The Shanghai Major 2016
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The Shanghai Major 2016
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Version:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Shanghai Venue:
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Dates:
Feb 25 - Mar 6, 2016
Teams:
16
Format:
Group Stage
GSL Format
Playoffs
Double-elimination
GSL Format
Playoffs
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$3,000,000 USD
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
Pro Circuit Tier:
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
The Shanghai Major (or "Winter Major") is the second 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 takes place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
Contents
Format[edit]
- Open Qualifiers - January 3rd - January 6th, 2016
- 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 - January 7th - January 10th, 2016
- 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 Shanghai.
- Four Regional Qualifiers.
- Group Stage - February 25th - February 28th, 2016
- Four groups of four teams
- 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
- Main Event - March 2nd - March 6th, 2016
- 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 two lower bracket games are 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:
Faker (Ivan Demkin)
- Content Creators:
- derrick_deny (Alexander Hitrov)
- LINK (Igor Tokach)
- Translator:
n0point (Ievgen Dubravin)
Prize Pool[edit]
$3,000,000 USD was spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$1,110,000 | 37% |  Team Secret
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 2nd
|
$405,000 | 13.5% |  Team Liquid
|
 3rd
|
$315,000 | 10.5% |  Evil Geniuses
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 4th
|
$255,000 | 8.5% |  MVP Phoenix
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| 5th-6th | $202,500 | 6.75% |  compLexity Gaming
|
 Fnatic
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| 7th-8th | $105,000 | 3.5% |  Alliance
|
 OG
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| 9th-12th | $45,000 | 1.5% |  EHOME
|
 LGD Gaming
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 Virtus.pro
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 Newbee
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| 13th-16th | $30,000 | 1% |  Team Archon
|
 Team Spirit
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 Vici Gaming
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 CDEC Gaming
|
Participants[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
| 1 | CTY |
|---|---|
| 2 | old chicken |
| 3 | old eLeVeN |
| 4 | LaNm |
| 5 | kaka |
| C | 71 |
| Preview | |
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| Direct Invite | |
Qualified Teams[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
Group A  
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2016 - 9:00 CST | ||||||
| 1. | MVP Phoenix
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Team Secret
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | EHOME
|
1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | CDEC Gaming
|
0-2 | 2-4 | |||
| Group A Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EHOME | 0 | 2 | MVP.P |
| Secret | 2 | 1 | CDEC |
| EHOME | 2 | 1 | CDEC |
| MVP.P | 2 | 0 | Secret |
| EHOME | 0 | 2 | Secret |
[edit]
| Group B
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2016 - 9:00 CST | ||||||
| 1. | Alliance
|
2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Fnatic
|
2-1 | 4-4 | |||
| 3. | Team Spirit
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | Vici Gaming
|
0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group B Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| [A] | 2 | 0 | TSpirit |
| VG | 1 | 2 | Fnatic |
| TSpirit | 2 | 0 | VG |
| [A] | 2 | 0 | Fnatic |
| TSpirit | 1 | 2 | Fnatic |
[edit]
| Group C
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 27, 2016 - 9:00 CST | ||||||
| 1. | OG
|
2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | LGD Gaming
|
2-1 | 5-3 | |||
| 3. | Newbee
|
1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | Team Archon
|
0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| Group C Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| OG | 2 | 0 | Archon |
| LGD | 2 | 1 | Newbee |
| Archon | 0 | 2 | Newbee |
| OG | 2 | 1 | LGD |
| Newbee | 0 | 2 | LGD |
[edit]
| Group D
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 28, 2016 - 9:00 CST | ||||||
| 1. | Evil Geniuses
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | Team Liquid
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | Virtus.pro
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | compLexity Gaming
|
0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group D Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EG | 2 | 1 | coL |
| VP | 2 | 1 | Liquid |
| coL | 0 | 2 | Liquid |
| EG | 2 | 0 | VP |
| VP | 0 | 2 | Liquid |
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R2 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)
Grand Final (Bo5)
Team Secret3
Team Liquid1
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 22 / 80 (28%) | 2Lei, Agressif, BurNIng, CTY, Fenrir, fy, Garder, hao, kaka, LaNm, le, Maybe, MMY!, Mu, old chicken, old eLeVeN, Q, rOtK, ShiKi, Super, Sylar, Xz |
| 2 |  Sweden | 9 / 80 (11%) | AdmiralBulldog, Akke, Chessie, EGM, Handsken, Limmp, Loda, pieliedie, s4 |
| 2 |  United States | 9 / 80 (11%) | Fear, FLUFF, monkeys-forever, Moo, PPD, swindlezz, Universe, whiteBeard, Zfreek |
| 4 |  Malaysia | 5 / 80 (6%) | ChuaN, MidOne, MuShi, Net, Ohaiyo` |
| 4 |  South Korea | 5 / 80 (6%) | DuBu, Febby, FoReV, MP, QO |
| 4 | Ukraine | 5 / 80 (6%) | ALWAYSWANNAFLY, DkPhobos, Goblak, Iceberg, Lil |
| 7 |  Canada | 4 / 80 (5%) | Arteezy, EternaLEnVy, Jeyo, Moon |
| 7 | Russia | 4 / 80 (5%) | AfterLife, G, RAMZES666, Silent |
| 9 |  Denmark | 3 / 80 (4%) | Cr1t-, MISERY, N0tail |
| 10 |  Finland | 2 / 80 (3%) | JerAx, Matumbaman |
| 10 |  Germany | 2 / 80 (3%) | FATA-, KuroKy |
| 12 |  Belarus | 1 / 80 (1%) | Fng |
| 12 |  Bulgaria | 1 / 80 (1%) | MinD_ContRoL |
| 12 |  Estonia | 1 / 80 (1%) | Puppey |
| 12 |  Israel | 1 / 80 (1%) | Fly |
| 12 |  Jordan | 1 / 80 (1%) | Miracle- |
| 12 |  Macau | 1 / 80 (1%) | ddc |
| 12 |  Pakistan | 1 / 80 (1%) | Sumail |
| 12 |  Philippines | 1 / 80 (1%) | DJ |
| 12 |  Romania | 1 / 80 (1%) | w33 |
| 12 |  Singapore | 1 / 80 (1%) | iceiceice |