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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
 EternaLEnVy |
Jacky Mao | 1 |
2017-08-25
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 Abed |
Abed Azel Yusop | 2 |
2017-11-08
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 UNiVeRsE |
Saahil Arora | 3 |
2018-01-13
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| DJ |
Djardel Mampusti | 4 |
2017-04-04
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 pieliedie  |
Johan Åström | 5 |
2017-08-25
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
| Raven |
Marc Fausto | 1 |
2016-11-29
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| Armel |
Armel Paul Tabios | 2 |
2018-01-30
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| Sam_H |
Sam Hidalgo | 3 |
2016-08-30
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| Tims |
Timothy Randrup | 4 |
2016-12-15
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| Kuku |
Carlo Palad | 5 |
2016-08-31
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
 zhizhizhi |
Jin Zhiyi | 1 |
2018-01-29
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| Zyd |
Zhang Quanda | 2 |
2018-03-??
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| XinQ |
Zhao Zixing | 3 |
2018-01-29
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| Pyw |
Xiong Jiahan | 4/5 |
2017-12-12
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| XCJ |
Xiao Chaojian | 4/5 |
2017-09-??
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
| Agressif |
Sun Zheng | 1 |
2018-02-03
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| Xxs |
Lin Jing | 2 |
2016-03-19
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| Srf |
Sun Runfa | 3 |
2018-02-03
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| BoBoKa |
Ye Zhibiao | 4/5 |
2016-03-19
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| Q |
Fu Bin | 4/5 |
2016-09-17
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
| Pajkatt |
Per Olsson Lille | 1 |
2017-09-26
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| CC&C |
Quinn Callahan | 2 |
2017-09-26
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 33 |
Neta Shapira | 3 |
2017-12-21
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| zai |
Ludwig Wahlberg | 4 |
2017-09-26
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| ppd |
Peter Dager | 5 |
2017-09-26
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
| Arteezy |
Artour Babaev | 1 |
2016-09-15
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 Suma1L |
Sumail Hassan | 2 |
2016-09-15
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| s4 |
Gustav Magnusson | 3 |
2018-05-28
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 Cr1t- |
Andreas Nielsen | 4 |
2016-09-15
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| Fly |
Tal Aizik | 5 |
2018-05-28
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
| YawaR |
Yawar Hassan | 1 |
2018-02-17
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 Resolut1on |
Roman Fominok | 2 |
2018-04-12
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| Sneyking |
Jingjun Wu | 3 |
2018-02-17
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| MSS |
Arif Anwar | 4 |
2018-02-17
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| SVG |
Avery Silverman | 5 |
2018-02-17
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
 hFn |
William Medeiros | 1 |
2017-11-09
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 w33 |
Aliwi Omar | 2 |
2018-04-14
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| tavo |
Otavio Gabriel | 3 |
2017-11-09
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| Kingrd |
Danylo Nascimento | 4 |
2017-11-09
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| Duster |
Heitor Pereira | 5 |
2017-11-09
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
 ana |
Anathan Pham | 1/2 |
2018-06-03
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 Topson |
Topias Taavitsainen | 1/2 |
2018-06-03
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 7ckngMad |
Sébastien Debs | 3 |
2018-06-03
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| JerAx |
Jesse Vainikka | 4 |
2016-08-31
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| N0tail |
Johan Sundstein | 5 |
2015-10-31
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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.
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
 Silent |
Airat Gaziev | 1 |
2018-06-20
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| Iceberg |
Bogdan Vasilenko | 2 |
2018-06-20
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| nongrata |
Alexey Vasilev | 3 |
2018-06-20
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| Nofear |
Aleksander Churochkin | 4 |
2018-06-20
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| ALWAYSWANNAFLY |
Andrey Bondarenko | 5 |
2018-06-20
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