The International 2022

The International 2022 is the concluding tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit and the eleventh annual edition of The International which returns to Asia for the second time. The invite format is similar to the format used for the preceding International, whereby a point system based on official sponsored Regional Leagues and Majors will be used to determine the teams invited to The International.

It was announced that the second and third place teams from each region's qualifiers will compete in a LAN event prior to The International to determine two additional qualification spots - thus expanding the amount of teams for this year's International from 18 to 20 teams.

Format

 * Participants
 * 12 teams qualify through Dota Pro Circuit
 * 6 teams qualify through Regional Qualifiers; one team each from North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, China and Southeast Asia
 * 2 teams qualify through Wildcard


 * Group Stage


 * Twenty teams divided in two groups of ten teams each where they play in a round-robin format.
 * All matches are played in a.
 * in each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the Main Event.
 * Top seed in each group will pick their first opponent for the playoffs from either the 3rd or 4th place finish in the opposite group.
 * in each group are eliminated.
 * advance to the Lower Bracket of the Main Event.
 * Click here for tiebreaker rules
 * If there is a tie along the dividing line, tiebreaker matches will be played
 * bracket and bracket
 * bracket and
 * Tiebreaker matches;
 * Two-teams tie:
 * Three-teams or more tie: Round-robin,
 * For other ties (in order of importance):
 * #Head to head result between the tied teams;
 * #Results against lower seeded teams (from directly below till last place);
 * #If a tie can not be broken along the way, the process is restarted (back to head-to-head result);
 * #Coin toss.
 * Main Event
 * Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination bracket.
 * Eight teams begin in the Upper Bracket, eight in the Lower Bracket.
 * First Lower Bracket match is, Grand Final is , all others matches are.