The International 2026: Schedule, Standings, Results

Author: Hawk Live LLC

Last updated: 07:38, 24.08.2026

The fifteenth annual The International Dota 2 tournament (TI15) will take place from August 13 to 23, 2026, in Shanghai, China. The tournament will begin with the Road to The International stage, featuring a Swiss-system format before the start of the main event. The playoffs will be held at the Oriental Sports Center with a live audience.

Valve, in partnership with PGL, is organizing this offline tournament, which will feature 16 teams from around the world. Following their victory at TI14, Team Spirit will enter the event as the reigning world champion and defend its title at TI15.

The tournament will feature a $1.6 million base prize pool, with the final amount potentially increasing through community contributions. TI15 will continue to use the Swiss-system format introduced for the group stage at the previous edition of The International.

The International 2026 Format

Group Stage (August 13 - 16)
- Swiss-system of sixteen teams
  - All matches are Bo3
  - Top three teams advance to playoffs
  - 4th to 13th place teams proceed to an elimination round
  - Remaining teams are eliminated

Elimination Round
- Five teams advance to playoffs
- Remaining teams are eliminated

Main Event (August 20 - 23)
- Double-elimination bracket
- Grand Final is Bo5, all other matches are Bo3

Participants

Teams
Aurora	Team Spirit
Team Yandex	Vici Gaming
HULIGANI	Team Falcons
LGD Gaming	TEAM VISION
BoomBoys	OG
Xtreme Gaming	Team Liquid
Team Resilience	Nigma Galaxy
Iron Wing	GamerLegion

The International 2026: Group Stage Standings

Standings
Place	Team	Matches	Maps
1	TEAM VISION	4 - 0	8 - 2
2	Team Liquid	4 - 1	9 - 5
3	Nigma Galaxy	4 - 1	8 - 2
4	Team Spirit	3 - 2	6 - 5
5	Iron Wing	3 - 2	8 - 6
6	Team Falcons	3 - 2	8 - 7
7	Aurora	3 - 2	7 - 5
8	LGD Gaming	3 - 2	7 - 6
9	BoomBoys	2 - 3	5 - 7
10	Vici Gaming	2 - 3	4 - 8
11	Team Yandex	2 - 3	7 - 7
12	Team Resilience	2 - 3	7 - 6
13	GamerLegion	2 - 3	6 - 6
14	Xtreme Gaming	1 - 4	3 - 8
15	OG	1 - 4	2 - 9
16	HULIGANI	0 - 4	2 - 8

The International 2026: Group Stage Schedule and Results

August 13, 2026

Time	Series	Result
2:00 UTC	Team Falcons vs LGD Gaming	2-1
2:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Iron Wing	0-2
2:00 UTC	BoomBoys vs OG	2-0
2:00 UTC	TEAM VISION vs Team Resilience	2-1
5:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs Xtreme Gaming	2-0
5:00 UTC	Team Liquid vs Vici Gaming	2-0
5:00 UTC	Aurora vs GamerLegion	2-0
5:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs HULIGANI	2-0
8:00 UTC	LGD Gaming vs Team Resilience	2-1
8:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs OG	2-0
8:00 UTC	TEAM VISION vs Team Falcons	2-1
8:00 UTC	BoomBoys vs Iron Wing	2-1

August 14, 2026

Time	Series	Result
2:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs Aurora	2-0
2:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs Team Liquid	1-2
2:00 UTC	Xtreme Gaming vs GamerLegion	0-2
2:00 UTC	HULIGANI vs Vici Gaming	1-2
5:00 UTC	BoomBoys vs TEAM VISION	0-2
5:00 UTC	Team Liquid vs Team Spirit	1-2
5:00 UTC	Iron Wing vs Team Falcons	2-1
5:00 UTC	LGD Gaming vs Nigma Galaxy	0-2
8:00 UTC	Aurora vs Team Yandex	2-1
8:00 UTC	Vici Gaming vs GamerLegion	2-1
8:00 UTC	Team Resilience vs OG	2-0
8:00 UTC	Xtreme Gaming vs HULIGANI	2-0

August 15, 2026

Time	Series	Result
2:00 UTC	TEAM VISION vs Team Spirit	2-0
2:00 UTC	Iron Wing vs Team Liquid	1-2
2:00 UTC	BoomBoys vs Aurora	0-2
2:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Vici Gaming	2-0
5:00 UTC	LGD Gaming vs Xtreme Gaming	2-1
5:00 UTC	Team Falcons vs GamerLegion	2-1
5:00 UTC	Team Resilience vs Team Yandex	1-2
5:00 UTC	OG vs HULIGANI	2-1
8:00 UTC	Team Liquid vs Aurora	2-1
8:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Team Spirit	2-0
8:00 UTC	BoomBoys vs Team Falcons	1-2
8:00 UTC	LGD Gaming vs Vici Gaming	2-0
11:00 UTC	Iron Wing vs Team Yandex	2-1
11:00 UTC	Team Resilience vs Xtreme Gaming	2-0
11:00 UTC	OG vs GamerLegion	0-2

The International 2026: Elimination Round Bracket

The International 2026: Elimination Round Schedule and Results

August 16, 2026

Time	Series	Result
2:00 UTC	Team Falcons vs Vici Gaming	2-0
3:00 UTC	Aurora vs BoomBoys	0-2
4:30 UTC	Team Spirit vs Team Resilience	2-1
5:45 UTC	Iron Wing vs GamerLegion	2-0
8:00 UTC	LGD Gaming vs Team Yandex	1-2

The International 2026: Playoffs bracket

The International 2026: Playoffs Schedule and Results

August 20, 2026

Time	Series	Result
2:00 UTC	Iron Wing vs Team Spirit	0-2
5:00 UTC	TEAM VISION vs BoomBoys	2-1
8:00 UTC	Team Liquid vs Team Yandex	0-2
11:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs Team Falcons	2-1

August 21, 2026

Time	Series	Result
2:00 UTC	Iron Wing vs BoomBoys	1-2
5:00 UTC	Team Liquid vs Team Falcons	2-1
8:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs TEAM VISION	1-2
11:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs Nigma Galaxy	1-1

August 22, 2026

Time	Series	Result
2:00 UTC	Team Spirit vs Team Liquid	2-0
5:00 UTC	Nigma Galaxy vs BoomBoys	1-2
8:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs TEAM VISION	1-2
11:00 UTC	BoomBoys vs Team Spirit	0-2

August 23, 2026

Time	Series				Result
2:00 UTC	Team Yandex vs Team Spirit				0-2
5:00 UTC	PARIVISION vs Team Spirit				2-3

The International 2026 Prize Pool

The base prize pool of the tournament is $1,600,000 USD. There is no Battle Pass or Compendium this year, players instead get a collection of rewards they could earn during the event. An additional 30% from all supporter bundle sales are added to the prize pool for the tournament ($1,237,730 USD contributed).

$2,837,730 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Place	Prize Money	Team
1st	$1,206,006	Team Spirit
2nd	$368,448	TEAM VISION
3rd	$255,354	Team Yandex
4th	$170,275	BoomBoys
5th-6th	$141,876	Nigma Galaxy
5th-6th	$141,876	Team Liquid
7th-8th	$113,478	Iron Wing
7th-8th	$113,478	Team Falcons
9th-13th	$51,025	Vici Gaming
		Aurora
		Team Resilience
		GamerLegion
		LGD Gaming
14th-15th	$28,398	Xtreme Gaming
14th-15th	$28,398	OG
16th	$14,199	HULIGANI

The International 2026 Stream

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