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The International 2015
The International 2015
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Version:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Seattle Dates:
Jul 27 - Aug 8, 2015
Teams:
16
Format:
Group Stage, Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$18,429,613 USD
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
Compendium: $9.99 USD
Compendium: $9.99 USD
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The International Dota 2 Championships 2015 was the fifth annual edition of The International. The tournament was hosted in Seattle for its fourth consecutive year, and the second consecutive year that the Main Event took place at KeyArena, a multi-purpose arena in Seattle Center with a total seating capacity of over 17,000.
The tournament was announced on January 7, 2015.[1] Notably, the Main Event at KeyArena featured 16 teams, an increase from the 8 of The International 2014.
Overview[edit]
Format[edit]
- Open Qualifiers - May 16th - May 17th, 2015
- Four Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers.
- The winner of each region will be the tenth team to participate in their respective Regional Qualifier.
- Four Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers.
- Qualifiers - May 25th - June 1st, 2015
- Four Regional Qualifiers.
- The winner of each Regional Qualifier will join the other invited teams in Seattle.
- The runner-up of each Qualifier will be invited to Seattle to compete in phase one of the playoffs.
- Four Regional Qualifiers.
- Wild Card - July 26th, 2015
- Four team double-elimination bracket.
- Top two teams advance to group stage.
- Bottom two teams are eliminated.
- All matches are best of three.
- Four team double-elimination bracket.
- Group Stage - July 27th - July 30th, 2015
- Two groups of eight teams.
- Teams play every other team in their group in a best of 2
- Top four teams in each group advance to upper bracket of the Main Event.
- Bottom four teams in each group advance to lower bracket of the Main Event.
- Two groups of eight teams.
- Main Event - August 3rd - August 8th, 2015
- Sixteen teams play in a double elimination format over six days.
- Eight teams begin in the upper bracket, eight in the lower bracket .
- First lower bracket game is best of one, Grand Finals are best of five, all others are best of three.
- Sixteen teams play in a double elimination format over six days.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentators:
TobiWan (Toby Dawson)- LD (David Gorman)
- Blitz (William Lee)
ODPixel (Owen Davies)- GoDz (David Parker)
- Zyori (Andrew Campbell)
- KotLGuy (Dakota Cox)
- PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
syndereN (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen)- Purge (Kevin Godec)
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- Draskyl (Andy Lee Stiles)
Wagamama (Niklas Högström)
WinteR (Chan Litt Binn)
- Interviewers:
- Hot_Bid (Ken Chen)
- Kaci Aitchison (Kaci Aitchison)
Prize Pool[edit]
The initial prize pool of the tournament was $1,600,000 USD.
An additional 25% of all TI5 Compendium sales was added to the total prize pool.[2]
These sales include compendium purchases at multiple levels and points available to level up the compendium in game.
The final prize pool is $18,429,613 ($16,829,613 added).[2]
| Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$6,634,661 | 36% |  Evil Geniuses
|
 2nd
|
$2,856,590 | 15.5% |  CDEC Gaming
|
 3rd
|
$2,211,554 | 12% |  LGD Gaming
|
 4th
|
$1,566,517 | 8.5% |  Vici Gaming
|
| 5th-6th | $1,197,925 | 6.5% |  EHOME
|
 Virtus.pro
| |||
| 7th-8th | $829,333 | 4.5% |  MVP Phoenix
|
 Team Secret
| |||
| 9th-12th | $221,155 | 1.2% |  Team Empire
|
 Cloud9
| |||
 compLexity Gaming
| |||
 Invictus Gaming
| |||
| 13th-16th | $55,289 | 0.3% |  Newbee
|
 Natus Vincere
| |||
 Fnatic
| |||
 MVP HOT6ix
|
The Aegis of Champions at the Main Event stage
ppd grabs the Aegis from the stand
Participants[edit]
Direct Invited[edit]
| 1 |  BurNIng |
|---|---|
| 2 | Ferrari_430 |
| 3 | Luo |
| 4 | ChuaN |
| 5 | Faith |
1st  | |
| [\ Preview] | |
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| 1 |  Silent |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Resolut1on |
| 3 | yoky- |
| 4 | ALOHADANCE |
| 5 | ALWAYSWANNAFLY |
| 13 - 14th | |
| Preview | |
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Direct Qualified[edit]
| 1 |  Zyzz |
|---|---|
| 2 | swindlemelonzz |
| 3 |  MoonMeander |
| 4 | Zfreek |
| 5 |  Fly |
| 9 - 12th | |
| [\ Preview] | |
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| Americas Qualifier | |
Wild Card Qualified[edit]
- 1 Team Malaysia was picked up by Fnatic on June 4th, 2015.[3]
- Full team rosters are available here.
Results[edit]
Wild Card[edit]
Upper Bracket Semifinals (Bo3)
CDEC Gaming
2
Vega Squadron
1
Upper Bracket Finals (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Round 1 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Finals (Bo3)
MVP Phoenix
2
Vega Squadron
1
Qualified for Group Stage
CDEC Gaming
MVP Phoenix
- For detailed results click here.
Click here for more information about the matches.
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Standings 
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | LGD Gaming
|
5-2-0 | 12-2 | 17p | ||
| 2. | Team Secret
|
4-3-0 | 11-3 | 15p | ||
| 3. | compLexity Gaming
|
4-1-2 | 9-5 | 13p | ||
| 4. | Cloud9
|
3-1-3 | 7-7 | 10p | ||
| 5. | MVP Phoenix
|
1-3-3 | 5-9 | 6p | ||
| 6. | Invictus Gaming
|
1-3-3 | 5-9 | 6p | ||
| 7. | Fnatic
|
0-4-3 | 4-10 | 4p | ||
| 8. | Natus Vincere
|
0-3-4 | 3-11 | 3p | ||
Group B[edit]
| Standings
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Evil Geniuses
|
3-4-0 | 10-4 | 13p | ||
| 2. | CDEC Gaming
|
4-1-2 | 9-5 | 13p | ||
| 3. | EHOME
|
2-5-0 | 9-5 | 11p | ||
| 4. | Team Empire
|
2-3-2 | 7-7 | 9p | ||
| 5. | Virtus.pro
|
2-3-2 | 7-7 | 9p | ||
| 6. | Vici Gaming
|
1-4-2 | 6-8 | 7p | ||
| 7. | Newbee
|
0-6-1 | 6-8 | 6p | ||
| 8. | MVP HOT6ix
|
0-2-5 | 2-12 | 2p | ||
| 4th/5th Place Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | Team Empire
|
2-1 | ||||
| 5. | Virtus.pro
|
1-2 | ||||
Click here for more information about the matches.
Main Event[edit]
Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3)
compLexity
1
Virtus.pro
2
Team Secret
2
Invictus Gaming
1
Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)
Grand Final (Bo5)
CDEC Gaming
1
Evil Geniuses
3
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
- This list includes participants in The International 2015 and participants in The International 2015 Wild Card.
Additional content[edit]
Streams[edit]
The International live menu on Dota2.com
NoMadTV on Twitch.tv
GamingLive_Dota2 on Twitch.tv- DraySwe on Twitch.tv
CankoDota on Twitch.tv- Techies_m on Twitch.tv
HypeTV_eSports on Twitch.tv
SaphiraTV on Twitch.tv- Violin_UA on Twitch.tv
- Viagame on Twitch.tv
Previews[edit]
GosuGamers.net
- 2015-07-21 | The Dark Horses of The International 5 by Andreea "divushka" Esanu
- 2015-07-22 | The Dreamers by Andreea "divushka" Esanu
- 2015-07-22 | Middle of the pack at The International 5 by Andreea "divushka" Esanu
- 2015-07-24 | Favorites of the International 5 by Pranjal "pranjal26" Drall
- 2015-07-05 | TI5:The Wild Card competitors by Andreea "divushka" Esanu
JoinDota.com
- 2015-07-09 | The International 5 spotlight: Vici Gaming - Black^ vs Hao by ProxyPL
- 2015-07-14 | TI5 Spotlight Team Secret: The steady rise of Dota's biggest superpower by Doyes, Malystryx.GDS
- 2015-07-17 | TI5 Spotlight Virtus Pro: The CIS survivors that refuse to yield by ProxyPL, kipspul
- 2015-07-18 | TI5 Spotlight Cloud9: Make or break for international glory by woodshrew, kitkat
- 2015-07-20 | TI5 Preview-Fnatic: Malaysia's mightiest and SEA's only hope by kipspul, Karma-
- 2015-07-22 | TI5 Spotlight Invictus Gaming: Will the stumbling giant find its footing? by 2nd201, kleatz
- 2015-07-23 | TI5 Spotlight: Na`Vi, The Usual Suspects are back for Round 5 by raiko_
- 2015-07-24 | 10 dreams will be fulfilled, 10 hearts will be broken - the wild card matches by ProxyPL, Doyes
- 2015-07-25 | Group stage blessings: which teams have the best and worst groups? by Gorgon the Wonder Cow
LiquidDota.com
- 2015-07-06 | Vici Gaming - The Crashing Wave by Gaijindash
- 2015-07-07 | Evil Geniuses - Cool Consistency by Jakal
- 2015-07-08 | Team Empire - Return of the Empire by OmniEulogy
- 2015-07-14 | Team Secret - The Dream Team by itsbluething
- 2015-07-15 | Natus Vincere - Aging Titans by Sn0_Man
- 2015-07-16 | Fnatic - South Eastern Emperors by ShiaoPi
- 2015-07-19 | EHOME - Old Dogs, New Tricks by DoctorHeckle
- 2015-07-23 | MVP Hot6ix - The conquerors of the SEA by SD13
- 2015-07-23 | LGD Gaming – The Return of the Prodigal Son by ONEmoreT1ME
- 2015-07-24 | Cloud9 – Unlimited/Unrealized Potential by Turbo
- 2015-07-25 | Virtus.Pro - The Russian Bear by TanGeng
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Wildcard Previews - Sink or Swim by Julmust, aboxcar
- 2015-07-27 | Power Rank: The International 2015 by Dash, TheEmulator, tehh4ck3r, JD
SirActionSlacks
- 2015-07-01 | The International Down-Low: Episode 1 Navi by SirActionSlacks
- 2015-07-03 | The International Down-Low: Episode 2 NAR-Archon by SirActionSlacks
- 2015-07-06 | The International Down Low: Ep. 3 Newbee by SirActionSlacks
- 2015-07-16 | The International Down Low: Ep. 4 Team Secret by SirActionSlacks
- 2015-07-18 | The international Down Low: Episode 5-Complexity by SirActionSlacks
- 2015-07-28 | The International Down-Low Episode 6: Vici by SirActionSlacks
theScoreeSports.com
- 2015-07-16 | TI5 Preview: Evil Geniuses by Dennis Gonzales
- 2015-07-16 | TI5 Preview: Vici Gaming by Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer
- 2015-07-17 | TI5 Preview: Invictus Gaming by Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer
- 2015-07-17 | TI5 Preview: Team Secret by Connor Dunn
- 2015-07-18 | TI5 Preview: LGD Gaming by Connor Dunn
- 2015-07-19 | TI5 Preview: Cloud9 by Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer
- 2015-07-20 | TI5 Preview: Team Empire by Preston Dozsa
- 2015-07-20 | TI5 Preview: Virtus.pro by Connor Dunn
- 2015-07-20 | TI5 Preview: Newbee by Preston Dozsa
- 2015-07-20 | TI5 Preview: Fnatic by Dennis Gonzales
- 2015-07-21 | TI5 Preview: compLexity Gaming by Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer
- 2015-07-21 | TI5 Preview: EHOME by Preston Dozsa
- 2015-07-22 | TI5 Preview: MVP Hot6ix by Dennis Gonzales
- 2015-07-22 | TI5 Preview: Natus Vincere by Connor Dunn
- 2015-07-23 | TI5 Preview: The Wild Cards by Dennis Gonzales
- 2015-07-26 | theScore predicts The International: The Wild Card by theScore eSports Staff (Connor Dunn, Dennis Gonzales, Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer)
- 2015-07-27 | theScore predicts The International: Group Stages by theScore eSports Staff (Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer, Dennis Gonzales, Connor Dunn)
Interviews[edit]
GosuGamers.net[edit]
- 2015-07-25 | IceIceIce: "I actually prefer the past Internationals" by John "porqpine" Sands
- 2015-07-26 | Vega.Mag: "We have to finish first in wildcard" by Eric "ReiNNNN" Khor
- 2015-07-26 | Ferrari reveals his feelings about his 5th TI with iG by Eric "ReiNNNN" Khor (trans. )
- 2015-07-26 | HOT6.Heen: "The top teams are not unbeatable" by Eric "ReiNNNN" Khor
- 2015-07-26 | Black^: I think CDEC and MVP.Phoenix are going to win the Wild Card by Eric "ReiNNNN" Khor
- 2015-08-01 | ChuaN: "We will take one step at a time" by Eric "ReiNNNN" Khor
- 2015-08-01 | FNG: "Better to play Fnatic because we know Na`Vi and Na`Vi knows us" by Andrew "Briticus" Henderson
- 2015-08-02 | WinteR: "You should be rewarded for being able to 2-0 your opponents." by Andrew "Briticus" Henderson
Valve[edit]
TI5 Community Report
- 2015-07-25 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and PyrionFlax by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-25 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Chad by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-25 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and No[o]ne by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-25 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Capitalist by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-25 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and March by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-25 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and MSS by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and MoonMeander by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and ODPixel by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Cyborgmatt by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Xz by Hot_Bid (trans. by Helen "XiiTuzi" Xu)
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Wagamama by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-27 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and JerAx by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-27 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Black^ by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-27 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and LD by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-27 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Arteezy by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-28 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Purge by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-28 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Banana by Hot_Bid (trans. by Josh "AutumnWindz" Lee)
- 2015-07-28 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and swindlemelonzz by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-28 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Draskyl by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-28 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Weppas by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-29 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Blitz by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-29 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Misery by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-29 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and zai by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-30 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and TobiWan by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-30 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and 7ckngMad by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-30 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and EternalEnVy by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-30 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Winter by Hot_Bid
- 2015-07-30 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and GoDz by Hot_Bid
- 2015-08-03 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and ppd by Hot_Bid
- 2015-08-03 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and s4 by Hot_Bid
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Jeremy Lin by Hot_Bid
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and KotLGuy by Hot_Bid
- 2015-08-06 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and Monolith by Hot_Bid
- 2015-08-07 | TI5 Community Report: Hot_Bid and ChuaN by Hot_Bid
Team Interview
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Archon Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 CDEC Team Interview by HongSheng Zhang (trans. )
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 Vega Squadron Team Interview by Vitaliy Volochay (trans. )
- 2015-07-26 | TI5 MVP Phoenix Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Cloud9 Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Fnatic Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 iG Team Interview by HongSheng Zhang (trans. )
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 LGD Team Interview by HongSheng Zhang (trans. )
- 2015-08-04 |
TI5 MVP Hot6 Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison (trans. ) - 2015-08-04 | TI5 Na`Vi Team Interview by Vitaliy Volochay (trans. )
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Newbee Team Interview by HongSheng Zhang (trans. )
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Empire Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Vici Gaming Team Interview by HongSheng Zhang (trans. )
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Virtus Pro Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Evil Geniuses Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Complexity Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 EHOME Team Interview by HongSheng Zhang (trans. )
- 2015-08-04 | TI5 Team Secret Team Interview by Kaci Aitchison
Trivia[edit]
- This was the first International that did not invite all previous winners. Natus Vincere (winners of 2011) and Alliance (winners of 2013) were sent to qualifiers instead. Alliance ended up being eliminated in the European qualifiers. Na'Vi, on the other hand, fought their way through to the main event, but were eliminated early on by losing against Vici Gaming in the Lower Bracket Round 1.
- Zyzz, of compLexity Gaming, is the first Latin American player to ever play in the International.
- CDEC Gaming became the highest finishing team to qualify through the wildcard stage in the history of The International by finishing second in the tournament.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Preparing For The International
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The International 5 Compendium
- ↑ Hagen (June 4, 2015). "Fnatic Returns to Dota 2". Fnatic.com. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
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