The Manila Major is the third event of Valve's Dota Major Championships. The main event takes place at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines.

Format [ edit ]

Open Qualifiers - April 29th - May 2nd, 2016 Eight Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region. The winners of each Regional Qualifier will advance to the respective Main Qualifier.

- Main Qualifiers - May 3rd - May 6th, 2016 Four Regional Qualifiers. Two groups of five teams, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the Regional Double-elimination Playoff Bracket. The winner of each Regional Playoff Bracket will join the twelve directly invited teams in Manila.

- Group Stage - June 3rd - June 4th, 2016 Four groups of four teams Double-elimination format with matches played in a best-of-three. Top two teams in each group advance to the upper bracket of the Main Event. Bottom two teams in each group advance to the lower bracket of the Main Event.

- Main Event - June 7th - June 12th, 2016 Teams are seeded into a double-elimination bracket after the Group Stage. Eight teams begin in the upper bracket, eight in the lower bracket. The first round matches of the Lower Bracket are best-of-one elimination. All other games are Best-of-Three with best-of-five grand finals.

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Broadcast Talent [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

$3,000,000 USD was spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants [ edit ]

Invited Teams [ edit ]

Qualified Teams [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]

Playoffs [ edit ]

Upper Bracket R1 (Bo3) Team Liquid 0 MVP Phoenix 2 Natus Vincere 0 OG 2 Newbee 2 Digital Chaos 1 LGD Gaming 1 Fnatic 2 Upper Bracket R2 (Bo3) MVP Phoenix 0 OG 2 Newbee 2 Fnatic 0 Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) OG 2 Newbee 1 Lower Bracket R1 (Bo1) Wings Gaming 0 compLexity 1 Alliance 1 Mineski.Sports5 0 Evil Geniuses 0 VG.Reborn 1 Team Empire 1 Team Secret 0 Lower Bracket R2 (Bo3) Team Liquid 2 compLexity 0 Natus Vincere 2 Alliance 1 Digital Chaos 1 VG.Reborn 2 LGD Gaming 2 Team Empire 0 Lower Bracket R3 (Bo3) Team Liquid 2 Natus Vincere 0 VG.Reborn 1 LGD Gaming 2 Lower Bracket R4 (Bo3) Fnatic 0 Team Liquid 2 MVP Phoenix 1 LGD Gaming 2 Lower Bracket R5 (Bo3) Team Liquid 2 LGD Gaming 0 Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) Newbee 1 Team Liquid 2 Grand Final (Bo5) OG 3 Team Liquid 1

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Country Representation [ edit ]

Additional Content [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

Behind the Scenes VLOG [ edit ]

Interviews [ edit ]

Player Profiles [ edit ]

Team Intros [ edit ]

Daily Recaps [ edit ]

Miscellaneous [ edit ]