Boston Major

Boston Major
Tournament information
Sport Dota 2
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dates December 7–10, 2016
Administrator(s) Valve Corporation
Tournament format(s) Group stage
GSL format
Bracket
Single elimination
Host(s) PGL eSports
Venue(s) Wang Theatre
Teams 16
Purse US$3,000,000
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The Boston Major is an upcoming professional Dota 2 eSport tournament that will take place in Boston.[1] The main event will take place at Wang Theatre from December 7–10, 2016. Like other tournaments in the Dota 2 Major Championship series, the event will feature 16 teams from around the world and have a $3,000,000 prize pool.[2] The event will be hosted and produced by PGL eSports, who also had the same role at the previous Major in Manila.[3]

Unlike previous Dota 2 Majors, the Boston Major will be the first one to have a single elimination bracket.[4]

Teams

Invites
Qualified

Results

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Digital Chaos 2 2 0 2
2 Wings Gaming 3 2 1 2
3 WarriorsGaming.Unity 3 1 2 1
4 LGD.Forever Young 2 0 2 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 3. Source: [5]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Virtus.pro 2 2 0 2
2 Newbee 3 2 1 2
3 Team NP 3 1 2 1
4 MVP Phoenix 2 0 2 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 3. Source: [5]

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Evil Geniuses 0 0 0 0
2 compLexity Gaming 0 0 0 0
3 Faceless 0 0 0 0
4 LGD Gaming 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 4. Source: [5]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 OG 0 0 0 0
2 iG Vitality 0 0 0 0
3 EHOME 0 0 0 0
4 Ad Finem 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 4. Source: [5]

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Grand finals
            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ "The Boston Major". Dota 2 Blog. October 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Wolf, Jacob. "Dota 2 Boston Major announced for December". ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Good, Owen. "Dota 2's second championship season begins with The Boston Major". Polygon. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Strom, Steven. "Dota 2 Wants to Avoid the 'World Series Problem'". Red Bull. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Van Allen, Eric. "Valve announces groups for Boston Major". ESPN. Retrieved 1 December 2016.


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