All 16 Teams Set for Dota 2 The International 2026
Valve has confirmed the full TI 2026 field, with seven direct invites and nine qualifier spots filled across five regions. Here is every team and roster heading to the biggest event in Dota 2.
The Full Field Is Set
The road to Dota 2 The International 2026 is officially closed. According to Dot Esports, Valve has locked in all 16 teams that will compete at TI 2026, combining seven direct invitations with nine squads that fought their way through regional qualifiers. The field spans every major competitive region and includes some of the most decorated rosters in the game’s history.
The directly invited teams are Aurora Gaming, BoomBoys (also known as BetBoom Team), Team Falcons, Team Liquid, Iron Wing (formerly operating as the Tundra Esports roster under the name 1w Team), Xtreme Gaming, and Team Yandex. As Dot Esports notes, there are no real surprises among the invites. Falcons are the defending TI champions and have remained dominant this season. Liquid and Iron Wing are among the most consistent teams in the world. Aurora and Yandex each picked up tier-one event wins, and Xtreme Gaming built strong results across multiple tournaments.
One notable structural change: Valve issued seven direct invites instead of the eight that previous TI editions featured, pushing an extra qualification slot out to the regions. That small shift added meaningful stakes to qualifier weekends.
Qualifier Breakdown by Region
Europe was the most chaotic path to TI this year, and by design. Dot Esports reports that Valve unified Eastern and Western Europe into a single qualifier, giving the combined region four slots and a stacked 16-team field. Team Spirit qualified with a roster featuring Yatoro, Larl, Collapse, not me, and rue. TEAM VISION, competing under the name also associated with PARIVISION, qualified alongside Nigma Galaxy, whose lineup includes veteran SumaiL, lorenof, Davai, OmaR, and GH. HULIGANI rounded out the European four.
China sent two teams through a field of eight. Team Resilience qualified with a young roster headlined by YSR-04E, better known in the community as Erika or poyoyo. Vici Gaming also punched through, fielding shiro, Xm, Bach, XinQ, and y`.
Southeast Asia contributed one qualifier spot, and OG claimed it. Their roster of Natsumi, Yopaj-, Raven, TIMS, and skem earned the trip. South America’s lone qualifier went to LGD Gaming, a roster that includes former OG and Team Liquid superstar Topson, who replaced TaiLung according to Dot Esports. North America, competing across just four teams, sent GamerLegion to TI after they came through with Ghost, RCY, Fayde, Bignum, and Speeed.
Rosters Worth Watching
Several of these lineups carry storylines that will make TI 2026 genuinely compelling to follow.
Team Spirit’s roster reads like a who’s who of Dota royalty. Yatoro and Collapse were central figures in Spirit’s historic TI10 championship run, and they’ve now reassembled alongside Larl, not me, and rue for another deep run. Iron Wing, operating with the former Tundra Esports core of Pure, bzm, 33, Ari, and Whitemon, has quietly been one of the most underrated teams in the world across multiple seasons.
Nigma Galaxy’s inclusion is a reunion of sorts for longtime fans. GH has been one of the most respected supports in Dota for years, and seeing him alongside SumaiL, who made his name as one of the game’s all-time great midlaners, gives this squad an old-school flavor with current-day depth.
LGD Gaming’s South American qualifier path is its own kind of strange. A Chinese organization fielding what Dot Esports describes as former HEROIC players, qualifying out of South America, with Topson stepping in as a late roster addition, this team may be the most unusual assembly at the event.
TI 2026 brings 16 teams, no shortage of history, and at least a handful of rosters that have genuine claims to the Aegis.
How many teams are competing at Dota 2 TI 2026?
Sixteen teams are competing at TI 2026, made up of seven directly invited teams and nine squads that earned their spots through regional qualifiers, according to Dot Esports.
Which teams received direct invites to TI 2026?
The seven directly invited teams are Aurora Gaming, BoomBoys (BetBoom Team), Team Falcons, Team Liquid, Iron Wing (formerly Tundra Esports), Xtreme Gaming, and Team Yandex, per Dot Esports.
How did TI 2026 direct invites differ from previous years?
Valve handed out seven direct invites rather than the eight used in prior editions, leaving an additional slot to be earned through regional qualifier competition, as reported by Dot Esports.
Which regions sent teams to TI 2026 through qualifiers?
Europe sent four qualifier teams, China sent two, and Southeast Asia, South America, and North America each sent one, according to Dot Esports.