Twelve teams have earned the distinguished right to participate in The International 2022 after gaining the required amount of DPC points throughout the year.
Heading into the PGL Arlington Major 2022 only four teams had officially secured their TI invite —Thunder Awaken, PSG.LGD, TSM.FX, and OG. By the end, another eight teams joined the ranks of the upper echelon, an exclusive club.
This year, the distribution of the TI invites was punctuated by a frenzied intensity. The difference of a .05 points made and broke a dream. Show-stopping performances yielded big results. One's loss was another's big win. Some dreams were saved by third-party teams. Stand-in players became the center of the spotlight.
In the end, twelve teams have been cemented and are ready to pen a new chapter.
PSG.LGD (China)
OG (WEU)
Team Spirit (EEU)
beastcoast (SA)
Thunder Awaken (SA)
BOOM Esports (SEA)
Team Aster (China)
TSM (NA)
Tundra Esports (WEU)
Gaimin Gladiators (WEU)
Evil Geniuses (NA)
Outsiders (EEU)
The International 2022
The International in Singapore will be the largest Dota tournament in history featuring 30 world-class teams battling out on the road to the Aegis of Champions across 4 consecutive weekends.
- Read more about the schedule and format changes for The International 2022.
International 2022 is expected to be held in Singapore from October 8th (starting with the offline/LAN last chance qualifiers) through to October 30th with the grand finals.
The International 2022 qualifiers
The remaining spots will be decided through regional qualifiers, taking place September 3-18th.
All teams that participated in the third tour of the regional leagues have a chance to qualify through the regional qualifiers provided that they do not replace more than two players from their third tour's roster. As in the previous season, there will not be any Open Qualifiers. However, all Regional Leagues will have an Open Qualifier tournament for their Division II spots meaning that the third tour's open qualifiers will essentially act as TI Open Qualifiers.
In addition, on 22nd January 2022, it was announced that the second and third-place teams from each region's qualifiers will compete in the Last Chance Qualifier LAN event prior to The International to decide the final two qualification spots - thus expanding The International 2022 from 18 to 20 teams.
