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The International 2019: Main Event

Overview (/dota2/The_International/2019)

Regional Quali ers (/dota2/The_International/2019/North_America)

Group Stage (/dota2/The_International/2019/Group_Stage) Main Event

All-Star Match (/dota2/The_International/2019/All-Star_Match)

Statistics (/dota2/The_International/2019/Statistics)

Format
For the full rules, see here (https://www.dota2.com/international/rules/)

Upper Bracket
Top four teams in each group of Group Stage (/dota2/The_International/2018/Group_Stage)
start in the Upper Bracket.
The 1st place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th
placed team in the opposite group.
The 2nd place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 1st place.
All Upper Bracket games are Bo3 (Best-of-three)
For the rst round, the higher seeded team has Selection Priority in games 1 and 3
In all other rounds, the rst game Selection Priority is decided by coin toss and alternates for
the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
Lower Bracket
5th-8th placed teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Lower Bracket.
The 5th place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 7th or 8th
placed team in the opposite group.
The 6th place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 5th place.
First round is played in a Bo1 (Best-of-one) then all matches are played in a Bo3 (Best-of-
three).
The higher seeded team has Selection Priority for the rst round Bo1 (Best-of-one) game
In all other rounds, the rst game Selection Priority is decided by coin toss and alternates for
the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
Grand Finals
Grand Finals is played in a Bo5 (Best-of- ve) with no game advantage.

Bracket

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Show as table
    Upper Upper Upper Grand Final
Bracket R1 Bracket R2 Bracket Final (Bo5)
(Bo3) (Bo3) (Bo3)
2

0
2

0
2

1
1

2
2

0
2

1
1

Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower 1

Bracket R1 Bracket R2 Bracket R3 Bracket R4 Bracket R5 Bracket Final
(Bo1) (Bo3) (Bo3) (Bo3) (Bo3) (Bo3)
0
0
2 0
1 0
2
2
0
0 1
2 2
1 2
0

1
1
2 0
0 0
2
2
2
1
1
0

References

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