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Frankfurt Major 2015
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The Frankfurt Major 2015
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Version:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Frankfurt Venue:
Festhalle Messe
Dates:
Nov 13 - 21, 2015
Teams:
16
Format:
Group Stage
Double-elimination bracket
Double-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$3,000,000 USD
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
The Frankfurt Major (or "Fall Major") is the first event of Valve's Dota Major Championships, which will add 3 new publisher-sponsored tournaments each year in addition to The International. The Main Event took place at Festhalle Messe, a multi-purpose concert hall in Frankfurt, Germany with a total seating capacity of over 9,800; it featured the same Main Event format as The International 2015.[1]
Format[edit]
- Open Qualifiers - October 6th - October 10th, 2015
- Eight Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region.
- The winners of each Regional Qualifier will advance to the respective Main Qualifier.
- Eight Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region.
- Main Qualifiers - October 10th - October 14th, 2015
- Four Regional Qualifiers.
- Two groups of five teams, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the Regional Double-elimination Playoff Bracket.
- The winner and runner-up of each Regional Playoff Bracket will join the eight directly invited teams in Frankfurt.
- Four Regional Qualifiers.
- Group Stage - November 13th - November 14th, 2015
- Four groups of four teams.[2]
- Double-elimination format with matches played in a best-of-three.
- Top two teams in each group advance to the upper bracket of the Main Event.
- Bottom two teams in each group advance to the lower bracket of the Main Event.
- Four groups of four teams.[2]
- Main Event - November 16th - November 21st, 2015
- Teams are seeded into a double-elimination bracket after the Group Stage.
- Eight teams begin in the upper bracket, eight in the lower bracket.
- First lower bracket game is best of one, Grand Finals are best of five, all others are best of three.
- Teams are seeded into a double-elimination bracket after the Group Stage.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Host/Interviewers:
ReDeYe (Paul Chaloner)
KotLGuy (Dakota Cox)- PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
- Onsite Commentators:
TobiWan (Toby Dawson)- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- LD (David Gorman)
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
- Host:
Faker (Ivan Demkin)
- Commentators:
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool of the tournament provided by Valve was set to $3,000,000 USD.
The prize pool is split among the participating teams as seen below.
| Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
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$1,110,000 | 37% |  OG
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 2nd
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$405,000 | 13.5% |  Team Secret
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 3rd
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$315,000 | 10.5% |  Evil Geniuses
|
 4th
|
$255,000 | 8.5% |  EHOME
|
| 5th-6th | $202,500 | 6.75% |  CDEC Gaming
|
 Vici Gaming
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| 7th-8th | $105,000 | 3.5% |  Virtus.pro
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 LGD Gaming
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| 9th-12th | $45,000 | 1.5% |  Alliance
|
 Mineski.Sports5
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 Team Unknown
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 Vega Squadron
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| 13th-16th | $30,000 | 1% |  Cloud9
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 Fnatic
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 Newbee
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 Newbee Young
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Participants[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
| 1 | 9pashaebashu |
|---|---|
| 2 |  No[o]ne- |
| 3 | Mag |
| 4 | Solo |
| 5 | CeMaTheSlayeR |
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| Direct Invite | |
| 1 |  EternaLEnVy |
|---|---|
| 2 |  w33 |
| 3 |  MISERY |
| 4 |  Puppey |
| 5 |  pieliedie |
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| Direct Invite | |
| 1 |  Cty |
|---|---|
| 2 | old chicken |
| 3 | old eleven |
| 4 | LaNm |
| 5 | Kaka |
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| Direct Invite | |
Qualified Teams[edit]
1(monkey) Business became OG on October 31, 2015.[3]
2Invictus Gaming were forced to withdraw from the Major due to visa issues.[4] They were replaced by Newbee Young, the third place team from the Chinese qualifier. [5]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
Group A 
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| November 13, 2015 - 11:00 CET | ||||||
| 1. | Evil Geniuses
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2-0 | 4-2 | |||
| 2. | Virtus.pro
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | Newbee
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1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4. | Fnatic
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group A Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EG | 2 | 1 | Fnatic |
| VP | 2 | 0 | Newbee |
| VP | 1 | 2 | EG |
| Newbee | 2 | 0 |  Fnatic |
| VP | 2 | 0 | Newbee |
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| Group B
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2015 - 11:00 CET | ||||||
| 1. | Vici Gaming
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | Vega Squadron
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2-1 | 5-4 | |||
| 3. | OG
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1-2 | 4-4 | |||
| 4. | Team Unknown
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0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| Group B Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VG | 2 | 0 | UNK |
| Vega | 2 | 1 | OG |
| VG | 2 | 1 | Vega |
| UNK | 0 | 2 | OG |
| Vega | 2 | 1 | OG |
[edit]
| Group C
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2015 - 11:00 CET | ||||||
| 1. | Team Secret
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | LGD Gaming
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | Cloud9
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1-2 | 3-5 | |||
| 4. | Newbee Young
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0-2 | 2-4 | |||
| Group C Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secret | 2 | 1 | NB.Y |
| LGD | 2 | 1 | C9 |
| Secret | 2 | 0 | LGD |
| NB.Y | 1 | 2 | C9 |
| LGD | 2 | 0 | C9 |
Main Event[edit]
Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)
Evil Geniuses
2
Vega Squadron
1
Team Secret
2
Mineski.Sports5
0
Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Team Secret
2
Vici Gaming
1
Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)
Evil Geniuses
1
Team Secret
2
Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)
Grand Final (Bo5)
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country/Region | #P | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China
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28 | Agressif, Banana, BurNIng, chisbug, Cty, eLeVeN, Fenrir, Fy, garder, Hao, JiaJia, Kaka, LaNm, Li, le, Maybe, MMY!, Mrrr, Mu, old chicken, Q, rOtK, Sccc, Shiki, Super, Sylar, Xiao2le, Xz |
| 2 | United States of America
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7 | Brax, Fear, MSS, Ritsu, SVG, ppd, UNiVeRsE |
| 3 |  Philippines
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6 | Bimbo, DJ, JessieVash, Julz, Kuku, ryOyr |
| 3 | Sweden
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6 | AdmiralBulldog, Akke, Loda, Mynuts, pieliedie, s4 |
| 5 |  Peru
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5 | Accel, Atun, Greedy, Kotarō Hayama, Ztok |
| 5 | Ukraine
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5 | CemaTheSlayeR, DkPhobos, Lil, Mag~, No[o]ne |
| 7 | Canada
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4 | 1437, Arteezy, EternaLEnVy, MoonMeander |
| 7 | Russia
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4 | 9pashaebashu, G, Illidan, Solo |
| 9 | Denmark
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3 | Cr1t-, N0tail, MiSeRy |
| 9 |  Malaysia
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3 | Mushi, Net, Ohaiyo |
| 11 | Estonia
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1 | Puppey |
| 11 | Germany
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1 | Black^ |
| 11 |  Israel
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1 | Fly |
| 11 |  Jordan
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1 | Miracle- |
| 11 |  Macau
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1 | DDC |
| 11 |  Pakistan
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1 | SumaiL |
| 11 | Romania
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1 | w33 |
| 11 |  Singapore
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1 | iceiceice |
| 11 |  Belarus
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1 | fng |
Additional content[edit]
Player Profiles[edit]
- 2015-11-16 | Alliance: New Momentum, New Energy Level by ESL
- 2015-11-16 | MSS: An Important Part of My Life by ESL
- 2015-11-16 | Bulldog - Bulldong is back by ESL
- 2015-11-16 | Arteezy - I want to meet my expectations by ESL
- 2015-11-17 | EternalEnvy - Expectations by ESL
References[edit]
- ↑ Dota 2 (October 14, 2015). "The Frankfurt Major Teams". Blog.dota2.com. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ↑ Hans Oelschlägel (October 19, 2015). "Revealing the Frankfurt Major group stage format and schedule". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ @OGDota2 (October 31, 2015). "Monkey Business is now OG". Twitter. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ↑ Julmust (November 3, 2015). "iG to withdraw from Frankfurt Major". LiquidDota. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ ESL (November 8, 2015). "Invictus Gaming replaced by Newbee Young". Thefrankfurtmajor.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.