The International 2012
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The International 2012
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Benaroya Hall
Format:
Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$1,600,000 USD
Start Date:
2012-08-26
End Date:
2012-09-02
Game:
Version:
Teams:
16
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology
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]
Prize Pool[edit]
$1,600,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:
Invictus Gaming (from left to right):
Chuan, YYF, Ferrari_430, Faith, and Zhou
Participants[edit]
1 | XBOCT |
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2 | Dendi |
3 | LighTofHeaveN |
4 | Puppey |
5 | ARS-ART |
1st | (2011)
Invited |
1 | blackshatan |
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2 | xMusiCa |
3 | bLeeK |
4 | Godot |
5 | Snoopy |
Invited |
1 | Zhou |
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2 | Ferrari_430 |
3 | YYF |
4 | ChuaN |
5 | Faith |
5th - 6th | (2011)
Invited |
1 | TC |
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2 | Jeyo |
3 | HANNAH_MONTANA |
4 | FLUFFNSTUFF |
5 | ixmike88 |
Invited |
1 | Silent |
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2 | Admiration |
3 | Vigoss |
4 | PGG |
5 | Bloodangel |
5th - 6th | (2011)
Invited |
- 1 MUFC ran into last minute issues and was replaced by mousesports after playing a Bo5 series against World Elite.[2]
- 2 mousesports replaced ComeWithMe with KuroKy due to visa issues.
Results[edit]
Preliminaries[edit]
[edit]
Group A | ||||||
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1. | LGD Gaming | 7-0-0 | 14-0 | |||
2. | Team DK | 5-1-1 | 11-3 | |||
3. | Evil Geniuses | 4-0-3 | 8-6 | |||
3. | Team Zenith | 3-2-2 | 8-6 | |||
5. | Counter Logic Gaming | 3-0-4 | 6-8 | |||
6. | Absolute Legends | 1-3-3 | 5-9 | |||
7. | Moscow Five | 0-2-5 | 2-12 | |||
7. | mousesports | 0-2-5 | 2-12 |
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Group B | ||||||
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1. | Invictus Gaming | 6-1-0 | 13-1 | |||
2. | compLexity Gaming | 3-3-1 | 9-5 | |||
3. | Natus Vincere | 3-2-2 | 8-6 | |||
3. | Orange Esports | 3-2-2 | 8-6 | |||
5. | EHOME | 1-4-2 | 6-8 | |||
5. | TongFu | 2-2-3 | 6-8 | |||
7. | Darer | 0-3-4 | 3-11 | |||
7. | Mortal Teamwork | 0-3-4 | 3-11 |
Click here for group matches results.
Main Event[edit]
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Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) Grand Final (Bo5) Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R2 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R3 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R4 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) |
View Games[edit]
English Commentary[edit] |
Non-English Commentary[edit] |
Additional Data[edit]
Statistics[edit]
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Hero | ∑ | W | L | WR | %T | ∑ | W | L | WR | ∑ | W | L | WR | ∑ | %T | ∑ | %T | Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Leshrac | 88 | 49 | 39 | 55.68% | 58.28% | 33 | 19 | 14 | 57.58% | 55 | 30 | 25 | 54.55% | 58 | 38.41% | 146 | 96.69% | Leshrac Detailed Statistics
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2 | Venomancer | 81 | 40 | 41 | 49.38% | 53.64% | 41 | 18 | 23 | 43.90% | 40 | 22 | 18 | 55.00% | 43 | 28.48% | 124 | 82.12% | Venomancer Detailed Statistics
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3 | Invoker | 81 | 38 | 43 | 46.91% | 53.64% | 40 | 19 | 21 | 47.50% | 41 | 19 | 22 | 46.34% | 58 | 38.41% | 139 | 92.05% | Invoker Detailed Statistics
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4 | Morphling | 78 | 44 | 34 | 56.41% | 51.66% | 41 | 24 | 17 | 58.54% | 37 | 20 | 17 | 54.05% | 43 | 28.48% | 121 | 80.13% | Morphling Detailed Statistics
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5 | Rubick | 77 | 47 | 30 | 61.04% | 50.99% | 41 | 25 | 16 | 60.98% | 36 | 22 | 14 | 61.11% | 73 | 48.34% | 150 | 99.34% | Rubick Detailed Statistics
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151 games played | 75W - 76L (49.67%) | 76W - 75L (50.33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Click here for complete statistics table |
Country Representation[edit]
# | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
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1 | China | 23 / 80 (29%) | Awoke, BurNIng, DD, Faith, Ferrari_430, Hao, Kabu, KingJ, LaNm, LongDD, Mu, PCT, QQQ, rOtk, SanSheng, Super, Sylar, X!!, Xiao8, Yao, YYF, Zhou, Zippo |
2 | Russia | 8 / 80 (10%) | Admiration, ARS-ART, Bloodangel, God, LighTofHeaveN, PGG, Silent, Vigoss |
3 | United States | 7 / 80 (9%) | BuLba, DeMoN, Fear, FLUFFNSTUFF, HANNAH_MONTANA, ixmike88, UNiVeRsE |
4 | Malaysia | 6 / 80 (8%) | ChuaN, Ice, Mushi, WinteR, XtiNcT, YamateH |
4 | Ukraine | 6 / 80 (8%) | Artstyle, Dendi, Funn1k, Goblak, Mag~, XBOCT |
6 | Australia | 4 / 80 (5%) | blackshatan, Godot, Snoopy, xMusiCa |
6 | Canada | 4 / 80 (5%) | 1437, bLeeK, Jeyo, TC |
6 | Singapore | 4 / 80 (5%) | Hyhy, iceiceice, xFreedom, xy- |
6 | Sweden | 4 / 80 (5%) | Akke, Loda, Mirakel, Pajkatt |
10 | Denmark | 3 / 80 (4%) | Maelk, MiSeRy, syndereN |
10 | France | 3 / 80 (4%) | 7ckngMad, Funzii, Sockshka |
10 | Germany | 3 / 80 (4%) | Black^, Kebap, KuroKy |
13 | Netherlands | 2 / 80 (3%) | SexyBamboe, SingSing |
14 | Croatia | 1 / 80 (1%) | Lacoste |
14 | Estonia | 1 / 80 (1%) | Puppey |
14 | Macau | 1 / 80 (1%) | DDC |
Additional Coverage[edit]
Gallery[edit]
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