Boston Major 2016

The Boston Major is the first Major of the 2016-2017 season. The main event takes place at the Wang Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Notably, The Boston Major is the first publisher sponsored event to not feature a double-elimination bracket. Instead, the 16 participating teams will be seeded into a single elimination bracket based on their performance in the group stage.

Coverage
The Boston Major 2016 can be viewed live for free on DotaTV in-game.


 * English Stream
 * Russian Stream
 * Stream needed
 * Stream needed
 * NoMadTV
 * Stream needed

Qualified Teams

 * 1 Execration was replaced by LGD Gaming due to visa issues.
 * 2 Monet and lpc failed to get a Visa in time.  END and DDC from Vici Gaming replaced them as the stand-ins for LGD.Forever Young in this tournament with the permission from Valve.
 * 3 super and @dogf1ghts failed to get a Visa in time.  BurNIng and Q from Invictus Gaming, the former already been registered as a sub, replaced them as the stand-ins for iG Vitality in this tournament. Valve granted permission for Q to sub in.

Regional Qualifiers

 * -|Americas Qualifier=


 * -|China Qualifier=


 * -|Europe Qualifier=


 * -|Southeast Asia Qualifier=