Doters win $ 15 million prize

The Dota 2 eSports tournament brought players a record win in 2019. The team from Belgium received $ 15 603 133.

The Dota 2 Tournament under the auspices of the Vave game development company has been held annually since 2011. In 2019, the prize pool amounted to $ 34,292,599. 45% of this amount went to the winning players.

Two teams from Europe - Team Liquid and OG - reached the final. The latter became the winner and two-time champion title holder. The previous victory was in 2018. The second place was also awarded with a cash prize - $ 4 458 038.

As for the winners, OG received the largest cash prize in the history of cyber tournaments - $ 15,603,133 or about $ 3,100,000 for each player. This made athletes more highly paid than the winners of other tournaments.

For comparison, in 2019, American Tiger Woods, who won the Masters Tournament golf course, earned $ 2,070,000, single-player tennis champions Wimbledon Novak Djokovic and Simone Halep received $ 2,900 each, and Simon Pazheno, the winner of the prestigious Indy 500 race, earned $ 2,600,000.