# The International 2023

The International 2023 (commonly referred to as TI 2023 or TI 12) was the concluding tournament of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Dota 2. The International is the concluding international tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit in different regions. The tournament ran from October 12 until the Grand Finals on October 29, 2023.
A total of 20 teams qualified to compete in The International with 12 teams qualifying through the Dota Pro Circuit while 8 teams qualified through the regional qualifiers. These eight teams were subdivided into allotments from different regions with two Western European and South American teams and one team from North America, Eastern Europe, China and Southeast Asia, respectively, qualifying through the regional qualifiers.
TI 10 champions Team Spirit won The International 2023 following their early playoff exit during The International 2022. Team Spirit defeated North America's Gaimin Gladiators in the Finals 3-0. Team Spirit is the second team in TI history to win two-world championship titles to the organization with OG being the first back-to-back world champions in 2018 and 2019.

## Venue

The International 2023's Group Stage were done through online live broadcasts on several platforms such as YouTube and Facebook with the Playoffs being held at the Seattle Convention Center. Meanwhile, the Grand Finals was done in the Climate Pledge Arena, also in Seattle.
United States :
| Seattle, Washington ||
| Playoffs Weekend | Finals Weekend |
| Seattle Convention Center | Climate Pledge Arena |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 18,300 |
| Seattle ||

## Format

The International 2023 followed a different approach in the Group Stage and Playoffs of the tournament. The event was split into two phases: The Road to The International and The International.
The Road to The International refers to the Group Stage where all 20 teams are set to be split into four groups to matchup into a single Round-robin tournament with Best-of-two matches. The first phase of The Road to The International was specifically made in order to determine the teams competing in Phase 2.
The Top 2 teams during Phase 1 will be matching up with either the Third or Fourth Seed of a different group in a best-of-three match. Phase 2 was conducted in order to determine the placement per team in the 16-team bracket playoffs.
The International is the main playoff event. The teams that have competed in Phase 2 will be seeded accordingly in the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals while the teams who lost in Phase 2 will be seeded accordingly in the Lower Bracket's First Round.

## Participating Teams

12 of the 20 participating teams qualified through the Dota Pro Circuit, a string of professional tournaments in every region to determine allocated points for teams to qualify to The International. The remaining eight teams qualified through the Regional Qualifiers.
| Region | Team Name |
| Dota Pro Circuit ||
| Europe | Team Liquid |
| Europe | Tundra Esports |
| Europe | Team Spirit |
| CIS | BetBoom Team |
| CIS | 9Pandas |
| North America | TSM |
| North America | Shopify Rebellion |
| North America | Gaimin Gladiators |
| South America | Evil Geniuses |
| South America | beastcoast |
| Southeast Asia | Talon Esports |
| China | LGD Gaming |
| Regional Qualifiers ||
| North America | nouns |
| South America | Keyd Stars |
| South America | Thunder Awaken |
| Western Europe | Entity |
| Western Europe | PSG Quest |
| Eastern Europe | Virtus.pro |
| China | Azure Ray |
| Southeast Asia | Team SMG |
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## Group Stage
### Group Draw

The Group Stage Draw was released by Valve on October 11, 2023. The draw was not broadcast nor given prior to any eSports pages or enthusiasts. The draw featured four groups with five teams each.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| 9Pandas | Azure Ray | beastcoast | PSG Quest |
| Entity | BetBoom Team | Gaimin Gladiators | Talon Esports |
| Evil Geniuses | Shopify Rebellion | LGD Gaming | TSM |
| Team SMG | Team Liquid | nouns | Tundra Esports |
| Team Spirit | Thunder Awaken | Virtus.pro | Keyd Stars |

### Group Stage
#### Phase One

The Group Stage Weekend began on October 12, 2023, beginning with Phase One. Phase One of the Group Stage Weekend will eliminate one team per group in order to determine the sixteen teams that would qualify in The International playoff bracket itself. Teams eliminated in Phase One would not be contending for the playoffs.

##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Team Spirit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 2 | Entity | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 3 | 9Pandas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 4 | Evil Geniuses | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 5 | Team SMG | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Team Liquid | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 2 | BetBoom Team | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 3 | Azure Ray | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 4 | Shopify Rebellion | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 5 | Thunder Awaken | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated |

##### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LGD Gaming | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 3 | nouns | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 4 | Virtus.pro | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 5 | beastcoast | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated |

##### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tundra Esports | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 2 | TSM | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 3 | Talon Esports | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 4 | Keyd Stars | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 | Advance to Phase 2 |
| 5 | PSG Quest | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated |

#### Phase Two

The Group Stage's Top 2 seeds will face the third or fourth seed of certain groups. Phase Two will determine the placement of each team in the playoff bracket stage with the winning team being seeded in the Upper Bracket while the Losing team in the Lower Bracket. All winning teams will be seeded in the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals against each other while the losing teams would be seeded in the Lower Bracket's Round 1.
| A1 vs B3/B4 | A1 vs B3/B4 | A1 vs B3/B4 | D2 vs C3/C4 | D2 vs C3/C4 | D2 vs C3/C4 | B1 vs A3/A4 | B1 vs A3/A4 | B1 vs A3/A4 | C2 vs D3/D4 | C2 vs D3/D4 | C2 vs D3/D4 |
| A1 | Team Spirit | 2 | D2 | TSM | 0 | B1 | Team Liquid | 2 | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 1 |
| B4 | Shopify Rebellion | 0 | C4 | Virtus.pro | 2 | A4 | Evil Geniuses | 0 | D3 | Talon Esports | 2 |
| C1 vs D3/D4 | C1 vs D3/D4 | C1 vs D3/D4 | B2 vs A3/A4 | B2 vs A3/A4 | B2 vs A3/A4 | D1 vs C3/C4 | D1 vs C3/C4 | D1 vs C3/C4 | A2 vs B3/B4 | A2 vs B3/B4 | A2 vs B3/B4 |
| C1 | LGD Gaming | 2 | B2 | BetBoom Team | 1 | D1 | Tundra Esports | 0 | A2 | Entity | 0 |
| D4 | Keyd Stars | 0 | A3 | 9Pandas | 2 | C3 | nouns | 2 | B3 | Azure Ray | 2 |

## Playoffs

* Date of tournament: October 27–October 29
* All qualified teams in the second phase of the Group Stage were seeded in the Upper and Lower Brackets with the winning teams in the second phase seeded in the Upper Bracket and the losing teams in the lower bracket.
* All matches in the Upper and Lower Bracket games are Best of three (Bo3) matches and the Grand Finals is a Best of Five match (Bo5).

### Bracket

| | | | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | | | Upper Bracket Finals | Upper Bracket Finals | Upper Bracket Finals | | | | | | | | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Team Spirit | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | C4 | Virtus.pro | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | C4 | Virtus.pro | 1 | A1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Team Spirit | 2 |
| | | | | | | B1 | | | Team Liquid | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | B1 | Team Liquid | 2 | B1 | | | Team Liquid | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | D3 | Talon Esports | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | D3 | Talon Esports | 0 | | | | A1 | Team Spirit | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C1 | LGD Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | C1 | LGD Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | | | C1 | LGD Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | A3 | 9Pandas | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | A3 | 9Pandas | 0 | C1 | LGD Gaming | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B3 | Azure Ray | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | C3 | nouns | 0 | B3 | Azure Ray | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | B3 | Azure Ray | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | B3 | Azure Ray | 2 | | | | A1 | | Team Spirit | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | A1 | | Team Spirit | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | C1 | Gaimin Gladiators | 0 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | | | Lower round 4 | Lower round 4 | Lower round 4 | | | Lower round 5 | Lower round 5 | Lower round 5 | | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | C1 | Gaimin Gladiators | 0 |
| | | | C3 | nouns | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | C3 | nouns | 2 | | | B1 | | | Team Liquid | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B4 | Shopify Rebellion | 0 | D2 | TSM | 0 | | | B1 | | | Team Liquid | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B4 | Shopify Rebellion | 0 | D2 | TSM | 0 | A1 | nouns | 0 | | | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | TSM | 2 | | | | A1 | nouns | 0 | | | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | TSM | 2 | | | | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | C1 | LGD Gaming | 0 | | | |
| | | | A3 | 9Pandas | 0 | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | C1 | LGD Gaming | 0 | | | |
| | | | A3 | 9Pandas | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | |
| A4 | Evil Geniuses | 0 | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | |
| A4 | Evil Geniuses | 0 | C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | B3 | Azure Ray | 0 | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Gaimin Gladiators | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B3 | Azure Ray | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | D3 | Talon Esports | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | D3 | Talon Esports | 1 | | | B3 | | | Azure Ray | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D4 | Keyd Stars | 0 | B2 | BetBoom Team | 2 | | | B3 | | | Azure Ray | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D4 | Keyd Stars | 0 | B2 | BetBoom Team | 2 | C1 | BetBoom Team | 2 | | | C1 | BetBoom Team | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | BetBoom Team | 2 | | | | C1 | BetBoom Team | 2 | | | C1 | BetBoom Team | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | BetBoom Team | 2 | | | | B3 | Virtus.pro | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | C4 | Virtus.pro | 2 | B3 | Virtus.pro | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Tundra Esports | 0 | A2 | Entity | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Entity | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Ranking

| Team Name | Final Position | Prize Pool |
| Team Spirit | Champions | $1,521,362 |
| Gaimin Gladiators | 1st Runner Up | $405,637 |
| LGD Gaming | 2nd Runner Up | $270,499 |
| Azure Ray | 3rd Runner Up | $185,898 |
| Team Liquid | 5th-6th | $109,925 |
| BetBoom Team | 5th-6th | $109,925 |
| nouns | 7th-8th | $84,489 |
| Virtus.pro | 7th-8th | $84,489 |
| TSM | 9th-12th | $67,569 |
| 9Pandas | 9th-12th | $67,569 |
| Talon Esports | 9th-12th | $67,569 |
| Entity | 9th-12th | $67,569 |
| Shopify Rebellion | 13th-16th | $50,761 |
| Evil Geniuses | 13th-16th | $50,761 |
| Keyd Stars | 13th-16th | $50,761 |
| Tundra Esports | 13th-16th | $50,761 |
| Team SMG | 17th-20th | $33,840 |
| Thunder Awaken | 17th-20th | $33,840 |
| beastcoast | 17th-20th | $33,840 |
| PSG Quest | 17th-20th | $33,840 |
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