57-445: TI3 may refer to: The International 2013 , a Dota 2 tournament Twilight Imperium : Third Edition , a 2005 board game Ti3 , a component of Titanium aluminide [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
114-554: A 3rd–4th place finish at ELeague Season 1 on 29 July 2. On 4 August, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev joined the active roster, replacing Daniil "Zeus" Teslenko. Finally, on 22 September, Na'Vi became the champions of ESL One: New York 2016 , defeating Virtus.pro in the finals. On 10 March, team coach starix stepped down from his role in the team. He is replaced by team analyst Andrey "Andi" Prokhorov. On 28 July, Denis "seized" Kostin and Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács stepped down from Natus Vincere. On 9 August, Mykhailo "Kane" Blagin
171-572: A 3rd–4th place finish at the Intel Extreme Masters Season X – World Championship and a second-place finish at MLG Columbus 2016 , where they lost to Luminosity in the finals. On 17 April, they placed second at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016. Later, on 22 May, Na'Vi secured a second-place finish at the StarLadder i-League Invitational #1, losing to Virtus.pro in the finals. They achieved a 5th–8th place finish at ESL One Cologne 2016 and
228-695: A coach. GuardiaN later stepped down and was replaced by Perfecto. On 12 September, Na'Vi became the 3rd team ever to complete the Intel Grand Slam after winning IEM Katowice 2020 , IEM Cologne 2021 , DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 and ESL Pro League Season 14. On 7 November they won their first CS:GO Major , PGL Stockholm 2021 , defeating G2 Esports 2–0. Team Na'Vi placed 1st at BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 and BLAST Premier World Final 2021. Na'Vi also cooperated with Hator , producer of gamers oriented computer equipment, in coorganizing esport events in 22 cities of Ukraine. They proceeded to qualify for
285-505: A major Russian tournament, ASUS Autumn 2010, since it was coinciding with DreamHack's dates. After finishing the group stage Na'Vi consistently outplayed teams puta, Fnatic, Frag Executors , and mTw.dk in the finals, winning the tournament. During the four playoff matches the Ukrainians lost only one time to Fnatic on the new map—de_mirage. "Starix" (Serhiy Ischuk) received the tournament's MVP award. After winning DreamHack Winter 2010,
342-531: A one-month loan to Saudi Arabian organization Team Falcons. On 31 March, NAVI won the first CS2 Major Championship tournament, beating FaZe Clan 2-1 in the finals of the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 . Justinas "jL" Lekavičius was named the Most Valuable Player. The organization's portion of the prize money, totaling US$ 125,000, was donated to support the use of unmanned ground vehicles in
399-587: A sporting event, making it difficult for Valve to help international players to secure travel visas for participating there. Valve later rescheduled the event and rebranded it as The International 2021 , which was held at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania , in October 2021. It set a record for the largest prize pool of any single esports event at $ 40 million. The International 2022 increased to 20 teams and
456-509: A stand-in or new player. Whether or not Na'Vi could continue after their success with their new player and IGL was uncertain. FaZe had dipped in form after the Antwerp Major, ENCE has been a playoff contender but had not lifted trophies, Cloud9 had won IEM Dallas and BIG had won Roobet Cup. The quarter-finals were filled with unexpected contenders but the semifinal contenders were occupied by the top 2 teams, FaZe and Na'Vi. Both teams won 2–0 in
513-606: Is an annual esports world championship for the five-on-five video game Dota 2 . Produced by the game's developer Valve , the International is the final event of the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) and consists of 20 teams: 12 based on final results from the DPC; six from North America , South America , Southeast Asia , China , Eastern Europe , and Western Europe regional leagues; and two from last-chance qualifiers. The International
570-649: Is discontinued after 2022 tournament. Natus Vincere Natus Vincere ( Latin for "born to win"), commonly referred as abbreviated name NAVI (formerly Na`Vi ), is a Ukrainian esports organization based in Kyiv . Founded in 2009, the organization has teams and players competing in various games, such as Counter-Strike 2 , Dota 2 , FIFA , Brawl Stars , World of Tanks , Paladins , PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds , Clash of Clans , Apex Legends , Rainbow Six Siege , Mobile Legends: Bang Bang , Fortnite , and VALORANT . Na'Vi's Counter-Strike team
627-509: Is done by a selection of dedicated esports organizations and personnel who provide on-site commentary , analysis, match predictions, and player interviews surrounding the event in progress, similar to traditional sporting events. Multiple streams are provided in a variety of languages, mainly in English, Russian, and Chinese. The International also sometimes provides a "newcomer stream" that is dedicated to presenting games for viewers unfamiliar with
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#1733105456546684-441: Is permanently engraved with the names of each player on the winning team. The Aegis is a shield inspired by Norse and Chinese designs, with it molded in bronze and silver by the prop studio, Weta Workshop . Miniature replicas of it are also sometimes awarded to compendium owners for having a high enough level in it. The primary medium for International coverage is through the video game live streaming platform Twitch , which
741-488: Is primarily crowdfunded through a battle pass called the Compendium, which raises money from players buying them to get exclusive in-game virtual goods and other bonuses. 25% of all the revenue made from yearly Compendiums go directly to the prize pool. The contribution of players from the game community is the main source of prize pool for the International. Until 2022, each iteration of The International has surpassed
798-596: The Blast Spring Final and made it to the playoffs of IEM Katowice 2022, being favored to win the event. On 1 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Natus Vincere cut ties with their holding company, Russian esports conglomerate ESForce, saying that the company "publicly denies the horror that is now happening in Ukraine." Na'Vi CEO Yevhen Zolotarov stated his hope "that we are going to keep this roster and that
855-481: The Compendium, would be available for purchase that allowed for the tournament's prize pool to be crowdfunded . A quarter of the total revenue from the Compendium was added to the base $ 1.6 million prize pool. The prize pool eventually reached over $ 2.8 million, making it the largest prize pool in esports history at the time. KCPQ news anchor Kaci Aitchison acted as a host at the event, providing behind-the-scenes commentary and player interviews. The International 2013
912-510: The ESWC. In the middle of May 2010, Na'Vi took 2nd place in the prestigious Arbalet Cup Europe 2010 in Stockholm , losing to Fnatic in the finals and earning $ 10,000 in prize money. Na'Vi finally gained victory at ESWC Ukraine. In the final part of the ESWC, the team hit the highest seeding, along with SK Gaming , Fnatic, and mTw.dk . On 4 July 2010, Natus Vincere achieved the highest accolade in
969-437: The International, two separate best-of-two round robin groups consisting of nine teams each are played, with lowest placed team from both at the end of the stage being eliminated. The remaining 16 teams then move on to the double elimination main event at the hosted venue, with the top four finishing teams from both groups advancing to the upper bracket, and the bottom four advancing to the lower bracket. The first round of
1026-659: The Russia-based players are going to relocate." After qualifying to the Legends stage for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 through the Europe Regional Major Rankings they proceeded to go 3–0 in that stage, beating G2, BIG, and NIP. They defeated Heroic 2–1 in the quarterfinals and ENCE 2–0 in the semifinals for their fifth major finals appearance. FaZe Clan won 2–0 for their first major victory. On 28 May, Boombl4
1083-714: The Ukrainian armed forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following their major win, NAVI finished 9th-12th at ESL Pro League Season 19 and IEM Dallas 2024. They proceeded to appear at six consecutive grand finals, winning 3 of the events: BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024, losing to Team Spirit 1-3; Esports World Cup 2024, beating G2 2-1; IEM Cologne 2024, losing to Vitality 1-3; ESL Pro League Season 20, beating Eternal Fire 3-2; BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024, losing to G2 1-3; and IEM Rio 2024, beating MOUZ 3-1. Latest roster transaction: 14 April 2024. In October 2010,
1140-580: The World e-Sports Masters tournament (WEM 2010), which annually gathers the best teams from all over the world in the Chinese city of Hangzhou . Among the eight participants of the tournament, Na’Vi took 4th place as well as $ 7,500. From the 25th to the 27 November 2010, in the Swedish city of Jönköping the largest LAN party in the world took place— DreamHack Winter 2010. To go to this tournament, Natus Vincere had to skip
1197-452: The benchings of npl, Perfecto and electronic. Npl transferred to Ukrainian organization B8 on 9 July. On 14 July, Cloud9 confirmed the signings of Perfecto and electronic. On 26 October, s1mple announced his intention to take a break from competitive play. His place on the active roster was replaced by Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov on 31 October. On 19 February, it was announced that s1mple had returned to professional Counter-Strike , with
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#17331054565461254-625: The best Eastern teams at the Alienware Cup. They defeated LGD Gaming.cn 3–2 in the grand finals, and became one of the few Western teams to win a major Chinese tournament. In August 2013, Na'Vi once again reached the Grand Finals of The International 2013 , but they lost 2–3 in a very close fifth game against the Swedish team Alliance . In July 2014, Na'Vi was knocked out in the lower bracket knockout phase of The International by Cloud9 , placing at 7/8th place and earning $ 519,208. This would be
1311-531: The captain of Na'Vi, Daniil "Zeus" Teslenko had 19th place, as well as "The best captain of the year". On 5 March 2011, Na'Vi defended their position in Hannover as the champions of the Intel Extreme Masters and earned $ 35,000. They defeated Polish team Frag Executors in the finals: 16:12 (de_train) and 16:10 (de_dust2). $ 4,550 of the prize money was deducted (13% of the total) as a penalty for breaking
1368-425: The captain of this new squad. A roster change on 17 June 2011, resulted in the replacements of Goblak and Axypa with Clement " Puppey " Ivanov and Dmitriy "LighTofHeaveN" Kupriyanov. In August 2011, Na'Vi was invited to The International , the first in a series of annual Dota 2 tournaments. The event featured 16 of the top teams from all over the world with an impressive amount of prize money—$ 1,600,000. Na'Vi
1425-593: The creation of a Defence of the Ancients (DotA) squad was announced, which included the best Ukrainian players. Initially the team was composed of Aleksandr "XBOCT" Dashkevych , Artur "Goblak" Kostenko, Bogdan "Axypa" Boychuk, Oleksandr "Deff" Stepaniuc, and Andriy "Mag~" Chipenko. However, in December 2010, Mag~ and Deff- left the team. The empty slots on the team were filled by Ukrainian players from DTS.Chatrix — Danil "Dendi" Ishutin , and Ivan "Artstyle" Antonov, who became
1482-505: The event, known as the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC), with the top 12 ranking teams receiving direct invitations based on their final standings. Besides the directly invited DPC teams, an additional team from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), China , Europe , North America , South America , and Southeast Asia regions each earn an invite by winning regional playoffs, bringing the total number of participating teams up to 18. At
1539-571: The final match: 19:15 (de_dust2), 16:12 (de_inferno). After receiving $ 25,000, Na'Vi took the first place in quantity of prize money earned by European teams that year. Na'Vi took 3rd place in GameGune 2010 and Intel Extreme Masters Shanghai . On 15 August, Na'Vi won the Ukrainian qualifications for the 2010 World Cyber Games and received a paid voucher to the finals in Los Angeles from 30 September to 3 October 2010. The next tournament for Na'Vi
1596-517: The first public viewing of Dota 2 . The tournament was funded by Valve, including the US$ 1 million grand prize, with Nvidia supplying the hardware. It took place at Gamescom in Cologne from August 17–21 the same year. The tournament started with a group stage in which the winners of each of the four groups were entered into a winner's bracket, and the other teams entered the loser's bracket. The rest of
1653-411: The first team in the world which had managed to hold the three most prestigious championship titles at once (IEM, ESWC, WCG). At the end of October 2010, ESL TV commentator Bakr "KinGSaicx" Fadl proclaimed that SK Gaming was going to invite the Ukrainian team to take place of its Swedish squad, but the manager of Natus Vincere declined this information. In early November 2010 Natus Vincere took part in
1710-431: The game. In 2014, Valve released a free documentary , Free to Play , which followed three players during their time at the first International in 2011. In 2016, Valve began producing an episodic-based documentary series titled True Sight , considered a spiritual successor to Free to Play . Several more episodes of it have been filmed, showcasing the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 tournaments. However， True Sight
1767-554: The history of Ukrainian e-Sports, winning the ESWC (which previously could not be reached by any CIS team), defeating SK Gaming in the finals: 16:5 (de_train) and 16:4 (de_inferno). During the tournament Na'Vi passed through the group stage thanks to fortune, but outplayed Fnatic and mTw.dk in the playoffs. After being victorious in the world championship, Natus Vincere announced their participation in 2 more tournaments—Arbalet Cup Dallas and GameGune 2010 ( Bilbao ). On 18 July 2010, Na'Vi won Arbalet Cup Dallas beating Mousesports in
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1824-431: The largest single-tournament prize pool of any esport event, with largest reaching US$ 40 million. The most recent champion is Team Liquid , who won The International 2024 , with OG , Team Spirit , and Team Liquid each having won two Internationals since its inception. Valve announced the first edition of The International on August 1, 2011. 16 teams were invited to compete in the tournament, which would also serve as
1881-447: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TI3&oldid=1029872258 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The International (Dota 2)#The International 2013 The International ( TI )
1938-408: The lower bracket is treated as single-elimination , with the loser of each match being immediately eliminated from the tournament. Every other round of both brackets is played in a best-of-three series, with the exception being the Grand Finals, which is played between the winners of the upper and lower brackets in a best-of-five series. Since The International 2013, the tournament's prize pool
1995-682: The lower bracket to win their group. They then qualified for the Blast Fall Final with a 2–0 victory over Vitality. NAVI qualified to the Legends Stage of the Blast Paris Major 2023 , where they failed to make it to the playoffs after being eliminated by FaZe Clan. On 30 June, NAVI announced a new international roster made up of Finnish in-game leader Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen, Lithuanian Justinas "jL" Lekavičius, and Romanian Mihai "iM" Ivan playing alongside s1mple and b1t, following
2052-512: The position of manager. The abbreviation Na'Vi was inspired by the film Avatar , with its full form being decided by the fans through a competition. After a poor performance at the Arbalet Cup CIS 2010 (4th place), Markeloff, the team's top player, decided to skip the next big tournament, ASUS Winter 2010, so that the team could prepare for the Arbalet Cup and the Ukrainian qualifications for
2109-411: The previous one's prize pool. The International 2021 had the largest prize pool, awarding $ 40 million (£29 million) in total to participating teams. Prize pools began to decline by the mid-2020s; The International 2024 had the smallest since the introduction of crowdfunding at $ 2,602,164. The Aegis of Champions is a trophy that is awarded to the champions of an International. The reverse side of it
2166-413: The rules. Na'Vi reached the finals of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 where they were beat 0–2 by Team EnVyUs . Na'Vi won Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose after beating Team SoloMid (Now Astralis ) in the grand finals 2–0. Na'Vi had a successful year in 2016, starting with their victory over Luminosity Gaming (now MiBR ) at DreamHack Leipzig 2016 on 22 January. They followed up with
2223-456: The runners-up from the regional competitions. The tickets for the event were sold out within an hour of going on sale that April. The tournament's crowdfunded prize pool again broke esport records for being the largest in history, with it totalling over $ 10.9 million. As a result, eight Dota 2 players became the highest earning players in esports, surpassing the top earning player at the time, Lee "Jaedong" Jae-dong of StarCraft . The event
2280-456: The semifinals to set up the grand final to "decide who the number one team is". In a very close 2–3 finish, FaZe came out on top. The second half of 2022 started with Blast Premier Fall Groups 2022. NAVI Junior AWPer headtr1ck stood in for s1mple for the group stage, who could not be in Copenhagen for personal reasons. They lost the opening game to Complexity but won successfully went through
2337-444: The team established a new record: winning $ 220,000 in one year. The previous record belonged to Swedish team Fnatic, who earned $ 189,000 in 2009 (before that, the record was held by Swedish team SK Gaming with earnings of $ 183,000 in 2003). In 2010, popular website HLTV.org had made rankings for the 20 best Counter-Strike players. Yegor "markeloff" Markelov was 1st place, Sergey "Starix" Ischuk 4th, Ioann "Edward" Sukharev 5th, and
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2394-579: The team, while LighTofHeaveN went inactive. In April 2013, after his contract expired, LighTofHeaveN officially left for Team Empire . In June 2013, Na'Vi announced an all female squad. The first half of 2013 was difficult for Na'Vi as they struggled to gain a footing in major tournaments with their new lineup. Their first major tournament win was against RoX.KIS at the first season of the ESL Major Series One in April. In July, Na'Vi competed against 9 of
2451-534: The teams, and following them from the preliminary stages through to the finale. The International 2013 was hosted again at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle from August 7–11. Sixteen teams participated, thirteen of which received direct invitations, and the final three being decided in two qualifying tournaments and a match at the start of the tournament. In May 2013, it was announced that an in-game battle pass , known as
2508-459: The tournament was then played as a double-elimination tournament . The final of this inaugural tournament was between Ukrainian-based Natus Vincere and Chinese-based EHOME , with Natus Vincere winning the series 3–1. EHOME won US$ 250,000, with the rest of the 14 teams splitting the remaining $ 350,000. The International as a recurring annual event was confirmed in May 2012. The International 2012
2565-488: The upcoming tournament". Na'Vi went on to win the event, beating Team Vitality in a dominant 2–0 in the final. Following this success, sdy continued being the fifth player for IEM Cologne. While FaZe and Na'Vi had been the only teams occupying the HLTV #1 spot during the 2022 season, IEM Cologne 2022 had many viable contenders. Many teams had a so-called "stand-in buff" during 2022, where many teams had success after introducing
2622-521: The year, including four consecutive seasons of Star Ladder's Star Series, the premier tournament for the CIS region. At The International 2012 , Na'Vi attempted to defend their title where they ultimately placed 2nd, losing to the Chinese team Invictus Gaming 1–3 in the grand finals. At the end of February 2013, ARS-ART was replaced by Gleb "Funn1k" Lipatnikov from Russian squad Team Empire . Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi from Mousesports also joined
2679-540: Was ASUS Summer 2010, to which the team received a direct invitation. This tournament became first in the ASUS Open series, which was held at Kyiv gaming center "Kyiv CyberSport Arena". In the semi-finals Na'Vi lost to Kazakh team k23 and as a result took the 3rd place. On 4 October 2010, Natus Vincere became the World Cyber Games world champions by defeating Danish team mTw.dk in the finals. This victory made Na'Vi
2736-558: Was also broadcast on ESPN networks for the first time. The tournament was expanded to 18 teams for The International 2017 onwards, an increase from the previous 16. The International 2020 was the first International to skip a year, as it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Ahead of the event, originally scheduled to be held in Stockholm, Sweden , the Swedish Sports Federation voted to deny recognition of esports as
2793-511: Was brought in and seized and Zeus returned. On 6 November, Na'Vi brought in Denis "electronic" Sharipov in place of seized who stepped down from the roster. On 8 July, Na'Vi ended up winning ESL One Cologne 2018 over BIG 3–1. On 9 September, Na'Vi announced that Zeus would retire after BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019. He retired on 14 September. On 20 September, Na'Vi acquired GuardiaN from FaZe Clan and Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy joined as
2850-589: Was first held in Germany at the 2011 Gamescom to promote the game's release. It was then held in Seattle , where Valve is headquartered, until it began to be hosted internationally again starting with The International 2018 in Vancouver . The tournament's prize pool has been crowdfunded via a battle pass system within the game since 2013, with a quarter of all revenue from it directly going towards it. Internationals have
2907-433: Was held at the 2,500 seat Benaroya Hall in Seattle from August 31 to September 2, with teams situated in glass booths on the main stage. The total prize pool remained at $ 1.6 million, with $ 1 million for the winning team. The previous winners, Natus Vincere, were beaten 3-1 by Chinese team Invictus Gaming in the grand finals. In November 2012, Valve released a free documentary on the event that featured interviews with
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#17331054565462964-479: Was held in Singapore in October 2022, where it was won by Tundra Esports. It was the first International to not surpass the previous one's prize pool at $ 18.9 million, the lowest since The International 2015 . The International 2023 was hosted at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, which was built at the same site as KeyArena, and ran from October 27 to 29. The International features a series of tournaments before
3021-531: Was removed from the active roster. The organization said his removal was "related to high reputational risks for the club, and it is not the result of his game.". Na'Vi COO Oleksii "xaoc" Kucherov said that the other two Russian players, electronic and Perfecto, were relocating. Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev was brought in as a replacement for Boombl4 for Blast Premier Spring Final in Lisbon, and electronic became IGL. His continued play for Na'Vi "depends on his performance in
3078-556: Was the first in history to win three premier tournaments— Intel Extreme Masters , Electronic Sports World Cup , and World Cyber Games 2010 —in one calendar year. Their Dota 2 squad won The International 2011 , becoming the most successful esports organization at the time. In October 2009, Murat "Arbalet" Zhumashevich declared the creation of an esports organization during the Intel Extreme Masters tournament being held in Dubai . He
3135-427: Was the ultimate winner, beating Chinese team EHOME 3–1 in the grand finals and winning a cash prize of $ 1,000,000. On 13 October 2011, shortly after their victory, Artstyle left the team. The captain position was taken up by Puppey, and Sergey "ARS-ART" Revin, from Russian team Moscow Five , took the fifth slot on the roster. 2012 was a very successful season for Na'Vi as they won multiple tournaments throughout
3192-535: Was to provide the finances required to run the organization and also provide a place for players to train in, while starix, a Counter-Strike professional player, took up the duty of creating a lineup for the organization. On 17 December 2009, Natus Vincere, at the time with the name of Arbalet UA, was formed, based around their Counter-Strike team, which consisted of players Ivan "Edward" Sukharev, Yegor "markeloff" Markelov, Sergey "starix" Ischuk, Arsenij "ceh9" Trunozhenko and Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko, with ZeroGravity taking
3249-468: Was viewed by over a million concurrent viewers at its peak, via live streaming websites such as Twitch . The International 2014 took place from July 18–21 at the KeyArena in Seattle. For the event, eleven teams would receive direct invites, with an additional four spots determined by regional qualifiers taking place between May 12–25. The sixteenth spot would be determined by a wild card qualifier between
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