All Participants for The International 2026 Confirmed – NAVI to Miss the Tournament

The regional qualifiers for The International 2026 in Dota 2 have concluded, meaning all 16 participants for the tournament are now confirmed.

Seven teams received direct invitations, while the remaining slots were decided through regional qualifiers. The full list of participants is as follows:

• Aurora Gaming (Invited)
• BoomBoys (Invited)
• Team Falcons (Invited)
• Team Liquid (Invited)
• 1w Team (Invited)
• Xtreme Gaming (Invited)
• Team Yndx (Invited)
• Team Spirit (Qualified: Europe)
• TEAM VISION (Qualified: Europe)
• Nigma Galaxy (Qualified: Europe)
• HULIGANI (Qualified: Europe)
• Team Resilience (Qualified: China)
• Vici Gaming (Qualified: China)
• OG (Qualified: Southeast Asia)
• GamerLegion (Qualified: North America)
• LGD Gaming (Qualified: South America)

NAVI will miss this year's tournament after losing to HULIGANI in the European qualifiers.

The International 2026 will take place from August 13 to August 23 in Shanghai, China. The tournament will feature a prize pool of $1.6 million.

As a reminder, Ukraine finished the PUBG Nations Cup 2026 in 10th place, while Brazil claimed the championship title.