Dota 2 officially released the news about the International 2024 also known as TI 2024 will happen in Copenhagen, Denmark this year.
The announcement of the location and month of The International 2024, which drops the numbered format which would make this The International 13, was made in a surprise blog post from Valve on the Dota 2 website. Most fans were not expecting any info on The International for months given the change in the pro scene that means it will be the only tournament Valve has a hand in this year.
However, the announcement is welcome news, especially for those of us in Europe who have not had the chance to attend The International since its first iteration back in 2011, when it was a part of the Gamescom trade show in Cologne, Germany. TI was supposed to be held in Stockholm in 2020 and then again in 2021, but the pandemic put an end to any hopes of a Swedish TI. Instead, the 2021 event was relocated to Romania, but just days before it was due to start it was announced that no fans would be able to attend the event due to a surge in coronavirus cases.
Exact dates for the tournament were not revealed, but the blog post did mention that it would kick off in September, which is slightly earlier than it has been in recent years. This could be the start of a change to move TI back to late summer, with the event traditionally being held in August.
TI 2024 to take place in Copenhagen, mirroring CS2 Major
TI 2024 will take place at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Valve has not revealed an exact date, but has confirmed that it will start sometime in September of this year.
Notably, Copenhagen will also host the very first Major for Counter-Strike 2, which starts on March 17. The playoffs for that event will even take place in the exact same venue of the Royal Arena. Valve may have struck some kind of two-for-one deal with the venue hosts.
Format and Teams
- Participants
- Sixteen total teams will participate
- There will be an unspecified number of invites
- The remaining teams will qualify via open and regional qualifiers
- Group Stage
- Format is TBA
- Main Event
- Format is TBA
Team are TBD.
Price Pool
| Start Date | September 10 |
| Prize Pool | $ 1,600,000 |
Capacity of the venue and prices of ticket
Everyone is super excited about the new venue of TI 2024 however some are concerned about the seating capacity of the location. Royak’s arena has a seating capacity of 16,000.
As the event is in September, the ticket price is also TBD and you can not pre-buy the tickets now. Once the event is active on the website, you can buy the tickets from https://www.ticketmaster.dk/
