Teams are lining up to participate in regional qualifiers with less than two months left before the long-awaited The International 11. The regional qualifiers feature teams who failed to secure direct invites via Dota Pro Circuit points. The winners of the regional qualifiers will claim each region’s qualifier slot, adding a total of six out of the 12 teams to participate in TI11 via direct invite.
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The Southeast Asian regional qualifiers brackets reveals three Filipino Dota 2 teams— Neon Esports, Team Execration, and Polaris Esports starting in the upper bracket. Other teams in the upper bracket include strong teams like Nigma Galaxy SEA, Talon Esports, and the restructured T1 with former OG brothers Anathan “Ana” Pham and Topias Miika “Topson” Taavitsainen. Filipino team TNC.Predator will also participate in the tournament, starting their journey in the lower bracket.
The SEA regional qualifiers will run from September 13 – 17, 2022.