Last Updated on October 6, 2021 8:44 pm by Erwin Noguera
Dota 2: The International 10 is the concluding tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit and the tenth annual edition of The International which returns to Europe for the first time since 2011.
The tournament will take place from October 7th to 17th in Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania, and with the Group Phase match-list just released earlier today, we got a lot to cover in less than 14 hours.
The group phase is split into two groups, and each group will play 9 Series of 4 matches each, which means we will have 72 Matches in the Group Phase.
The groups will play 5 series on Day 1, 5 on Day 2, 5 on Day 3, and 3 on Day 4.
2021 DOTA 2: The International 10 – Group Phase Preview and Predictions.
The Groups:
Group A
- Evil Geniuses
- Alliance
- Invictus Gaming
- OG
- T1
- Team Aster
- Team Undying
- Thunder Predator
- Virtus.Pro
Group B
- Beastcoast
- Elephant
- Fnatic
- PSG.LGD
- Quincy Crew
- SG esports
- Team Secret
- Team Spirit
- Vici Gaming
The Group Stage:
As mentioned before, in the Group Stage, teams are divided into two groups of nine and compete in a best-of-two round-robin tournament.
The top four teams (in green) advance to the upper bracket of the main event, the lower four teams (in yellow) advance to the lower brackets, and the team in last place (in red) is eliminated.
Day 1 Matches:
Series A1 – 3 am ET
- Evil Geniuses vs. Aster
- Invictus Gaming vs. T1
- Virtus.Pro vs. Undying
- OG vs. Alliance
Series B1- 5 am ET
- Team Secret vs. TSpirit
- PSG.LGD vs. Quincy Crew
- Elephant vs. beastcoast
- Vici Gaming vs. Fnatic
Series A2 – 7 am ET
- Invictus Gaming vs. Undying
- OG vs. Thunder Predator
- Virtus.Pro vs. Alliance
- Evil Geniuses vs. T1
Series B2 – 9 am ET
- PSG.LGD vs. Team Spirit
- Elephant vs. Fnatic
- Vici Gaming vs. SG esports
- Team Secret vs. beastcoast
Series A3 – 11 am ET
- Evil Geniuses vs. Invictus Gaming
- Virtus.Pro vs. OG
- Team Aster vs. Undying
- Alliance vs. Thunder Predator
Quick Tip – Favorite to Win: PSG.LGD
As the winners of the most recent Major, they come into TI10 with the largest amount of momentum out of all the participating teams.
Their playstyle this year is reminiscent of Wings Gaming, which dominated the field at TI6 with their otherworldly understanding of the metagame.
This comes as no surprise, of course, considering that both Zhang “Faith_bian” Ruida and Zhang “y`” Yiping play for LGD.
The highly aggressive, devil-may-care spirit of Wings lives on in them, and it’s resulted in nothing but good things for LGD this year.
And Cheng “NothingToSay” Jin Xiang could very well be the best mid laner in the world right now. That certainly helps.
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