The International 2015
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The International 2015
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Format:
Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$18,429,613 USD
Start Date:
2015-07-27
End Date:
2015-08-08
Version:
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology
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)
The talent for the Spanish broadcast was confirmed on August 03, 2015.[2] [3] [4]
- Commentators:
Ndree (Andree Santillán)
The Azathoth (Carlos Rios)
Prize Pool[edit]
Participants[edit]
Player Info
Direct Invited[edit]
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Direct Qualified[edit]
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Wild Card Qualified[edit]
- 1 Team Malaysia was picked up by Fnatic on June 4th, 2015.[7]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
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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]
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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 |
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4. | Team Empire | 2-1 | ||||
5. | Virtus.pro | 1-2 |
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Main Event[edit]
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Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) Grand Final (Bo5) Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) |