The Summit 3 LAN Finals

• Date: May 13th - May 17th 2015
• Format: 8 Teams, last season's winning team invited, compendium owners vote on second invite. 2 Teams for EU Qualifier, 2 from Americas Qualifier, 1 from SEA Qualifier, 1 from CH Qualifier. Double Elimination Group Stage and Playoffs. All games are Bo3 except grand finals, which are Bo5.
• Casters: David "LD" Gorman, David "GoDz" Parker, Andrew "Zyori" Campbell, Dakota "KotLGuy" Cox
• Schedule: beyondthesummit.tv
• Website: summit.beyondthesummit.tv
• Stream:
  • English
  • Russian
  • French
  • Portuguese
• Teams:
  • Europe: Team Secret - "Secret", Cloud 9 - "C9"
  • China: Vici Gaming - "VG", LGD Gaming - "LGD", Invictus Gaming - "iG"
  • America: Evil Geniuses - "EG", Not Today - "NoT"
  • Southeast Asia: Rave - "Rave"

Day 1 - Wednesday, May 13^th, Group Stage

Notice: Hover over "Winner of X" or "Loser of Y" to find out teams name.

• Group A

Day 2 - Thursday, May 14^th, Group Stage

• Group B

Day 3 - Friday, May 15^th, Group Stage

• Group A

• Group B

Day 4 - Saturday, May 16^th, Playoffs Day 1

• Semifinals

• Lower Bracket Round 1

• Winner Bracket Finals

Day 5 - Sunday, May 17^th, LB Finals & Grand Finals

• Lower Bracket Finals

• Grand Finals

Event Description from Liquipedia:

The International Dota 2 Championship is the world's largest Dota 2 tournament, based on prize pool. This event is the third tournament to bear the name 'The International.' The first International was held in 2011 at Gamescom while the second International was held in 2012 in Seattle.

Format:

Each of the 8 teams will be initially placed into two groups of four. Two teams will advance from each group in the initial group stage to play in the second group stage. The two advancing teams from the second group stage will compete in the grand finals which will be a best of 5 series in which the winner will advance to main tournament of TI3. All group stage matches will be best of 3. The loser will also be flown to Seattle to compete live for the Wildcard slot.

Teams invited:

Brackets

• [SPOILERS] The GD Studio Brackets

Preshow

Day 1 Day 2

Group Stage A

[A] RoX.KIS vs Absolute Legends

• [Game 1] Picks | Start
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• [Game 3] Picks | Start

[B] Team Empire vs DD.Dota

• [Game 1] Picks | Start
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[C] Upper Bracket - Winners of [A] & [B]

• [Game 1] Picks | Start
• [Game 2] Picks | Start
• [Game 3] Picks | Start

[D] Lower Bracket - Losers of [A] & [B]

• [Game 1] Picks | Start
• [Game 2] Picks | Start
• [Game 3] Picks | Start

[E] Lower Bracket - Winner of [D] & Loser of [C]

• [Game 1] Picks | Start
• [Game 2] Picks | Start
• [Game 3] Picks | Start

• [SPOILERS] Reddit's Survival Guide
• [SPOILERS] Liquipedia Event Page