The International 10: what you need to know

The main tournament of the year in the discipline Dota 2 - The International 10 will begin on October 7th. Very soon the best teams in the world will fight for a huge prize pool and the most prestigious title in the discipline. Now all the participating teams are preparing for the tournament, and the audience is sitting in anticipation of one of the main events of esports this year. Who will be at The International 10? Who is the top favorite? Who can be considered a "dark horse"? You will learn about this in this article. And you can place bets on e-sports on the ggbet website.

History

The International has been held every year since 2011, and its prize pool gets bigger and bigger every year. This is due to the introduction in 2013 of the Compendium - an in-game item that is sold for real money, and part of the money from its sale goes to the prize pool of The International. Therefore, this tournament annually became the largest in terms of the prize fund. The first champion was the CIS team “Natus Vincere”. The champions of other seasons were constantly changing, they were from different and from different parts of the world, and the only one who managed to lift the "Aegis" (the main cup) twice was the European club "OG", whose roster won The International 8 and 9, which means that this the team is the reigning champion and will defend their title at The International 10. The latter's prize pool at the moment was $ 34,330,068 at The International.

Tournament format

The list of participants was approved in the summer. The tournament will be attended by 18 teams, which will represent 6 regions (among them 2 teams from the CIS). The International 10 will take place in two stages: the group stage and the playoffs. The group stage will be held in the Round-Robin format (each with each). There will be two groups in total, and only one team will leave the group. The first four clubs advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, the teams that take 5th to 8th places advance to the lower bracket. All group stage matches will be played in BO2 (two maps) format. The playoff stage is very simple. Format - Double-elimination (up to two defeats). The first matches of the lower bracket will be played in BO1 (one map) format. This is a very risky format as you can be knocked out very easily after the first game, so the group stage is very important for all teams. The rest of the playoffs will be held in the BO3 format (up to two wins), and the Grand Final will be held in the BO5 format (up to three wins). The prize fund will be $ 40,018,195.

Commands

Now you can talk about the most interesting teams of the tournament.

List of commands:

1. "OG".

The reigning champions of The International, who had a terrible season. But this does not mean that they have no chance of winning. Both of the past seasons, they were also dark horses and became champions. Every year this team shows incredible performance and, despite the changes in the lineup, the core of the team has remained the same. Therefore, we are waiting for their enchanting performance at the main tournament of the year.

2. "PSG.LGD".

Perhaps the main favorite of the tournament. The Chinese team has been playing at the highest level throughout the year, and now they are probably in their best shape. At major international tournaments, the Chinese also showed their best side. Therefore, when placing bets on The International 10, one should not forget about this team.

3. Virtus.pro.

The strongest team in the CIS region is a real "dark horse". It is difficult to expect anything from this club, because they can either take 12th place or go to the Grand Final. It all depends on whether they can overcome the nervousness that always manifests itself in offline tournaments, because it was because of it that the CIS team often lost. Unfortunately, they still lack experience, but with productive work with a psychologist and a coach, they can show fantastic results.

4. Team Secret.

The championship is predicted for this team every year, but it has never reached it yet. However, this season they slightly changed their game model. After confirming their spot in The International 10, players decided to take a break and stopped performing to save energy for the main event of the year. Perhaps this year they will still succeed.