Yesterday Valve revealed the invites for the first of the Major Series taking place in Frankfurt, Germany next month. The major, creatively named “The Frankfurt Major” is the first of Valve’s Dota 2 major series which will see four a year, ending in the Dota 2 International. The tournament kicks off on November 16th, with the qualifiers beginning on October 10th.
The Invites
Sticking with the same format, Valve have invited the top eight teams in the world to attend the event, with regional qualifiers being held to decided who will fill the final few spots.
Strangely enough, this will be one of the first Valve sanctioned Majors where a Southeast Asian team hasn’t been invited. China holds the top spot with four invited teams, and Europe close second with three. After their victory at ESL One New York, Vega Squadron will be the team to beat come the next Major while Evil Geniuses still have a thing or two to prove after picking up Arteezy not too long ago.
The Qualifiers
Each region will host 10 teams, where the top two will receive entry into the Major. The qualifier regions are as follows: Americas, Southeast Asia, China and Europe. Each region will have open qualifiers, which will allow teams who haven’t been invited to the qualifiers, to qualify for the qualifiers… make sense? These begin today.
Americas Qualifier |
South East Asia Qualifier |
October 10-13 |
October 10-13 |
Complexity Gaming |
Fnatic |
Digital Chaos |
Gigabyte.Mineski |
Pain Gaming |
MVP Phoenix |
Sector V |
MVP Hot6 |
Team Archon |
Rex Regum Qeon |
Team Imagine |
Signature.Trust |
Void Boys |
Team Satuduatiga |
Cloud9 |
TnC Gaming |
Open Qualifier |
Open Qualifier |
Open Qualifier |
Open Qualifier |
China Qualifier |
Europe Qualifier |
October 11-14 |
October 10-13 |
CDEC.Youth |
4 Clovers & Lepricon |
FTD Club |
$5JUNGZ$ |
Invictus Gaming |
Alliance |
Newbee |
CIS Rejects |
Newbee.Young |
(Monkey) Business |
TongFu |
Natus Vincere |
Wings Gaming |
Stark eSports |
Team Fantuam |
Ninjas in Pyjamas |
Open Qualifier |
Open Qualifier |
Open Qualifier |
Open Qualifier |
The European Qualifiers will be covered by The GD Studio and Faceit, which is always an interesting show when James Harding is involved. The coverage begins today and you can tune in on The GD Studio Twitch Channel, and find out more from Faceit’s website.
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Last Updated: October 6, 2015
Grand Admiral Chief
October 6, 2015 at 14:02
[mssc]
Hammersteyn
October 6, 2015 at 14:03
First prize, a year supply of…
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Grand Admiral Chief
October 6, 2015 at 14:27
SIES VEGGIE FOOD!
Hammersteyn
October 6, 2015 at 14:48
Well…. it is DOTA
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 6, 2015 at 14:50
I heard that Matty feeds so much that no one ever goes hungry in DOTA. *run*
Hammersteyn
October 6, 2015 at 15:05
hahahaha
Ottokie "Yahtzee"
October 6, 2015 at 14:06
I am just here because I saw the word “Frankfurt”
VampyreSquirrel
October 6, 2015 at 14:19
Frankfurt Major?
Nope, it’s Major Frankfurt!
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Ottokie "Yahtzee"
October 6, 2015 at 14:19
Hehehe I don’t even have to refresh to know what the image will be xD
HairyEwok
October 6, 2015 at 14:20
Corporal Punishment.
VampyreSquirrel
October 6, 2015 at 14:24
I can do this all day 😛
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HairyEwok
October 6, 2015 at 14:26
Major Pain.
VampyreSquirrel
October 6, 2015 at 14:31
Yeah I am one
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HairyEwok
October 6, 2015 at 14:39
General Knowledge
VampyreSquirrel
October 6, 2015 at 14:42
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HairyEwok
October 6, 2015 at 14:43
I know of only one left….. Colonel stuck in my teeth.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 6, 2015 at 14:44
Colonel Burger :/
We caught my ex-boss with that one. Gave him KFC’s number.
VampyreSquirrel
October 6, 2015 at 14:59
Can’t find the kind of pic I’m looking for… so here you go.
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