The call of the ancients, the crowd, Gabe Newell walking onto the stage just to say, "Let's play some dota", and the best Dota 2 esports action you can possibly hope for. Those are the makings of the annual The International.
With th Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) a thing of the past, The International 2024 features six direct-invite teams and ten teams who made it past their regional qualifiers. As the dust settles over those regional qualifiers, we've got a list of all the teams in attendance.
TI2024 Regional Qualifier Winners
The best teams from each of the six regions competed in the qualifiers. There were two spots each for China, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and South America, and one place each for Eastern Europe and North America at The International 2024.
The table below outlines the teams who made it to The International 2024 via their respective Regional Closed Qualifiers.
Regional Closed Qualifier | 1st Place | 2nd Place |
China | Team Zero | G2 x iG |
Western Europe | Entity | Tundra Esports |
South America | HEROIC | beastcoast |
Southeast Asia | Talon Esports | Aurora |
North America | nouns | Shopify Rebellion (Did not qualify for TI2024) |
Eastern Europe | 1win | 9Pandas (Did not qualify for TI2024) |
Yes, it's been a rough one for many fans. The likes of Team Spirit, Nigma Galaxy, and even OG didn't make the cut.
Now, let's take a look at the six teams who did well enough during the latest season to get a direct invite from Valve.
The International 2024 Direct Invite Teams
You'll find the list of teams Valve has invited to compete at The International 2024 below. Click on a team name to take a look at their rosters.
- Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk
- Denis "Larl" Sigitov
- Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov
- Myroslav "Mira" Kolpakov
- Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov
- Wang "Ame" Chunyu
- Guo "Xm" Hongcheng
- Lin "Xxs" Jing
- Zhao "XinQ" Zixing
- Ding "Dy" Cong
- Oliver "skiter" Lepko
- Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak
- Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf
- Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen
- Wu "Sneyking" Jingjun
- Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov
- Quinn "Quinn" Callahan
- Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard
- Erik "tOfu" Engel
- Melchior "Seleri" Hillenkamp
- Michael "miCKe" Vu
- Michał "Nisha" Jankowski
- Neta "33" Shapira
- Samuel "Boxi" Svahn
- Aydin "Insania" Sarkohi
- Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko
- Danil "gpk" Skutin
- Matvey "MieRo`" Vasyunin
- Vitalie "Save-" Melnic
- Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Khertek
We wish all the Dota 2 esports teams competing at The International 2024 the best of luck. Who will lift the Aegis of Champions in Copenhagen? We can't wait to find out!
Stay tuned to our esports section as we will bring you the latest news, results, and details on The International 2024, and other big tournaments.