Dota 2 TI 2025: Direct Invites and The Road to TI

With Dota 2 The International 2025 scheduled in a few months, the direct invites have finally been revealed. Eight teams have already secured their berths at the biggest tournament of Dota 2's calendar year, while the remaining eight will go through regional qualifiers.

While the removal of the Battle Pass mechanic may have taken some sheen off, The International remains the grandest stage for Dota 2 players and fans – lifting the Aegis of Champions is a crowning moment of a player's career. Team Liquid is the defending champion going into this year's chapter after defeating Gaimin Gladiators in TI 2024 in Copenhagen.

Dota 2 TI 2025: Who got direct invites?

The following Dota 2 teams have received a direct invitation to The International 2025:

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Team Liquid

Michael “miCKe” Vu
Michał “Nisha” Jankowski
Jonáš “SabeRLight” Volek
Samuel “Boxi” Svahn
Aydin “Insania” Sarkohi

PARIVISION

Alan “Satanic” Galliamov
Volodymyr “No[o]ne-” Minenko
Dmitrii “DM” Dorokhin
Edgar “9Class” Naltakian
Andrey “Dukalis” Kuropatkin

BB Team

Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko
Danil “gpk~” Skutin
Matvei “MieRo`” Vasiunin
Vitalie “Save-” Melnic
Vladislav “Kataomi`” Semenov

Team Tidebound

Guo “shiro” Xuanang
Cheng “NothingToSay” Jin Xiang
Zhang “Bach” Ruida
Lin “planet” Hao
Zhang “y`” Yiping

Gaimin Gladiators

Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov
Quinn “Quinn” Callahan
Marcus “Ace” Christensen
Erik “tOfu” Engel
Arman “Malady” Orazbayev

Team Spirit

Illya “Yatoro” Muliarchuk
Denis “Larl” Sigitov
Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
Alexsander “rue” Filin
Iaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov

Team Falcons

Oliver “skiter” Lepko
Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak
Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf
Andreas “Cr1t-” Nielsen
Wu “Sneyking” Jingjun

Tundra Esports

Remco “Crystallis” Arets
Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov
Neta “33” Shapira
Martin “Saksa” Sazdov
Matthew “Whitemon” Filemon

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The Road to TI's Regional Qualifiers for the remaining eight Dota 2 teams will take place as follows:

Eastern Europe + South America - June 4 to June 8, 2025

Eastern Europe (1 slot): Aurora Gaming, Natus Vincere, NAVI Junior, One Move, L1GA TEAM, Virtus.pro, (+4 teams from Open Qualifiers)
South America (1 slot): HEROIC, OG.LATAM, Edge, Team Den, (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)

China + North America - June 9 to June 12, 2025

North America (1 slot): Shopify Rebellion, Wildcard, (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)
China (1 slot): Xtreme Gaming, Yakult Brothers, (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)

Southeast Asia + Western Europe - June 13 to June 17, 2025

Western Europe (2 slots): Nigma Galaxy, MOUZ, OG, AVULUS, (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)
Southeast Asia (2 slots): TALON, BOOM Esports, Trailer Park Boys, The MongolZ, Ivory, Execration, (+4 teams from Open Qualifiers)

The Open Qualifiers will kick-start The International 2025's Road to TI segment. OQ from May 31, 2025, to June 3, 2025, worldwide, and from June 2 to June 5, 2025, for China. TI 2025 will run from September 4 to September 14, 2025.

The Group Stage will run from September 4 to September 7, 2025, while the Playoffs will take place from September 11 to September 14, 2025, at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

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