Dota 2 The International 2025 (TI 14): Prize pool, format, teams, and more

The International 2025, or TI 2025, is the fourteenth edition of Dota 2's prestigious annual event. This year's chapter took place in Hamburg, Germany. The event wasdivided into the Group Stage (The Road to The International) and the Playoffs (The International).

You will find the positions, schedule, format, and prize pool below. You can check out the Dota 2 TI 14 Grand Final Falcons vs XG highlights to learn how the final match went.

Also Read: Dota 2 TI 2025 Playoffs schedule and results

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The International 2025 (TI 14) guide

Position	Team	Prize (in USD)
1st	Team Falcons	$1,107,010
2nd	Xtreme Gaming	$338,662
3rd	PARIVISION	$234,993
4th	BetBoom Team	$156,298
5th-6th	HEROIC Nigma Galaxy	$130,230
7th-8th	Tundra Esports Team Tidebound	$104,163
9th-13th	Yakutoi Brothers Aurora Gaming Wildcard Team Liquid Team Spirit	$46,836
14th-15th	NAVI BOOM Esports	$26,067
16th	Team Nemesis	$13,034

TI 2025: Schedule, format, and prize pool

TI 14 runs from September 4, 2025, to September 14, 2025, in Hamburg, Germany. The Playoffs takes place in the Barclays Arena. The schedule and format are as follows:

Stage	Dubbed	Format	Date
Group Stage	The Road to The International	Swiss-system of sixteen teams- All best-of-three matches- Top three teams progress to playoffs- 4th to 13th place teams in a special elimination round- Remaining teams are eliminatedElimination Round- Five teams progress to playoffs- Rest are eliminated	September 4 to September 7
Playoffs	The International	- Double-elimination bracket - All matches are best-of-three, except a best-of-five Grand Final	September 11 to September 14

The Dota 2 The International 2025 (TI 14) prize pool is $2,604,793. The base number is at 1.6 million USD (same as it has been for other years), while the rest came through crowdfunding.

With the discontinuation of the famed Battle Pass, TI 2024 had the paid The International 2024 Compendium. The final prize pool for the tournament, after contributions, came to $2,776,566.

Also Read: Dota 2 The International 2025 Fantasy prediction guide (TI14)

TI 2025: Qualified teams

The following Dota 2 teams have qualified for The International 2025:

Team	Qualification	Players
Team Liquid	Direct Invitation	miCKe, Nisha, SaberLight, Boxi, Insania
PARIVISION	Direct Invitation	Satanic, No[o]ne-, DM, 9Class, Dukalis
BetBoom Team	Direct Invitation	Pure, gpk, MieRo, Save-, Kataomi`
Team Tidebound	Direct Invitation	shiro, NothingTo Say, Bach, planet, y`
Yakutou Brothers	Direct Invitation	flyfly, Emo, Beyond, BoBoKa, Oli
Team Spirit	Direct Invitation	Yatoro, Larl, Collapse, rue, Miposhka
Team Falcons	Direct Invitation	skiter, Malr1ne, ATF, Cr1t-, Sneyking
Tundra Esports	Direct Invitation	Crystallis, bzm, 33, Saksa, Whitemon
NAVI	Regional Qualifiers (Western Europe)	gotthejuice, Niku, pma, Zayac, Riddys
Nigma Galaxy	Regional Qualifiers (Western Europe)	Ghost, SumaiL, No!ob, OmaR, GH
Aurora Gaming	Regional Qualifiers (Eastern Europe)	Nightfall, kiyotaka, TORONTOTOKYO, Mira, panto
Xtreme gaming	Regional Qualifiers (China)	Ame, Xm, Xxs, XinQ, poloson
Team Nemesis	Regional Qualifiers (Southeast Asia)	Akashi, Mac, Raven, Jing, Erice
BOOM Esports	Regional Qualifiers (Southeast Asia)	jaCkky, Armel, Jabz, TIMS, Jaunuel
Wildcard	Regional Qualifiers (North America)	Yamsun, RCY, Fayde, Bignum, Speeed
HEROIC	Regional Qualifiers (South America)	Yuma, 4nalog, Wisper, Scofield

After the recent developments with Gaimin Gladiators, Valve invited the Yakutou Brothers to take up the berth at TI 14.

The International 2025 livestream: Where to watch

You can catch TI 14 live at the following links:

English - Twitch / YouTube
Russian - Twitch / YouTube

There will also be livestreams from different members of the community on Twitch and YouTube if you wish to stray from the official broadcasts.

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