What to watch this week in Dota 2; The International 2024 Open Qualifiers Edition

It's almost summer which means that it is time for The International 2024 qualifiers. Things kick off this week with open qualifiers for all regions. 

Last week Valve announced the six teams that received a direct invite to The International 2024. At the same time they dropped the news that qualifiers would be underway almost immediately. And that means this week!

• Read Valve announces the six teams getting a direct invite for The International 2024

Oh! The six teams, in case you live under a rock or are new here, are:
Team Spirit
Xtreme Gaming
Team Falcons
Team Liquid
Gaimin Gladiators
BetBoom Team

For The International, there will be only six regions – sorry MENA, you are lumped in with WEU as usual. 

The International 2024 Open Qualifiers

The International 2024 Open Qualifiers Format

• Two Sets of Open Qualifiers for each region 
  • NA
  • SA
  • WEU
  • EEU
  • SEA
  • CN
• Single-elimination bracket
• Round of 16 onwards are Bo3, Seeding Match and all other matches are Bo1
• Three teams advance to the closed qualifiers for:
  • NA Round 1
  • SA Rounds 1 and 2
  • China Rounds 1 and 2
• Two teams advance to the closed qualifiers for:
  • NA Round 2
  • EEU Round 1
  • SEA Rounds 1 and 2
• One team advances to the closed qualifiers for:
  • WEU Rounds 1 and 2
  • EEU Round 2

The International 2024 Open Qualifiers Dates 

• Open Qualifiers Round 1
  • June 3-4 
    • NA
    • EEU
    • SEA
  • June 5-6
    • SA
    • WEU
    • CN
• Open Qualifiers Round 2
  • June 5-6
    • NA
    • EEU
    • SEA
  • June 7-8
    • SA
    • WEU
    • CN

The International 2024 Closed Qualifiers will begin immediately following the results of the open qualifiers. The staggered start dates are June 9th for China and North America, June 14th for Eastern Europe and South America and June 19th for Southeast Asia and Western Europe. 

The International 2024 (TI13)

The International 2024 is set to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in September at the Royal Arena. This will mark the second time The International is coming to Europe, but the first time when, hopefully, fans will be able to attend. The first time Valve tried to bring its most prestigious tournament to Europe was in 2020 when the pandemic hit the world. TI10 was postponed for 2021 and moved from Sweden to Romania, and although tickets were sold, a new wave of coronavirus forced Valve to refund all tickets and hold the tournament in an empty stadium in Bucharest. Since then, TI moved to Singapore in 2022 and last year it returned home, to Seattle.