{"id":24872,"date":"2025-09-11T16:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=24872"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:09:04","slug":"the-international-2025-dota-2-world-championship-arrives","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-11\/the-international-2025-dota-2-world-championship-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"The International 2025 Dota 2 World Championship Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">The International 2025 Dota 2 World Championship Arrives<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" 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class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>The International 2025 (TI14), the annual Dota 2 world championship, started in Germany at Hamburg\u2019s Barclays Arena on Sept. 11, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following four straight days of sixteen five-on-five teams battling their way through the Road to the International: Playoffs, Xtreme Gaming, BB Team, Team Tidebound, Heroic, Pvision, Nigma Galaxy, Tundra Esports, and Team Falcons will fight in a double-elimination bracket, with all matches except the Grand Final being best-of-three, while the Grand Final set for Sept. 14, 2025 will be best-of-five.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<figure class=\"spgn__article__content__image__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__image --default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/international-dota-aegis-wikicommons.jpg\" class=\"--with-bg\" alt=\"Aegis of Champions. Source: Valve\" sizes=\"(min-width: 840px) 731px, 90.38vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/international-dota-aegis-wikicommons.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/international-dota-aegis-wikicommons.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/international-dota-aegis-wikicommons.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/international-dota-aegis-wikicommons.jpg 1280w\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Aegis of Champions. Source: Valve<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Known simply as TI within the esports community, The International is produced by the game\u2019s developer, Valve, during which teams compete for the symbolic Aegis of Champions, a physical trophy forged out of bronze and silver by Weta Workshop, which will be engraved with the names of each player on the winning team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the winning glory and the trophy, teams are also fighting for a massive prize pool, which has seen a slight decrease in recent years due to Valve\u2019s decision to discontinue the Battle Pass system, which previously contributed significantly to the prize pool through community funding. The International 2024 (TI13) featured a total prize pool of $2,602,164, marking the lowest since 2013, while TI14&#8217;s prize pool drops even lower, at $2,590,670.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-facade__wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:75.00%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"youtube-facade__img js-activate\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/g_uN-k7BjGw\/hqdefault.jpg\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/g_uN-k7BjGw\/hqdefault.jpg 658w, https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/g_uN-k7BjGw\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 659px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display:block;\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"[EN] Day 1 - The International 2025\"\n\t\t\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"youtube-facade__button js-activate\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg 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