Boston Major 2016

Boston Major 2016
	Boston
Start Date:	3 December 2016
End Date:	10 December 2016
Teams:	16
Venue:	Wang Theater
Version:	6.88f
Prize Pool:	$3,000,000 USD
Website:	Link
	Access
	Fall 2016 Battle Pass

Overview

Open Qualifiers

Main Qualifiers

Group Stage

Main Event

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.

Access and Promotions[]

Fall 2016 Battle Pass

Fall 2016 Treasure I

Fall 2016 Treasure II

Fall 2016 Treasure III

Fall 2016 Treasure IV

Coverage[]

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

English Stream
Russian Stream
Chinese Stream
Stream needed
NoMadTV
Stream needed

Schedule and Format[]

Date	Event	Notes
October 23 - 26	Open Qualifiers	Open to all teams. Single elimination. Two winners from each region advance to regional qualifiers.
October 27 – 30	Main 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.
December 3 – 4	Group Stage	16 teams separated into four groups. Double elimination. Teams are seeded into the single-elimination bracket for the main event.
December 7 – 10	Main Event	16 teams. Single elimination bracket. All matches are best of three until grand finals. Grand finals are best of five.

Teams[]

Invited Teams[]

Wings Gaming

1

shadow

2

bLink

3

Faith_bian

4

y

5

iceice

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Digital Chaos

1

Resolut1on

2

w33

3

Moon

4

Saksa

5

MiSeRy

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Evil Geniuses

1

Arteezy

2

SumaiL

3

Universe

4

Zai

5

Cr1t-

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Newbee

1

uuu9

2

Sccc

3

kpii

4

Faith

5

kaka

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EHOME

1

Sylar

2

old chicken

3

old eLeVeN

4

old LaNm

5

Garder

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LGD Gaming ¹

1

Ame

2

Maybe

3

Jixing

4

Xz

5

Victoria

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OG

1

n0tail

2

Ana

3

s4

4

JerAx

5

Fly

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MVP Phoenix

1

Febby

2

QO

3

Velo

4

Reisen

5

DuBu

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Qualified Teams[]

Team Faceless

1

Black^

2

Jabz

3

iceiceice

4

xy-

5

NutZ

SEA Qualifier

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Ad Finem

1

Madara

2

ThuG.

3

Skylark

4

Maybe Next…

5

SsaSpartan

Europe Qualifier

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Team NP

1

Aui_2000

2

EternaLEnVy

3

MSS

4

SVG

5

1437

Americas Qualifier

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LGD.Forever Young ²

1

END

2

Super

3

Yao

4

xiao8

5

DDC

China Qualifier

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WarriorsGaming.Unity

1

ah jit

2

Nana

3

KanGaroo

4

ah fu

5

xNova

SEA Qualifier

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Virtus.pro

1

RAMZES666

2

No[o]ne

3

9pasha

4

Lil

5

Solo.

Europe Qualifier

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compLexity Gaming

1

jk

2

canceL^^

3

Moo

4

Zfreek

5

swindlezz

Americas Qualifier

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iG Vitality ³

1

Paparazi灬

2

Sakata

3

InJuly

4

BurNIng

5

Q

China Qualifier

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¹

Execration was replaced by

PSG.LGD due to visa issues. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

Regional Qualifiers[]

Main Article: Boston Major 2016/Main Qualifiers

Group Stage[]

Group A
Pos	Team	W	L
1.	Digital Chaos	2	0
2.	Wings Gaming	2	1
3.	WarriorsGaming.Unity	1	2
4.	LGD.Forever Young	0	2

Group B
Pos	Team	W	L
1.	Virtus.pro	2	0
2.	Newbee	2	1
3.	Team NP	1	2
4.	MVP Phoenix	0	2

Group C
Pos	Team	W	L
1.	PSG.LGD	2	0
2.	compLexity Gaming	2	1
3.	Evil Geniuses	1	2
4.	Team Faceless	0	2

Group D
Pos	Team	W	L
1.	OG	2	0
2.	EHOME	2	1
3.	Ad Finem	1	2
4.	iG Vitality	0	2

Group A[]

Round 1

Round 2

Grand Final

Winner's bracket

1

2

0

2

2

0

1st

2nd

Loser's bracket

0

2

2

0

Group B[]

Round 1

Round 2

Grand Final

Winner's bracket

Newbee

2

MVP Phoenix

0

Newbee

0

Virtus.pro

2

Virtus.pro

2

Team NP

0

Virtus.pro

1st

Newbee

2nd

Loser's bracket

Newbee

2

MVP Phoenix

1

Team NP

0

Team NP

2

Group C[]

Round 1

Round 2

Grand Final

Winner's bracket

Evil Geniuses

1

compLexity Gaming

2

compLexity Gaming

0

PSG.LGD

2

Team Faceless

0

PSG.LGD

2

PSG.LGD

1st

compLexity Gaming

2nd

Loser's bracket

2

2

1

0

Group D[]

Round 1

Round 2

Grand Final

Winner's bracket

OG

2

iG Vitality

1

OG

2

Ad Finem

1

EHOME

1

Ad Finem

2

OG

1st

EHOME

2nd

Loser's bracket

Ad Finem

1

iG Vitality

1

EHOME

2

EHOME

2

Finals[]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals			Finals

Virtus.pro	2

iG Vitality	0
		Virtus.pro	0

		Evil Geniuses	2
Wings Gaming	0

Evil Geniuses	2
				Evil Geniuses	0

				OG	2
compLexity Gaming	0

WarriorsGaming.Unity	2
		WarriorsGaming.Unity	1

		OG	2
OG	2

MVP Phoenix	0
							OG	3

						Ad Finem	1
Digital Chaos	2

Team Faceless	0
		Digital Chaos	2

		Team NP	0
EHOME	1

Team NP	2
				Digital Chaos	0

				Ad Finem	2
Newbee	1

Ad Finem	2
		Ad Finem	2

		LGD.Forever Young	1
PSG.LGD	0

LGD.Forever Young	2

Prize Allocation[]

Place	Team	Winnings	Percent
Final Prize Pool: $3,000,000 USD
A11st	OG	$1,000,000	33.33%
A22nd	Ad Finem	$500,000	16.67%
A33rd - 4th	Digital Chaos	$250,000	8.33%
A33rd - 4th	Evil Geniuses	$250,000	8.33%
A55th	Team NP	$125,000	4.17%
A66th	LGD.Forever Young	$125,000	4.17%
A77th	WarriorsGaming.Unity	$125,000	4.17%
A88th	Virtus.pro	$125,000	4.17%
A99th	PSG.LGD	$62,500	2.08%
B010th	Newbee	$62,500	2.08%
B111th	EHOME	$62,500	2.08%
B212th	Team Faceless	$62,500	2.08%
B313th	MVP Phoenix	$62,500	2.08%
B414th	compLexity Gaming	$62,500	2.08%
B515th	Wings Gaming	$62,500	2.08%
B616th	iG Vitality	$62,500	2.08%

References[]

↑ Wykrhm Reddy (2016-11-30). "LGD will be replacing Execration at The Boston Major due to visa issues. They leave for Boston tomorrow. #BostonMajor". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
↑ LGD Gaming (2016-11-23). "关于LGD.FY战队出征秋季赛签证情况和人员临时调整的公告 (LGD.FY's announcement of the temporary roster change for The Boston Major)". Weibo. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
↑ Wykrhm Reddy (2016-11-29). "Boston Updates. #BostonMajor". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-29.

[LGD_will_be_replacing_Execration-1] Wykrhm Reddy (2016-11-30). "LGD will be replacing Execration at The Boston Major due to visa issues. They leave for Boston tomorrow. #BostonMajor". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-30.

[LFY_roster_change-2] LGD Gaming (2016-11-23). "关于LGD.FY战队出征秋季赛签证情况和人员临时调整的公告 (LGD.FY's announcement of the temporary roster change for The Boston Major)". Weibo. Retrieved 2016-11-23.

[iG.V_roster_change-3] Wykrhm Reddy (2016-11-29). "Boston Updates. #BostonMajor". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-29.

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Boston Major 2016

Contents

Access and Promotions[]

Coverage[]

Schedule and Format[]

Teams[]

Invited Teams[]

Qualified Teams[]

Regional Qualifiers[]

Group Stage[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Group C[]

Group D[]

Finals[]

Prize Allocation[]

References[]

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