The International 2015

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The International 2015
File:The International 2015.jpg
Venue KeyArena
Location Seattle, Washington
Dates August 3, 2015 (2015-08-03) - August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08)
Competitors 16 teams
Grand Finals score 3-1
Website www.dota2.com/international/
Medalists
gold medal  Evil Geniuses
silver medal  CDEC Gaming
bronze medal  LGD Gaming

The International 2015 was the fifth edition of The International, an electronic sports Dota 2 championship tournament, which took place at the KeyArena Center in Seattle, Washington. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the tournament began on May 25 with the qualifier phase and ended after the main event between August 3 and August 8.

The tournament awarded the biggest prize pool in eSports history, at over $18 million,[1] with the winning team, Evil Geniuses, being awarded over $6 million.[2]

History

Valve announced The International 2015 in January 2015, again taking place at the KeyArena Center in Seattle, Washington.[3] Tickets went on sale in March, selling out in around 5 minutes.[4][5]

An interactive compendium was again announced, being released in May 2015, with purchases of the compendium going towards the tournament's prize pool.[6] By June, the prize pool had passed the previous year's total of $11 million, overtaking it as the largest eSports prize pool in history, and with 60 days of funding remaining.[7] Valve anticipated that the total would exceed $15 million by the time of the tournament,[8] a target which was reached in July.[9] Purchasers who reach a high enough level with their compendium were sent a miniature replica International trophy.[10]

The tournament's games began on July 26, with the wild card matches, followed by four days of a round robin format group stage being played as best of two matches. The main brackets then began on August 3.[2]

During the second day of the tournament, a DDOS attack was reported to have occurred, affecting around three hours of games.[11]

Teams

The stage and screens, at the center of KeyArena

Ten professional teams were directly invited to the event, with four regional winners and two 'wild card' winners also invited.[12] The 'wild card' winners were decided during the main competition in Seattle from CDEC Gaming, Team Archon, MVP Phoenix and Vega Squadron.[2]

Direct invitation
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Regional qualifier winners
Wild card winners

Playoffs

The tournament's first day of games began on July 26 with four teams competing for the two wild card spots.[13] The winners of the upper and lower brackets, CDEC and MVP Phoenix, gained these positions in the main tournament.[14]

Wild card

Round One Round Two Qualified
                   
 CDEC 2  
 Vega Squadron 1  
   CDEC 2  
   MVP Phoenix 0  
 MVP Phoenix 2
 Archon 1  
   CDEC Q
   MVP Phoenix Q
 Vega Squadron 2  
 Archon 0  
   MVP Phoenix 2
   Vega Squadron 1  

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 LGD Gaming 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 17 Seeded in Winner's quarterfinals with choosing rights
2 Team Secret 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 15 Seeded in Winner's quarterfinals without choosing rights
3 Complexity Gaming 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 13 Unseeded in Winner's quarterfinals
4 Cloud 9 7 3 1 3 0 0 0 10
5 MVP Phoenix 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 6 Seeded in Loser's Round of 16 with choosing rights
6 Invictus Gaming 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 6 Seeded in Loser's Round of 16 without choosing rights
7 Fnatic 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 Unseeded in Loser's Round of 16
8 Natus Vincere 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 3
Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2015. Source: The International 2015

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Evil Geniuses 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 13 Seeded in Winner's quarterfinals with choosing rights
2 CDEC Gaming 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 13 Seeded in Winner's quarterfinals without choosing rights
3 EHOME 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 11 Unseeded in Winner's quarterfinals
4 Team Empire 7 2 3 2 0 0 0 9
5 Virtus.pro 7 2 3 2 0 0 0 9 Seeded in Loser's Round of 16 with choosing rights
6 Vici Gaming 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 7 Seeded in Loser's Round of 16 without choosing rights
7 Newbee 7 0 6 1 0 0 0 6 Unseeded in Loser's Round of 16
8 MVP Hoix 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2015. Source: The International 2015

Main event

Grand Finals

Round of 2
     
B2 CDEC Gaming 1
B1 Evil Geniuses 3

Winner's Bracket

Round of 12 Round of 6 Round of 3
                 
A1 LGD Gaming 2
B4 Team Empire 1
A1 LGD Gaming 0
B2 CDEC Gaming 2
B2 CDEC Gaming 2
C4 Cloud 9 0
B2 CDEC Gaming 2
B1 Evil Geniuses 0
B1 Evil Geniuses 2
C3 Complexity Gaming 0
B1 Evil Geniuses 2
B3 EHOME 1
A2 Team Secret 0
B3 EHOME 2

Loser's Bracket

Results

(Note: Prizes are in USD)

Place Team Prize Money
1 Evil Geniuses $6,634,660.68
2 CDEC Gaming $2,856,590.015
3 LGD Gaming $2,211,553.56
4 Vici Gaming $1,566,517.105
5 EHOME.cn $1,197,924.845
Virtus.pro
7 MVP Phoenix $829,332.585
Team Secret
9-12 Team Empire $221,155.356
Cloud9
compLexity Gaming
Invictus Gaming
13-16 Fnatic $55,288.839
Natus Vincere
Fnatic
MVP HOT6ix

References

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