The International 2019

The International 2019

Rules
August 16 – 18 Group Stage

Two groups of nine teams.
Round Robin
The top four teams in each group advance to the upper bracket in the Main Event.
The bottom team of each group gets eliminated.
The remaining teams advance to the lower bracket in the Main Event.
If there is a tie along the Upper and Lower Bracket divider or between the lower bracket and elimination divider, more games will be played.

August 20 – 25 Main Event

16 teams, double elimination.
8 teams begin in the upper bracket, 8 in the lower bracket.
First lower bracket game is best of one, others are best of three.
Grand finals are best of five.