The International 2011

The International is a double-elimination live tournament between 16 professional DOTA teams, with a first-place prize of $1 million USD. The event takes place between 17-21 August 2011 in Cologne, Germany - at the Gamescon convention. The International is the first public viewing of Dota 2.

Teams
The roster for The International is as follows :


 * GGnet (Europe)
 * MYM (Denmark)
 * Na`Vi (Ukraine)
 * VirusLGD were originally lined up to compete but were replaced by Virus (France) due to visa problems.
 * TyLoo (China)
 * OK.Nirvana.cn (Chine)
 * M5 (Russia)
 * MiTH-Trust (Thailand)
 * EHOME (China)
 * OK.Nirvana.cn (Europe)
 * nevo (Denmark)
 * Scythe.SG (Czech Republic)
 * MUFC (Malaysia)
 * Mineski.Infinity (Philippines)

Coverage
The tournament will be broadcast in 4 different languages: English, Chinese, German and Russian.