The International is an annual electronic
sports Dota 2 championship tournament hosted by the American video
game developer Valve Corporation,
in which sixteen teams are personally invited to compete. The tournament began
as the first public debut of Dota 2 in August 2011 at Gamescom,
with a total prize pot of $1.6 million, with a grand prize of one million
dollars going towards the championship team, making it the second most
lucrative electronic sports event to date.
Tournament History
The International 2011
16 teams were invited to the tournament, but only the Top 8 teams
received prize money.
Place
|
Team
|
Prize money
|
1st
|
$1,000,000.00
|
|
2nd
|
 EHOME |
$250,000.00
|
3rd
|
 Scythe Gaming |
$150,000.00
|
4th
|
 MeetYourMakers |
$80,000.00
|
5/6th
|
Invictus Gaming |
$35,000.00
|
5/6th
|
 Moscow Five |
$35,000.00
|
7/8th
|
 MiTH.Trust |
$25,000.00
|
7/8th
|
 Online Kingdom.Nirvana int |
$25,000.00
|
The International 2012
Valve Corporation announced The International 2012 on May 10,
2012, with the first two teams invited being the highest-rated DotA team in the world, DK, and the defending champions, Natus Vincere.
Unlike the previous year, Valve would host the event independently in Seattle, Washington,
at the Benaroya Hall on August 31, 2012. In total sixteen teams would attend, with
fourteen invites and two wild card geographically-based qualifiers.
Place
|
Team
|
Prize money
|
1st
|
Invictus Gaming |
$1,000,000.00
|
2nd
|
$250,000.00
|
|
3rd
|
LGD Gaming |
$150,000.00
|
4th
|
DK |
$80,000.00
|
5/6th
|
EHOME |
$35,000.00
|
5/6th
|
Team Zenith |
$35,000.00
|
7/8th
|
TongFu |
$25,000.00
|
7/8th
|
 Orange Esports |
$25,000.00
|
The International 2013
Valve Corporation announced The International 2013 on April 25,
2013. It again is to be hosted at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle from August 7 to
11. The first team to be invited were the defending champions, Invictus Gaming.
Sixteen teams are to participate, thirteen of which will receive invitations,
and the final three being decided in two qualifying tournaments. Link for update
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