The Worldwide 2025 (TI14) is across the nook, particularly it begins as early as June 4 for sure areas. It’s one of the vital anticipated qualifiers as slots to play at TI14 are at stake.
The Worldwide 2025 Regional Qualifiers (Picture credit score: Wykrhm Reddy)
TI14 Regional Qualifiers Format and Staff Placements
The TI14 regional qualifiers function a double-elimination bracket with best-of-three matches. A number of groups, explicit the open-qualifier runner-up winners obtain placements one spherical earlier than the quarterfinal. Basically, they should play an additional spherical, which the first-place winners don’t. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless a double-elimination bracket, so there’s at all times a lifeline for a second probability in decrease bracket.
For regional qualifiers that solely have one qualifying slot, reminiscent of Japanese Europe, China, North and South America, the 2 finalists of their respective qualifier will play a best-of-five finals to find out who will get to play at TI14. Whereas for the regional qualifiers who’ve two qualifying slots, there might be two finals, the higher and decrease bracket finals. The 4 finalists will compete in a best-of-three finals, the place the winners of every finals will qualify for TI14.
TI14 Open Qualifiers
In case you are enthusiastic about catching the open qualifiers, these start as early as June 2. As much as sixteen taking part groups will play in a single-elimination bracket. Every open qualifier may have 2-3 qualifying slots to play of their respective regional qualifier.
Dota 2 TI14 Regional Qualifiers Direct Invitations (Picture credit score: Wykrhm Reddy)
Dota 2 groups taking part at TI14 Regional Qualifiers
Whereas the remainder of the regional qualifier members are to be determined over the upcoming days, we have already got a listing of direct invitations on the TI14 regional qualifiers. These embrace groups which were constantly participated all through the season however nonetheless haven’t qualify for TI14.
Western Europe TI14 Regional Qualifier Groups
Over on the hottest Dota 2 area, WEU TI14 regional qualifiers have OG, MOUZ, Nigma Galaxy and AVULUS. Amongst these groups, AVULUS is definitely essentially the most achieved this season, the place they have been staples at PGL Wallachia and ESL One tournaments.
OG and Nigma Galaxy have its personal repute as a long-time powerhouse namesake, however wrestle to seek out consistency of their efficiency. Nonetheless, MOUZ would possibly simply emerge as a possible candidate to win the WEU TI14 qualifiers themselves. Earlier in Might 2025, they’ve secretly introduced collectively Abed “Abed” Yusop and Melchior “Seleri” Hillenkamp as pillars for this new Esports title.
Japanese Europe TI14 Regional Qualifier Groups
The EEU TI14 regional qualifier comes off because the hardest area between its counterparts. With a TI-winning roster at Aurora Gaming, followers are rooting for them to brush this regional qualifier with ease.
Natus Vincere, L1GA and One Transfer‘s line-up has a number of promising gamers, but it surely’s a far cry from what Aurora Gaming’s seasoned staff has to supply.
China TI14 Regional Qualifier Groups
China’s crippling Dota 2 Esports scene turns into blatantly clear when there are solely two direct invitations of their TI14 regional qualifier. Yakult Brothers and Xtreme Gaming have promising Dota 2 gamers, which could be the one ones value mentioning as potential candidates to win this qualifier. Nonetheless, we might hold a watch out for Vici Gaming’s return to professional Dota 2, as they try the open qualifiers.
Southeast Asia TI14 Regional Qualifier Groups
If there’s ever a area that didn’t deserve two slots to play in TI14, it’s the SEA. Regardless of having six direct invitations within the SEA TI14 regional qualifier, none of those groups have achieved any main feat all through the season.
Nonetheless, if we have been to say two candidates, it’s Talon Esports and BOOM Esports. Talon Esports introduced again the Thai prodigy, Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon, so it might be fascinating to see if they’ll make it work. Whereas BOOM Esports additionally has its fair proportion of prodigies, significantly Filipino abilities, reminiscent of Armel “Armel” Tabios and Timothy John “TIMS” Randrup, to call a couple of.
Trailer Park Boys, The MongolZ, Ivory and Execration make up the remainder of the direct invitations at SEA TI14 regional qualifiers.
North America TI14 Regional Qualifier Groups
Very similar to China, the NA TI14 regional qualifier stays stagnated because it has at all times been. This time round, even Nouns Esports not take part on this area’s crippling professional scene. Anyhow, NA followers can nonetheless rely on Shopify Insurrection and Wildcard as first rate candidates to qualify and compete at TI14.
South America TI14 Regional Qualifier Groups
Final however not least, the SA TI14 regional qualifier shockingly has first rate groups themselves. Whereas it’s straightforward to ignore the SA area’s prowess, this area has introduced many historic groups all through the Worldwide Championships with surprising underdogs.
If there’s one staff we had prefer to make that occur at TI14 once more, it’s HEROIC. This SA consultant is the area’s finest guess at making a reputation for themselves at TI14. Furthermore, they aren’t too shabby themselves since they received PGL Wallachia S2. Though they’ve skilled fairly a turmoil since they kicked David “Parker” Nicho Flores, HEROIC continues to be a frequent SA staff in lots of main tournaments in 2025.
One other staff to look out for is OG’s SA staff, OG.LATAM, which they envisioned to beat HEROIC, Edge, Staff Den and different potential SA squads.
The Worldwide 2025 Regional Qualifier is the place hopes turn into a actuality and desires are shattered for others. Catch the motion dwell over at PGL’s official Twitch channel.
