Manila Major 2016

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The Manila Major was a tournament in the e-sports -Disziplin Dota 2 . The tournament was held in the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila . The main event lasted from June 7th, 2016 to June 12th, 2016. In the end, OG won 3-1 against Team Liquid. They won 1.1 million dollars . The total prize money was three million US dollars.

procedure

Unlike other Dota tournaments, the organizer, Valve Corporation , invited twelve teams and only four had to qualify through regional qualifying rounds. Before, it was common for eight teams to qualify and eight to be invited by the organizer.

Invited teams Qualified teams
European UnionEuropean Union Team Secret United NationsU.N. Digital Chaos (America)
European UnionEuropean Union Team Liquid
United States 48United States Evil Geniuses
Korea SouthSouth Korea MVP Phoenix China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Newbee (China)
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wings Gaming
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China ViCi Gaming Reborn
MalaysiaMalaysia fnatic RussiaRussia Team Empire (Europe)
United NationsU.N. 1st floor
United States 48United States compLexity Gaming
SwedenSweden Alliance PhilippinesPhilippines Mineski (Southeast Asia)
UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China LGD Gaming

After the teams have been determined, four groups of four teams are formed.

Two teams compete against each other. The two winners of the duels compete against each other. The winner of this game is safe in the so-called upper bracket. The losing match occurs against one of the two teams that had already lost the first game, but they play against each other beforehand to determine who will play against the loser in the second round. The second team that lands in the upper bracket is determined, the other teams land in the lower bracket.

Placements at the end of the group stage
Group A Group B Group C Group D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Newbee UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere European UnionEuropean Union Team Liquid China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China LGD Gaming
United NationsU.N. 1st floor United NationsU.N. Digital chaos MalaysiaMalaysia fnatic Korea SouthSouth Korea MVP Phoenix
RussiaRussia Team Empire China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wings Gaming SwedenSweden Alliance United States 48United States Evil Geniuses
United States 48United States compLexity European UnionEuropean Union Team Secret China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China ViCi Gaming Reborn PhilippinesPhilippines Mineski

The advantage of the upper bracket is that defeat is allowed there. The team that lost falls into the lower bracket, but if it loses one more game there, it is eliminated from the tournament. In the lower bracket, one more round is played first, this is played in the best-of-one , so that there are eight teams at the end of the group phase and thus also at the beginning of the main event.

These now compete against each other in best-of-three games. Four each in the upper bracket and four in the lower bracket. OG prevailed against Natus Vincere, MVP Phoenix and Newbee in the upper bracket. After Team Liquid suffered a 2-0 defeat against MVP Phoenix, the team ended up in the lower bracket. However, there it prevailed against CompLexity, Na`Vi, Fnatic, LGD Gaming and Newbee. In the final, the team had to admit defeat against OG.

Observers found the early retirement of the top teams Team Secret and Evil Geniuses particularly disappointing. Team Secret entered the race as the winner of the previous major as "defending champion" and Evil Geniuses, the winners of the 2015 international and thus unofficial world champions, failed in the first knockout round of the tournament. Since there had previously been massive changes in the line-up of the teams, some of which were heatedly discussed, especially at Team Secret, as there were no compelling reasons to change the team, it is assumed that the teams did not manage to align themselves to bring in.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manila Major Champions: These are the winners | inDota2.de. (No longer available online.) In: ingame.de. June 12, 2016, archived from the original on June 18, 2016 ; Retrieved June 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dota2.ingame.de
  2. ↑ The Manila Major 2016 - Dota 2 Prize Pool Tracker. In: prizetrac.kr. dota2.prizetrac.kr, accessed June 18, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Dota 2: Manila Major with $ 3 million in prize money. In: sport1.de. Sport1.de, June 2, 2016, accessed on June 18, 2016 .
  4. ^ Robin Schulz: Dota 2: Twelve direct invitations to the Manila Major. In: kicker.de. kicker online, April 27, 2016, accessed on June 18, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Malte Schnoor: Dota 2: OG wins the Manila Major. In: kicker.de. kicker online, June 13, 2016, accessed on June 18, 2016 .
  6. ↑ DotA 2: OG win the Manila Major. In: onlinewelten.com. June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016 .
  7. ↑ EG and Team Secret are flying out of Manila Major. In: onlinewelten.com. June 8, 2016, accessed June 18, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Malte Schnoor: Dota 2: The Downfall of Team Secret. In: kicker.de. kicker online, June 9, 2016, accessed on June 18, 2016 .