MDL Chengdu Major

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[e][h]MDL Chengdu Major

League Information

Series:

Mars Dota 2 League
Dota Pro Circuit

Organizer:

Mars Media

Sponsor(s):

McLaren
China CITIC Bank
Visa
Secrtelab
ZOWIE GEAR
Mayn 宁美国度
MITARBEITER(IN)

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Chengdu

Venue:

Chengdu Century City New International Convention & Exhibition Center

Format:

Group Stage
GSL Format
Playoffs
Double Elimination

Prize Pool:

$1,000,000 USD

Start Date:

2019-11-16

End Date:

2019-11-24

Version:

7.22h

Teams:

16

Pro Circuit Points:

15,000

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Pro Circuit Tier:

Major

Links

Chronology

DreamLeague S13 

The tenth issue of Mars Media's flagship tournament will be the MDL Chengdu Major. It will be the first Major of the 2019/20 DPC Season and MDL's overall third Major. In November 2019, sixteen of the world's best teams will compete in the "Panda Capital" for their share of valuable DPC points to qualify for The International 2020 and the $1,000,000 USD prize pool.

Format

• Participants:
  • Fifteen Teams from Regional Qualifiers
    • Three teams each from Europe, China and Southeast Asia
    • Two teams each from CIS, North and South America
  • One team as champion of DOTA Summit 11
• Group Stage - November 16-17th
  • Four GSL groups
  • All games are Bo3
  • Top two teams advance to the Upper Bracket of the playoffs
  • Bottom two teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the playoffs
• Playoffs - November 18-24th
  • Double elimination bracket
  • Only the final three days will be in front of a live crowd.
  • First round of the Lower Bracket are Bo1
  • All other games are Bo3
  • Bo5 Grand Finals

Broadcast Talent

• English
• Russian
• Show All

The talent for the English broadcast was announced on November 1st, 2019.

• Desk Host:
  •  Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)

• Observers:
  •  Weppas (Johan Westberg)
  •  Poptart (David Mejia)

• Analysts/Commentators:
  •  ODPixel (Owen Davies)
  •  Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
  •  Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
  •  TrentPax (Trent MacKenzie)
  •  LD (David Gorman)
  •  GoDz (David Parker)
  •  GranDGranT (Grant Harris)
  •  Lyrical (Gabriel Cruz)
  •  Tsunami (Neal Khandheria)

• Off-site Commentators:
  •  Bkop (Benjamin Kopilow)
  •  Basskip (Cameron Scott)
  •  Danog (Matt Joyce)
  •  BreakyCPK (Nick Caras)
  •  KillerPigeon (Darren Elmy)
  •  lizZard (Admir Salkanović)
  •  Lacoste (Dominik Stipić)
  •  MLPDotA (Mike Le Phoenix)
  •  Johnxfire (John Nathan Fernandez)
  •  Jenkins (Andrew Jenkins)
  •  Moxxi (Michelle Song)

The talent for the Russian broadcast was announced on November 8, 2019.

• Hosts:
  •  CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)
  •  NotInMyHouse (Dmitry Krupnov)
  •  Instamityay (Dmitry Serebrennikov)

• Analysts:
  •  Smile (Sergey Revin)
  •  NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
  •  LighTofHeaveN (Dmitry Kupriyanov)
  •  Inmate (Dmitry Filinov)

• Commentators:
  •  Lex (Alexey Filippov)
  •  4ce (Nikita Kotkov)
  •  Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
  •  Adekvat (Rustam Mavliutov)
  •  Mortalles (Dmitry Arzhylovsky)
  •  Mila (Mila Alieva)
  •  JAM (Alexander Korotkov)
  •  Eiritel (Dariya Morozova)

Prize Pool

The prize pool for the tournament is $1,000,000 USD and 15,000 Pro Circuit points.

Place

$ USD

 DPC Points

Participant

 1st

$300,000

4,850

TNC Predator

 2nd

$160,000

3,000

Vici Gaming

 3rd

$110,000

2,100

Invictus Gaming

 4th

$80,000

1,350

Evil Geniuses

place 5 to 16 

place 5 to 16 

 5th-6th

$60,000

900

Team Liquid

J.Storm

 7th-8th

$40,000

450

Alliance

beastcoast

 9th-12th

$25,000

150

EHOME

Team Aster

Fnatic

Fighting PandaS

 13th-16th

$12,500

100

Team Spirit

Gambit Esports

Unknown Team

Team Adroit

Participants

Player Info

Alliance

1	Nikobaby
2	LIMMP
3	33
4	Handsken
5	Fata

Europe

Team Liquid

1	m`iCKe
2	qojqva
3	Boxi
4	Taiga
5	iNSaNiA
C	Blitz

Europe

Vici Gaming

1	Eurus
2	Ori
3	Yang
4	Pyw
5	Dy
C	rOtk

China

Team Aster

1	Sccc
2	ChYuan
3	Xxs
4	BoBoKa
5	Fade
C	Mikasa

China

EHOME

1	vtFαded
2	897
3	Faith_bian
4	XinQ
5	y`
C	xiao8

China

Gambit Esports

1	dream
2	gpk~
3	Shachlo
4	XSvamp1Re
5	fng
C	distilled

CIS

Team Spirit¹

1	iLTW
2	Ergon
3	Ghostik
4	Immersion
5	Misha
C	TheHeartlessKing

CIS

Fnatic

1	23savage
2	MooN
3	iceiceice
4	DJ
5	jabz
C	SunBhie

Southeast Asia

TNC Predator

1	Gabbi
2	Armel
3	kpii
4	TIMS
5	March

Southeast Asia

Team Adroit

1	Natsumi-
2	Mac
3	Bok
4	Boombacs
5	cml

Southeast Asia

Evil Geniuses

1	Arteezy
2	Abed
3	RAMZES666
4	Cr1t-
5	Fly
C	BuLba

North America

Fighting PandaS

1	EternaLEnVy
2	Bryle
3	MoonMeander
4	Sneyking
5	Aui_2000

North America

J.Storm

1	Moo
2	Nine
3	Brax
4	MoOz
5	Fear
C	DeMoN

North America

beastcoast

1	k1
2	Chris Luck
3	Wisper
4	ScofielD
5	StingeR

South America

Unknown Team

1	Berna
2	AtunnN
3	greeDy
4	Wij
5	Prada
C	FalcoStyle

South America

Invictus Gaming

1	flyfly
2	Emo
3	JT-
4	kaka
5	Oli~
C	super

DOTA Summit Champion

¹ Positive Guys was signed by Team Spirit on October 24th.

Roster moves since The International

Date Player Old New Ref 2019-10-24 TheHeartlessKing (Coach) ⇒ (Coach) [1] 2019-10-24 Immersion / (Inactive) ⇒ [2] 2019-10-24 iLTW Ergon Ghostik Misha ⇒ [3] 2019-10-18 NeverEnd (Inactive) ⇒ [4] 2019-10-18 old eLeVeN (Inactive) ⇒ / (Inactive) [5] 2019-10-10 SumaiL / ⇒ (Inactive) [6] 2019-10-04 K1 Chris Luck Wisper Scofield Stinger ⇒ [7] 2019-10-03 Nikobaby Limmp 33 Handsken Fata None ⇒ [8] 2019-10-02 miCKe qojqva Boxi Taiga iNSaNiA None ⇒ [9] 2019-09-29 Shachlo None ⇒ [10] 2019-09-29 XSvamp1Re (Inactive) ⇒ [11] 2019-09-29 Daxak AfterLife ⇒ (Sub) [12] 2019-09-28 Brax ⇒ (Trial) [13] 2019-09-28 Resolut1on ⇒ [14] 2019-09-27 897 None ⇒ [15] 2019-09-27 vtFαded ⇒ [16] 2019-09-27 NeverEnd ⇒ (Inactive) [17] 2019-09-27 430 ⇒ None [18] 2019-09-27 XinQ / (Loan/Inactive) ⇒ [19] 2019-09-27 dream` ⇒ [20] 2019-09-27 SumaiL (Inactive) ⇒ / [21] 2019-09-26 miCKe qojqva Boxi Taiga iNSaNiA ⇒ None [22] 2019-09-21 Pyw ⇒ [23] 2019-09-19 Mandy ⇒ [24] 2019-09-18 dogf1ghts ⇒ [25] 2019-09-18 zhizhizhi / (Loan/Inactive) ⇒ [26] 2019-09-18 Kaka None ⇒ [27] 2019-09-18 Ryoya ⇒ [28] 2019-09-17 doodle ⇒ [29] 2019-09-17 1437 ⇒ None [30] 2019-09-17 MoOz ⇒ [31] 2019-09-16 SumaiL s4 ⇒ (Inactive) [32][33] 2019-09-16 RAMZES666 ⇒ [34][35] 2019-09-16 Abed None ⇒ [36] 2019-09-14 old chicken eLeVeN / (Loan/Inactive) ⇒ (Inactive) [37] 2019-09-13 Miracle- w33 MinD_ContRoL GH KuroKy ⇒ None [38] 2019-09-13 Heen (Coach) ⇒ None [39] 2019-09-13 kpii ⇒ [40] 2019-09-13 March (Coach) ⇒ [41] 2019-09-13 Kuku eyyou ⇒ None [42] 2019-09-12 Berna Atun Greedy Prada None ⇒ [43] 2019-09-12 Tiares Robo-Z Valquiria Yadomi ⇒ None [44] 2019-09-08 Kamma Q ⇒ None [45] 2019-09-08 Fade None ⇒ [46] 2019-09-08 ChYuan (Trial) ⇒ [47] 2019-09-04 Immersion ⇒ / (Inactive) [48] 2019-09-04 23savage / (Inactive) ⇒ [49] 2019-09-04 Moon ⇒ [50] 2019-09-04 Abed ⇒ None [51] 2019-09-01 Sccc None ⇒ [52] 2019-08-29 bryle (Inactive) ⇒ [53] 2019-08-28 DuBu ⇒ None [54] 2019-08-27 Fade ⇒ None [55]

Group Stage

Group A

Group A
1.	TNC Predator			2-0	4-0
2.	Fighting PandaS			2-1	5-2
3.	EHOME			1-2	2-5
4.	Unknown Team			0-2	0-4

Matches
Opening Matches
EHOME	2 EHOME PandaS November 16, 2019 - 10:00 CST 44m36s 30m56s 25m09s	1	PandaS
TNC	2 TNC UNK November 16, 2019 - 10:00 CST 22m45s 17m45s	0	UNK
Winners' Match
EHOME	0 EHOME TNC November 16, 2019 - 13:00 CST 62m58s 34m38s	2	TNC
Losers' Match
PandaS	2 PandaS UNK November 17, 2019 - 10:00 CST 34m41s 33m59s	0	UNK
Decider Match
EHOME	0 EHOME PandaS November 17, 2019 - 12:30 CST 41m22s 32m58s	2	PandaS

Group B

Group B
1.	Vici Gaming			2-0	4-2
2.	Alliance			2-1	5-3
3.	Fnatic			1-2	3-4
4.	Team Spirit			0-2	1-4

Matches
Opening Matches
[A]	2 [A] Fnatic November 16, 2019 - 10:00 CST 32m57s 47m41s 45m02s	1	Fnatic
TSpirit	1 TSpirit VG November 16, 2019 - 10:00 CST 27m19s 39m09s 32m46s	2	VG
Winners' Match
[A]	1 [A] VG November 16, 2019 - 14:00 CST 42m59s 26m27s 19m25s	2	VG
Losers' Match
Fnatic	2 Fnatic TSpirit November 17, 2019 - 10:00 CST 42m41s 42m42s	0	TSpirit
Decider Match
[A]	2 [A] Fnatic November 17, 2019 - 12:30 CST 52m30s 29m15s	0	Fnatic

Group C

Group C
1.	Team Liquid			2-0	4-1
2.	Evil Geniuses			2-1	5-3
3.	Team Aster			1-2	3-4
4.	Team Adroit			0-2	0-4

Matches
Opening Matches
Adroit	0 Adroit EG November 16, 2019 - 17:30 CST 34m26s 36m25s	2	EG
Aster	0 Aster Liquid November 16, 2019 - 17:30 CST 53m36s 34m29s	2	Liquid
Winners' Match
EG	1 EG Liquid November 16, 2019 - 20:30 CST 36m28s 52m45s 46m10s	2	Liquid
Losers' Match
Adroit	0 Adroit Aster November 17, 2019 - 16:00 CST 29m32s 45m50s	2	Aster
Decider Match
EG	2 EG Aster November 17, 2019 - 18:00 CST 52m16s 54m09s 43m05s	1	Aster

Group D

Group D
1.	Invictus Gaming			2-0	4-0
2.	J.Storm			2-1	4-4
3.	beastcoast			1-2	3-5
4.	Gambit Esports			0-2	2-4

Matches
Opening Matches
bc	0 bc iG November 16, 2019 - 17:30 CST 37m29s 50m48s	2	iG
Gambit	1 Gambit J.S November 16, 2019 - 17:30 CST 14m47s 35m58s 25m41s	2	J.S
Winners' Match
iG	2 iG J.S November 16, 2019 - 20:30 CST 62m10s 23m36s	0	J.S
Losers' Match
bc	2 bc Gambit November 17, 2019 - 15:30 CST 40m35s 31m57s 26m26s	1	Gambit
Decider Match
J.S	2 J.S bc November 17, 2019 - 19:00 CST 43m32s 56m28s 45m18s	1	bc

Playoffs

Show bracket Date Round Team Score Vs. Team 2019-11-18 02:00:00November 18, 2019 - 02:00 UTC Upper Bracket R1 TNC 2 : 1 [A] 2019-11-18 06:00:00November 18, 2019 - 06:00 UTC Upper Bracket R1 Liquid 1 : 2 J.S 2019-11-18 09:30:00November 18, 2019 - 09:30 UTC Lower Bracket R1 EHOME 1 : 0 TSpirit 2019-11-18 11:00:00November 18, 2019 - 11:00 UTC Lower Bracket R1 Aster 1 : 0 Gambit 2019-11-18 12:30:00November 18, 2019 - 12:30 UTC Lower Bracket R1 Fnatic 1 : 0 UNK 2019-11-18 14:00:00November 18, 2019 - 14:00 UTC Lower Bracket R1 bc 1 : 0 Adroit 2019-11-19 02:00:00November 19, 2019 - 02:00 UTC Upper Bracket R1 VG 2 : 0 PandaS 2019-11-19 04:00:00November 19, 2019 - 04:00 UTC Upper Bracket R1 iG 0 : 2 EG 2019-11-19 06:30:00November 19, 2019 - 06:30 UTC Lower Bracket R2 Liquid 2 : 0 EHOME 2019-11-19 09:30:00November 19, 2019 - 09:30 UTC Lower Bracket R2 [A] 2 : 1 Aster 2019-11-20 02:00:00November 20, 2019 - 02:00 UTC Lower Bracket R2 iG 2 : 1 Fnatic 2019-11-20 05:30:00November 20, 2019 - 05:30 UTC Lower Bracket R2 PandaS 0 : 2 bc 2019-11-20 08:00:00November 20, 2019 - 08:00 UTC Upper Bracket R2 TNC 2 : 0 J.S 2019-11-20 11:10:00November 20, 2019 - 11:10 UTC Upper Bracket R2 VG 2 : 1 EG 2019-11-22 04:20:00November 22, 2019 - 04:20 UTC Lower Bracket R3 Liquid 2 : 0 [A] 2019-11-22 07:30:00November 22, 2019 - 07:30 UTC Lower Bracket R3 iG 2 : 1 bc 2019-11-22 11:00:00November 22, 2019 - 11:00 UTC Lower Bracket R4 EG 2 : 0 Liquid 2019-11-23 04:00:00November 23, 2019 - 04:00 UTC Lower Bracket R4 J.S 0 : 2 iG 2019-11-23 07:00:00November 23, 2019 - 07:00 UTC Upper Bracket Final TNC 0 : 2 VG 2019-11-23 10:30:00November 23, 2019 - 10:30 UTC Lower Bracket R5 EG 1 : 2 iG 2019-11-24 05:00:00November 24, 2019 - 05:00 UTC Lower Bracket Final TNC 2 : 0 iG 2019-11-24 09:00:00November 24, 2019 - 09:00 UTC Grand Final VG 1 : 3 TNC

Show schedule Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) TNC Predator 2 TNC Predator Alliance November 18, 2019 - 10:00 CST 69m50s 36m07s 27m50s Alliance 1 Team Liquid 1 Team Liquid J.Storm November 18, 2019 - 14:00 CST 43m55s 30m31s 35m45s J.Storm 2 Vici Gaming 2 Vici Gaming Fighting PandaS November 19, 2019 - 10:00 CST 29m41s 29m58s Fighting PandaS 0 Invictus Gaming 0 Invictus Gaming Evil Geniuses November 19, 2019 - 12:00 CST 27m26s 45m06s Evil Geniuses 2 Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) TNC Predator 2 TNC Predator J.Storm November 20, 2019 - 16:00 CST 70m32s 46m12s J.Storm 0 Vici Gaming 2 Vici Gaming Evil Geniuses November 20, 2019 - 19:10 CST 41m28s 54m22s 51m07s Evil Geniuses 1 Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) TNC Predator 0 TNC Predator Vici Gaming November 23, 2019 - 15:00 CST 28m42s 63m48s Vici Gaming 2 Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) EHOME 1 EHOME Team Spirit November 18, 2019 - 17:30 CST 32m07s Team Spirit 0 Team Aster 1 Team Aster Gambit Esports November 18, 2019 - 19:00 CST 37m15s Gambit Esports 0 Fnatic 1 Fnatic Unknown Team November 18, 2019 - 20:30 CST 48m23s Unknown Team 0 beastcoast 1 beastcoast Team Adroit November 18, 2019 - 22:00 CST 48m13s Team Adroit 0 Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Team Liquid 2 Team Liquid EHOME November 19, 2019 - 14:30 CST 52m28s 39m55s EHOME 0 Alliance 2 Alliance Team Aster November 19, 2019 - 17:30 CST 38m53s 66m16s 29m14s Team Aster 1 Invictus Gaming 2 Invictus Gaming