In addition, six more teams earned invites through regional qualifiers played in July 2019. The grand finals took place between Team Liquid and OG, who had respectively won the International's 2017 and 2018 events. There, OG defeated Team Liquid 3–1 in the best-of-five series to become the first-ever repeat champion of an International.
As with every International from 2013 onwards, the prize pool was crowdfunded by the Dota 2 community via its battle pass feature, with the total at over US$34 million.
Timeline
Further Resources
[EN] The International 2019 Main Event - Day 1 (Part 1/2)
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August 23, 2019
[EN] The International 2019 Main Event - Day 1 (Part 2/2)
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August 21, 2019
[EN] The International 2019 Main Event - Day 2 (Part 1/2)
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August 22, 2019
[EN] The International 2019 Main Event - Day 2 (Part 2/2)
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August 21, 2019
[EN] The International 2019 Main Event Day 4
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August 24, 2019