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Dota 2 Asia Championships

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Tournament information
Sport	Dota 2
Location	Shanghai, China
Dates	January 5–February 9, 2015
Administrator	Valve
Tournament format(s)	Group stage Round robin Bracket Double elimination
Host(s)	Perfect World
Venue(s)	Shanghai Grand Stage
Teams	16
Purse	$3,057,500
Final positions
Champions	Evil Geniuses
1st runner-up	Vici Gaming
2nd runner-up	Team Secret
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The Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015, (Chinese: 亚洲邀请赛; pinyin: Yà zhōu yāo qǐng sài) also known as DAC 2015, was a professional Dota 2 tournament that occurred in Shanghai, China from January 5-February 9, 2015 at the Shanghai Grand Stage. 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. 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.

Results

References

1. "The Eastern International". Red Bull.
2. "Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015 | Shanghai, China | 5th January, 2015 | MCV". www.mcvuk.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03.
3. "Dota 2 Asia Championships prize pool breaches $2 million dollars | PCGamesN".
4. Khan, Farjad (February 9, 2015). "15-year-old Pakistani wins $1.2m Dota2 Asian Championship". The Express Tribune. Lakson Group. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
5. "Dota 2 Event Prompts Legal Spat Between Streaming Sites". 19 January 2015.

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