TI 2025 direct invites and qualifiers details revealed by Valve

Sixteen teams will fight for the most wanted Dota 2 trophy this September, but only eight received a direct invite to The International 2025 (TI14).

TI season has officially begun with Valve’s latest announcement regarding who is bound to head to Germany this September and who has to get ready for the long Road to the International, aka open and closed regional qualifiers. Although there are a couple more Tier 1 Dota 2 tournaments coming up in June, the TI 2025 qualifiers have been set by Valve to commence at the end of May. And with the Road to the International officially starting, the direct invites had to also be revealed.

Seven out of the eight direct invites went to Western and Eastern European teams, cementing the region’s utter dominance for the past year. The only squad outside Europe to have received a direct invite from Valve is China’s Team Tidebound.

TI 2025 direct invites

• Team Liquid (WEU)
• Tundra Esports (WEU)
• Team Falcons (WEU)
• Gaimin Gladiators (WEU)
• Team Spirit (EEU)
• PARIVISION (EEU)
• BetBoom Team (EEU)
• Team Tidebound (China)

TI 2025 open and closed qualifiers schedule and invites

Except Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe, which have 4 slots up for grabs in the open qualifiers, the rest of the regions have six slots to be filled in the open gauntlet.

South America: June 4-9
(Winners go to TI 2025)

• HEROIC
• OG.LATAM
• Edge
• Team Den
• (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)

Eastern Europe: June 4-9
(Winners go to TI 2025)

• Aurora Gaming
• Natus Vincere
• NAVI Junior
• One Move
• L1GA TEAM
• Virtus.pro
• (+4 teams from Open Qualifiers)

China: June 9-12
(Winners go to TI 2025)

• Xtreme Gaming
• Yakult Brothers
• (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)

North America: June 9-12
(Winners go to TI 2025)

• Shopify Rebellion
• Wildcard
• (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)

Southeast Asia: June 13-17
(Top 2 teams go to TI 2025)

• TALON
• BOOM Esports
• Trailer Park Boys
• The MongolZ
• Ivory
• Execration
• (+4 teams from Open Qualifiers)

Western Europe: June 13-17
(Top 2 teams go to TI 2025)

• Nigma Galaxy
• MOUZ
• OG
• AVULUS
• (+6 teams from Open Qualifiers)

Road to The International 2025 starts on the 31st of May with the open qualifiers. Although there is not much information on this leg of the competition, there are a few prominent names expected to start from the open qualifier gauntlet, such as Team Secret.