TI9 schedule: Match start times set at The International 2019

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Related: TI9 Grand Finals Highlights

The TI9 schedule has been confirmed, with Dota 2 creators Valve announcing the dates and start times of each match The International 2019 in Shanghai, China.

TI9 will take place in the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China, from August 15th to August 25th, 2019.

Like the year before, 18 teams make up The International 2019 schedule - 12 of which came through the Dota Pro Circuit table. Six of them got their tickets to Shanhghai through regional qualifiers.

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All times are in CEST

TI9 Playoffs Stage

August 20th to August 25th

Sixteen of the remaining teams will play a double elimination bracket where 8 teams are in the Upper Bracket and eight teams are in the Lower Bracket. The first round in the Lower Bracket will be best-of-one matches. The International 2019 Grand Final will be a best-of-five match. All the other matches are best-of-three matches.

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August 25, Day 6

Lower Bracket Finals (BO3)

PSG.LGD 1-2 Team Liquid

Grand Finals (BO5)

OG 3-1 Team Liquid

August 24, Day 5

Lower Bracket Round 4 (BO3)

Vici Gaming 0-2 Team Secret

Upper Bracket Finals (BO3)

PSG.LGD 1-2 OG

Lower Bracket Round 5 (BO3)

Team Secret 0-2 Team Liquid

August 23, Day 4

Lower bracket Round 3 (BO3)

RNG 0-2 Team Liquid
Infamous 0-2 Team Secret

Lower Bracket Round 4 (BO3)

10:15am - Team Secret 2-0 Evil Geniuses

August 22, Day 3

Lower Bracket Round 2 (BO3)

Infamous 2-1 Newbee
Mineski 1-2 Team Secret

Upper Bracket Round 2 (BO3)

PSG.LGD 2-0 Vici Gaming
OG 2-1 Evil Geniuses

August 21, Day 2

Upper Bracket Round 1 (BO3)

OG 2-0 Newbee
Team Secret 1-2 Evil Geniuses

Lower Bracket Round 2 (BO3)

Virtus.pro 0-2 Royal Never give Up
TNC Predator 2-0 Team Liquid

August 20, Day 1

Upper Bracket Round 1 (BO3)

PSG.LGD 2-0 Virtus.Pro
TNC Predator 1-2 Vici Gaming

Lower Bracket Round 1 (BO1)

Alliance 0-1 Royal Never Give Up
FNATIC 0-1 Team Liquid
Infamous 1-0 Keen Gaming
NA'VI 0-1 Mineski

Group Stage

August 15th to August 18th

Two groups of nine teams each will play a Round-Robin format where all games are best-of-two. The top four teams advance to the Upper Bracket of the main event. The following four teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the main event. The bottom team of each of the two groups is eliminated.

TI9 Group Stage Final Standings

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Last updated: 10:35am CEST, August 18th

ALl TIMES ARE CEST (Brussels, Paris, Berlin)

August 15, Day 1 (BO2)

3am - Series A1

Team Secret 2-0 Alliance
Team Liquid 0-2 Newbee
PSG.LGD 2-0 Chaos E.C
TNC Predator 2-0 Keen Gaming

5:30am - Series B1

Vici Gaming 2-0 Royal Never Give Up
Virtus.pro 2-0 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Evil Geniuses 0-2 FNATIC
OG 1-1 Natus Vincere

8am - Series A2

Team Liquid 2-0 Chaos E.C
TNC Predator 0-2 Mineski
PSG.LGD 2-0 Keen Gaming
Team Secret 2-0 Newbee

10:30am - Series B2

Virtus.pro 1-1 Royal Never Give Up
Evil Geniuses 1-1 Natus Vincere
OG 2-0 Infamous
Vici Gaming 2-0 FNATIC

1pm - Series A3

Team Secret 2-0 Team Liquid
PSG.LGD 1-1 TNC Predator
Alliance 1-1 Chaos E.C
Keen Gaming 2-0 Mineski

August 16, Day 2 (BO2)

3am - Series B3

Virtus.pro 0-2 Vici Gaming
Evil Geniuses 0-2 OG
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1-1 FNATIC
Natus Vincere 1-1 Infamous

5:30am - Series A4

TNC Predator 1-1 Alliance
PSG.LGD 1-1 Newbee
Team Secret 2-0 Keen Gaming
Team Liquid 1-1 Mineski

8am - Series B4

Evil Geniuses 2-0 Royal Never Give Up
Virtus.pro 0-2 Natus Vincere
OG vs Ninjas 2-0 Pyjamas
Vici Gaming 1-1 Infamous

10:30am - Series A5

Team Liquid 0-2 PSG.LGD
Alliance 2-0 Keen Gaming
Chaos E.C 0-2 Mineski
TNC Predator 1-1 Newbee

1pm - Series B5

Vici Gaming 0-2 Evil Geniuses
OG 2-0 Royal Never Give Up
FNATIC 0-2 Infamous
Ninjas in Pyjamas 0-2 Natus Vincere

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August 17, Day 3 (BO2)

Series A6

Team Secret 1-1 TNC Predator
Alliance 1-1 Newbee
Chaos E.C 0-2 Keen Gaming
PSG.LGD 2-0 Mineski

Series B6

Virtus.pro 0-2 OG
Ninjas in Pyjamas 0-2 Royal Never Give Up
FNATIC 2-0 Natus Vincere
Evil Geniuses 1-1 Infamous

Series A7

TNC Predator 1-1 Chaos E.C
Team Liquid 1-1 Alliance
Newbee 1-1 Keen Gaming
Team Secret 1-1 Mineski

Series B7

OG 2-0 FNATIC
Royal Never Give Up 2-0 Natus Vincere
Vici Gaming 1-1 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.pro 2-0 Infamous

Series A8

Alliance 1-1 Mineski
Newbee 2-0 Chaos E.C
Team Secret 0-2 PSG.LGD
Team Liquid 2-0 Keen

August 18, Day 4 (BO2)

3am - Series B8

Virtus.pro 1-1 Evil Geniuses
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1-1 Infamous
Royal Never give Up 0-2 FNATIC
Vici Gaming 2-0 Natus Vincere

5:30am - Series A9

Team Liquid 0-2 TNC Predator
Team Secret 1-1 Chaos E.C
PSG.LGD 1-1 Alliance
Newbee 1-1 Mineski

8am - Series B9

Vici Gaming 1-1 OG
Virtus.pro 2-0 FNATIC
Evil Geniuses 2-0 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Royal Never Give Up 1-1 Infamous

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Teams and rosters

Team Secret

Nisha
MidOne
zai
YapzOr
Puppey
SunBhie

Virtus.pro

RAMZES666
No[o]ne
9pasha
RodjER
Solo
ArsZeeqq

Vici Gaming

Paparazi灬
Ori
Yang
Fade
Dy
rOtk

Evil Geniuses

Arteezy
SumaiL
s4
Cr1t-
Fly
BuLba

Team Liquid

Miracle-
w33
MinD_ContRoL
GH
KuroKy
rmN-

PSG.LGD

Ame
丶M
Chalice
fy
xNova
QQQ

FNATIC

Jabz
Abed
iceiceice
DJ
DuBu
March

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Ace
Fata
33
Saksa
ppd
Pajkatt

TNC Predator

Gabbi
Armel
Kuku
Tims
Eyyou
Heen

OG

ana
Topson
7ckngMad
JerAx
N0tail
Sockshka

Alliance

miCKe
qojqva
Boxi
Taiga
iNSaNiA
Loda

Keen Gaming

old chicken
一
eLeVeN
Kaka
dark
Fyms

Newbee

YawaR
CCnC
Sneyking
MSS
pieliedie
Aui_2000

Infamous

K1
Luck
Wisper
Scofield
Stinger

Chaos Esports Club

vtFαded
MATUMBAMAN
KheZu
MiLAN
MISERY
j4

Natus Vincere

Crystallize
MagicaL
Blizzy
Zayac
SoNNeikO
Mag~

Royal Never Give Up

Monet
Setsu
Flyby
LaNm
ah fu
Super

Mineski

Nikobaby
Moon
kpii
Bimbo
ninjaboogie
Kenchi

Talent and broadcast

English

Hosts

Redeye (Paul Chaloner)
Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
Richard (Richard Campbell)
SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
Kaci (Kaci Aitchison)
djWHEAT (Marcus Graham)

Observers

Weppas (Johan Westberg)
PimpmuckL (Jonathan Liebig)
Skrff (Rikard Holm Melin)

Analysts

Blitz (William Lee)
BananaSlamJamma (Brian Canavan)
Febby (Kim Yong-min)
Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
Gunnar (Nico Lopez)
Kyle (Kyle Freedman)
Lacoste (Dominik Stipić)
Nahaz (Alan Bester)
Purge (Kevin Godec)
Synderen (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen)

Commentators

Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
Dakota (Dakota Cox)
GodZ (David Parker)
GrandGrant (Grant Harris)
Lyrical (Gabriel Cruz)
ODPixel (Owen Davies)
Tobiwan (Toby Dawson)
TrentPax (Trent MacKenzie)
Tsunami (Neal Khandheria)

Interviewers

Hotbid (Ken Chen)
Tokki (Helen Xu)

Russian

Hosts

Faker (Ivan Demkin)
CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
DonStepan (Stepan Shulga)

Content Creator

Tonya (Antonina Predko)

Analysts

fng (Artiom Barshack)
Dendi (Danil Ishutin)
Goblak (Artur Kostenko)
ARS-ART (Sergey Antonovich Revin)
Artstyle (Ivan Antonov)
DkPhobos (Alexander Kucheria)
XBOCT (Alexander Dashkevich)
JotM (Egor Surkov)
TpoH (Maxim Vernikov)
NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
ALOHADANCE (Ilya Korobkin)
Inmateoo (Dmitry Filinov)

Commentators

BafiK (Aleksey Bafadarov)
CaspeRRR (Roman Lepokhin)
4liver (Anton Pavliukovets)
Olsior (Mykhailo Zvieriev)
GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)
Lex (Alexey Filippov)
Adekvat (Rustam Mavliutov)
v1lat (Vitalii Volochai)
Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
4ce (Nikita Kotkov)

China

Hosts

78 (Du Junnan)
BBC (Zhang Hongsheng)
Mashall (Ma Shaowei)

Content Creators

Pepper (Zhang Lizhen)
Dove (Zhang Tiange)

Analysts

Ferrari_430 (Luo Feichi)
LavenderAA (Li Qiming)
Ams (Chen Juan)
xiao8 (Zhang Ning)
Lulu (Ding Yinlu)
璨璨CC (Shi Cancan)
我有一把M4 (Sun Yabin)
Yuno (Wang Jing)
DC (Dong Can)
BurNIng (Xu Zhilei)
Sccc (Song Chun)
Faith_bian (Zhang Ruida)
ddc (Leong Fat-meng)
iceice (Li Peng)
跳刀跳刀丶 (Zhou Yang)

Commentators

CD (Tao Wei)
FreeAgain (Hao Peng)
Mrrr (Meng Rui)
MS (Xiang Yu)
SDN (Shi Danni)
Wind (Wang Zhibo)
kiko (Quan Bing)
Eve (Kang Zhexi)
ZSMJ (Gong Jian)
YammerS (Mi Hongwei)
Sansheng (Wang Zhaohui)
梦罗克 (Zhou Yang)
Snow (Li Jiawei)