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 Aug. 2015 with the Grand Final, where Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses United States Created: 1999 - Organization founding 2011-10-24 - Dota 2 division Team Information Captain: Andreas Franck "Cr1t-" Nielsen Coach(es): Clinton "Fear" Loomis Avery "SVG" Silverman Manager(s): William "ReaverXai" Burden Phillip "Tallgeese" Aram became the first American team (and the third Western team) to be crowned champions after defeating Wild Card winner CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming China Created: 2014-10-14 Team Information Captain: Coach(es): Sponsor(s): DouyuTV Links Website: CDEC Gaming is Chinese professional Dota 2 team created from the former LGD.CDEC squad. Contents 1 History 1.1 2014 1.2 2015 1.3 . 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 The International 2014 Seattle, Washington, United States Start Date 8 Jul. 2014 End Date 21 Jul. 2014 Teams 16 Version 6.81b Prize Pool $10,930,698 USD Website Link Access The International Compendium 2014 The International 4 , which accumulated U$10.93 million. 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 Cosmetic Items customize visual elements within Dota 2. These modifications are purely graphical and do not affect mechanics or gameplay. Contents 1 Sources 2 Categories 2.1 Loadout 2.2 Consumables 2.3 Tournament Items 2.4 Event Items .
Unlike all previous versions of the event, The International 2015 became the first not to featureSpecial attraction all previous champions, as Alliance Alliance Sweden Created: 2013-04-12 Team Information Captain: Jonathan "Loda" Berg Coach(es): Manager(s): Erik "erikbarge" Barge Sponsor(s): Monster Energy SteelSeries Sennheiser Links Website: thealliance.gg Facebook: theAllianceGG Twitter: theAllianceGG datdota: 376 DOTABUFF: 111474 VK: thealliancedota2 Twitch: thealliancegg was unable to qualify for the event. 2012 and 2014 champions Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming China Created: 2011-08-02 Team Information Captain: Fu "Q" Bin Coach(es): Manager(s): Li "zaizai" Pan Sponsor(s): Personal sponsorship from Wang Sicong Links Website: http://www.igaming.com.cn/ Facebook: InvictusGaming.Official Twitter: invgaming Weibo: 2099708877 Invictus Gaming (iG) is and Newbee Newbee China Created: 2014-02-13 Team Information Captain: Hu "Kaka" Liangzhi Coach(es): Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui Sponsor(s): ZhanqiTV ACE Links Website: Facebook: NewbeeCN Twitter: NewbeeCN datdota: 1102 DOTABUFF: 1375614 Newbee is a professional Dota 2 team based were directly invited to participate, whereas 2011 champion Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Ukraine Created: 2010-10-22 Team Information Captain: Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille Coach(es): Manager(s): Ihor "caff" Sydorenko Sponsor(s): G2AHyperXAOCTwitch.tvЗОНА 51Kiev CyberSport ArenaEsportStoreESPFragstoreDXRacerNewzoo Links Website: navi-gaming.com Facebook: NatusVincere Twitter: natusvincere DOTABUFF: 36 VK: natus.vincere Natus 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.
May 16 – 17 | Open Qualifiers | - Open to all teams.
- Single elimination.
- Winner from each region advances to regional qualifiers.
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May 25 – Jun. 1 | Regional Qualifiers | - 4 Regions: Americas, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia.
- 10 teams per region, single elimination.
- Winner from each region advances to main event.
- Runner-up from each region advances to wild card series.
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Jul. 26 | Wild Card Series | - 4 runner-up teams from the regional qualifiers.
- Double elimination, best of three matches.
- Top 2 teams advance to join the group stage.
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Jul. 27 – 30 | Group Stage | - Two groups of eight teams, round robin.
- Best of two matches.
- Top 4 teams from each group advance to upper bracket of the main event.
- Bottom 4 teams from each group advance to lower bracket of the main event.
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Aug. 3 – 8 | Main Event | - 16 teams, double elimination.
- 8 teams begin in the upper bracket, 8 in the lower bracket.
- First lower bracket game is best of one, others are best of three.
- Grand finals are best of five.
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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.
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).