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The International 2012
The International 2012
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Version:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Seattle Venue:
Benaroya Hall
Dates:
Aug 26 - Sep 2, 2012
Teams:
16
Format:
Invitational, group stage into
double-elimination playoffs
double-elimination playoffs
Prize Pool:
$1,600,000 USD
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
The International Dota 2 Championship was the world's largest Dota 2 tournament, based on prize pot. The event was held from August 26 to September 2, 2012, at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington. This event is the second tournament to bear the name 'The International'. The first International was held in 2011 and functioned as the launch date of the Dota 2 beta.
Out of the 16 participating teams, 14 were invited, with the remaining two receiving their place in the tournament via two invite-only geographic qualifier tournaments, the "West Qualifier" and the "East Qualifier."
Format[edit]
- Preliminaries
- 16 invited teams placed into 2 groups of 8 teams each.
- Each team will play all the other teams in their group 2 times.
- The top four teams from each group are placed into the Winners Bracket.
- The bottom four teams from each group are placed into the Losers Bracket.
- Main Event
- All rounds of the Winners Bracket, except for the grand finals, are Bo3.
- Rounds 1 through 4 of the Losers Bracket are Bo1.
- The last two rounds of the Losers Bracket are Bo3.
- The winner of the Losers Bracket will face the winner of the Winners Bracket in the grand finals in a Bo5 in order to determine the champion.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Host:
2GD (James Harding)
- 1 CaspeRRR, mtrx4u and NS were unable to attend the event due to visa issues and casted from CyberArena, Kiev instead.[1]
Prizepool[edit]
Like the first International, a total of $1,600,000 USD was spread among the top 8 teams as seen below.
| Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$1,000,000 | 62.5% |  Invictus Gaming
|
 2nd
|
$250,000 | 15.625% |  Natus Vincere
|
 3rd
|
$150,000 | 9.375% |  LGD Gaming
|
 4th
|
$80,000 | 5% |  Team DK
|
| 5th-6th | $35,000 | 2.1875% |  EHOME
|
 Team Zenith
| |||
| 7th-8th | $25,000 | 1.5625% |  TongFu
|
 Orange Esports
| |||
| 9th-12th | - | - |  Counter Logic Gaming
|
 compLexity Gaming
| |||
 Evil Geniuses
| |||
 Darer
| |||
| 13th-16th | - | - |  Mortal Teamwork
|
 mousesports
| |||
 Moscow Five
| |||
 Absolute Legends
|
Participants[edit]
| 1 |  XBOCT |
|---|---|
| 2 | Dendi |
| 3 |  LighTofHeaveN |
| 4 |  Puppey |
| 5 | ARS-ART |
1st  | |
 |
| 1 |  Zhou |
|---|---|
| 2 | Ferrari_430 |
| 3 | YYF |
| 4 |  ChuaN |
| 5 | Faith |
| 5 - 6th | |
 |
| 1 |  Black^ |
|---|---|
| 2 |  SingSing |
| 3 | SexyBamboe |
| 4 |  1437 |
| 5 | KuroKy |
| \ | |
 |
| 1 | Silent |
|---|---|
| 2 | Admiration |
| 3 | Vigoss |
| 4 | PGG |
| 5 | Bloodangel |
| 5 - 6th | |
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- 1 MUFC ran into last minute issues and was replaced by mousesports after playing a Bo5 series against World Elite.[2] For detailed results and information about this match, Click Here.
- 2 mousesports replaced
ComeWithMe with KuroKy due to visa issues.
Results[edit]
Preliminaries[edit]
[edit]
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | LGD Gaming
|
14-0 | ||||
| 2. | Team DK
|
11-3 | ||||
| 3. | Evil Geniuses
|
8-6 | ||||
| 3. | Team Zenith
|
8-6 | ||||
| 5. | Counter Logic Gaming
|
6-8 | ||||
| 6. | Absolute Legends
|
5-9 | ||||
| 7. | mousesports
|
2-12 | ||||
| 7. | Moscow Five
|
2-12 | ||||
| Group A Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith | 0 | 2 | LGD |
| DK | 2 | 0 | EG |
| CLG | 2 | 0 | M5 |
| mouz | 1 | 1 | aL |
| Zenith | 1 | 1 | DK |
| LGD | 2 | 0 | EG |
| CLG | 2 | 0 | mouz |
| M5 | 1 | 1 | aL |
| Zenith | 0 | 2 | EG |
| LGD | 2 | 0 | DK |
| CLG | 2 | 0 | aL |
| M5 | 1 | 1 | mouz |
| Zenith | 2 | 0 | CLG |
| LGD | 2 | 0 | M5 |
| DK | 2 | 0 | mouz |
| EG | 0 | 2 | aL |
| Zenith | 2 | 0 | M5 |
| DK | 2 | 0 | aL |
| Zenith | 2 | 0 | mouz |
| LGD | 2 | 0 | aL |
| DK | 2 | 0 | CLG |
| EG | 2 | 0 | M5 |
| LGD | 2 | 0 | CLG |
| EG | 2 | 0 | mouz |
| DK | W | FF | M5 |
| LGD | 2 | 0 | mouz |
| EG | 2 | 0 | CLG |
| Zenith | 1 | 1 | aL |
[edit]
| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Invictus Gaming
|
13-1 | ||||
| 2. | compLexity Gaming
|
9-5 | ||||
| 3. | Orange Esports
|
8-6 | ||||
| 3. | Natus Vincere
|
8-6 | ||||
| 5. | TongFu
|
6-8 | ||||
| 5. | EHOME
|
6-8 | ||||
| 7. | Darer
|
3-11 | ||||
| 7. | Mortal Teamwork
|
3-11 | ||||
| Group B Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Na`Vi | 0 | 2 | iG |
| coL | 1 | 1 | EHOME |
| Orange | 1 | 1 | Darer |
| mTw | 1 | 1 | TongFu |
| Na`Vi | 1 | 1 | coL |
| EHOME | 1 | 1 | iG |
| Orange | 2 | 0 | mTw |
| Darer | 0 | 2 | TongFu |
| Na`Vi | 1 | 1 | EHOME |
| iG | 2 | 0 | coL |
| Orange | 1 | 1 | TongFu |
| Darer | 1 | 1 | mTw |
| Na`Vi | 0 | 2 | Orange |
| iG | 2 | 0 | Darer |
| coL | 1 | 1 | mTw |
| EHOME | 0 | 2 | TongFu |
| Na`Vi | 2 | 0 | Darer |
| coL | 2 | 0 | TongFu |
| Na`Vi | 2 | 0 | mTw |
| iG | 2 | 0 | Orange |
| coL | 2 | 0 | Orange |
| EHOME | 1 | 1 | Darer |
| iG | 2 | 0 | TongFu |
| EHOME | 2 | 0 | mTw |
| coL | 2 | 0 | Darer |
| Na`Vi | 2 | 0 | TongFu |
| iG | 2 | 0 | mTw |
| EHOME | 0 | 2 | Orange |
| For detailed match results, click here. |
Main Event[edit]
Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)
compLexity
1
Team Zenith
2
Invictus Gaming
2
Evil Geniuses
1
Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Invictus Gaming
1
Natus Vincere
2
Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)
LGD Gaming
1
Natus Vincere
2
Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R2 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R3 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R4 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3)
Invictus Gaming
2
Team DK
1
Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)
LGD Gaming
1
Invictus Gaming
2
Grand Final (Bo5)
Natus Vincere
1
Invictus Gaming
3
| For detailed match results click here |
View Games[edit]
English Commentary[edit] |
Non-English Commentary[edit] |
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | #P | ΔTI1 | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China
|
23 | +4 | BurNIng, Super, rOtk, Zippo, LongDD, LaNm, KingJ, PCT, X!!, QQQ, Zhou, Ferrari_430, YYF, Faith, Sylar, xiao8, Yao, DD, Hao, Mu, Kabu, Awoke, SanSheng |
| 2 | Russia
|
8 | +1 | LighTofHeaveN, ARS-ART, God, Silent, Admiration, Vigoss, PGG, Bloodangel |
| 3 | United States
|
7 | +5 | Fear, BuLba, DeMoN, UNiVeRsE, HANNAH_MONTANA, FLUFFNSTUFF, ixmike88 |
| 4 | Malaysia
|
6 | +1 | YamateH, Mushi, WinteR, XtiNcT, Ice, ChuaN |
| 4 | Ukraine
|
6 | -3 | XBOCT, Dendi, Artstyle, Mag~, Goblak, Funn1k |
| 6 |  Sweden
|
4 | +2 | Pajkatt, Mirakel, Akke, Loda |
| 6 |  Singapore
|
4 | -1 | Hyhy, iceiceice, xFreedom, xy- |
| 6 |  Austrailia
|
4 | +4 | blackshatan, xMusiCa, Godot, Snoopy |
| 6 | Canada
|
4 | +3 | bLeeK, 1437, TC, Jeyo |
| 10 |  France
|
3 | -2 | Sockshka, Funzii, 7ckngMad |
| 10 | Germany
|
3 | 0 | Black^, KuroKy, Kebap |
| 10 |  Denmark
|
3 | -6 | MiSeRy, Maelk, syndereN |
| 13 | Netherlands
|
2 | +2 | Singsing, SexyBamboe |
| 14 |  Croatia
|
1 | 0 | Lacoste |
| 14 | Estonia
|
1 | 0 | Puppey |
| 14 |  Macau
|
1 | 0 | DDC |
Additional Coverage[edit]
Gallery[edit]
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External links[edit]
- Comprehensive Statistics — The International 2 — Dota Academy
- The International 2012 — Valve Documentary
References[edit]
- ↑ @mtrx4u (21 August 2012). "4 russian-speaking broadcasters, 8 visa attempts, 7 denies.". Twitter. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ MUFC Blog.dota2.com August 25th, 2012
- ↑ "Headlines from The International Prelims: Day 3". ESFI. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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