Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship, which boasted the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports tournaments at the time at 2 million, 1 million going to the champions, until The International 2013 beat it the next year.
Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship 1 million. The International 2013 beat it the next year. Twelve qualifying teams from around the world were going to the champions. The International 2013 beat it the next year. The championship boasted the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports tournaments at the time at 2 million.