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tournaments for the 2015–16 season, which were announced by the company on April 25, 2015. 16 teams competed in the tournament, which used the same format as
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16:2015 Dota 2 tournament
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738:. November 11, 2015
338:Regional qualifiers
275:Participating teams
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301:Team Secret
291:CDEC Gaming
265:round-robin
167:Team Secret
95:Round robin
91:Group stage
882:Categories
599:References
527:LGD Gaming
521:$ 105,000
517:Virtus.pro
501:$ 202,500
488:$ 255,000
475:$ 315,000
462:$ 405,000
369:(Americas)
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329:Virtus.Pro
311:LGD Gaming
208:Fall Major
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571:$ 30,000
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222:Frankfurt
153:Champions
143:3,000,000
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355:(Europe)
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210:, was a
132:16 teams
119:Venue(s)
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412:Results
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109:Host(s)
99:Bracket
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577:Fnatic
567:Cloud9
563:13-16
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360:Cloud9
240:. The
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425:Place
319:EHOME
230:Valve
137:Purse
129:Teams
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