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Start Date:3 January 2016
End Date:6 March 2016
Teams:16
Version:6.86e
Prize Pool:$3,000,000
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The Shanghai Major 2016 is the second seasonal Valve-sponsored tournament (or "Major") to take place, after the Frankfurt Major 2015. The event will be organized by Chinese gaming company Perfect World at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. It will feature 16 teams competing for a prize pool of US$3 million, the fourth biggest prizepool to ever be given by any event after the 2015 and 2014 editions of The International and the Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015. Unlike previous Valve-sponsored tournaments, the Shanghai Major 2016 did not increase its base prizepool via crowfunding, but has (like its predecessors) a dedicated compendium that includes numerous promotional items.

Access and Promotions[]

Coverage[]

Matches can be viewed live through DotaTV for free.

Schedule and Format[]

Date Event Notes
January 3 – 6 Open Qualifiers
  • Open to all teams.
  • Single elimination.
  • Two winners from each region advance to regional qualifiers.
January 7 – 10 Regional Qualifiers
  • 4 Regions: Americas, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia.
  • Each region consists of two round robin groups of five teams.
  • Top two teams from each group will advance to a double elimination bracket.
  • The winner and runner-up of each region will be invited to the main event.
February 25-28 Group Stage
  • 16 teams separated into four groups.
  • Double elimination.
  • Top 2 teams from each group advance to Main Event upper bracket.
  • Bottom 2 teams from each group advance to Main Event lower bracket.
March 2-6 Main Event
  • 16 teams.
  • 8 teams begin on the upper bracket, 8 on lower bracket.
  • Lower bracket round one matches are best of one, other matches are best of three.
  • Grand finals are best of five.


Teams[]

Invited Teams[]

OG
Team icon OG
Jordan Miracle- Amer Barqawi
Denmark BigDaddy Johan Sundstein
Canada MoonMeander David Tan
Denmark Cr1t- Andreas Franck Nielsen
Israel Fly Tal Aizik
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Evil Geniuses
Team icon Evil Geniuses
Canada Arteezy Artour Babaev
Pakistan SumaiL Syed Sumail Hassan
United States UNiVeRsE Saahil Arora
United States Fear Clinton Loomis
United States ppd Peter Dager
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Team Secret
Team logo Team Secret
Canada EternaLEnVy Jacky Mao
Romania w33 Aliwi Omar
Denmark MiSeRy Rasmus Filipsen
Estonia Puppey Clement Ivanov
Sweden pieliedie Johan Åström
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EHOME
Team icon EHOME
China Cty Chen Tianyu
China old chicken Wang Zhiyong
China eLeVeN Ren Yangwei
China LaNm Zhang Zhicheng
China KaKa Hu Liangzhi
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CDEC
Team icon CDEC
China Agressif Sun Zheng
China Shiki Huang Jiwei
China Xz Chen Zezhi
China Garder Lin Xinzhou
China Q Fu Bin
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Vici Gaming
Team icon Vici Gaming
China BurNIng Xu Zhilei
China Super Xie Junhao
Singapore iceiceice Daryl Koh Pei Xiang
China Fenrir Lu Chao
China fy Xu Linsen
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Virtus.pro
Team icon Virtus.pro
Russia Silent Airat Gaziev
Russia G Sergey Bragin
Ukraine DkPhobos Alexander Kucheria
Ukraine Lil Ilya Ilyuk
Belarus Fng Artem Barshak
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Alliance
Team icon Alliance
Sweden Loda Jonathan Berg
Sweden s4 Gustav Magnusson
Sweden AdmiralBul… Henrik Ahnberg
Sweden EGM Jerry Lundkvist
Sweden Akke Joakim Akterhall
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Qualified Teams[]

Americas
Team Archon
Team icon Team Archon
Canada Jeyo Jio Madayag
United States monkeys-fo… Jaron Clinton
United States Moo David Hull
United States whiteBeard Bryant Lehwald
United States FLUFFNSTUFF Brian Lee
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Americas
compLexity Gaming
Team icon compLexity Gaming
Sweden Chessie Rasmus Blomdin
Sweden Limmp Linus Blomdin
United States swindlemel… Kyle Freedman
United States Zfreek Zakari Freedman
Sweden Handsken Simon Haag
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Europe
Team Liquid
Team icon Team Liquid
Finland MATUMBAMAN Lasse Urpalainen
Germany FATA- Adrian Trinks
Bulgaria MinD_ContRoL Ivan Borislavov
Germany KuroKy Kuro Salehi Takhasomi
Finland JerAx Jesse Vainikka
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Europe
Team Spirit
Team icon Team Spirit
Russia RAMZES666 Roman Kushnarev
Ukraine Iceberg Bogdan Vasilenko
Russia AfterLife Vasily Shishkin
Ukraine ALWAYSWANN… Andrey Bondarenko
Ukraine Goblak Artur Kostenko
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China
LGD Gaming
Team icon LGD Gaming
China Sylar Liu Jiajun
China Maybe Lu Yao
China rOtK Bai Fan
China MMY Lei Zengrong
Macau ddc Liang Faming
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China
Newbee
Team icon Newbee
China Hao Chen Zhihao
China Mu Pan Zhang
China Xiao2lei Meng Lei
Malaysia ChuaN Wong Hock Chuan
China le Zhang Xuanhao
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Southeast Asia
Fnatic
Team icon Fnatic
Malaysia Midone Yeik Nai Zheng
Philippines Chrissy Djardel Jicko b. Mampusti
Malaysia Ohaiyo Chong Xin Khoo
Malaysia Mushi Chai Yee Fung
Malaysia Net Wai Pern Lim
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Southeast Asia
MVP Phoenix
Team icon MVP Phoenix
South Korea MP Pyo No-a
South Korea QO Kim Seon-yeob
South Korea Forev Lee Sang-don
South Korea Febby Kim Yong-min
South Korea DuBu Kim Doo-young
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Results[]

Open Qualifiers[]

Regional Qualifiers[]

Group Stage[]

  • 16 qualified teams are divided into 4 groups, double elimination.
  • Top two teams from each group advance to main event upper bracket.
  • Bottom two teams from each group advance to main event lower bracket.

Group A (Feb 25th)[]

  Round 1 Round 2 Grand Final
                       
Winner's bracket
  EHOME EHOME 0
  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix 2
  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix 2
  Team Secret Team Secret 0
  Team Secret Team Secret 2
  CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming 1
  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix U
  Team Secret Team Secret U
Loser's bracket
  Team Secret Team Secret 2
  EHOME EHOME 2
  EHOME EHOME (L) 0
  CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming (L) 1

Group B (Feb 26th)[]

  Round 1 Round 2 Grand Final
                       
Winner's bracket
  Alliance Alliance 2
  Team Spirit Team Spirit 0
  Alliance Alliance 2
  Fnatic Fnatic 0
  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming 1
  Fnatic Fnatic 2
  Alliance Alliance U
  Fnatic Fnatic U
Loser's bracket
  Fnatic Fnatic 2
  Team Spirit Team Spirit 2
  Team Spirit Team Spirit (L) 1
  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming (L) 0

Group C (Feb 27th)[]

  Round 1 Round 2 Grand Final
                       
Winner's bracket
  OG OG 2
  Team Archon Team Archon 0
  OG OG 2
  PSG PSG.LGD 1
  PSG PSG.LGD 2
  Newbee Newbee 1
  OG OG U
  PSG PSG.LGD U
Loser's bracket
  PSG PSG.LGD 2
  Team Archon Team Archon (L) 0
  Newbee Newbee (L) 0
  Newbee Newbee 2

Group D (Feb 28th)[]

  Round 1 Round 2 Grand Final
                       
Winner's bracket
  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 2
  compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming 1
  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 2
  Virtus Virtus.pro 0
  Virtus Virtus.pro 2
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 1
  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses U
  Team Liquid Team Liquid U
Loser's bracket
  Virtus Virtus.pro (L) 0
  compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming (L) 0
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 2
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 2

Main Event[]

  Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Grand Finals
                                                       
  Alliance Alliance 1
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 2
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 2
  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix 0
  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix 2
  PSG PSG.LGD 0
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 0
  Team Secret Team Secret 2
  OG OG 1
  Team Secret Team Secret 2
  Team Secret Team Secret 2
  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 1
  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 2
  Fnatic Fnatic 0
  Team Secret Team Secret 3
  Team Liquid Team Liquid 1
  Alliance Alliance 1
  EHOME EHOME 1
  EHOME EHOME 0   Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 2
  Team Archon Team Archon 0   Alliance Alliance 1
  compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming 0
  compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming 2
  PSG PSG.LGD 0
  Team Spirit Team Spirit 0   Team Liquid Team Liquid 2
  compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming 1   Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 2
  compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming 1   Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses 0
  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix 0
  OG OG 1
  Virtus Virtus.pro 1
  Virtus Virtus.pro 0   MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix 2
  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming 0   OG OG 1
  Fnatic Fnatic 0
  Fnatic Fnatic 2
  Fnatic Fnatic 1
  CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming 0
  Newbee Newbee 0
  Newbee Newbee 1

Prize Allocation[]

Final Prize Pool: $3,000,000 USD
Place Team Winnings Percent
A11st  Team Secret Team Secret
Europe
$1,110,000 37%
A22nd  Team Liquid Team Liquid
Europe
$405,000 13.5%
A33rd  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses
United States
$315,000 10.5%
A44th  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix
South Korea
$255,000 8.5%
A55th  Fnatic Fnatic
Malaysia
$202,500 6.75%
A66th  compLexity Gaming compLexity Gaming
United States
$202,500 6.75%
A77th  OG OG
Europe
$105,000 3.5%
A88th  Alliance Alliance
Sweden
$105,000 3.5%
A99th  Newbee Newbee
China
$45,000 1.5%
B010th  Virtus Virtus.pro
Russia
$45,000 1.5%
B111th  PSG PSG.LGD
China
$45,000 1.5%
B212th  EHOME EHOME
China
$45,000 1.5%
B313th  Team Archon Team Archon
United States
$30,000 1%
B414th  Team Spirit Team Spirit
Russia
$30,000 1%
B515th  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming
China
$30,000 1%
B616th  CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming
China
$30,000 1%

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