The International (Dota 2 competition)

The International is a tournament where Dota 2

Dota 2

Dota 2 is an upcoming action fantasy strategy video game being developed by Valve Corporation. The stand-alone sequel to the popular Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne mod Defense of the Ancients, it was formally announced on October 13, 2010 via the website of magazine Game Informer...

is shown first time in public. It was held from 17 to 21 August 2011 at gamescom

Gamescom

gamescom is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is organised by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware...

in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

.
The International features the 16 best DotA

Defense of the Ancients

Defense of the Ancients is a custom scenario for the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft...

teams in the world competing in the Dota 2 Championships through a group stage

Group stage

A group stage is the round-robin stage of many sporting championships, particularly a sports' World Cup. The name implies that there is also a knock out stage to follow...

, double elimination playoff format over the course of Cologne’s five-day trade show.

The winning team will receive $1 million.

Na`Vi

Natus Vincere

Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010...

won the tournament by defeating EHOME 3-1 at the Grand Finals.

Build-up

Valve

Valve Corporation

Valve Corporation is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue, Washington, United States...

announced the tournament in August 2011.

Broadcast

The tournament is broadcasted in four languages (English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

, Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

and German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

) through livestreams on the official website. They are recorded and uploaded to YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

and youku.

EHOME E-Sports Club

Zou "820" Yitian Yao "357" Yi Lei "X!!" Zengrong Zhang "PLT" Zhicheng Shen "FCB" Jiaqi

GosuGamers.net

Mehran Salehi "KuroKy" Takhasomi Jesper Tomas "Miracle" Nyhlén Nikolay "Azen" Belyakov Rene "Kebap" Werner Kevin "Kev-" Stegemann Roman "rmN" Paley

Invictus Gaming

Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui Chen "zhou" Yao Zhang "xiao8" Ning Luo "430" Feichi Leong "DDC" Fatmeng

Moscow Five

Yaroslav Vladimirovich "NS" Kuznetsov Andrey Vyacheslavovich "Dread" Golubev Sergey Antonovich "Ars-Art" Revin Alexander Sergeevich "Santa" Koltan Sergey Alexandrovich "GoD" Bragin

Mineski.Infinity

James "Wootz" Inabangan Julius "Julz" Sto. Domingo John "John" Roxas Joshua "Owa" Dela Serna Jessie "Vash" Angeles

MiTH-Trust

Aphinan "l3nu" Phasue Trai "TrinaKub" Akaravinak Pipat "LaKelz" Prariyachat Noppadon "Lookballz" Paopongprapun Chanon "aabBAA" Chiwpreecha

MUFC

Lim "SilverCross" Chang Sheng Lim "Net" Wai Pern Raymond Wong "Sharky" Kie Yong Sim "xiaoLing" Woi Cheong Lee "KyxY" Kong Yang

MeetYourMakers

Rasmus Berth "MiSeRy" Fillipsen Brian "MaNia" Strandby Amel "PlaymatE" Barudzija Jacob "Maelk" Toft-Andersen Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho

Natus Vincere

Ivan "ArtStyle" Antonov Dmitriy “LighTofHeaveN” Kupriyanov Aleksander “XBOCT” Dashkevich Clement “Puppey” Ivanov Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin

Next Evolution ESC

Troels Lyngholt "syndereN" Nielsen Martin "AngeL" Olsen Mikkel "miGGel" Berg Christoffer Borregaard "Ryze" Winther Andreas Lottrup "eatenfish" Windahl

Online Kingdom Nirvana China

Wang "banana" Jiao Yang "seaking" Tao Chen "ksssssss" Bin Yao "xiaoD" Zhengzheng Luo "xiaoluo" Yinqi

Online Kingdom Nirvana International

Clinton "Fear" Loomis Dominik "Lacoste" Stipiæ Craciunescu "ComeWithMe" Alexandru Pelle "Pajkatt" Olsson Lille Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora Sivatheeban "1437" Sivanathapillai

Scythe Gaming

Benedict Lim "hyhy" Han Yong Toh "xy" Wai Hong Wong "Chawy" Xing Lei Royston Chee "Roy" Jin Sheng Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang

Storm Games Clan

Petr "craNich" Meluzín Jan "Iacek" Hrùza Tomas "Tonci" Sitko Michal "Tulex" Zima Martin "Warlog" Zima

TyLoo Gaming

Ye "aWoke" Liang Zhao "kabu" Kai Xie "DD" Bin Chen "Hao" Zhihao Zeng "Faith" Hongda

Virus Gaming

Stum "Maldejambes" Yoan Borie "VladTepes" Fabian Merloz "Socks" Titouan Toussaint "Pseudo" Iannis Petiet "Ph0eniX" Pierre-Baptiste

Group A

Team
EHOME	3 0	9
iG	2 1	6
SGC	1 2	3
Mineski.Infinity	0 3	0

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Group B

Team
OK.Nirvana.int	3 0	9
TyLoo	2 1	6
OK.Nirvana.cn	1 2	3
Virus	0 3	0

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Group C

Team
MYM	2 1	6
M5	2 1	6
MiTH-Trust	2 1	6
MUFC	0 3	0

MYM and M5 qualify ahead of MiTH-Trust due to superior time difference.

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Group D

Team
Na`Vi Natus Vincere Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010...	3 0	9
Scythe.SG	2 1	6
nevo	1 2	3
GGnet	0 3	0

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Winners bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Finals

Na`Vi
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010...

won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Losers bracket



		Virus	0			MYM	1
SGC	0	MYM	1			iG	0
Virus	1			MYM	1
				MiTH-Trust	0						EHOME	2
		MiTH-Trust	1					MYM	0		Scythe.SG	1
MiTH-Trust	1	TyLoo	0						EHOME	2
GGnet	0

		Mineski.Infinity	0			M5	0
OK.Nirvana.cn	0	M5	1			EHOME	1
Mineski.Infinity	1			M5	1
				OK.Nirvana.int	0
		MUFC	0
nevo	0	OK.Nirvana.int	1
MUFC	1

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

EHOME won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Finals

EHOME won 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Championship

Match not played due to one game winners bracket advantage for Na`Vi
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010...

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Prize allocation

1st - Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010...

$1,000,000
2nd - EHOME E-Sports Club $250,000
3rd - Scythe Gaming $150,000
4th - MeetYourMakers $80,000
~5th - Moscow Five $35,000
~5th - Invictus Gaming $35,000
~7th - Online Kingdom Nirvana International $25,000
~7th - MiTH-Trust $25,000

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