The International 2015

[e][h]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

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

The International 2014

The International 2016

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Host:
- ReDeYe (Paul Chaloner)

Observers:
- skrff (Rikard Holm Melin)
- Weppas (Johan Westberg)

Statistics:
- Noxville (Ben Steenhuisen)

Analysts:
- Merlini (Ben Wu)
- 7ckngMad (Sébastien Debs)
- Nahaz (Alan Bester)
- Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)

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
5th-6th	$1,197,925	6.5%	Virtus.pro
7th-8th	$829,333	4.5%	MVP Phoenix
7th-8th	$829,333	4.5%	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
Evil Geniuses (from L to R: UNiVeRsE, Aui_2000, ppd, Fear, SumaiL) pose with the Aegis after winning The International 2015

Participants[edit]

Invited Teams[edit]

Vici Gaming

1

Hao

2

Super

3

iceiceice

4

fy

5

Fenrir

2nd

Preview

Evil Geniuses

1

Fear

2

SumaiL

3

UNiVeRsE

4

Aui_2000

5

ppd

C

BuLba

3rd

Preview

Team Secret

1

Arteezy

2

s4

3

zai

4

KuroKy

5

Puppey

C

1437

Preview

Invictus Gaming

1

BurNIng

2

Ferrari_430

3

Luo

4

ChuaN

5

Faith

1st

Preview

LGD Gaming

1

Sylar

2

Maybe

3

Yao

4

xiao8

5

MMY!

3rd

Preview

Cloud9

1

EternaLEnVy

2

FATA-

3

bOne7

4

BigDaddy

5

MiSeRy

C

ppasarel

5 - 6th

Preview

Team Empire

1

Silent

2

Resolut1on

3

yoky-

4

ALOHADANCE

5

ALWAYSWANNAFLY

13 - 14th

Preview

Virtus.pro

1

Illidan

2

God

3

DkPhobos

4

Lil

5

fng

13 - 16th

Preview

Newbee

1

Rabbit

2

Mu

3

June

4

SanSheng

5

Banana

1st

Preview

Fnatic¹

1

kYxY

2

Mushi

3

Ohaiyo

4

Kecik Imba

5

JoHnNy

C

ADTR

7 - 8th

Preview

Qualified Teams[edit]

EHOME

1

Zyf

2

Cty

3

rOtK

4

LaNm

5

DDC

C

71

2nd

Preview


China Qualifier

compLexity Gaming

1

Zyzz

2

swindlemelonzz

3

MoonMeander

4

Zfreek

5

Fly

9 - 12th

Preview


Americas Qualifier

MVP HOT6ix

1

FoREv

2

MP

3

SunBhie

4

JerAx

5

Heen

C

Black^

Preview


SEA Qualifier

Natus Vincere

1

XBOCT

2

Dendi

3

Funn1k

4

SoNNeikO

5

Artstyle

1st

Preview


Europe Qualifier

Wild Card Teams[edit]

CDEC Gaming

1	Agressif
2	Shiki
3	Xz
4	Garder
5	Q


Wild Card

MVP Phoenix

1	kphoenii
2	QO
3	March
4	Febby
5	NutZ
C	DuBu


Wild Card

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

MVP Phoenix

2

Team Archon

1

Upper Bracket Finals (Bo3)

CDEC Gaming

2

MVP Phoenix

0

Lower Bracket Round 1 (Bo3)

Vega Squadron

2

Team Archon

0

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)

LGD Gaming

2

Team Empire

1

CDEC Gaming

2

Cloud9

0

Evil Geniuses

2

compLexity

0

Team Secret

0

EHOME

2

Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)

LGD Gaming

0

CDEC Gaming

2

Evil Geniuses

2

EHOME

1

Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)

CDEC Gaming

2

Evil Geniuses

0

Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)

MVP Phoenix

1

Newbee

0

Vici Gaming

1

Natus Vincere

0

Virtus.pro

1

Fnatic

0

Invictus Gaming

1

MVP HOT6ix

0

Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3)

Team Empire

0

MVP Phoenix

2

Cloud9

0

Vici Gaming

2

compLexity

1

Virtus.pro

2

Team Secret

2

Invictus Gaming

1

Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)

MVP Phoenix

0

Vici Gaming

2

Virtus.pro

2

Team Secret

1

Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3)

EHOME

0

Vici Gaming

2

LGD Gaming

2

Virtus.pro

0

Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3)

Vici Gaming

1

LGD Gaming

2

Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)

Evil Geniuses

2

LGD Gaming

0

Grand Final (Bo5)

CDEC Gaming

1

Evil Geniuses

3

Additional Data[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

#	Country / Region	#P	ΔTI4	Players
1	China	27	+6	Agressif, Banana, BurNIng, Cty, Faith, Fenrir, Ferrari_430, fy, Garder, Hao, June, LaNm, Luo, Maybe, MMY!, Mu, Q, Rabbit, rOtk, SanSheng, Shiki, Super, Sylar, xiao8, Xz, Yao, Zyf
2	Ukraine	12	+6	ALOHADANCE, ALWAYSWANNAFLY, Artstyle, CemaTheSlayeR, Dendi, DkPhobos, Funn1k, Lil, Mag~, No[o]ne, Resolut1on, XBOCT
3	United States	9	-1	Fear, Fogged, Korok, MSS, ppd, swindlemelonzz, UNiVeRsE, USH, Zfreek
4	Russia	7	+5	9pashaebashu, God, Illidan, Silent, Solo, SoNNeikO, yoky
4	South Korea	7	+7	Febby, FoREv, Heen, March, MP, QO, SunBhie
6	Malaysia	6	-6	ChuaN, JoHnNy, Kecik Imba, kYxY, Mushi, Ohaiyo
7	Canada	5	-1	Arteezy, Aui_2000, chad, EternaLEnVy, MoonMeander
8	Denmark	2	0	BigDaddy, MiSeRy
8	Germany	2	-3	FATA, Kuroky
8	Singapore	2	+1	iceiceice, NutZ
8	Sweden	2	-7	s4, zai
12	Australia	1	+1	kphoenii
12	Belarus	1	+1	fng
12	Estonia	1	0	Puppey
12	Finland	1	0	JerAx
12	Israel	1	0	Fly
12	Macau	1	0	DDC
12	Mexico	1	+1	Zyzz
12	Pakistan	1	+1	SumaiL
12	Romania	1	0	bOne7

This list includes participants in The International 2015 and participants in The International 2015 Wild Card.

Additional content[edit]

Streams[edit]

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]

Dota 2 Prize Pool Tracker - The International 2015

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.

[TI5_Announced-1] Preparing For The International

[TI5_Compendium-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The International 5 Compendium

[3] Hagen (June 4, 2015). "Fnatic Returns to Dota 2". Fnatic.com. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

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Contents

The International 2015

Contents

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Invited Teams[edit]

Qualified Teams[edit]

Wild Card Teams[edit]

Results[edit]

Wild Card[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Main Event[edit]

Additional Data[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

Additional content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Previews[edit]

Interviews[edit]

GosuGamers.net[edit]

Valve[edit]

Trivia[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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