
The International 8
Streams
Format
- Sixteen teams in a double-elimination bracket.
- Upper Bracket
- Top four teams in each group of 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
- For the first round, the higher seeded team has Selection Priority in games 1 and 3
- In all other rounds, the first 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 then all matches are played in a Bo3.
- The higher seeded team has Selection Priority for the first round Bo1 game
- In all other rounds, the first 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 with no game advantage.
Teams & Players
Matches
Friday, Aug 24 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Winner Bracket Finals
Friday, Aug 24 8:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Loser Bracket Round 5
Friday, Aug 24 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Results
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