The International is the annual Esports event for the game DOTA 2 which is organised by the developer of the game Valve. In the blog below we will be remembering Dota 2 The International 2017, the 7th edition of the tournament. The tournament started with online qualifiers in June 2017 and ended with the Main event happening again at the KeyArena, Seattle. The event boasted a prize pool collected through crowdfunding to be at almost $25 Million making it the biggest tournament in the parameters of the highest prize pool at that time.
How does the tournament work ?
The tournament had a total of 18 teams, out of which 6 were invited. The rest 6 were selected through qualifiers
Main Qualifiers
The Main qualifiers for Dota 2 The International 2017 (TI 7) were held in six regions. Teams reaching here either had gone through either the championship or the open qualifiers in all these regions. From China and SouthEast Asia Top 3 Teams were selected each. From Europe and North America the first 2 teams went directly to The International and The top team from South America and CIS made their way to the tournament.
The 18 teams competing the tournament were,
1. OG(Invited)
2. Virtus.pro(Invited)
3. Evil Geniuses(Invited)
4. Team Liquid(Invited)
5. Invictus Gaming(Invited)
6. Newbee(Invited)
7. Team Secret
8. HellRaisers
9. Team Empire
10. iG Vitality
11. LGD.Forever Young
12. LGD Gaming
13. TNC Pro Team
14. Fnatic
15. Execration
16. Cloud9
17. Digital Chaos
18. Infamous
Dota 2 The International 7 Group Stage
The group stage was held from 2nd August to 5th August. The teams were divided in groups of 9 where they played in Round-Robin format and every game was a Bo2. The top 4 advanced to the upper bracket, the last one was eliminated and the remaining went to the Lower Bracket. These were the standings after the group stage was over,
Group A
| S No | Team Name | Points |
| 1. | Team Liquid | 13 |
| 2. | LGD Gaming | 12 |
| 3. | Evil Geniuses | 11 |
| 4. | TNC Pro Team | 9 |
| 5. | Team Secret | 7 |
| 6. | iG Vitality | 7 |
| 7. | Team Empire | 6 |
| 8. | Infamous | 5 |
| 9. | Fnatic | 2 |
Group B
| S No. | Team Name | Points |
| 1. | LGD.Forever Young | 14 |
| 2. | Newbee | 11 |
| 3. | Virtus.pro | 10 |
| 4. | Invictus Gaming | 10 |
| 5. | OG | 9 |
| 6. | Cloud9 | 6 |
| 7. | Digital Chaos | 6 |
| 8. | Execration | 5 |
| 9. | HellRaisers | 1 |
Main Event
The 16 teams played in a double elimination format just like last year for a period of 6 days from 7th to 12th August. All the rounds were Bo3 except for the first round of the Lower Bracket which was a Bo1 and the Grand Finale which was Bo5. In the end it came down to the 2 teams, Team Liquid coming from the Lower bracket and Newbee coming from the Upper Bracket, facing each other in the Grand Finale.
Remembering Dota 2 The International 2017 Grand Finals
Team Liquid
The Finale of The International 2017 was a rather one sided match. Team Liquid from the very beginning took an advantage by winning the first 2 matches. Although team Newbee tried to tweak their strategy to win the do or die match but due to some early success in the game Team Liquid swept away the 3rd match along with the title of the winners The International 2017! Also they claimed the winners money of almost $11 Million.
To watch the official documentary by Valve please see the Dota 2 True Sight. It covered all the back scene and the players insights as well as reactions during final series!
To read about the other editions of the tournament click on the respective years or check out MYESPORTSGLOBE for more news and updates!
Dota 2 Remembering The International 1 (TI 2011) here
Dota 2 Remembering The International 2 (TI 2012) here
Dota 2 Remembering The International 3 (TI 2013) here.
Dota 2 Remembering The International 4 here
Dota 2 Remembering The International 5 here
Dota 2 Remembering The International 6 here
Dota 2 Remembering The International 7 here
Dota 2 Remembering The International 8 here
Dota 2 Remembering The International 9 here
