The International — Dota 2 World Championship History

The International (TI) is Valve's annual Dota 2 world championship and the largest prize pool tournament in esports history. First held in 2011 at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. From TI4 onwards, prize pools are crowd-funded, reaching a peak of $40.02M at TI10 in 2021. No TI was held in 2020 due to COVID-19; TI10 was held in 2021.

All TI Champions (TI1–TI14)

• TI14 2025: Team Falcons (runner-up: Xtreme Gaming)
• TI13 2024 — Copenhagen, Denmark: Team Liquid
• TI12 2023 — Seattle, USA: Team Spirit (runner-up: Gaimin Gladiators) · $3.32M
• TI11 2022 — Singapore: Tundra Esports (runner-up: Team Secret) · $18.86M
• TI10 2021 — Bucharest, Romania: Team Spirit (runner-up: PSG.LGD) · $40.02M
• TI9 2019 — Shanghai, China: OG (runner-up: Team Liquid) · $34.33M
• TI8 2018 — Vancouver, Canada: OG (runner-up: PSG.LGD) · $25.53M
• TI7 2017 — Seattle, USA: Team Liquid (runner-up: Newbee) · $24.79M
• TI6 2016 — Seattle, USA: Wings Gaming (runner-up: Digital Chaos) · $20.77M
• TI5 2015 — Seattle, USA: Evil Geniuses (runner-up: CDEC Gaming) · $18.43M
• TI4 2014 — Seattle, USA: Newbee (runner-up: Vici Gaming) · $10.93M
• TI3 2013 — Seattle, USA: Alliance (runner-up: Natus Vincere) · $2.87M
• TI2 2012 — Seattle, USA: Invictus Gaming (runner-up: Natus Vincere) · $1.6M
• TI1 2011 — Cologne, Germany: Natus Vincere (runner-up: EHOME) · $1.6M

Multi-Year Champions

• OG — 2× TI champion (TI8 2018, TI9 2019). First back-to-back TI winners in history.
• Team Spirit — 2× TI champion (TI10 2021, TI12 2023). Second team after OG to win multiple Internationals.
• Team Liquid — 2× TI champion (TI7 2017, TI13 2024). First organization to win TI with two different rosters.
• Natus Vincere — TI1 2011 champions. Runner-up at TI2, TI3. The most dominant team of the early TI era.