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United States Seattle, Washington, United States
Start Date:2 August 2013
End Date:11 August 2013
Tier:The International
Teams:16
Version:6.78c
Prize Pool:$2,874,380 USD
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The International 2013 was an event held in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was the third iteration of The International, a yearly Dota 2 tournament hosted by Valve Corporation. The champions of The International 2013 were Alliance Alliance. Alliance defeated Natus Vincere Natus Vincere in a best of five with a score of three to two, securing themselves the Aegis of Champions and ~1.5 million dollars.

See The International 2013 Interactive Compendium for information about the compendium for this tournament.

Teams[]

Invited Teams






Qualified Teams

Wild Card Teams





1 Due to China LGD Gaming.cn's roster change, China TongFu was given their invite slot, and China LGD Gaming.cn was given a qualifier slot.
2 France dd became France Quantic Gaming after the West Qualifier.

Coverage[]

Streams[]

Prelims[]

Main Event[]

Analyst Desk[]

2GD
2GD portrait
James Harding
Origin: United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Maelk
Maelk portrait
Jacob Toft-Andersen
Origin: Denmark Denmark
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Merlini
Merlini portrait
Ben Wu
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Statsman Bruno
Statsman Bruno portrait
Bruno Carlucci
Origin: Argentina Argentina
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page




Commentators[]

English[]

Ayesee
Ayesee portrait
Aaron Chambers
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Bdiz
Bdiz portrait
Robert Tinnes
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Blitz
Blitz portrait
William Lee
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Clairvoyance
Blank portrait
Origin: Canada Canada
Language: United Kingdom English




Draskyl
Draskyl portrait
Andy Stiles
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
LD
LD portrait
David Gorman
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Luminous
Luminous portrait
David Zhang
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Merlini
Merlini portrait
Ben Wu
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page




Purge
Purge portrait
Kevin Godec
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Sheever
Sheever portrait
Jorien van der Heijden
Origin: Netherlands The Netherlands
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
TobiWanKenobi
TobiWanKenobi portrait
Toby Dawson
Origin: Australia Australia
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Wagamama
Wagamama portrait
Niklas Högström
Origin: Sweden Sweden
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page




Chinese[]

LaoDang
LaoDang portrait
Wei Hua Dang
Origin: China China
Language: China Chinese
Web page
Haitao
Haitao portrait
Zhou Lingxiang
Origin: China China
Language: China Chinese
Web page
Melody
Melody portrait
Origin: China China
Language: China Chinese
Web page




Korean[]

BJ Naddy
Blank portrait
Origin: South Korea South Korea
Language: South Korea Korean
Web page
Dae Man Park
Dae Man Park portrait
Dae Man Park
Origin: South Korea South Korea
Language: South Korea Korean
Dneif
Blank portrait
Origin: South Korea South Korea
Language: South Korea Korean
Web page
Sang Hyun Park
Sang Hyun Park portrait
Sang Hyun Park
Origin: South Korea South Korea
Language: South Korea Korean
Web page




Tae Yoon Lee
Blank portrait
Tae Yoon Lee
Origin: South Korea South Korea
Language: South Korea Korean
Web page






Russian[]

CaspeRRR
CaspeRRR portrait
Roman Lepyohin
Origin: Ukraine Ukraine
Language: Russia Russian
Web page
Inmate
Inmate portrait
Dmitriy Filinov
Origin: Russia Russia
Language: Russia Russian
Web page
LighTofHeaveN
LighTofHeaveN portrait
Dmitrii Kupriyanov
Origin: Russia Russia
Language: Russia Russian
Web page
Maelstorm
Maelstorm portrait
Vladimir Kuzminov
Origin: Russia Russia
Language: Russia Russian
Web page




mtrx4u
Mtrx4u portrait
Vladyslav Suzdal
Origin: Ukraine Ukraine
Language: Russia Russian
Web page
v1lat
V1lat portrait
Vitalii Volochay
Origin: Ukraine Ukraine
Language: Russia Russian
Web page





Interviewers[]

The Capitalist
The Capitalist portrait
Austin Walsh
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Kaci Aitchison
Kaci Aitchison portrait
Kaci Aitchison
Origin: United States United States
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
PyrionFlax
PyrionFlax portrait
Edward Forsyth
Origin: United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page
Soe Gschwind-Penski
Soe portrait
Soe Gschwind-Penski
Origin: Switzerland Switzerland
Language: United Kingdom English
Web page




Qualification[]

Results[]

Wild Card Match[]

For the Wild Card Match, the runners-up of the West and East Qualifiers (France Quantic Gaming and China Rattlesnake, respectively) played a BO5 match offline in Seattle.

     
   France Quantic Gaming 1
   China Rattlesnake 3

Solo Championship[]

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                     
  Ukraine Dendi 2
  Germany FATA- 1
  Ukraine Dendi 0
  Malaysia Mushi 2
  Malaysia Mushi 2
  China xiao8 1
  Malaysia Mushi 0
  Singapore iceiceice 2
  Sweden S4 1
  Singapore iceiceice 2
  Singapore iceiceice 2
  China Ferrari_430 0
  China Ferrari_430 2
  China Mu 1


Heroes Played[]

Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Hero Winner Hero Winner Hero Winner
Quarter-Finals Lina minimap icon Lina Germany FATA- Gyrocopter minimap icon Gyrocopter Ukraine Dendi Shadow Fiend minimap icon Shadow Fiend Ukraine Dendi
Outworld Destroyer minimap icon Outworld Destroyer China xiao8 Windranger minimap icon Windranger Malaysia Mushi Shadow Fiend minimap icon Shadow Fiend Malaysia Mushi
Magnus minimap icon Magnus Singapore iceiceice Axe minimap icon Axe Sweden s4 Shadow Fiend minimap icon Shadow Fiend Singapore iceiceice
Templar Assassin minimap icon Templar Assassin China Ferrari_430 Shadow Demon minimap icon Shadow Demon China Mu Shadow Fiend minimap icon Shadow Fiend China Ferrari_430
Semi-Finals Puck minimap icon Puck Malaysia Mushi Windranger minimap icon Windranger Malaysia Mushi - -
Tusk minimap icon Tusk Singapore iceiceice Queen of Pain minimap icon Queen of Pain Singapore iceiceice - -
Finals Puck minimap icon Puck Singapore iceiceice Timbersaw minimap icon Timbersaw Singapore iceiceice - -

All-Star Match[]

In the All-Star match of 2013, two teams, labled All Star Team A and All Star Team B, faced each other in a best of one, playing Captain's Mode. The teams' players were decided by Compendium owners, who were able to vote for 5 players for each team.

Although a regular Captain's Mode match, there was no secrecy between the teams, mainly making fun picks to please the crowd. During the early picking phase, the captains of both teams swapped their seats to mess with the first picks of the opposing teams, before going back to their own seats to finish the picking phase. The playing booths were completely open, so that both teams could hear each other, the casters and the crowd.

 
All Star Team A 1 0 All Star Team B
Estonia Puppey Omniknight minimap icon Juggernaut minimap icon Sweden Loda
Sweden Akke Gyrocopter minimap icon Pudge minimap icon Ukraine Dendi
Malaysia Mushi Ursa minimap icon Axe minimap icon Russia ARS-ART
China BurNIng Sniper minimap icon Tidehunter minimap icon China Hao
China Ferrari_430 Skeleton King minimap icon Meepo minimap icon Malaysia ChuaN

Preliminaries[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L Pts
Ukraine Natus Vincere 7 5 1 1 11
China Team DK 7 4 2 1 10
Europe Fnatic 7 3 3 1 9
China LGD Gaming.cn 7 2 4 1 8
United States Team Dignitas 7 3 2 2 8
Singapore Team Zenith 7 1 4 2 6
Germany Mousesports 7 1 2 4 4
Malaysia MUFC eSports 7 0 0 7 0

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L Pts
Sweden Alliance 7 7 0 0 14
China TongFu 7 4 0 3 8
Malaysia Neolution Orange 7 3 2 2 8
China Invictus Gaming 7 3 2 2 8
United States Team Liquid 7 2 3 2 7
World LGD Gaming.int 7 1 3 3 5
China Rattlesnake 7 0 3 4 3
Russia Virtus Pro 7 0 3 4 3

Main Event[]

  Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Grand Finals
                                                       
  Natus Vincere Natus Vincere 2
  Orange Esports Orange Esports 1
  Natus Vincere Natus Vincere 2
  TongFu TongFu 1
  TongFu TongFu 2
  Fnatic Fnatic 0
  Natus Vincere Natus Vincere 1
  Alliance Alliance 2
  Alliance Alliance 2
  LGD LGD.cn 0
  Alliance Alliance 2
  Team DK Team DK 1
  Team DK Team DK 2
  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming 1
  Alliance Alliance 3
  Natus Vincere Natus Vincere 2
  Orange Esports Orange Esports 1
  Team Dignitas Team Dignitas 1
  Team Dignitas Team Dignitas 0   Team DK Team DK 1
  Rattlesnake Rattlesnake 0   Orange Esports Orange Esports 1
  Orange Esports Orange Esports 2
  Fnatic Fnatic 0
  Fnatic Fnatic 1
  LGD Gaming International LGD Gaming International 1   Natus Vincere Natus Vincere 2
  LGD Gaming International LGD Gaming International 0   Orange Esports Orange Esports 2
  mousesports mousesports 0   Orange Esports Orange Esports 1
  TongFu TongFu 1
  LGD LGD.cn 0
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 1
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 1   TongFu TongFu 2
  Invasion Invasion.MUFC 0   Team Liquid Team Liquid 0
  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming 1
  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming 1
  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming 1
  Team Zenith Team Zenith 1
  Team Zenith Team Zenith 0
  Virtus Virtus.pro 0

Prize Allocation[]

Final Prize Pool: $2,874,380 USD
Place Team Winnings Percent
A11st  Alliance Alliance
Sweden
$1,437,190 50%
A22nd  Natus Vincere Natus Vincere
Ukraine
$632,364 22%
A33rd  Orange Esports Orange Esports
Malaysia
$287,438 10%
A44th  TongFu TongFu
China
$201,207 7%
A55th - 6th  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming
China
$114,975 4%
A55th - 6th  Team DK Team DK
China
$114,975 4%
A77th - 8th  Fnatic Fnatic
Europe
$43,116 1.5%
A77th - 8th  Team Liquid Team Liquid
United States
$43,116 1.5%
Crowdfunding
25% The International 2013 Interactive Compendium
25% The International 2013 Interactive Compendium Bundle

Video Recaps[]

Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
TobiWan Interview
Purge Interview
Pyrion Flax

See also[]


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