The International

The International
Cologne, Germany
Start Date:	17 August 2011
End Date:	21 August 2011
Tier:	The International
Teams:	16
Version:	6.72
Prize Pool:	$1,600,000 USD
Website:	Link

Valve announced The International 2011 in August 2011 as the first view on Dota 2. The tournament was held at Gamescom in Cologne. 16 invited teams were fighting for a total prize pool of $1.6 million. This was the highest prize pool ever awarded up to that point in time.

Teams

MeetYourMakers 1  MiSeRy 2  NaNia 3  PlaymatE 4  Maelk 5  DeMoN Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] MiTH.Trust 1  l3nu 2  TnK 3  LaKelz 4  Lookball 5  aabBAA Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Natus Vincere 1  Artstyle 2  Dendi 3  XBOCT 4  Puppey 5  LighTofHea… Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Virus Gaming 1 1  Maldejambes 2  VladTepes 3  Sockshka 4  Pseudo 5  Ph0eniX Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] MUFC 1  SilverCross 2  Net 3  Sharky 4  xiaoling 5  kYxY Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] TyLoo 1  Awoke 2  Kabu 3  DD 4  Hao 5  Faith Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Mineski 1  Wootz 2  Julz 3  John 4  Owa 5  VASH Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Invictus Gaming 1  SanSheng 2  Zhou 3  xiao8 4  Ferrari_430 5  DDC Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] EHOME 1  820 2  QQQ 3  X!! 4  LaNm 5  SJQ Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Scythe Gaming 1  Hyhy 2  Xy- 3  ToFu 4  Chawy 5  Roy Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Storm Games Clan 2 1  CraNich 2  lacek 3  Tonci 4  Tulex 5  Warlog Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] OK.Nirvana.CN 1  insence 2  ksssssss 3  Banana 4  Yao 5  seaking Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Online Kingdom 1  Fear 2  Lacoste 3  ComeWithMe 4  Pajkatt 5  1437 Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] GosuGamers 1  KuroKy 2  Mirakel 3  Azen 4  Kebap 5  Kev- Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Next Evolution 1  syndereN 2  AngeL 3  miGGel 4  Ryze 5  eatenfish Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster] Moscow Five 1  NS 2  Dread 3  Ars-Art 4  Santa 5  God Direct Invite [Show/Hide Roster]

¹ Virus Gaming replaced PSG.LGD.

² Storm Games Clan replaced StarsBoBa.

Squads

Main Article: The International squads

Coverage

Commentators

Slesh Liu Su-Leo Origin: China Language: English Web page TobiWanKenobi Toby Dawson Origin: Australia Language: English Web page DC Dong Can Origin: China Language: Chinese Web page Prince Wang Yumin Origin: China Language: Chinese Web page Sissbaby Zou Yan Origin: China Language: Chinese Web page Saga Burak Sezer Origin: Germany Language: German Nice Try Jonas Hunold Origin: Germany Language: German v1lat Vitalii Volochay Origin: Ukraine Language: Russian Web page

Archive

In addition to streaming the matches live, Valve set up a youtube channel that contains video replays of all matches after the group stages, including the commentaries for all languages available during the live streams. These replays can be accessed at the following sites:

• http://www.dota2.com/tournaments/international/results
• http://www.youtube.com/user/dota2
• http://u.youku.com/user_show/id_UMzY0MTc0MzE2.html

The replays from The International also available in-game, allowing you to take advantage of the various spectating features, whilst still being able to listen to the commentaries made during the live casts.

Statistics

Heroes

Hero	Total Bans/Picks	Appearance%	Bans	Picks	Won	Lost	Win%
Anti-Mage	47	90.38%	30	17	12	5	70.59%
Ancient Apparition	46	88.46%	25	21	11	10	52.38%
Lich	45	86.54%	27	18	10	8	55.56%
Earthshaker	44	84.62%	16	28	17	11	60.71%
Windranger	42	80.77%	14	28	13	15	46.43%
Night Stalker	19	36.54%	12	7	5	2	71.43%
Vengeful Spirit	40	76.92%	7	33	11	22	33.33%
Spectre	39	75%	31	8	4	4	50%
Beastmaster	37	71.15%	13	24	14	10	58.33%
Chen	35	67.31%	19	16	11	5	68.75%
Weaver	35	67.31%	14	21	10	11	47.62%
Nature's Prophet	34	65.38%	15	19	10	9	52.63%
Tidehunter	34	65.38%	17	17	8	9	47.06%
Mirana	28	53.85%	6	22	16	6	72.73%
Puck	28	53.85%	11	17	7	10	41.18%
Slardar	27	51.92%	15	12	7	5	58.33%
Pugna	27	51.92%	21	6	3	3	50%
Doom	26	50%	14	12	4	8	33.33%
Venomancer	26	50%	10	16	5	11	31.25%
Enigma	22	42.31%	10	12	8	4	66.67%
Clockwerk	22	42.31%	8	14	4	10	28.57%
Storm Spirit	18	34.62%	6	12	6	6	50%
Crystal Maiden	17	32.69%	3	14	7	7	50%
Enchantress	16	30.77%	11	5	2	3	40%
Sven	16	30.77%	1	15	5	10	33.33%
Lion	15	28.85%	2	13	6	7	46.15%
Shadow Shaman	14	26.92%	8	6	3	3	50%
Sand King	12	23.08%	2	10	6	4	60%
Leshrac	12	23.08%	3	9	5	4	55.56%
Tinker	12	23.08%	6	6	3	3	50%
Necrophos	11	21.15%	4	7	3	4	42.86%
Morphling	8	15.38%	2	6	3	3	50%
Faceless Void	8	15.38%	3	5	2	3	40%
Dark Seer	8	15.38%	3	5	1	4	20%
Witch Doctor	7	13.46%	2	5	3	2	60%
Lina	7	13.46%	0	7	4	3	57.14%
Viper	6	11.54%	1	5	4	1	80%
Tiny	5	9.62%	2	3	2	1	66.67%
Dazzle	4	7.69%	1	3	1	2	33.33%
Drow Ranger	4	7.69%	2	2	0	2	0%
Razor	3	5.77%	0	3	1	2	33.33%
Shadow Fiend	3	5.77%	0	3	0	3	0%
Pudge	2	3.85%	1	1	0	1	0%
Sniper	1	1.92%	0	1	1	0	100%
Axe	1	1.92%	1	0	0	0	0%
Zeus	1	1.92%	0	1	0	1	0%

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
EHOME	3	3	0	9
Invictus Gaming	3	2	1	6
Storm Games Clan	3	1	2	3
Mineski	3	0	3	0

2011-8-17	iG	<	EHOME

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2011-8-17	Mineski	<	SGC

2011-8-17	Mineski	<	iG

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2011-8-17	EHOME	>	SGC

2011-8-17	SGC	<	iG

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2011-8-17	EHOME	>	Mineski

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Ok.Nirvana.int	3	3	0	9
TyLoo Gaming	3	2	1	6
Ok.Nirvana.cn	3	1	2	3
Virus Gaming	3	0	3	0

2011-8-17	TyLoo	>	Ok.Nirvana.cn

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2011-8-17	Ok.Nirvana.int	>	Virus

2011-8-17	TyLoo	<	Ok.Nirvana.int

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2011-8-17	Ok.Nirvana.cn	>	Virus

2011-8-17	Virus	<	TyLoo

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2011-8-17	Ok.Nirvana.int	>	Ok.Nirvana.cn

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
MeetYourMakers	3	2	1	6
Moscow Five	3	2	1	6
MiTH-Trust	3	2	1	6
MUFC eSports	3	0	3	0

Note: MeetYourMakers and Moscow Five qualified ahead of MiTH-Trust due to superior time ranking.

2011-8-17	MYM	<	M5

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2011-8-17	Trust	>	MUFC

2011-8-17	Trust	<	MYM

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2011-8-17	M5	>	MUFC

2011-8-17	MUFC	<	MYM

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2011-8-17	M5	<	Trust

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Natus Vincere	3	3	0	9
Scythe Gaming	3	2	1	6
nevo	3	1	2	3
GosuGamers.net	3	0	3	0

2011-8-17	GGnet	<	Na'Vi

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2011-8-17	nevo	<	Scythe.SG

2011-8-17	Na'Vi	>	Scythe.SG

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2011-8-17	GGnet	<	nevo

2011-8-17	Na'Vi	>	nevo

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2011-8-17	Scythe.SG	>	GGnet

Knockout Stage

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3				Round 4				Round 5				Round 6				Grand Finals
					EHOME	1
					TyLoo Gaming	0
													EHOME	0
													Scythe Gaming	1
					MeetYourMakers	0
					Scythe Gaming	1
																					Scythe Gaming	0
																					Natus Vincere	2
					Online Kingdom	0
					Invictus Gaming	1
													Invictus Gaming	0
													Natus Vincere	1
					Natus Vincere	1
					Moscow Five	0
																									Natus Vincere	3
																									EHOME	1
					MeetYourMakers	1
	SGC	0
					Virus Gaming	0							Invictus Gaming	0
	Virus Gaming	1							MeetYourMakers	1
													MeetYourMakers	1
									MiTH.Trust	0
					TyLoo Gaming	0
	MiTH.Trust	1																			Scythe Gaming	1
					MiTH.Trust	1									MeetYourMakers	0
	GosuGamers	0																		EHOME	2
																		EHOME	2
					Moscow Five	1
	Ok.Nirvana.cn	0
					Mineski	0							EHOME	1
	Mineski	1							Moscow Five	1
													Moscow Five	0
									Online Kingdom	0
					Online Kingdom	1
	nevo	0
					Invasion.MUFC	0
	Invasion.MUFC	1

Prize Allocation

Final Prize Pool: $1,600,000 USD
Place	Team	Winnings	Percent
A11st	Natus Vincere	$1,000,000	62.5%
A22nd	EHOME	$250,000	15.63%
A33rd	Scythe Gaming	$150,000	9.38%
A44th	MeetYourMakers	$80,000	5%
A55th - 6th	Moscow Five	$35,000	2.19%
A55th - 6th	Invictus Gaming	$35,000	2.19%
A77th - 8th	Online Kingdom	$25,000	1.56%
A77th - 8th	MiTH.Trust	$25,000	1.56%

Trivia

• At the time, The International had the biggest prize ever awarded in the history of eSports, with a total prize pool of $1.6 million USD.
• In addition to this, The International also had the largest number of concurrent viewers than has been seen in any other tournament to this date, with over 1.5 million people watching the opening rounds, a large number of these viewing from China.

Gallery

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  Promotional Steam pop-up for The International

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  Na'Vi as they accept their cheque for $1,000,000 USD.

External links

• Official Website

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