Game: Dota 2
Dates:
  08/17/2011
    to
  08/21/2011

Prize Pool: $1,600,000.00

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The International 2011

Location: Cologne, Germany

The International is an annual Dota 2 tournament hosted by the American game developer Valve. Sixteen teams are personally invited to compete. The tournament began as the first public debut of Dota 2 in August of 2011 at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, with a total prize pot of $1.6 million. The grand prize is one million dollars, making it the most lucrative electronic sports event to date.