The International 2026 will have only seven directly-invited teams as well as a new unified regional qualifier for Europe.
Valve named seven teams to Shanghai, cut the usual field by one, and merged Eastern and Western Europe into a single qualifier with four slots. Open qualifiers begin June 9, regionals run June 15–28, ...
The seven teams directly invited to The International 2026 have been revealed along with all the information on the qualifiers.
OG's CEO claims rampant region-hopping undermines Dota 2's long-standing regional qualifier system. The regional qualifiers for The International (TI) 2025, this year's Dota 2 world championship ...