Valve has revealed the teams that will battle it out for the third Dota 2 championship, The International 2014. There’s eleven automatic qualifiers, with four regional champions from the Americas, Southeast Asia, China, and Europe qualifiers, and one winner of the “Play-In” series, made up of the four second-placed teams from those regional qualifiers.
The eleven automatic qualifiers are as follows. Natus Vincere, Invictus and Alliance brought home the trophy in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively.
Alliance
Titan eSports
Evil Geniuses
Fnatic
NewBee
Vici Gaming
Natus Vincere
Team DK
Invictus Gaming
Cloud9
Team Empire
The International will take place at Seattle’s Key Arena from July 18 to 21. There’s a lot at stake; this year’s total prize pool is over $2.8 million, up from $1.6 million last year. Anyone else regret not being any good at Dota 2?
