13 TI3 invited teams announced

The highlighted International 2013 will be held in Seattle's Benaroya Hall from August 7^th to August 11^th with 16 top DOTA2 teams competing for the honor.

 

We have reported the news of invited DK and Na'Vi before, and today the last 2 invited teams are also announced - LGD.int and MUFC. Thus, the invitation roster of 13 teams has been confirmed while the remaining 3 teams will come from East Qualifier, West Qualifier and Wildcard event (the runners-up of the East and West qualifiers will be allowed to take part in the Wildcard event).

Let’s look forward to the coming of the visual feast!

13 invited team roster

The International 3 Qualifiers Detailed

Apr 27 the first news from Valve about The International 2013 has finally arrived, with some details of the main event which will be hosted from August 7th - 11th, once again to be held at aBenaroya Hall in Seattle. The qualifiers will be as last year split into 2 regions, the West being hosted by The GD Studio and the East being hosted by Beyond the Summit. Livestreams and full coverage for this great event will be provided by gameguyz.

 

While there are many missing details such as the structure of the qualifiers, and the times of the matches the dates for the tournament have been released:

Western Qualifier: May 13th - 19th, 2013
Eastern Qualifier: May 20th - 26th, 2013

 

Recently iG becomes the first team invited to the tournament. We also now know that there will be a total of three slots available for qualifier teams, with both regions receiving one qualifier slot straight up, while the runners up of both regions will play for the third wildcard slot at the event, akin to how Mousesports and World Elite played for the final spot at the tournament last year, after MUFC had to back out due to complications during their travel to the event. This also means that there will be a total of 13 teams which will receive straight invites to the event.

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iG,the First Team Invited to The International 2013

As champion of The International 2012, Invictus Gaming becomes the first team which is invited to The International 2013. All the members are happy about it. It fully proves the international influence of iG.

iG members showing off their invitations

 

iG's deserved invite should be no surprise as they have been dominant for over a year, especially with their recent domination and win in G-League season 2. As the winner of The International 2012, iG will return this year to defend their crown.

Invictus Gaming roster:

Fei Chi 'Ferrari_430' Luo
Yao 'Zhou' Chen
Cen 'YYF' Jiang
Hong Da 'Faith' Zeng
Hock Chuan 'ChuaN' Wong

Which team will be the next to be invited to The International 2013? Na’vi or some other team?

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