Dota 2 The International 2025: Dates, location, teams, tickets, and more

Dota 2's The International is set for its 14th appearance this year. TI 2025 has been penned for September, with the Aegis of Champions heading to a familiar country.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 edition of The International including dates, location, and how to buy tickets to attend in person!

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The 14th edition of The International will be held in Hamburg, Germany.

This is the second time the pinnacle Dota 2 tournament takes place in Germany, which is very much the birthplace of TI itself. The first ever TI was held at Gamescom in Cologne, and while the event truly took off in Seattle, fans still reminisce over the event's first edition.

It is the fourth time TI will be hosted in Europe. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark and was won by Team Liquid.

TI 2025 will take place from Sept. 4 to 14, according to an April 1 update post from Valve. The post also revealed the format of the event, with TI 2025 split into two stages.

The opening stage, The Road to The International, will start with a five-round Swiss bracket. The 16 attendees will play best-of-three matches against teams with the same record (e.g. 1-1 teams play other 1-1 teams, 0-2 teams play other 0-2 teams, etc.). Four wins see teams progress to the playoffs, while four losses means elimination.

After the first three qualified teams have been found, the remaining teams (10, with six eliminated) will play a special elimination series, with higher-ranked teams drawn against lower-ranked teams. The five winners proceed to the playoffs; the five losers will be out.

The International itself sees the final eight teams seeded into a double-elimination bracket based on performance in the previous stage. All matches will be best-of-three, with the final a best-of-five.

Tickets for TI 2025 will be on sale April 15 at 10am CEST. Tickets can be bought from the AXS website, with single- and multi-day tickets available.

Below you'll find the available ticket prices for TI 2025:

Fans have previously also been restricted from purchasing tickets in bulk to prevent scalpers or resellers from affecting ticket allocation. We'll know more about ticket prices and bundles before April 15's sale date, but be sure to get in quickly regardless as TI tends to sell out fast!

Eight teams have been invited to TI 2025, up from six last year:

All other teams will need to play through the closed or open qualifiers, with the next-best teams receiving closer qualifier invites.

Open qualifiers will begin May 31 (June 2 for China), and be wrapped in time for the first closed qualifier which begins June 4. Here's a breakdown of where each team will start their TI 2025 campaign:

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