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
Teams:
16
Format:
Group Stage
Double-elimination bracket
Double-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$3,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2016-02-25
End Date:
2016-03-06
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology
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.
Overview[edit]
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]
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool of the tournament is $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% |  Team Secret
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 2nd
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$405,000 | 13.5% |  Team Liquid
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 3rd
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$315,000 | 10.5% |  Evil Geniuses
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 4th
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$255,000 | 8.5% |  MVP Phoenix
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| 5th-6th | $202,500 | 6.75% |  compLexity Gaming
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 Fnatic
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| 7th-8th | $105,000 | 3.5% |  Alliance
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 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
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 Team Spirit
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 Vici Gaming
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 CDEC Gaming
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Participants[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
Qualified Teams[edit]
| 1 |  MATUMBAMAN |
|---|---|
| 2 |  FATA- |
| 3 |  MinD_ContRoL |
| 4 | JerAx |
| 5 | KuroKy |
| C |  BuLba |
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| Europe Qualifier | |
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
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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
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | CDEC Gaming
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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 |
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| Group B
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2016 - 9:00 CST | ||||||
| 1. | Alliance
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Fnatic
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2-1 | 4-4 | |||
| 3. | Team Spirit
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | Vici Gaming
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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 |
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| Group C
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| February 27, 2016 - 9:00 CST | ||||||
| 1. | OG
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | LGD Gaming
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2-1 | 5-3 | |||
| 3. | Newbee
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | Team Archon
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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
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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 |
Main Event[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1 (Bo3)
Upper Bracket Round 2 (Bo3)
Team Secret
2
Evil Geniuses
1
Upper Bracket Finals (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Round 1 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket Round 2 (Bo1)
Lower Bracket Round 3 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Round 4 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Round 5 (Bo3)
Lower Bracket Finals (Bo3)
Grand Finals (Bo5)
Team Secret
3
Team Liquid
1
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country/Region | #P | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China
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22 | Agressif, BurNIng, Cty, eLeVeN, Fenrir, Fy, garder, Hao, Kaka, LaNm, le, Maybe, MMY!, Mu, old chicken, Q, rOtK, Shiki, Super, Sylar, Xiao2le, Xz |
| 2 |  Sweden
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9 | AdmiralBulldog, Akke, Chessie, EGM, Handsken, Limmp, Loda, pieliedie, s4 |
| 2 | United States of America
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9 | Fear, FLUFFNSTUFF, monkeys-forever, Moo, ppd, swindlemelonzz, UNiVeRsE, whiteBeard, ZfreeK |
| 4 |  Malaysia
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5 | ChuaN, MidOne, Mushi, Net, Ohaiyo |
| 4 |  South Korea
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5 | DuBu, Febby, Forev, MP, QO |
| 4 |  Ukraine
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5 | ALWAYSWANNAFLY, DkPhobos, Goblak, Iceberg, Lil |
| 7 |  Canada
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4 | Arteezy, EternaLEnVy, Jeyo, MoonMeander |
| 7 |  Russia
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4 | AfterLife, G, RAMZES666, Silent |
| 9 |  Denmark
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3 | Cr1t-, N0tail, MiSeRy |
| 10 | Finland
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2 | JerAx, MATUMBAMAN |
| 10 | Germany
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2 | FATA-, KuroKy |
| 12 | Bulgaria
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1 | MinD_ContRoL |
| 12 |  Estonia
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1 | Puppey |
| 12 |  Israel
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1 | Fly |
| 12 |  Jordan
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1 | Miracle- |
| 12 |  Macau
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1 | DDC |
| 12 |  Pakistan
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1 | SumaiL |
| 12 |  Philippines
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1 | DJ |
| 12 |  Romania
|
1 | w33 |
| 12 |  Singapore
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1 | iceiceice |
