Valve announced participants of the closed qualifiers for The International 2025

Valve has officially announced the dates for The International 2025 qualifiers and has started sending out the invites for the closed qualifiers. Among the invited teams are representatives from China, North and South America, Southeast Asia, as well as Western and Eastern Europe.

The qualifiers will be held across six regions. The open qualifiers for the year's main tournament will run from May 31 to June 5. The closed qualifier stage will take place from June 4 to June 17. Each region will host 10 teams in the closed qualifiers, except China and North America — both will have 8 teams.

Eastern Europe — 1 slot:

• Aurora Gaming
• Natus Vincere
• NAVI Junior
• One Move
• L1GA TEAM
• Virtus.pro
• +4 teams from open qualifiers

Western Europe — 2 slots:

• Nigma Galaxy
• MOUZ
• OG
• AVULUS
• +6 teams from open qualifiers

China — 1 slot:

• Xtreme Gaming
• Yakult Brothers
• +6 teams from open qualifiers

Southeast Asia — 2 slots:

• TALON
• BOOM Esports
• Trailer Park Boys
• The MongolZ
• Ivory
• Execration
• +4 teams from open qualifiers

South America — 1 slot:

• HEROIC
• OG.LATAM
• Edge
• Team Den
• +6 teams from open qualifiers

North America — 1 slot:

• Shopify Rebellion
• Wildcard
• +6 teams from open qualifiers

The International 2025 will take place from 04.09.2025 to 14.09.2025. The tournament will feature 16 teams, with the prize pool to be announced at a later date.

Earlier, CyberScore.live reported that the invited teams for The International 2025 had been revealed.