Last June 6th, The International DotA 2 Championships Qualifiers kicked off. Headlining 16 top teams from all over the world, the event was surely a must watch. The East Qualifiers was hosted by GosuGamers.net and the West Qualifiers was hosted by joinDOTA.com. On June 10th, the last two qualified teams from West and East Qualifiers had been revealed, congratulations to TongFu (China) and mTw (France). 

One of the most shocking revelations was Mineski’s new DotA 2 roster. It was definitely a last minute decision for Mineski. Mineski Rhom had release his official statement about the roster. Duskbin also made several surprises throughout the tournament. One of them was when they defeated World Elite in the 1st round of the tournament with a 2-0 lead. But Aeon stopped Duskbin’s dominance by defeating them in a 2-0 lead in the 2nd round of the tournament. Aeon continued the conquest the bracket when they reach the upper bracket finals with Tongfu. But the Chinese team was just so strong, Aeon was unable to manage the opponent’s power and they got defeated in a 2-0 series.

In the lower bracket final, it was Aeon and World Elite. World Elite really made a great comeback in this tournament. Despite being in the lower bracket early, they proved that whenever they were, they could win. The team was able to defeat Aeon in a 2-1 series.

The grand final was intense as the two Chinese teams met each other, Tongfu and World Elite. World Elite did their great comeback by making a win streak over the lower bracket. The team fell from the lower bracket when they faced Duskbin in the 1st round.

After all three games, Tongfu proved how strong they are in playing by winning against World Elite in a shocking 3-0 series. The Chinese team surely deserves the last slot in The International. And after all, The International Qualifiers was concluded and Tongfu is going to Seattle this August.

Team TongFu is going to Seattle this year

GosuGamers and joinDOTA provided the official coverage for the event. You can find the VODs and the brackets for the East Qualifier here.

Source: GosuGamers, DotA 2