Dota 2’s The International 2024 is the pinnacle event in the Dota competitive calendar. The undisputed top 16 teams in the world converged in Denmark for 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 was unable to continue their dominant TI run after a shock upset in Copenhagen, leaving just eight contenders to claim victory (and of course the lion’s share of the crowdfunded prize pool) during the finals weekend in the Royal Arena on 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
The 2024 edition of Dota 2 TI was split into three sections. The group stage and seeding deciders determined the order in which the top 16 teams played the main bracket. The Road to The International consisted of the first two and the opening matches of the playoff bracket, while TI 2024 saw just the top eight finish the main bracket.
- Group stage
- Teams were sorted into four groups of four and played out a best-of-two round-robin format.
- All teams qualified for the next stage.
- Seeding Deciders
- The top team from Group A picked an opponent running either third or fourth in Group B; then, they played a best-of-three to determine who would begin 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 began in the upper bracket of the main event; all losers began in the lower bracket.
- Main Event
- Double-elimination bracket; all matches Bo3.
- The top eight through the upper and lower brackets played into The International.
- The grand final was a best-of-five.
Here are the teams that qualified for TI 2024 and how they got there.
| Qualification | Team(s) |
|---|---|
| Direct Invites Teams that earned enough ranking points to automatically qualify for TI 2024. | Team Spirit Xtreme Gaming Team Falcons Team Liquid Gaimin Gladiators BetBoom Team |
| Regional Qualifiers Each major Dota regions’ final qualifier. | Western Europe: Cloud9, Tundra Eastern Europe: 1win China: G2 x iG, Team Zero Southeast Asia: Talon Esports, Aurora North America: Nouns South America: HEROIC, Beastcoast |
Dota 2 TI 2024 schedule and results
Playoffs and main event
All match times below are in Central Time (CT).
Friday, Sept. 13
- 3am: BetBoom 0-2 Falcons
- BetBoom is eliminated.
- 6am: Aurora 0-2 Xtreme
- Aurora is eliminated.
- 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
- Cloud9 is eliminated.
- 6am: Tundra 2-0 Xtreme
- Xtreme is eliminated.
- 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. 15
- 3am: Gaimin 2-1 Tundra
- Gaimin proceeds to grand final; Tundra is eliminated in third.
- 8:30am: Liquid 3-0 Gaimin
- Grand final (best-of-five).
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
- Talon is eliminated.
- 6am: 1win 2-0 Zero
- Zero is eliminated.
- 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
- HEROIC is eliminated.
- 6am: Spirit 2-0 G2.iG
- G2.iG is eliminated.
- 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.
