The ''Dota 2'' Asia Championships 2015, () also known as DAC 2015, was a professional ''

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'' tournament that occurred in

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, China from January 5-February 9, 2015 at the

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. 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

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. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament. Eight teams received direct invitations, they were

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, Newbee,

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, 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,

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, and HyperGloryTeam. There was a legal dispute between Huomao TV and Douyu TV over streaming rights for the tournament.

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