We have put together a list of TI5 Vods to bring you up to date with all The International 5 group stage action. One hundred and twenty-one games were played over the course of four days, during The International 5 group stage. This phase of the tournament served to establish the seeding in the TI5 brackets for the main event, scheduled to start on August 3rd have taken shape. The top four teams of each group are guaranteed a prize pool of at least $200,000, while the teams sent to the Lower Brackets are set to battle each other out in cut-throat best-of-one elimination series.
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The underdogs, compLexity Gaming, and the Wild Card winners, CDEC, have placed in the top four of their groups – thus being seeded into the Upper Bracket of the main event.
It was no surprise to see Evil Geniuses and Team Secret make their way into the upper leg of the TI5 brackets.
Previous International Champions Natus Vincere, along with Chinese giants Invictus Gaming and Vici Gaming, and The International defending champions Newbee, will all be forced to start the TI5 main event in the Lower Brackets.
Team Empire will start the main event in the Upper Brackets, after they bested Virtus.Pro, 2:1, in a tiebreaker, leaving them to fight in the fearsome Lower Brackets.
TI5 Main Event brackets
TI5 Vods – group stage, day 1
The TI5 group stage standings after the first day were somewhat unexpected. LGD topped Group A with six points, being undefeated in their games. They were followed by the event favorites, Team Secret, with four points, having lost one of their matches in the series versus Fnatic. Group B looked more balanced, with Vici Gaming taking the lead after one victory and one tie. Team Empire, Cloud 9 and Invictus Gaming wrapped up the first day of the TI5 group stage with only one point each.
TI5 Vods Group A: LGD 2:0 Cloud 9
TI5 Vods Group A: compLexity 2:0 MVP.Phoenix
TI5 Vods Group A: Fnatic 1:1 Team Secret
TI5 Vods Group A: Invictus Gaming 0:2 Team Secret
TI5 Vods Group A: Natus Vincere 1:1 Cloud 9
TI5 Vods Group A: compLexity 0:2 LGD
TI5 Vods Group A: Invictus Gaming 1:1 Fnatic
TI5 Vods Group A: Natus Vincere 1:1 MVP.Phoenix
TI5 Vods Group B: Virtus.Pro 1:1 Newbee
TI5 Vods Group B: Team Empire 0:2 ViCi Gaming
TI5 Vods Group B: MVP.Hot6ix 0:2 CDEC
TI5 Vods Group B: Evil Geniuses 1:1 Newbee
TI5 Vods Group B: EHOME 1:1 Team Empire
TI5 Vods Group B: MVP.Hot6ix 1:1 ViCi Gaming
TI5 Vods Group B: Evil Geniuses 1:1 Virtus.Pro
TI5 Vods – group stage, day 2
Halfway through the TI5 group stage, LGD suffered their first and only loss so far and tied for the top place in Group A with Team Secret. Both teams had earned 10 points after the second day. Evil Geniuses led Group B with 8 points, followed by the Chinese Wild Card winners, CDEC, with 6 points. Both MVP teams and Na’Vi were left sitting at the bottom of their groups, having struggled to find their rhythm thus far.
TI5 Vods Group A: Fnatic 0:2 Cloud 9
TI5 Vods Group A: Invictus Gaming 1:1 LGD
TI5 Vods Group A: compLexity 2:0 Natus Vincere
TI5 Vods Group A: Team Secret 2:0 Cloud 9
TI5 Vods Group A: LGD 2:0 MVP.Phoenix
TI5 Vods Group A: Invictus Gaming 1:1 compLexity
TI5 Vods Group A: Natus Vincere 0:2 Team Secret
TI5 Vods Group A: Fnatic 1:1 MVP.Phoenix
TI5 Vods Group B: Virtus.Pro 2:0 CDEC
TI5 Vods Group B: EHOME 1:1 Newbee
TI5 Vods Group B: Team Empire 2:0 Virtus.Pro
TI5 Vods Group B: Evil Geniuses 2:0 MVP.Hot6ix
TI5 Vods Group B: EHOME 1:1 ViCi Gaming
TI5 Vods Group B: Team Empire 0:2 CDEC
TI5 Vods – group stage, day 3
After three days of nonstop competition, the TI5 group stage standings started to paint a clear picture on the teams’ seeding for the main event. Team Secret and LGD remained tied for the first position in Group A. Cloud 9 bounced back and went undefeated, sliding into the third position. Meanwhile, Wild Card winners CDEC continued to impress, taking the lead in Group B over Evil Geniuses. Both MVP.Hot6ix and Na’Vi continued to remain at the bottom of their groups.
TI5 Vods Group A: LGD 1:1 Team Secret
TI5 Vods Group A: Invictus Gaming 0:2 Cloud 9
TI5 Vods Group A: Fnatic 1:1 Natus Vincere
TI5 Vods Group A: Natus Vincere 0:2 LGD
TI5 Vods Group A: Cloud 9 2:0 MVP.Phoenix
TI5 Vods Group A: compLexity 0:2 Team Secret
TI5 Vods Group B: MVP.Hot6ix 0:2 Virtus Pro
TI5 Vods Group A: Invictus Gaming 0:2 MVP.Phoenix
TI5 Vods Group B: Team Empire 1:1 Newbee
TI5 Vods Group B: EHOME 1:1 Evil Geniuses
TI5 Vods Group B: ViCi Gaming 1:1 Virtus.Pro
TI5 Vods Group B: Newbee 0: 2 CDEC
TI5 Vods Group B: Evil Geniuses 1:1 Team Empire
TI5 Vods Group B: EHOME 2:0 MVP.Hot6ix
TI5 Vods Group B: ViCi Gaming 0:2 CDEC
TI5 Vods – group stage, day 4
The last day of the TI5 group stages has shown final results that have certainly gone against all odds. Group B ended up being more balanced than Group A. Virtus.Pro and Team Empire were forced into a best-of-three series tiebreaker to determine their Upper and Lower Brackets placements in the TI5 main event. LGD topped Group A with 17 points, four points more than Group B’s leader, Evil Geniuses. Their last win against Fnatic gave them the top position in the group, over Team Secret. Na’Vi and MVP.Hot6ix remained at the bottom of their groups.
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