Saturday, December 26, 2015

The International 2015

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, with the winning team, Evil Geniuses, being awarded over $6 million.

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

An interactive compendium was again announced, being released in May 2015, with purchases of the compendium going towards the tournament's prize pool. 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. Valve anticipated that the total would exceed $15 million by the time of the tournament, a target which was reached in July. Purchasers who reach a high enough level with their compendium were sent a replica International trophy.

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.

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

Teams

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

Direct invitation


The International 2015 Match Details : 
Regional qualifier winners
Wild card winners Grand Final
Grand Final                              
Round of 2
   
B2CDEC Gaming1
B1Evil Geniuses3
Winner's Bracket

Round of 12Round of 6Round of 3
         
A1LGD Gaming2
B4Team Empire1
A1LGD Gaming0
B2CDEC Gaming2
B2CDEC Gaming2
C4Cloud 90
B2CDEC Gaming2
B1Evil Geniuses0
B1Evil Geniuses2
C3Complexity Gaming0
B1Evil Geniuses2
B3EHOME1
A2Team Secret0
B3EHOME2

Loser's Bracket

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