 The International 2015 | |
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| Start Date: | 16 May 2015 |
| End Date: | 8 August 2015 |
| Tier: | The International |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Version: | 6.84 |
| Prize Pool: | $18,429,613 USD |
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The International 2015 was the fifth iteration of Dota 2's flagship annual championship. Hosted by Valve Corporation, it took place at the KeyArena Center in Seattle, Washington. The tournament began on 16 May 2015 with the Open Qualifiers and closed on 8 August 2015 with the Grand Final, where Evil Geniuses became the first American team (and the third Western team) to be crowned champions after defeating Wild Card winner CDEC Gaming. The 2015 edition of The International featured sixteen Dota 2 professional teams from all over the world.
With a prize pool of over US$18 million, The International 2015 is the second-largest tournament to ever take place in eSports, breaking the record held by its previous iteration, The International 2014, which accumulated U$10.93 million.[1] The majority of this sum is collected through several in-game items released by Valve, including The International Compendium 2015, a digital book tied to the event that came with many activities and cosmetic items. |icon=File:TheInternationalSmall.png
Unlike all previous versions of the event, The International 2015 became the first not to feature all previous champions, as Alliance was unable to qualify for the event. 2012 and 2014 champions Invictus Gaming and Newbee were directly invited to participate, whereas 2011 champion Natus Vincere earned their spot through the European Qualifiers. The International 2015 is also the first edition to include an Open Qualifier, available to all amateur and professional teams that weren't invited to either the Main Event or the Regional Qualifiers.
Access and Promotions[]
Schedule and Format[]
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| May 16 – 17 | Open Qualifiers |
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| May 25 – June 1 | Regional Qualifiers |
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| July 26 | Wild Card Series |
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| July 27 – 30 | Group Stage |
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| August 3 – 8 | Main Event |
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Teams[]
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Coverage[]
The International 2015 can be viewed live for free on DotaTV in-game.
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Results[]
Qualifiers[]
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All-Star Match[]
A fight breaks out outside the Dire base
In the All-Star match of 2015, two teams, Team ChuaN and Team n0tail, faced each other in a best of one, playing a 10 vs 10 match (All Pick). Five players of each team were decided by Compendium owners, who were able to vote for 5 professional players for each team. The captains of each team (ChuaN and n0tail) then chose 5 random people from the audience to join the team, completing a 10-man team.
Just like in the previous years, there was no secrecy between the teams, mainly making fun picks. The match was not played in the booths, but was instead on the center of the main starge, on 2 rows of tables facing each other, meaning both teams could hear each other, the casters and the crowd.
The 10 vs 10 game mode was later made available to the public as a custom game mode.
| Team ChuaN | 118 | 104 | Team n0tail | ||
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 Mushi
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 Puppey
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 Hao
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xiao8
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| Ferrari 430
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 IG jia you TI6 champion
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McBizCo
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| Level 100 torchic!~
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Flowercorn
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| Yang
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im super stoked
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BurNIng 2 good la
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 Dendi*
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*The last audience member on Team Chuan turned out to be Dendi, who was dressed in a Pudge suit.
- Play by Play
Team ChuaN pulled ahead in the early game with a comfortable kill lead, with Dendi's Pudge eventually stacking up to 5714 HP with Flesh Heap. However, the mid game saw Team n0tail swing the balance back in their favor, with SumaiL leading the charge on his Tiny.
After taking a decisive teamfight, Team ChuaN headed down mid to end the game once and for all. But as the Radiant Ancient neared destruction, it was shielded by Omniknight's Guardian Angel. With these few precious seconds, iceiceice made liberal use of Walrus Kick, pushing away the remaining members of Team ChuaN, sometimes into the fountain. As the Ancient dropped to under 5% health, Hao's Queen of Pain jumped in to finish the job, only to be kicked into the trees and finished off by Team n0tail.
With Hao dead, Team ChuaN had been effectively teamwiped. The living players on Team n0tail rushed towards the Dire base, while Nature's Prophet pushed in the top lane with a Divine Rapier. Uncoordinated and respawning one by one, team ChuaN was picked apart by the larger Radiant force, allowing SumaiL and his teammates to rush the tier four towers, and destroy the Ancient.
Wild Card Series[]
- Top 2 teams advance to the group stage.
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| MVP Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||
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| Team Archon | 1 | ||||||||||
| CDEC Gaming | Q | ||||||||||
| MVP Phoenix | Q | ||||||||||
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| MVP Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||
| Vega Squadron | 2 | ||||||||||
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Group Stage[]
- 16 teams are split into two groups.
- Top 4 teams from each group advance to the upper bracket.
- Bottom 4 teams from each group advance to lower bracket.
Group A[]
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Matches[]
Main Event[]
- Round 1 lower bracket matches are best of one.
Upper Bracket[]
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Prize Allocation[]
- As with previous Internationals, the winning team is also awarded the Aegis of Champions.
| Final Prize Pool: $18,429,613 USD | |||||||||||||||
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| 1st | Evil Geniuses |
$6,634,661 | 36% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd | CDEC Gaming |
$2,856,590 | 15.5% | ||||||||||||
| 3rd | PSG.LGD |
$2,211,554 | 12% | ||||||||||||
| 4th | Vici Gaming |
$1,566,517 | 8.5% | ||||||||||||
| 5th | Virtus.pro  |
$1,197,925 | 6.5% | ||||||||||||
| 6th | EHOME |
$1,197,925 | 6.5% | ||||||||||||
| 7th | Team Secret  |
$829,333 | 4.5% | ||||||||||||
| 8th | MVP Phoenix |
$829,333 | 4.5% | ||||||||||||
| 9th | Invictus Gaming |
$221,155 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
| 10th | compLexity Gaming  |
$221,155 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
| 11th | Cloud9 |
$221,155 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
| 12th | Team Empire |
$221,155 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
| 13th | MVP HOT6ix |
$55,289 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
| 14th | Fnatic |
$55,289 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
| 15th | Natus Vincere |
$55,289 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
| 16th | Newbee |
$55,289 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
Crowdfunding
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Gallery[]
Gabe Newell introduces The International 2015 Orchestral opening The analysts' table The Aegis of Champions on the stage Vici Gaming on the red carpet Cloud9 arriving Casters Blitz and LD Analysts WinteR and Sheever CDEC in their booth Dendi stretching Virtus.pro shakes hands with Fnatic compLexity Gaming playing on day two All-star match fans All-star match players Evil Geniuses playing against EHOME Workshop artist signings Team Secret discussing in their booth PSG.LGD drafting against Virtus.pro Workshop artist kunkka signing autographs LD signing autographs The audience at the CDEC vs Evil Geniuses match Evil Geniuses arriving on the final day
Cosplay[]
The Shitty Wizard Lane creeps
Grand Finals[]
The audience Evil Geniuses with the Aegis of Champions Afterparty CDEC, the runner-ups, departing the arena
References[]
External links[]
- Tournament Home Page
- Tournament Schedule
- Teams Announcement
- Compendium Page
- Compendium Announcement
- Tickets Purchase
- Tickets FAQ
- Tickets Announcement
- Announcement
- Prize Pool Tracker
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