Dota 2 International 2015: Grand Finals Results and Updated Prize-Money Pool
It happened.
An American team actually won The International on Saturday from the KeyArena in Seattle.
Previously seen as an unlikely champion, Team Evil Geniuses proved it was not only a squad to be taken seriously, for at least this year, but it is also the best. EG defeated China-based Team CDEC in a thrilling Defense of the Ancients 2 match 3-1.
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Dota 2's official Twitter account congratulated the champions:
Team EG celebrated its victory as well:
Those who have followed the beginnings of American participation in Dota 2 tournaments understand how big of a turnaround EG's win symbolizes. Giant Bomb co-host Crispy was putting the win into perspective even before it was official:
The team of Clinton Loomis aka Fear, Syed Sumail Hassan aka SumaiL, Sahil Arora aka UNiVeRsE, Kurtis Ling aka Aui_2000 and Peter Dager aka ppd took home a combined $6,615,014 for their efforts. Here's a look at the complete payouts table:
| 1 | Evil Geniuses | $6,616,014 |
| 2 | Team CDEC | $2,848,562 |
| 3 | LGD Gaming | $2,205,338 |
| 4 | Vici Gaming | $1,562,114 |
| 5 | EHOME | $1,194,558 |
| 6 | VP | $1,194,558 |
| 7 | MVP.Phx | $827,002 |
| 8 | Secret | $827,002 |
| 9 | Empire | $220,524 |
| 10 | Cloud 9 | $220,534 |
| 11 | Complexity Gaming | $220,534 |
| 12 | Invictus Gaming | $220.534 |
| 13 | MVP.Hot6 | $55,133 |
| 14 | Fnatic | $55,133 |
| 15 | Natus Vincere | $55,133 |
| 16 | Newbee | $55,133 |
The win on Saturday avenged a loss to Team CDEC in the upper bracket earlier in the tournament. The setback sent EG to the lower bracket where they had to battle past LGD Gaming to earn their rematch.
EG didn't waste their second opportunity. In a match that featured an epic Game 3, EG proved to be too skilled and strong for Team CDEC.
In Game 1, Fear and SumaiL shook off a quick start from ShiKi. Despite the latter drawing first blood, EG opened a 15-4 lead by the 20-minute mark and ultimately won the game 27-8.
Led by ShiKi and Agressif, who both tallied 21 points, CDEC would come back in the second game. The highlight was a triple kill captured by theScoreDota 2 on Twitter:
The 27-19 triumph drew the match even, but EG wouldn't look back from there. In the third game, they broke CDEC in a clash that featured great back-and-forth action. This double-kill call down from Fear, courtesy of theScoreDota 2, was the pivotal blow of the match:
EG would win 28-18 despite 25 points apiece from ShiKi and Aggressif. Fear and SumaiL had 23 and 25 points, respectively, but it was the help of the supporting cast like ppd (19) and Aui_200 (19) that pushed the champions to the pivotal win. EG had taken their opponents best shot and still come out on top.
Dota2 commentator Andrew Campbell marveled at the action from Game 3:
With CDEC's spirits broken, EG cruised to the 27-9 win and The International title.
Looking ahead, EG has garnered themselves a new level of respect for future Dota2 tournaments. In addition, American teams might also be respected and inspired because of what EG accomplished.
Results and stats per DailyDota.com
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