Dota 2 Asia Championships

Dota 2 Asia Championships

Dota 2 Asia Championships logo
Tournament information
Sport Dota 2
Location Shanghai, China
Dates January 5–February 9, 2015
Administrator(s) Valve Corporation
Tournament format(s) Round robin group stage
Double elimination bracket
Host(s) Perfect World
Venue(s) Shanghai Grand Stage
Purse $3,057,500
Final positions
Champions Evil Geniuses
Runners-up Vici Gaming
 The International 2014 The International 2015 

The Dota 2 Asia Championships, (Chinese: 亚洲邀请赛赛程; pinyin: Yà zhōu yāo qǐng sài sài chéng) also known as DAC 2015 or The Oriental, was a professional Dota 2 tournament that occurred in Shanghai, China from January 5-February 9, 2015 at the Shanghai Grand Stage.[1][2][3]it was organized and hosted by Perfect World. The tournament resembled The International, in that there were a number of teams directly invited and that there was a compendium released which contributed to the tournament's prize purse.

The tournament was won by Evil Geniuses, with a roster consisting of Clinton "Fear" Loomis, Kurtis "AUI_2000" Ling, Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora, Syed Sumail "Suma1l" Hassan, and Peter "ppd" Dager.[4] Sixteen teams competed in the tournament. Eight teams received direct invitations, they were Vici Gaming, LGD Gaming, Newbee, Invictus Gaming, Team Secret, Evil Geniuses, MVP Phoenix, and Rave. The rest of the teams were determined through qualifiers held for America, Europe, Asia, and a wildcard. The qualified teams through wildcard were TongFu.WanZhou, CDEC Gaming, EHOME, Big God, Cloud9, HellRaisers, Natus Vincere, and HyperGloryTeam.

There was a legal dispute between Huomao TV and Douyu TV over streaming rights for the tournament.[5]

Results

(Note: Prizes are in USD)

Place Team Prize Money
1 Evil Geniuses $1,284,158
2 Vici Gaming $366,902
3 Team Secret $275,177
4 Big God $214,026
5 Cloud9 $152,876
Rave
7 HyperGloryTeam $122,301
Invictus Gaming
9-12 EHOME.cn $30,575
Natus Vincere
HellRaisers
LGD Gaming
13-16 TongFu.WanZhou $15,288
CDEC Gaming
Newbee
MVP Phoenix
16-20 Wings Gaming $15,288
Energy Pacemaker
Speed Gaming
Power Rangers

References

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