After four days of intense competition, the biggest Dota 2 event of the year is moving to the playoffs where the largest prize pool in esports awaits the champions.
On August 7th to August 12th, the playoffs will begin with six matches. Two best-of-three games will be played in the upper bracket and four best-of-ones in the lower bracket. This means that four teams will be eliminated on the first day, leaving twelve teams remaining on the second day.
Similarly to the group stage, the first day of The International 7 in Seattle’s Key Arena will feature nearly ten hours of games, starting with Team Liquid against Invictus Gaming.
Here is the current schedule for the playoffs:
The International 7 Playoffs Day 1
Upper Bracket
1. Team Liquid vs. Invictus Gaming at 10:00 am PDT
2. Evil Geniuses vs. Newbee at 13:00 PDT
Lower Bracket
1. Team Secret vs. Execration at 16:00 PDT
2. Cloud9 vs. Team Empire at 17:00 PDT
3. OG vs. Infamous at 18:00 PDT
4. IG Vitality vs. Digital Chaos at 19:00 PDT
The International 7 Playoffs Day 2
Upper Bracket
1. LGD.Forever Young vs. TNC at 10:00 PDT
2. LGD vs. Virtus Pro at 13:00 PDT
Lower Bracket
1. Team Liquid vs. Team Secret at 16:00 PDT
2. Evil Geniuses vs. Team Empire at 19:00 PDT
The International 7 Playoffs Day 3
Upper Bracket
1. Invictus Gaming vs. Newbee at 16:00 PDT
2. LGD Forever Young vs. Virtus Pro at 19:00 PDT
Lower Bracket
1. OG vs. TNC at 10:00 PDT
2. Digital Chaos vs. LGD at 13:00 PDT
The International 7 Playoffs Day 4
Lower Bracket
1. TBD vs. TBD at 10:00 PDT
2. TBD vs. TBD at 13:00 PDT
3. TBD vs. TBD at 16:00 PDT
The International 7 Playoffs Day 5
Upper Bracket
2. TBD vs. TBD at 13:00 PDT
Lower Bracket
1. TBD vs. TBD at 10:00 PDT
3. TBD vs. TBD at 16:00 PDT
The International 7 Playoffs Day 6
Lower Bracket
1. TBD vs. TBD at 10:00 PDT
Grand Final
15:00 PDT
As expected, Twitch will be streaming every game of the event. Viewers can also watch via Steam TV and through the Dota 2 client.