Time’s up: TI is back! Dota 2’s The International 2024 is the pinnacle event in the Dota competitive calendar. The undisputed top 16 teams in the world converge in Denmark for the next two weeks, battling it out to become the 14th team to lift the Aegis of Champions.
The Aegis has belonged to Team Spirit for two of the last three years, however, the Russian squad has been unable to continue their dominant TI run after a shock upset in Copenhagen, leaving eight teams to claim victory (and the lion’s share of the crowdfunded prize pool) during the finals weekend in the Royal Arena starting Sept. 13.
Here’s everything you need to know about Dota 2’s TI 2024.
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Dota 2 TI 2024 format and teams
This year’s edition of Dota 2 TI is split into three main sections. The group stage and seeding deciders will determine the order the top 16 teams play out the main event bracket. The Road to The International consists of the first two sections as well as the opening matches of the playoff bracket, while The International sees just the top eight finish the main bracket.
Group stage Teams are sorted into four groups of four and will play out a best-of-two round-robin format. All teams will qualify for the next stage. Seeding Deciders The top team from Group A will pick an opponent running either third or fourth in Group B; then, they’ll play a best-of-three to determine who begins the main event in the upper bracket. This is repeated across each group (Group B winner vs. Group A 3rd/4th, Group A 2nd vs. remaining Group B 3rd/4th, Group C winner vs. Group D 3rd/4th, etc.). The winners of the Bo3s begin in the upper bracket of the main event; all losers begin in the lower bracket. Main Event Double-elimination bracket; all matches Bo3. The top eight through the upper and lower brackets play into The International. The grand final is a best-of-five.
Here are the teams that qualified for TI 2024 and how they got there.
Dota 2 TI 2024 schedule and results
Playoffs and main event
All match times below are in Central Time (CT).
Sunday, Sept. 15
3am: Gaimin 1-1 Tundra is LIVE Winner proceeds to grand final; loser is eliminated in third. 6am: Liquid vs. TBD Grand final (best-of-five).
Friday, Sept. 13
3am: BetBoom 0-2 Falcons 6am: Aurora 0-2 Xtreme 9am: Liquid 2-0 Cloud9 Liquid proceeds to upper bracket final; Cloud9 falls to lower bracket. 12pm: Tundra 0-2 Gaimin Gaimin proceeds to upper bracket final; Tundra falls to lower bracket.
Saturday, Sept. 14
3am: Cloud9 0-2 Falcons 6am: Tundra 2-0 Xtreme 9am: Liquid 2-0 Gaimin Liquid proceeds to grand final; Gaimin falls to lower bracket final. 12pm: Falcons 0-2 Tundra Tundra proceeds to lower bracket final; Falcons is eliminated.
Sunday, Sept. 8
3am: Xtreme 0-2 Liquid Liquid proceeds to the main event; Xtreme falls to lower bracket. 6am: Cloud9 2-0 Aurora Cloud9 proceeds to the main event; Aurora falls to lower bracket. 9am: Falcons 0-2 Tundra Tundra proceeds to the main event; Falcons falls to lower bracket. 12pm: Nouns 1-2 Gaimin Gaimin proceeds to the main event; Nouns falls to lower bracket.
Monday, Sept. 9
3am: Talon 1-2 BetBoom 6am: 1win 2-0 Zero 9am: Nouns 0-2 BetBoom BetBoom proceeds to main event; Nouns is eliminated. 12pm: Falcons 2-0 1win Falcons proceeds to main event; 1win is eliminated.
Tuesday, Sept. 10
3am: Beastcoast 1-2 HEROIC 6am: Spirit 2-0 G2.iG 9am: Aurora 2-1 HEROIC Aurora proceeds to main event; HEROIC is eliminated. 12pm: Xtreme 2-1 Spirit Xtreme proceeds to main event; Spirit is eliminated.
Group stage
All match times are in Central Time (CT).
Wednesday, Sept. 4
3am: Xtreme 2-0 HEROIC Gaimin 2-0 1win Tundra 1-1 Talon 5am: G2.iG 0-2 Cloud9 BetBoom 2-0 nouns Zero 1-1 Falcons 7am: 1win 1-1 HEROIC Liquid 2-0 Aurora Spirit 2-0 Beastcoast 9am: Xtreme 2-0 Gaimin G2.iG 2-0 Talon Nouns 1-1 Falcons 11am: BetBoom 0-2 Zero Liquid 2-0 Beastcoast Spirit 2-0 Aurora
Thursday, Sept. 5
3am: Xtreme 1-1 1win Gaimin 1-1 HEROIC Tundra 1-1 Cloud9 5am: BetBoom 0-2 Falcons Nouns 1-1 Zero Beastcoast 0-2 Aurora 7am: G2.iG 1-1 Tundra Talon 0-2 Cloud9 Liquid 0-2 Spirit 9am: Tiebreakers Falcons 2-0 Zero G2.iG 0-2 Tundra
Seeding Deciders
Friday, Sept. 6
3am: Xtreme 2-0 Talon Xtreme proceeds to the main event upper bracket; Talon proceeds to the main event lower bracket. 6am: Liquid 2-1 BetBoom Liquid proceeds to the main event upper bracket; BetBoom proceeds to the main event lower bracket. 9am: Cloud9 2-0 1win Cloud9 proceeds to the main event upper bracket; 1win proceeds to the main event lower bracket. 12pm: Zero 1-2 Aurora Aurora proceeds to the main event upper bracket; Zero proceeds to the main event lower bracket.
Saturday, Sept. 7
3am: Falcons 2-1 Beastcoast Winner proceeds to the main event upper bracket; loser proceeds to the main event lower bracket. 6am: Tundra 2-0 HEROIC Tundra proceeds to the main event upper bracket; HEROIC proceeds to the main event lower bracket. 9am: Spirit 0-2 Nouns Nouns proceeds to the main event upper bracket; Spirit proceeds to the main event lower bracket. 12pm: Gaimin 2-1 G2.iG Gaimin proceeds to the main event upper bracket; G2.iG proceeds to the main event lower bracket.
Dota 2 TI 2024 streams: How to watch
The Dota 2 TI 2024 tournament will be streamed live on Twitch and YouTube. If you missed the action, you’ll be able to watch back the main broadcast via the above Twitch channel with spoiler-free VODs posted after each matchday.
Dota community streamers are permitted to stream TI 2024—check out the Dota category on Twitch for all streams broadcasting the tournament. A list of alternate broadcasters in other languages will be provided on the event’s Liquipedia page.
