Game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company Valve has announced that its flagship Dota 2 esports event, The International, may no longer be able to be hosted in Stockholm, Sweden in August.
According to the announcement, this is due to the Swedish Sports Federation voting to not accept esports into the federation.
As a result, The International has not been qualified as an elite sporting event which means that anyone attempting to procure a visa for travel into Sweden for the event would be denied, due to the country’s guidelines.