International 2020 - where and how can I see the Dota 2 tournament?

In 2011, the prize pool of Dota 2 international was $1.6 million. The total prize pool was comparable to the award received for the first place. 9 years later, in terms of the level of organization, the size of the prize fund of Dota 2 International is comparable to sending people into space.

• The prize fund for the first place exceeds $33.7 million;
• The total amount of remuneration is about $175 million;
• More than 18 declared teams can count on receiving prize money.

Where does International Dota 2 take place?

The original date and location were set for April 2020, in Stockholm. Due to the unforeseen conditions of the pandemic, the international dota 2 is announced for November 2020 (information can be changed at any time - perhaps due to pandemic restrictions, the tournament will be postponed to 2021). The development company has extended the validity of the Battle Pass 2020 until September 19, 2020.

Information on prize money, tournament history presented by the winners of "International 2020" http://gazobeton-nsk.ru/.

Qualifying Tournament

This year, the 12 best teams based on the results of the DPC season and 6 selected winners of the regional qualifiers will be able to take part in the tournament.
Regional tournaments are within the competence of Valve (the divisions are distributed geographically - South and North America, China, Southeast Asia, CIS and Europe).

Since the 2017/18 qualifying tournament, for the first time, points have been assigned not to a specific participant, but to a team. This is done so that when a player is transferred to another team at the qualifying stage, the number of points awarded is unchanged. A team can change the roster of International Dota 2 players an unlimited number of times.

In previous years, the Dota 2 International grid was very tight - the teams did not have the opportunity to conduct a high-quality training session and perform well. International 2020 qualifiers are designed for 10 tournaments (five main and five minor).

Formation of the prize fund

Payments to the winners are formed on the following conditions:

• the main part falls directly on Dota 2 fans;
• part of the amount will be transferred by the developer Valve;
• Less than 10% are formed from the sponsorship and advertising budgets of the tournament.

Each player buys a Battle Pass. The minimum price is 10 dollars. 25% of the initial amount goes to finance the prize fund, the rest goes to organizational activities.

Where can I watch the broadcast of the tournaments?

The site gazobeton-nsk.ru gives information about the official Dota 2 streams (available platforms are Stream TV or Twitch). The tournament can be watched offline - tickets are sold only by the official venue in Stockholm, Sweden.
Every year, millions of players watch the Dota 2 tournament on Twitch alone, in the Russian-speaking segment their share is over 500 thousand people.