The International 2016 was the sixth iteration of Dota 2`s flagship annual championship. Hosted by Valve Corporation, it took place at the KeyArena Center in Seattle, Washington. The tournament began on 21 Jun. 2016 with the Open Qualifiers and closed on 13 Aug. 2016 with the Grand Final, where Wings Gaming Wings Gaming China Created: 2014-08-28 Disbanded: 2017-04-19 Team Information Captain: Zhang "y丶" Yiping Coach(es): Links Website: Facebook: dota2wingsgaming Twitter: wingsgamingcn Weibo: WingsGaming DOTABUFF: 1836806 Wings Gaming is a professional Dota 2 team based in China. became the third Chinese team to be crowned champions after defeating Digital Chaos Digital Chaos United States Created: 2015-08-24 Team Information Captain: Kanishka "BuLba" Sosale Coach(es): William "Blitz" Lee Manager(s): Nikki "Sajedene" Elise Sponsor(s): 100TB Private Internet Access AlphaDraft Steelseries LootMarket.com Links Website: Digital Chaos Facebook: digitalchaosgg Twitter: . The 2016 edition of The International featured sixteen Dota 2 professional teams from all over the world.
With a prize pool of over US$20 million, The International 2016 is the largest tournament to ever take place in eSports, breaking the record held by its previous iteration, The International 2015 The International 2015 United States Start Date 16 May 2015 End Date 8 Aug. 2015 Teams 16 Version 6.84 Prize Pool USD $18,000,000+ Access The International Compendium 2015 The International Compendium 2015 - Level 50 , which accumulated over U$18 million. The majority of this sum is collected through several in-game items released by Valve, including The International Compendium 2016 The International 2016 Battle Pass Tool Rarity: Legendary Buy Now on Market Created By Released16 May 2016 Expires30 Aug. 2016 OriginLimited The International 2016 Battle Pass is a tournament pass and features bundle made for , a digital book tied to the event that came with many activities and cosmetic items Cosmetic Items customize visual elements within Dota 2. These modifications are purely graphical and do not affect mechanics or gameplay. Contents 1 Sources 2 Categories 2.1 Loadout 2.2 Consumables 2.3 Tournament Items 2.4 Event Items . 2016 marks the third consecutive year that The International`s prize pool outgrows its previous-year record.
The International 2016 became the second not to featureSpecial attraction all previous champions, as Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming China Created: 2011-08-02 Team Information Captain: Fu "Q" Bin Coach(es): Manager(s): Li "zaizai" Pan Sponsor(s): Personal sponsorship from Wang Sicong Links Website: http://www.igaming.com.cn/ Facebook: InvictusGaming.Official Twitter: invgaming Weibo: 2099708877 Invictus Gaming (iG) is was unable to qualify for the event. 2011 and 2014 winners Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Ukraine Created: 2010-10-22 Team Information Captain: Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille Coach(es): Manager(s): Ihor "caff" Sydorenko Sponsor(s): G2AHyperXAOCTwitch.tvЗОНА 51Kiev CyberSport ArenaEsportStoreESPFragstoreDXRacerNewzoo Links Website: navi-gaming.com Facebook: NatusVincere Twitter: natusvincere DOTABUFF: 36 VK: natus.vincere Natus and Newbee Newbee China Created: 2014-02-13 Team Information Captain: Hu "Kaka" Liangzhi Coach(es): Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui Sponsor(s): ZhanqiTV ACE Links Website: Facebook: NewbeeCN Twitter: NewbeeCN datdota: 1102 DOTABUFF: 1375614 Newbee is a professional Dota 2 team based were the only ones directly invited; 2013 winners Alliance Alliance Sweden Created: 2013-04-12 Team Information Captain: Jonathan "Loda" Berg Coach(es): Manager(s): Erik "erikbarge" Barge Sponsor(s): Monster Energy SteelSeries Sennheiser Links Website: thealliance.gg Facebook: theAllianceGG Twitter: theAllianceGG datdota: 376 DOTABUFF: 111474 VK: thealliancedota2 Twitch: thealliancegg secured their spot through the European qualifiers, whereas the defending champions Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses United States Created: 1999 - Organization founding 2011-10-24 - Dota 2 division Team Information Captain: Andreas Franck "Cr1t-" Nielsen Coach(es): Clinton "Fear" Loomis Avery "SVG" Silverman Manager(s): William "ReaverXai" Burden Phillip "Tallgeese" Aram were forced to play through the open qualifiers due to a last-minute roster change. Valve`s roster stability rules also affected other teams, which resulted in only 6 direct invites being issued, the lowest ever for the tournament.
Jun. 21 – 24 | Open Qualifiers Overview Open Qualifiers Main Qualifiers Wild Card Series Group Stage Main Event Special Events The International 2016: Open Qualifiers Online Start Date 21 Jun. 2016 End | - Open to all teams.
- Single elimination.
- Winner from each region advances to regional qualifiers.
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Jun. 25 – 29 | Main Qualifiers Overview Open Qualifiers Main Qualifiers Wild Card Series Group Stage Main Event Special Events The International 2016: Main Qualifiers Online Start Date 25 Jun. 2016 End | - 4 Regions: Americas, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia.
- Europe, China, and Southeast Asia have 10 teams.
- Winner from each region advances to main event.
- Runner-up from each region advances to wild card series.
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Aug. 2 | Wild Card Series Overview Open Qualifiers Main Qualifiers Wild Card Series Group Stage Main Event Special Events The International 2016: Wild Card Seattle Start Date 2 Aug. 2016 End | - 4 runner-up teams from the regional qualifiers.
- Double elimination, best of three matches.
- Top 2 teams advance to join the group stage.
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Aug. 3 – 5 | Group Stage | - 2 groups of 8 teams, round robin.
- Best of two matches.
- Top 4 teams from each group advance to upper bracket of the main event.
- Bottom 4 teams from each group advance to lower bracket of the main event.
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Aug. 8 – 13 | Main Event | - 16 teams, double elimination.
- 8 teams begin in the upper bracket, 8 in the lower bracket.
- First lower bracket game is best of one, others are best of three.
- Grand finals are best of five.
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