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The International returns once again this summer to Seattle with a five day Main Event, starting on August 7th.



The first team invited to The International are the returning champions, Invictus Gaming. Twelve more teams will be announced over the coming days. Just like in last year’s event, the winners of the East and West Qualifiers will each receive an invite. As you’ve probably noticed, that only adds to 15 teams. Right before The International begins, the Wild Card event will determine the final spot in a match between the runner-ups of each qualifier.

The West Qualifier will be hosted by GDStudio from May 13th through the 19th and the East Qualifier by BeyondTheSummit from May 20th through the 26th. All matches will also be available for free through DotaTV.

We have all the invited teams below.

Edit: TongFu has been given an invite in place of LGD.cn. This is due to the sudden roster change that happened. To me, this seems to suggest that the invites are not for the team per se, but for the individuals in the team. Kinda weird if you ask me. But it is at their discretion after all. LGD.cn takes TongFu's spot in the qualifiers.











Looking forward to see another great production by Valve!