The Shanghai Major 2016

[e][h]The Shanghai Major 2016

League Information

Series:

Dota Major Championships

Organizer:

Perfect World

Sponsor(s):

Valve

Type:

Offline

Location:

Shanghai

Venue:

Mercedes-Benz Arena

Format:

Group Stage
GSL Format
Playoffs
Double-elimination

Prize Pool:

$3,000,000 USD

Start Date:

2016-02-25

End Date:

2016-03-06

Version:

6.86f

Teams:

16

Dota TV Ticket:

Free in Dota 2 Client

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Pro Circuit Tier:

Major

Links

Chronology

Frankfurt Major 2015

Manila Major 2016

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.

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.
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.
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.
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.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

English
Russian
Chinese
Show All

Hosts:
- 2GD (James Harding)
- Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
- KotLGuy (Dakota Cox)

Stats/Observers:
- skrff (Rikard Holm Melin)
- Weppas (Johan Westberg)
- scant (Anthony Hodgson)
- Kpoptosis (Bryan Herren)

Commentator/Analysts:
- GoDz (David Parker)
- Draskyl (Andy Lee Stiles)
- WinteR (Chan Litt Binn)
- TobiWan (Toby Dawson)
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- Blitz (William Lee)
- Merlini (Ben Wu)
- LD (David Gorman)
- 7ckngMad (Sébastien Félix Albert Debs)
- syndereN (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen)
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)

Host:
- Faker (Ivan Demkin)

Analysts:
- NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
- JotM (Egor Surkov)
- Smile (Sergey Revin)
- PGG (Vladimir Anosov)

Casters:
- Adekvat (Rustam Mavliutov)
- CaspeRRR (Roman Lepokhin)
- Lex (Alexey Filippov)
- GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)
- v1lat (Vitalii Volochai)
- LighTofHeaveN (Dmitry Kupriyanov)
- Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- VeRsuta (Aren Zurabyan)

Content Creators:
- derrick_deny (Alexander Hitrov)
- LINK (Igor Tokach)

Translator:
- n0point (Ievgen Dubravin)

Casters:
- 78 (Du Junnan)
- ams (Chen Juan)
- Cold (Leng Leng)
- CuoJue (Guoqing Zhang)
- Danche (Yu Zhang)
- DC (Can Dong)
- FreeAgain (Hao Peng)
- Miao (Yajing Hu)
- LavenderAA (Li Qiming)
- Sansheng (Wang Zhaohui)
- xiao8 (Zhang Ning)
- Yao (Yao Zhengzheng)
- XiaoFeiJi (Jing Fang)
- 2009 (Sheng Wu)

Prize Pool[edit]

$3,000,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Player Info

Invited Teams[edit]

OG

1	Miracle-
2	N0tail
3	Moon
4	Cr1t-
5	Fly
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Invited

Evil Geniuses

1	Arteezy
2	Sumail
3	Universe
4	Fear
5	PPD
Preview


Invited

Team Secret

1	EternaLEnVy
2	w33
3	MISERY
4	Puppey
5	pieliedie
C	1437
Preview


Invited

EHOME

1	CTY
2	old chicken
3	old eLeVeN
4	LaNm
5	kaka
C	71
Preview


Invited

CDEC Gaming

1	Agressif
2	ShiKi
3	Xz
4	Q
5	Garder
Preview


Invited

Vici Gaming

1	BurNIng
2	Super
3	iceiceice
4	fy
5	Fenrir
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Invited

Virtus.pro

1	Silent
2	G
3	DkPhobos
4	Lil
5	Fng
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Invited

Alliance

1	Loda
2	s4
3	AdmiralBulldog
4	EGM
5	Akke
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Invited

Qualified Teams[edit]

Team Liquid

1	Matumbaman
2	FATA-
3	MinD_ContRoL
4	JerAx
5	KuroKy
C	BuLba


Europe

Team Spirit

1	RAMZES666
2	Iceberg
3	AfterLife
4	Goblak
5	ALWAYSWANNAFLY


Europe

Team Archon

1	Jeyo
2	monkeys-forever
3	Moo
4	whiteBeard
5	FLUFF


Americas

compLexity Gaming

1	Chessie
2	Limmp
3	swindlezz
4	Zfreek
5	Handsken


Americas

LGD Gaming

1	Sylar
2	Maybe
3	rOtK
4	MMY!
5	ddc


China

Newbee

1	hao
2	Mu
3	2Lei
4	ChuaN
5	le


China

Fnatic

1	MuShi
2	MidOne
3	Ohaiyo`
4	DJ
5	Net
C	Kenchi
C	XtiNcT


Southeast Asia

MVP Phoenix

1	MP
2	QO
3	FoReV
4	Febby
5	DuBu


Southeast Asia

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
February 25, 2016 - 9:00 CST
1.	MVP Phoenix	2-0	4-0
2.	Team Secret	2-1	4-3
3.	EHOME	1-2	2-5
4.	CDEC Gaming	0-2	2-4

Group A Matches
Opening Matches
EHOME	0 EHOME MVP.P 25 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 25m56s 30m14s	2	MVP.P
Secret	2 Secret CDEC 25 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 34m15s 24m27s 32m51s	1	CDEC
Losers' Match
EHOME	2 EHOME CDEC 25 February 2016 - 12:30 CST 46m07s 44m20s 47m15s	1	CDEC
Winners' Match
MVP.P	2 MVP.P Secret 25 February 2016 - 16:00 CST 18m34s 24m02s	0	Secret
Decider Match
EHOME	0 EHOME Secret 25 February 2016 - 19:30 CST 40m40s 34m32s	2	Secret

Group B[edit]

Group B
February 26, 2016 - 9:00 CST
1.	Alliance	2-0	4-0
2.	Fnatic	2-1	4-4
3.	Team Spirit	1-2	3-4
4.	Vici Gaming	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
Opening Matches
[A]	2 [A] TSpirit 26 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 36m34s 44m28s	0	TSpirit
VG	1 VG Fnatic 26 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 50m48s 34m55s 21m52s	2	Fnatic
Losers' Match
TSpirit	2 TSpirit VG 26 February 2016 - 14:15 CST 32m45s 28m43s	0	VG
Winners' Match
[A]	2 [A] Fnatic 26 February 2016 - 17:15 CST 60m34s 50m24s	0	Fnatic
Decider Match
TSpirit	1 TSpirit Fnatic 26 February 2016 - 20:45 CST 54m53s 31m14s 41m55s	2	Fnatic

Group C[edit]

Group C
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
Opening Matches
OG	2 OG Archon 27 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 24m31s 41m31s	0	Archon
LGD	2 LGD Newbee 27 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 43m20s 21m02s 52m09s	1	Newbee
Losers' Match
Archon	0 Archon Newbee 27 February 2016 - 12:30 CST 46m36s 39m59s	2	Newbee
Winners' Match
OG	2 OG LGD 27 February 2016 - 16:00 CST 31m43s 75m47s 39m22s	1	LGD
Decider Match
Newbee	0 Newbee LGD 27 February 2016 - 19:30 CST 58m37s 28m26s	2	LGD

Group D[edit]

Group D
February 28, 2016 - 9:00 CST
1.	Evil Geniuses	2-0	4-1
2.	Team Liquid	2-1	5-2
3.	Virtus.pro	1-2	2-5
4.	compLexity Gaming	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches
Opening Matches
EG	2 EG coL 28 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 41m56s 22m24s 34m04s	1	coL
VP	2 VP Liquid 28 February 2016 - 9:00 CST 24m19s 37m45s 35m12s	1	Liquid
Losers' Match
coL	0 coL Liquid 28 February 2016 - 12:30 CST 40m26s 27m54s	2	Liquid
Winners' Match
EG	2 EG VP 28 February 2016 - 16:00 CST 51m39s 45m51s	0	VP
Decider Match
VP	0 VP Liquid 28 February 2016 - 19:00 CST 28m29s 38m19s	2	Liquid

Playoffs[edit]

Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3)

Alliance

1

Team Liquid

2

MVP Phoenix

2

LGD Gaming

0

OG

1

Team Secret

2

Evil Geniuses

2

Fnatic

0

Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3)

Team Liquid

2

MVP Phoenix

0

Team Secret

2

Evil Geniuses

1

Upper Bracket Final (Bo3)

Team Liquid

0

Team Secret

2

Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1)

EHOME

1

Team Archon

0

Team Spirit

0

compLexity

1

Virtus.pro

1

Vici Gaming

0

CDEC

0

Newbee

1

Lower Bracket R2 (Bo1)

Alliance

1

EHOME

0

LGD Gaming

0

compLexity

1

OG

1

Virtus.pro

0

Fnatic

1

Newbee

0

Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3)

Alliance

1

compLexity

2

OG

1

Fnatic

2

Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3)

Evil Geniuses

2

compLexity

0

MVP Phoenix

2

Fnatic

0

Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3)

Evil Geniuses

2

MVP Phoenix

0

Lower Bracket Final (Bo3)

Team Liquid

2

Evil Geniuses

0

Grand Final (Bo5)

Team Secret

3

Team Liquid

1

Additional Data[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Picks

Radiant Side

Dire Side

Hero

∑

W

L

WR

%T

∑

W

L

WR

∑

W

L

WR

Details

1

Invoker

37

21

16

56.76%

40.66%

27

14

13

51.85%

10

7

3

70.00%

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Played By Teams
	Team	∑	W	L	WR
1	Liquid	9	5	4	55.56%
2	Secret	8	6	2	75.00%
3	Fnatic	5	2	3	40.00%
4	MVP.P	4	3	1	75.00%
5	VG	3	1	2	33.33%

Played With
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Vengeful Spirit	10	5	5	50.00%
2	Nature's Prophet	8	6	2	75.00%
3	Tusk	8	4	4	50.00%
4	Faceless Void	8	3	5	37.50%
5	Beastmaster	6	4	2	66.67%

Played Against
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Nature's Prophet	8	3	5	37.50%
2	Lion	7	3	4	42.86%
3	Dark Seer	6	4	2	66.67%
4	Outworld Destroyer	6	4	2	66.67%
5	Enchantress	6	2	4	33.33%

2

Nature's Prophet

36

18

50.00%

39.56%

19

10

9

52.63%

17

8

9

47.06%

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Played By Teams
	Team	∑	W	L	WR
1	Liquid	9	6	3	66.67%
2	Secret	5	3	2	60.00%
3	MVP.P	4	4	0	100.00%
4	EG	3	2	1	66.67%
5	[A]	3	1	2	33.33%

Played With
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Lion	9	6	3	66.67%
2	Invoker	8	6	2	75.00%
3	Tusk	7	3	4	42.86%
4	Vengeful Spirit	6	3	3	50.00%
5	Witch Doctor	6	1	5	16.67%

Played Against
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Sven	9	3	6	33.33%
2	Invoker	8	5	3	62.50%
3	Io	8	4	4	50.00%
4	Vengeful Spirit	7	6	1	85.71%
5	Dark Seer	7	3	4	42.86%

3

Vengeful Spirit

36

16

20

44.44%

39.56%

15

7

8

46.67%

21

9

12

42.86%

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Played By Teams
	Team	∑	W	L	WR
1	MVP.P	8	5	3	62.50%
2	EG	5	3	2	60.00%
3	Fnatic	5	2	3	40.00%
4	OG	4	3	1	75.00%
5	VP	4	0	4	0.00%

Played With
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Invoker	10	5	5	50.00%
2	Enigma	7	5	2	71.43%
3	Outworld Destroyer	7	4	3	57.14%
4	Batrider	7	3	4	42.86%
5	Enchantress	7	3	4	42.86%

Played Against
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Faceless Void	10	5	5	50.00%
2	Phoenix	10	4	6	40.00%
3	Earth Spirit	8	4	4	50.00%
4	Lion	7	1	6	14.29%
5	Nature's Prophet	7	1	6	14.29%

4

Enchantress

33

18

15

54.55%

36.26%

17

8

9

47.06%

16

10

6

62.50%

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Played By Teams
	Team	∑	W	L	WR
1	LGD	5	4	1	80.00%
2	MVP.P	5	3	2	60.00%
3	[A]	4	3	1	75.00%
4	CDEC	4	1	3	25.00%
5	Liquid	3	2	1	66.67%

Played With
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Beastmaster	11	6	5	54.55%
2	Sven	7	4	3	57.14%
3	Vengeful Spirit	7	3	4	42.86%
4	Spectre	6	4	2	66.67%
5	Lion	6	3	3	50.00%

Played Against
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Phoenix	9	5	4	55.56%
2	Crystal Maiden	7	3	4	42.86%
3	Witch Doctor	6	5	1	83.33%
4	Invoker	6	4	2	66.67%
5	Vengeful Spirit	6	2	4	33.33%

5

Lion

31

20

11

64.52%

34.07%

17

11

6

64.71%

14

9

5

64.29%

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Played By Teams
	Team	∑	W	L	WR
1	Secret	11	9	2	81.82%
2	OG	5	3	2	60.00%
3	EG	3	2	1	66.67%
4	Liquid	3	2	1	66.67%
5	MVP.P	2	1	1	50.00%

Played With
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Nature's Prophet	9	6	3	66.67%
2	Beastmaster	7	5	2	71.43%
3	Enchantress	6	3	3	50.00%
4	Ember Spirit	6	2	4	33.33%
5	Lone Druid	5	5	0	100.00%

Played Against
	Hero	∑	W	L	WR
1	Vengeful Spirit	7	6	1	85.71%
2	Sven	7	5	2	71.43%
3	Invoker	7	4	3	57.14%
4	Nature's Prophet	6	5	1	83.33%
5	Disruptor	6	3	3	50.00%

91 games played

41W - 50L (45.05%)

50W - 41L (54.95%)

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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

References[edit]

General

Specific

The Shanghai Major 2016

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Invited Teams[edit]

Qualified Teams[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Additional Data[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

References[edit]