Start Date: 3 January 2016 End Date: 6 March 2016 Teams: 16 Version: 6.86e Prize Pool: $3,000,000 Access
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 [ ]
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 [ ] Qualified Teams [ ] 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) [ ] Group B (Feb 26th) [ ] Group C (Feb 27th) [ ] Group D (Feb 28th) [ ] Main Event [ ] Prize Allocation [ ]
Final Prize Pool: $3,000,000 USD
Place
Team
Winnings
Percent
A1 1st
Team Secret
$1,110,000
37%
A2 2nd
Team Liquid
$405,000
13.5%
A3 3rd
Evil Geniuses
$315,000
10.5%
A4 4th
MVP Phoenix
$255,000
8.5%
A5 5th
Fnatic
$202,500
6.75%
A6 6th
compLexity Gaming
$202,500
6.75%
A7 7th
OG
$105,000
3.5%
A8 8th
Alliance
$105,000
3.5%
A9 9th
Newbee
$45,000
1.5%
B0 10th
Virtus.pro
$45,000
1.5%
B1 11th
PSG.LGD
$45,000
1.5%
B2 12th
EHOME
$45,000
1.5%
B3 13th
Team Archon
$30,000
1%
B4 14th
Team Spirit
$30,000
1%
B5 15th
Vici Gaming
$30,000
1%
B6 16th
CDEC Gaming
$30,000
1%
External links [ ] 
Shanghai Major 2016
China
