The International Dota 2 group and main-event stages

Use the stage to find the series

Valve’s announcement describes open and regional qualification routes alongside direct invitations. These decide which teams reach the tournament. The Swiss-style group stage and subsequent elimination play then decide which of those teams reach the arena bracket. A team can appear in a group result, an elimination pairing or a main-event match under the same edition name.

Add the two teams, the edition year and the phase to your search. For the 2026 main event, the bracket identifies the route through the upper and lower sides of the field. A match in the lower bracket is an elimination match. Use the event bracket to locate the next opponent after a result.

Follow one team through the 2026 edition

Valve’s 2026 results recap records that Team Spirit opened the group stage with series wins over Xtreme Gaming, Aurora Gaming and Team Liquid. It then lost to Team Vision and Nigma Galaxy. Those losses sent Spirit into elimination play, where it faced Team Resilience. Spirit still reached the arena bracket and eventually won the five-game Grand Finals.

The group-stage series against Team Vision and the later championship path belong in separate result records. A 2–0 series result describes two games won by one side within that match. It does not show the number of series a team has played in the tournament.

Use a single game or full series as your replay unit

For the Grand Finals, best-of-five means a team needs three game wins. In a five-game final, the title is settled in Game 5. A game clip and a full series replay show different portions of that result. Valve’s recap points readers to its Dota 2 replay archive. Keep the series phase and game number together when looking for a particular portion.