TI11 Southeast Asia qualifier: Schedule, results format, teams, where to watch
The tournament starts on September 13.
The TI11 Southeast Asia qualifier is nearly here. The top 15 teams from the SEA region will compete for the last remaining slots forThe International 2022.
The winner of the tournament will advance directly toTI11’s group stage and join the 12 teamswho’ve already qualified viaDPC points. Meanwhile, the teams that finish in 2nd and 3rd in the tournament will continue their qualification run in the Last Chance Qualifier.
All eyes will be on T1, a team that brought onboardtwo back-to-back TI winners in Anathan “ana” Pham and Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen. They will compete against rival squads in the region, including Talon Esports, RSG, and Polaris Esports.
The winning team will joinBOOM EsportsandFnaticand represent the SEA region at TI11 in Singapore.
What is the TI11 Southeast Asia qualifier?
The TI11 SEA qualifier will determine which team from the region will compete in Valve’s Dota 2 world championship.
Teams that participated in the third tour of the DPC season that did not qualify for TI11 are eligible to participate in the SEA qualifier. The teams are seeded based on their DPC point total followed by their standing in the final tour of the regional league.
The only squad that didn’t make it into the competition isTeam SMGafter the organization failed to register their players in time.
TI11 Southeast Asia qualifier schedule and results
The tournament will run for one action-packed week from September 13 to 17.
Top-seeded teams Talon Esports, Lilgun, Nigma Galaxy SEA, Polaris Esports, RSG, Neon Esports, Execration, and T1 will begin their tournament run in the upper bracket quarterfinals.
Lower bracket round 1
Upper bracket quarterfinal
Lower bracket round 2
Upper bracket semifinals
Lower bracket round 3
Lower bracket quarterfinal
Upper bracket final
Lower bracket semifinal
Lower bracket final
Grand final
Teams competing in the TI11 Southeast Asia qualifier
Format of the TI11 Southeast Asia qualifier
Teams in the competition will play a double-elimination bracket, starting with the first round of the upper bracket.
All matches will be best-of-three series, except for the lower bracket round 1 match between XERXIA Esports and TNC Predator, which will be a best-of-one, and the grand final, which will be a best-of-five.
Where to watch TI11 Southeast Asia qualifier?
Dota 2 fans can watch the matches live on PGL’s official Twitch and YouTube channels.
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