With the end of the playoffs weekend for The International 2023 (TI12), the eight teams that will participate in the finals weekend have been determined.
At the end of TI12 playoffs weekend, 12 teams — Team SMG, Thunder Awaken, beastcoast, PSG Quest, Shopify Rebellion, Evil Geniuses, TSM, 9Pandas, Keyd Stars, Tundra Esports, Talon Esports and Entity — have been eliminated.
Among the remaining eight teams, four have been placed in the upper bracket and the other four teams are in the lower bracket.
The International 2023 (TI12) finals weekend will be held from 27th to 29th October. Here's a comprehensive guide to TI12 Main Event, including the schedule, the results, the standings, and more.
The International 2023 (TI12) Main Event: All You Need To Know About the Finals Weekend
Team List
Upper Bracket
Team Spirit
Team Liquid
LGD Gaming
Azure Ray
Lower Bracket
nouns
Gaimin Gladiators
BetBoom Team
Virtus.pro
TI12 Main Event Format (October 27 to October 29)
Double elimination playoffs bracket
All lower bracket series are best-of-threes (BO3)
All upper bracket series are BO3
The grand final is a BO5
Schedule and Results (All times are in SGT)
The finals weekend will be held at the Climate Pledge Arena from 28th October to 30th October.
The International 2023 (TI12) Main Event Finals Weekend Day 1
The International 2023 (TI12) Finals weekend Day 2
The International 2023 (TI12) Finals weekend Day 3
Prize Pool Distribution and Final TI12 standings
In the following table, you can see how the $3,121,780+ USD prize pool will be distributed among the 20 teams.
Where to watch TI12?
TI12 will be livestreamed in English on the Dota 2 TI Twitch channel.
You can also view the livestream, the highlights, and other content related to TI12 on the official Dota 2 YouTube channel. Players can also view the matches on the in-game through the watch tab.
If you are a fan of co-streams, you can catch Janne "Gorgc" Stefanovski's TI12 costream on his Twitch channel where he will be joined by the likes of Johan "N0tail" Sundstein, Johan "pieliedie" Åström, and Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen.
The International 2023 (TI12) is likely to be the best Dota 2 tournament of the year. Now in the final stage of the tournament, TI12 Main Event, fans can expect to see some top-tier matches.
We'll see some heated upper bracket matches between teams like Team Spirit and Team Liquid , LGD Gaming and Azure Ray, along with some intense lower bracket matches.
The International 2023 already saw lots of big surprises in the group stage from teams like Talon Esports and Nouns Esports. While Talon Esports knocked tournament favorites Gaimin Gladiators to the lower bracket, nouns pushed Tundra to the lower bracket run at TI12. The Playoffs weekend saw the defending TI champion Tundra being kicked out of the tournament by Entity.
Fans can expect some incredible action as we approach the event's conclusion.