After four intense days of group stage competition, the biggest Dota 2 event of the year heads into the playoffs where the largest prize pool in all of esports awaits the champions.
Taking place between Aug. 7 to Aug. 12, the first day of games in the playoffs will consist of a total of six matches—two best-of-three games in the upper bracket, and finally four best-of-ones in the lower bracket. This means four teams will be eliminated in the first day alone, leaving a total of twelve teams remaining in the second day of playoffs.
Similarly to the group stage, The International 7’s first day in Seattle’s Key Arena is scheduled consist of nearly ten hours worth of games, with Team Liquid taking on Invictus Gaming in the opening game of the day.
The current schedule looks as follows:
The International 7 playoffs day 1
Upper bracket
Series 1, 10:00 am PDT
Team Liquid vs. Invictus Gaming
Series 2, 13:00 pm PDT
Evil Geniuses vs. Newbee
Lower bracket
Game 1, 16:00 pm PDT
Team Secret vs. Execration
Game 2, 17:00 pm PDT
Cloud9 vs. Team Empire
Game 3, 18:00 pm PDT
OG vs. Infamous
Game 4, 19:00 pm PDT
IG Vitality vs. Digital Chaos
The International 7 playoffs day 2
Upper bracket
Series 1, 10:00 am PDT
LGD.Forever Young vs. TNC
Series 2, 13:00 pm PDT
LGD vs. Virtus Pro
Lower bracket
Series 3, 16:00 pm PDT
Team Liquid vs. Team Secret
Series 4, 19:00 pm PDT
Evil Geniuses vs. Team Empire
The International 7 playoffs day 3
Upper bracket
Series 3, 16:00 pm PDT
Invictus Gaming vs. Newbee
Series 4, 19:00 pm PDT
LGD Forever Young vs. Virtus Pro
Lower bracket
Series 1, 10:00 am PDT
OG vs. TNC
Series 2, 13:00 am PDT
Digital Chaos vs. LGD
The International 7 playoffs day 4
Lower bracket
Series 1, 10:00 am PDT
TBD vs. TBD
Series 2, 13:00 pm PDT
TBD vs. TBD
Series 2, 16:00 pm PDT
TBD vs. TBD
The International 7 playoffs day 5
Upper bracket
Series 2, 13:00 pm PDT
TBD vs. TBD
Lower bracket
Series 1, 10:00 am PDT
TBD vs. TBD
Series 3, 16:00 pm PDT
TBD vs. TBD
The International 7 playoffs day 6
Lower bracket
Series 1, 10:00 am PDT
TBD vs. TBD
Grand final
15:00 pm PDT
TBD vs. TBD
As expected, Twitch will be airing every game that’s being played throughout the entire event. Valve also allows viewers to tune in via Steam TV and in-game via the Dota 2 client.
