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As always, the weeks following The International are full of player movement that could potentially shift the landscape of the next Dota 2 season.
While the biggest moves don’t always come from the teams that competed at TI, those teams are typically the ones who impact the competitive scene the most. From the winning team, all the way to those squads that placed last, any move could cause waves that affect other teams too.
Here is a full list of every player move made by the teams who competed at The International 2019 in the post-International 2019 shuffle.
Team | TI9 Placement | Players Dropped/Deactivated | Players Added |
OG | First | None | None |
Team Liquid | Second | Aliwi “w33” Omar Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi Ivan Borislavov “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov Maroun “GH” Merhej Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi | Michael “miCKe” Vu Max “qojqva” Bröcker Samuel “Boxi” Svahn Tommy “Taiga” Le Aydin “iNSaNiA” Sarkohi |
PSG LGD | Third | Xu “fy” Linsen moved to Inactive Roster | None |
Team Secret | Fourth | None | None |
Evil Geniuses | T-Fifth | Syed “SumaiL” Hassan Gustav “s4” Magnusson | Abed Azel L. Yusop Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev |
Vici Gaming | T-Fifth | Pan “Fade” Yi | Xiong “Pyw”‘ Jiahan |
Royal Never Give Up | T-Seventh | Tue “ah fu” Soon Chuan Zhang “LaNm” Zhicheng | Gao “dogf1ghts” Tianpeng Lu “Fenrir” Chao |
Infamous | T-Seventh | Hector “K1” Rodriguez Jean “Chris Luck” Gonzales Adrian “Wisper” Dobles Elvis “Scofield” Peña Steven “StingeR” Vargas | Mariano “Papita” Caneda Christian “Alucard” Kimura Sebastian “Robo-Z” Velarde Benjamín “Benjaz” Barrios Alexis “sl4d1n-” Cepeda |
Virtus Pro | T-Ninth | Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev Vladimir “RodjER” Nikogosyan moved to Inactive Roster | Egor “epileptick1d” Grigorenko (Trial) Roman “Resolut1on” Fominok Vitalie “Save-” Melnic (Trial) |
TNC Predator | T-Ninth | Carlo “Kuku” Palad Nico “eyyou” Barcelon | Damien “kpii” Chok Park “March” Tae-won |
Newbee | T-Ninth | Yawar “YawaR” Hassan Quinn “CCnC” Callahan Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu Arif “MSS” Anwar Johan “pieliedie” Åström | Lai “Fonte”‘ Xingyu Yin “Aq” Rui Wen “Wizard” Lipeng Yan “Waixi” Chao Zeng “Faith” Hongda |
Mineski | T-Ninth | Nikolay “Nikobaby” Nikolov Kam “Moon” Boon Seng Ryan “Bimbo” Jay Qui Michael “ninjaboogie” Ross Jr Damien “kpii” Chok | Thiay “JT-” Jun Wen |
Alliance | T-13th | Michael “miCKe” Vu Max “qojqva” Bröcker Samuel “Boxi” Svahn Tommy “Taiga” Le Aydin “iNSaNiA” Sarkohi | Nikolay “Nikobaby” Nikolov Linus “LIMMP” Blomdin Neta “33” Shapira Simon “Handsken” Haag Adrian “Fata” Trinks |
Fnatic | T-13th | Abed Azel L. Yusop Kim “DuBu” Doo-young | Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon Kam “Moon” Boon Seng |
Keen Gaming | T-13th | None | None |
Natus Vincere | T-13th | Evgeniy “Blizzy” Ree Danil “Dendi” Ishutin officially leaves the organization | Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov |
Chaos Esports Club | T-17th | Maurice “KheZu” Gutmann Cheng “vtFαded” Jia Hao Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen moved to Inactive Roster | None |
Ninjas in Pyjamas | T-17th | Marcus “Ace” Hoelgaard Adrian “Fata” Trinks Neta “33” Shapira Martin “Saksa” Sazdov | Oliver “Skiter” Lepko Nico “Gunnar” Lopez Saahil “UNiVeRsE” Arora Malthe “Biver” Winther |
More moves are likely to be made over the course of the season, but these are the changes several top teams made in order to prepare for the next season.
The 2019-20 DPC season officially begins when the qualifiers for the first Major and Minor start on Oct. 5.