[Dota 2 TI8] Regional Qualifiers – Who’s Out and Who’s Going To TI8

With the TI8 Open Qualifiers done and the Regional Qualifiers just completed, the teams that are confirmed to be going to Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada this August 20th to 25th 2018 for The International 2018 are revealed! Along with the teams invited for The International 2018, below are the teams that went through the grueling Regional Qualifier stage!

Direct Invite Teams

Qualified Teams

Southeast Asia

Team Fnatic

Fnatic is a professional gaming organization that is registered under offices in England, Australia and the Netherlands, thus considered as a European team. However the Dota 2 Fnatic has an office registered in Malaysia and therefore the team represents the Southeast Asia region. The team is seen active in countless Minors and Majors, able to rival against many top tier teams.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
EternaLEnVy	Jacky Mao	1	2017-08-25
Abed	Abed Azel Yusop	2	2017-11-08
UNiVeRsE	Saahil Arora	3	2018-01-13
DJ	Djardel Mampusti	4	2017-04-04
pieliedie	Johan Åström	5	2017-08-25

Team TNC.Predator

TNC.Predator was the first Philippine team to qualify for TI6 since Mineski. As a result of their outstanding performance that won the four time Dota Major Championship, Team OG, they are have now also qualified themselves for TI8.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
Raven	Marc Fausto	1	2016-11-29
Armel	Armel Paul Tabios	2	2018-01-30
Sam_H	Sam Hidalgo	3	2016-08-30
Tims	Timothy Randrup	4	2016-12-15
Kuku	Carlo Palad	5	2016-08-31

China

Team Serenity

Team Serenity is a pretty new Dota 2 team that was founded back in September 2017 owned by Weibo.com. The team had qualified for several regional qualifiers in DPC Major/Minor tournaments but didn’t quite make it. However, during the China Main Qualifiers, they were able to beat LGD.Forever Young and Invictus Gaming in the playoff stage which made them the first to secure a spot at the TI8.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
zhizhizhi	Jin Zhiyi	1	2018-01-29
Zyd	Zhang Quanda	2	2018-03-??
XinQ	Zhao Zixing	3	2018-01-29
Pyw	Xiong Jiahan	4/5	2017-12-12
XCJ	Xiao Chaojian	4/5	2017-09-??

Team Invictus Gaming

Invictus Gaming has a long history in the Dota 2 competitive scene which was founded in August 2011. They made their biggest debut back in 2012 when they came up first for The International 2012. Based in Shanghai, the team is the second to secure a spot at the TI8.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
Agressif	Sun Zheng	1	2018-02-03
Xxs	Lin Jing	2	2016-03-19
Srf	Sun Runfa	3	2018-02-03
BoBoKa	Ye Zhibiao	4/5	2016-03-19
Q	Fu Bin	4/5	2016-09-17

North America

Team OpTic Gaming

OpTic Gaming’s Dota 2 Team was just formed less than a year on 26th September, 2017. However with the team comprising of former members from Alliance, Evil Geniuses, HellRaisers and Navi, the team has achieved quite the feat placing 2nd at the recent ESL One Birmingham 2018 against top tier teams.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
Pajkatt	Per Olsson Lille	1	2017-09-26
CC&C	Quinn Callahan	2	2017-09-26
33	Neta Shapira	3	2017-12-21
zai	Ludwig Wahlberg	4	2017-09-26
ppd	Peter Dager	5	2017-09-26

Team Evil Geniuses

Evil Geniuses, also known short as EG, is one of the most famed teams as they were the former champions of The International 2015. The team known as one of the oldest organizations that was founded since 1999, they are also the team usually known for their strong and highly successful players as seen in their team roster.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
Arteezy	Artour Babaev	1	2016-09-15
Suma1L	Sumail Hassan	2	2016-09-15
s4	Gustav Magnusson	3	2018-05-28
Cr1t-	Andreas Nielsen	4	2016-09-15
Fly	Tal Aizik	5	2018-05-28

Team VGJ.Storm

The VGJ Dota 2 team was created back in September 2016 with Jeremy Lin, a professional basketball player, endorsing the team (hence the name Vici Gaming Jeremy). The Chinese squad Team VGJ rebranded in September 2017 to VGJ.Thunder while the North American squad, VGJ.Storm, was added into the VGJ family.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
YawaR	Yawar Hassan	1	2018-02-17
Resolut1on	Roman Fominok	2	2018-04-12
Sneyking	Jingjun Wu	3	2018-02-17
MSS	Arif Anwar	4	2018-02-17
SVG	Avery Silverman	5	2018-02-17

South America

Team Pain Gaming

paiN Gaming is a Brazilian Dota 2 team that was first erected back in 2010. The team was seen in the competitive scene and had even snagged 3rd place during the ESL One Birmingham 2018.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
hFn	William Medeiros	1	2017-11-09
w33	Aliwi Omar	2	2018-04-14
tavo	Otavio Gabriel	3	2017-11-09
Kingrd	Danylo Nascimento	4	2017-11-09
Duster	Heitor Pereira	5	2017-11-09

Europe

Team OG

OG is a team that was seen as an underdog team that was created with former players of (Monkey) Business. The team made history during the Frankfurt Major in late November 2015 as the first Dota 2 team to win four Dota Major Championships.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
ana	Anathan Pham	1/2	2018-06-03
Topson	Topias Taavitsainen	1/2	2018-06-03
7ckngMad	Sébastien Debs	3	2018-06-03
JerAx	Jesse Vainikka	4	2016-08-31
N0tail	Johan Sundstein	5	2015-10-31

CIS

Team Winstrike (previously FlyToMoon)

Winstrike Team is a Russian team that had just signed the FlyToMoon roster as a professional Dota 2 team. The Dota 2 professional team was officially established on the 20th June 2018.

Active Squad
ID	Name	Position	Join Date
Silent	Airat Gaziev	1	2018-06-20
Iceberg	Bogdan Vasilenko	2	2018-06-20
nongrata	Alexey Vasilev	3	2018-06-20
Nofear	Aleksander Churochkin	4	2018-06-20
ALWAYSWANNAFLY	Andrey Bondarenko	5	2018-06-20

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