] They and Team Secret, who also broke the same rule, were forced to make their way through the open and main qualifiers, eventually finishing first in their respective regions, gaining an invite.[8][9] Two teams from the Philippines, TnC Gaming and Execration, had issues securing travel visas to the United States, but were eventually able to get them one week before the event due to assistance from Filipino senator Bam Aquino.[10]

The event began with the wild card matches on August 2, with the EHOME and Escape Gaming advancing to the round robin group stage the following day.[11] The group stage consists of two groups of eight teams, with the top four teams of each group advancing to the upper bracket of the best-of-three double elimination main event, and the bottom four advancing to the lower bracket.[11]

Teams

Direct invitation
Regional qualifier winners
  • United States Evil Geniuses (Americas)
  • United States Digital Chaos (Americas runner-up)
  • China Wings Gaming (China)
  • China Vici Gaming Reborn (China runner-up)
  • Europe Team Secret (Europe)
  • Sweden Alliance (Europe runner-up)
  • Philippines TnC Gaming (Southeast Asia)
  • Malaysia Fnatic (Southeast Asia runner-up)
Wild card

Bracket

Wild card

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Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts
1 OG 3 1 1 1 3
2 Alliance 2 1 0 1 2
3 Wings Gaming 2 0 1 1 1
4 Natus Vincere 2 0 1 1 1
5 Evil Geniuses 2 1 1 0 3
6 LGD Gaming 1 0 1 0 1
7 TnC Gaming 2 1 0 1 2
8 Escape Gaming 1 0 1 0 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts
1 NewBee 0 0 0 0 0
2 Team Secret 0 0 0 0 0
3 Vici Gaming Reborn 0 0 0 0 0
4 MVP Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0
5 Digital Chaos 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fnatic 0 0 0 0 0
7 Team Liquid 0 0 0 0 0
8 EHOME 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Main event

Upper bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Upper bracket finals
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lower bracket

References

  1. ^ a b c Erzberger, Tyler. "The International prize pool, a history". ESPN. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ^ Hillier, Brenna. "Dota 2: The International 2016 Battle Pass packs in so much stuff". VG247. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ Savov, Vlad. "Dota 2 breaks its own record for biggest prize pool in e-sports". The Venge. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. ^ Walker, Dylan. "The International 6 now boasts the largest esports prize pool of all time". esports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ Van Allen, Eric. "The International 6 qualifiers primer". ESPN. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ^ Van Allen, Eric. "What you need to know about The International 6". ESPN. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ^ Thursten, Chris. "Valve announce team invites for The International 2016". PC Gamer. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. ^ Van Allen, Eric. "The roster swap madness of Team Secret and Evil Geniuses". ESPN. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. ^ Higgins, Chris. "Has Secret's TI6 open qualifier gamble paid off?". Red Bull. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. ^ Bolando, AJ. "Pinoy teams finally get US visas for P890M DOTA 2 event". philstar.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Dota 2 - The International". dota2.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

External links

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