A Dota 2 tournament in connection to Supermajor and Dota Pro Circuit Series was held in Yuanshen Gymnasium, Shanghai,China. It was organized by both PGL and Perfect World with sponsors AMD, Strafe Esports and HyperX. The tournament falls into Major Category which can affect the teams Pro Circuit Ranking.
Before the main event tournament, a variety of qualifier matches on North America, South America, Europe, CIS and Southeast Asia. The matches on the qualifiers are in round robin format wherein only top team in every qualifier has the chance to make it to the main event. Qualifying teams that able to succeed : PSG.LGD (China Qualifier), TNC Predator (Southeast Asia Qualifier), VGJ.Storm (North America Qualifier), Infamous (South America Qualifier), The Final Tribe (Europe Qualifier) and Team Spirit (CIS Qualifier).
The prize of the tournament is $1,500,000 USD in which later be divided into a group of winners depending of their ranking.
Some of top teams that have received a direct invite from the tournament : Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, Team Secret, Newbee, Vici Gaming, VGJ.Thunder, Evil Geniuses, Natus Vincere, Mineski, OpTic Gaming which giving them a high chance to win some amount from the prize pool. Those following teams are given a direct invite from this tournament due to their performances in both major and premier tournaments.
Group Stage
First, the participated teams will be divided into a group of 4 for their Group Stage.
Group A : Team Liquid, Newbee, Team Spirit and Natus Vincere
Group B : Virtus.pro, TNC Predator, Vici Gaming and Evil Geniuses
Group C : Team Secret, Mineski, VGJ.Storm and The Final Tribe
Group D : PSG.LGD, OpTic Gaming, VGJ.Thunder and Infamous
In Group Stage A, it was dominated by Team Liquid and Newbee, giving the two teams on the winners bracket while Team Spirit and Natus Vincere.
In Group Stage B, Virtus.pro and TNC Predator manage to get into the winners bracket while Vici Gaming and Evil Geniuses falls into the losers bracket.
For Group C, Team Secret and Mineski managed to get into the winners bracket while VGJ.Storm and The Final Tribe.
For Group D, PSG.LGD and OpTic Gaming grab the winners bracket while teams VGJ.Thunder and Infamous gone to the losing bracket.
Main Event
In the main event teams have been identified on both winners and losing bracket. In the upper bracket 4 teams did excel on their first matches : Team Liquid, Team Secret, Virtus.pro and OpTic Gaming. But only Team Liquid held winner controller the upper bracket from the start of the playoffs until the final round.
For the Finals Team Liquid manage to overpowered Virtus.pro with a 3-2 lead, finishing around 20-30 minutes of match.
It was an intense and great teamwork was displayed in the tournament.
Winner of the tournament Team Liquid manage to grab the 1st prize with the amount of $555,000, Virtus.pro in 2nd with $225,000, 3rd fall to PSG.LGD with $150,000, 4th place Team Secret with $120,000. The remaining amount in the prize pool are divided to the other participating teams.
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