The first relating to the 2016 international details were announced March 31, 2016, with the announcement of the sale of tickets for the tournament. open qualifiers for the 2016 international began on June 21, with the regional qualifiers after June 25 following the raters, the main event of the tournament is scheduled for August 3-11, with the final being held on August 12 and 13.
The initial group of awards was seeded with $1,600,000 of developers, with more added to the players through purchases in the year 2016 the international battle step game.
June 19, 2016, the valve unveiled the names of the invited teams, as well as the details for the qualification through each regional qualifier. He number of teams invited is reduced to six (down from eight starting from 2015), what is as the winner and runner-up of each region (China, Europe, America and the southeast of Asia) the obtaining of the qualification. The two end points are composed of teams of Wild Card, through the last tournament.
Tests of selection for each region consisted of eight invited teams (five for the Americas) and two open qualifiers (organized by FaceIt and perfect world in China). These qualifiers placed all 10 teams (seven of America) in one single table, where each team played the others in a competition of all against all the best team from each region advance to the international as the regional qualifier. Of the remaining teams, the next four highest teams were placed in a double elimination with each round played tournament as a best of three, while the five remaining teams (two for the Americas) were eliminated. The winner of each regional playoff Grand Final also qualified automatically for the international as the second phase of classification for your region. The postseason runner-up will receive a point in the last tournament of classification; a single bracket, double elimination tournament, held in Seattle before the main events, with the semi-final winners receive the last two positions in the international wild cards.
The primary means for international coverage is through the Internet video streaming Twitch.tv games web site. Throughout each year, the coverage of the tournament takes place through a selection of gaming organizations and electronic sports online that provide live, comments and articles surrounding games in progress, similar to sports commentators and analysts. multiple flows are provided in a variety of languages. The International also provides a "running of Rookie" that is dedicated to the Foundry each game that explains the game to them spectators not familiar with the game.
On July 17, 2014, announced that the valve of the coverage of the 2014 International would be presented in collaboration with ESPN on its direct multi-screen, ESPN3 sports chain. In addition, an exclusive exhibition preview of the final was presented on ESPN2.
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