Don't miss the start of The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier!

Qualification format

The qualifying tournament will be divided into two stages: group and playoffs. In the group stage, 2 groups of 6 participants each will be formed. Participants will play in the Single Round Robin system. The top 4 teams in the group will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs. The 2 worst teams from each group will go to the losers' bracket. The match format is bo2.

The final stage will take place in the Double Elimination bracket. The winners of the Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket Finals will advance to The International. The match format is bo3.

Participants and seeding for the group stage

The 12 teams that finished 2nd and 3rd in the regional qualifiers got the opportunity to come to Singapore to be part of the main Dota 2 tournament of the year.

List of participants of Group A:

• Natus Vincere (V-Tune, No[o]ne-, laise, swedenstrong, Solo)
• Nouns (Costabile, Gunnar, Moo, ZFreek, Husky)
• Polaris Esports (Natsumi-, Lelouch-, Force, Xavius, eyyou)
• Team Secret (Crystallis, Nisha, Resolut1on, Zayac, Puppey)
• Tempest (Mnz, Sebas, DrakenN, slad1n-, Mjz)
• Vici Gaming (Erika, Xm, bab, Frisk, Yang)

List of participants of Group B:

• Infamous (Parker, Leostyle-, Frank, Michael-, Accel)
• T1 (ana, Topson, Kuku, Xepher, Whitemon)
• Team Liquid (MATUMBAMAN, miCKe, zai, Boxi, iNSaNiA)
• Virtus.pro (RAMZES666, gpk, DM, yamich, Xakoda)
• Wildcard Gaming (Yves, Alone, Davai Lama, Alexxo, Sammyboy)
• Xtreme Gaming (lou, Paparazi灬, old eLeVeN, Pyw, Dy)

The teams arrived at the tournament in full force. Qualification will be held from 8th to 12th October. The organizer of the qualifiers will be PGL.