The International 2015

• Overview
• Open Qualifiers
• Main Qualifiers
• Wild Card
• Group Stage
• Main Event
• All-Star Match
• Statistics

[e][h]The International 2015

League Information

Series:

The International

Organizer:

Valve

Sponsor(s):

Valve

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Seattle

Format:

Group Stage
Round-robin
Playoffs
Double-elimination

Prize Pool:

$18,429,613 USD

Start Date:

2015-07-27

End Date:

2015-08-08

Version:

6.84c

Teams:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Chronology

 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. Notably, the Main Event at KeyArena featured 16 teams, an increase from the 8 of The International 2014.

Overview

Format

• 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

• English
• Russian
• Spanish
• Show All

• Host:
  •  ReDeYe (Paul Chaloner)

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

• Statistics:
  •  Noxville (Ben Steenhuisen)

• Analysts:
  •  Merlini (Ben Wu)
  •  7ckngMad (Sébastien Félix Albert 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)

• Hosts:
  •  Faker (Ivan Demkin)
  •  n0point (Ievgen Dubravin)

• Analysts:
  •  NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
  •  JotM (Egor Surkov)
  •  ARS-ART (Sergey Revin)
  •  Dread (Andrey Golubev)

• Commentators:
  •  Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
  •  Adekvat (Rustam Mavliutov)
  •  GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)
  •  VeRsuta (Aren Zurabyan)
  •  CaspeRRR (Roman Lepokhin)
  •  V1lat (Vitalii Volochai)
  •  4ce (Nikita Kotkov)
  •  Mob5ter (Anton Erokhin)
  •  LighTofHeaveN (Dmitry Kupriyanov)
  •  Goblak (Artur Kostenko)

• Interviewers:
  •  Xeo (Andrew Yatsenko)
  •  Ineska (Inna Volochai)

The talent for the Spanish broadcast was confirmed on August 03, 2015.

• Commentators:
  •  Ndree (Andree Santillán)
  •  The Azathoth (Carlos Rios)

Prize Pool

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.
The final prize pool is $18,429,613 ($16,829,613 added).

Place

$ USD

Percent

Participant

 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

place 5 to 16 

place 5 to 16 

 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

• 

  Evil Geniuses (from left to right):
  UNiVeRsE, Aui_2000, ppd, Fear and SumaiL

Participants

Player Info

Direct Invited

Vici Gaming

1	Hao
2	Super
3	iceiceice
4	fy
5	Fenrir
2nd (2014)
Preview

Invited

Evil Geniuses

1	Fear
2	SumaiL
3	UNiVeRsE
4	Aui_2000
5	ppd
C	BuLba
3rd (2014)
Preview

Invited

Team Secret

1	Arteezy
2	s4
3	zai
4	KuroKy
5	Puppey
C	1437
Preview

Invited

Invictus Gaming

1	BurNIng
2	Ferrari_430
3	Luo
4	ChuaN
5	Faith
1st (2012)

Invited

LGD Gaming

1	Sylar
2	Maybe
3	Yao
4	xiao8
5	MMY!
3rd (2012)
Preview

Invited

Cloud9

1	EternaLEnVy
2	FATA-
3	bOne7
4	BigDaddy
5	MiSeRy
C	ppasarel
5th - 6th (2014)
Preview

Invited

Team Empire

1	Silent
2	Resolut1on
3	yoky-
4	ALOHADANCE
5	ALWAYSWANNAFLY
13th - 14th (2014)
Preview

Invited

Virtus.pro

1	Illidan
2	God
3	DkPhobos
4	Lil
5	Fng
13th - 16th (2013)
Preview

Invited

Newbee

1	Rabbit
2	Mu
3	June
4	SanSheng
5	Banana
1st (2014)

Invited

Fnatic¹

1	kYxY
2	Mushi
3	Ohaiyo
4	Kecik Imba
5	JoHnNy
C	ADTR
7th - 8th (2013)
Preview

Invited

Direct Qualified

compLexity Gaming

1	Zyzz
2	swindlemelonzz
3	MoonMeander
4	Zfreek
5	Fly
9th - 12th (2012)

Americas

Natus Vincere

1	XBOCT
2	Dendi
3	Funn1k
4	SoNNeikO
5	Artstyle
1st (2011)
Preview

Europe

EHOME

1	Zyf
2	Cty
3	rOtK
4	LaNm
5	DDC
C	71
2nd (2011)
Preview

China

MVP HOT6ix

1	FoREv
2	MP
3	SunBhie
4	JerAx
5	Heen
C	Black^
Preview

Southeast Asia

Wild Card Qualified

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.

Results

Group Stage

Group A

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

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

Show bracket Date Round Team Score Vs. Team 2015-08-03 18:30:00August 3, 2015 - 18:30 UTC Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) LGD 2 : 1 Empire 2015-08-03 22:30:00August 3, 2015 - 22:30 UTC Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) CDEC 2 : 0 C9 2015-08-04 01:55:00August 4, 2015 - 01:55 UTC Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) MVP.P 1 : 0 Newbee 2015-08-04 03:20:00August 4, 2015 - 03:20 UTC Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) VG 1 : 0 Na`Vi 2015-08-04 04:50:00August 4, 2015 - 04:50 UTC Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) VP 1 : 0 Fnatic 2015-08-04 06:00:00August 4, 2015 - 06:00 UTC Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) iG 1 : 0 MVP.H 2015-08-04 18:10:00August 4, 2015 - 18:10 UTC Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) EG 2 : 0 coL 2015-08-04 21:55:00August 4, 2015 - 21:55 UTC Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) Secret 0 : 2 EHOME 2015-08-05 00:25:00August 5, 2015 - 00:25 UTC Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Empire 0 : 2 MVP.P 2015-08-05 02:35:00August 5, 2015 - 02:35 UTC Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) C9 0 : 2 VG 2015-08-05 17:55:00August 5, 2015 - 17:55 UTC Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) coL 1 : 2 VP 2015-08-05 22:00:00August 5, 2015 - 22:00 UTC Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Secret 2 : 1 iG 2015-08-06 01:20:00August 6, 2015 - 01:20 UTC Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) LGD 0 : 2 CDEC 2015-08-06 03:30:00August 6, 2015 - 03:30 UTC Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) EG 2 : 1 EHOME 2015-08-06 18:00:00August 6, 2015 - 18:00 UTC Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) MVP.P 0 : 2 VG 2015-08-06 20:10:00August 6, 2015 - 20:10 UTC Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) VP 2 : 1 Secret 2015-08-06 23:35:00August 6, 2015 - 23:35 UTC Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) EHOME 0 : 2 VG 2015-08-07 17:50:00August 7, 2015 - 17:50 UTC Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) LGD 2 : 0 VP 2015-08-07 20:20:00August 7, 2015 - 20:20 UTC Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) CDEC 2 : 0 EG 2015-08-07 22:30:00August 7, 2015 - 22:30 UTC Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) VG 1 : 2 LGD 2015-08-08 18:00:00August 8, 2015 - 18:00 UTC Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) EG 2 : 0 LGD 2015-08-08 22:05:00August 8, 2015 - 22:05 UTC Grand Final (Bo5) CDEC 1 : 3 EG

Show schedule Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) Grand Final (Bo5) LGD GamingLGD 2 Team EmpireEmpire 1 LGD Gaming 2 1 Team Empire August 3, 2015 - 11:30 PDT 52m50s 47m37s 48m40s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 CDECCDEC 2 Cloud9C9 0 CDEC 2 0 Cloud9 August 3, 2015 - 15:30 PDT 30m01s 47m28s Bans Game 1 Game 2 LGD GamingLGD 0 CDECCDEC 2 LGD Gaming 0 2 CDEC August 5, 2015 - 18:20 PDT 38m44s 32m20s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Evil GeniusesEG 2 compLexitycoL 0 Evil Geniuses 2 0 compLexity August 4, 2015 - 11:10 PDT 42m02s 41m23s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Team SecretSecret 0 EHOMEEHOME 2 Team Secret 0 2 EHOME August 4, 2015 - 14:55 PDT 46m27s 37m38s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Evil GeniusesEG 2 EHOMEEHOME 1 Evil Geniuses 2 1 EHOME August 5, 2015 - 20:30 PDT 32m22s 35m38s 43m10s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 CDECCDEC 2 Evil GeniusesEG 0 CDEC 2 0 Evil Geniuses August 7, 2015 - 13:20 PDT 47m17s 20m45s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) MVP PhoenixMVP.P 1 NewbeeNewbee 0 MVP Phoenix 1 0 Newbee August 3, 2015 - 18:55 PDT 40m15s Bans Game 1 Team EmpireEmpire 0 MVP PhoenixMVP.P 2 Team Empire 0 2 MVP Phoenix August 4, 2015 - 17:25 PDT 33m38s 41m35s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Vici GamingVG 1 Natus VincereNa`Vi 0 Vici Gaming 1 0 Natus Vincere August 3, 2015 - 20:20 PDT 55m31s Bans Game 1 Cloud9C9 0 Vici GamingVG 2 Cloud9 0 2 Vici Gaming August 4, 2015 - 19:35 PDT 70m53s 29m03s Bans Game 1 Game 2 MVP PhoenixMVP.P 0 Vici GamingVG 2 MVP Phoenix 0 2 Vici Gaming August 6, 2015 - 11:00 PDT 40m18s 33m53s Bans Game 1 Game 2 EHOMEEHOME 0 Vici GamingVG 2 EHOME 0 2 Vici Gaming August 6, 2015 - 16:35 PDT 54m38s 48m43s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Virtus.proVP 1 FnaticFnatic 0 Virtus.pro 1 0 Fnatic August 3, 2015 - 21:50 PDT 38m29s Bans Game 1 compLexitycoL 1 Virtus.proVP 2 compLexity 1 2 Virtus.pro August 5, 2015 - 10:55 PDT 50m13s 50m23s 43m49s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Invictus GamingiG 1 MVP HOT6ixMVP.H 0 Invictus Gaming 1 0 MVP HOT6ix August 3, 2015 - 23:00 PDT 37m30s Bans Game 1 Team SecretSecret 2 Invictus GamingiG 1 Team Secret 2 1 Invictus Gaming August 5, 2015 - 15:00 PDT 56m56s 26m02s 43m55s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Virtus.proVP 2 Team SecretSecret 1 Virtus.pro 2 1 Team Secret August 6, 2015 - 13:10 PDT 29m17s 39m36s 55m34s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 LGD GamingLGD 2 Virtus.proVP 0 LGD Gaming 2 0 Virtus.pro August 7, 2015 - 10:50 PDT 35m12s 42m29s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Vici GamingVG 1 LGD GamingLGD 2 Vici Gaming 1 2 LGD Gaming August 7, 2015 - 15:30 PDT 31m49s 26m34s 44m30s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Evil GeniusesEG 2 LGD GamingLGD 0 Evil Geniuses 2 0 LGD Gaming August 8, 2015 - 11:00 PDT 58m53s 49m01s Bans Game 1 Game 2 Game 1 VOD part 2 CDECCDEC 1 Evil GeniusesEG 3 CDEC 1 3 Evil Geniuses August 8, 2015 - 15:05 PDT 34m53s 39m01s