DOTA 2 The International 11 playoffs: Schedule, where to watch, and more

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The final leg of this year's DOTA 2 The International is underway after an exhilarating Group Stage that saw some excellent teamplay, upsets, and teams making nail-biting comebacks. For context, BOOM Esports had 1.42% of making it to the lower back of the playoffs, and they managed to do so.

The Main Event for DOTA 2 The International begins with the playoffs that sees sixteen teams playing in a double-elimination bracket, with eight in the upper bracket and eight more in the lower bracket. Lower bracket round 1 matches are best-of-one with all other matches being best-of-three. The Grand Final is a best-of-five.

The Main Event of DOTA 2 TI 11 will take place from October 20 - 23 and October 29 - 30 with the playoffs being held at SunTec Singapore and the Finals being held at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The top four teams from each group are placed in the upper bracket of the playoffs while the 5th-8th placed teams populate the lower brackets.

The standings at the end of the Group Stage are as follows:

The playoff schedule for the event is as follows:

The TI 11 playoffs will be streamed live from the official TI Twitch channel, covering a number of different regional broadcasts. They are as follows:

Fans will be able to catch the live action on the aforementioned links.

The Group Stage for this year's TI was a close affair, especially Group B. Evil Geniuses topped Group A with an imposing score of 7-0-2 but the spotlight shone on BOOM Esports who prevailed over Soniqs and BetBoom Team in tiebreakers to qualify for the playoffs.

Group B had Tundra Esports on the top after the dust settled with both Tundra and Team Secret managing five wins from the Group Stage. Team Spirit came in the middle of the pack with Talon Esports and TSM