Frankfurt Major groups released

The Frankfurt Major groups have been released. The Frankfurt Major group stage will start on Friday, November 13th. Groups A and B will be completed on Friday, while Groups C and D – including LGD and CDEC – will be played out on Saturday, in order to accommodate any necessary schedule changes prompted by the Chinese teams’ travel issues.

The Frankfurt Major groups have been released along with a modified schedule to accommodate both LGD and CDEC, whose arrivals have been delayed due to visa issues.

According to the official announcement regarding the Frankfurt Major groups, Groups A and B will now be completed on Friday, November 13th, followed by Groups C and D (including CDEC and LGD) being played out on Saturday, November 14th.

The teams will have a day off on Sunday, November 15th, before the main event begins on Monday, November 16th.

Frankfurt Major groups

The Frankfurt Major groups © Wykrhm Reddy

Group A

• Evil Geniuses
• Fnatic
• Virtus.Pro
• Newbee

Group B

• ViCi Gaming
• Unknown.xiu
• Vega Squadron
• OG

Group C

• Team Secret
• Newbee.Young
• LGD Gaming
• Cloud 9

Group D

• EHOME
• Alliance
• CDEC
• Mineski

Frankfurt Major groups format

• The Frankfurt Major groups will be played in a classic GSL format.
• The 16 participating teams will be split up into four groups of four.

  In each group, the teams will play a total of five best-of-three matches, as shown below:

  Match #1: Team A vs. Team B
  Match #2: Team C vs. Team D
  Winners’ match (WM): Winner of Match #1 vs. winner of Match #2 – winner advances to the Upper Bracket
  Elimination match (EM): Loser of Match #1 vs. loser of Match #2 – loser drops to the Lower Bracket
  Decider match: Loser of WM vs. winner of EM – winner advances to the Upper Bracket and loser drops to Lower Bracket

• The group stage will determine the seeding for the Frankfurt Major main event.
• Eight teams will be seeded into the main event Upper Brackets, while the remaining eight will start the main event in the Lower Brackets.
• No teams will be eliminated in the group stage.

Frankfurt Major groups schedule

• The Frankfurt Major group stage will take place over the course of two days, between November 13-14, from 11:00 CET to 00:00 CET on both days. Just like in TI5’s case, no public access will be permitted during the Frankfurt Major group stage.

November 13th – Frankfurt Major groups A and B

• 11:00 CET – Group A: Evil Geniuses vs. Fnatic
• 11:00 CET – Group A: Virtus.Pro vs. Newbee
• 11:00 CET – Group B: ViCi Gaming vs. Unknown.xiu
• 11:00 CET – Group B: Vega vs. OG
• 14:20 CET – Group A: Winners’ Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)
• 14:20 CET – Group B: Winners’ Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)
• 17:40 CET – Group A: Elimination Match (Loser is seeded into the Lower Bracket)
• 17:40 CET – Group B: Elimination Match (Loser is seeded into the Lower Bracket)
• 21:00 CET – Group A: Decider Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)
• 21:00 CET Group B: Decider Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)

November 14th – Frankfurt Major groups C and D

• 11:00 CET – Group C: Team Secret vs. Newbee.Young
• 11:00 CET – Group C: LGD vs. Cloud 9
• 11:00 CET – Group D: EHOME vs. Alliance
• 11:00 CET – Group D: CDEC vs. Mineski
• 14:20 CET – Group C: Winners’ Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)
• 14:20 CET – Group D: Winners’ Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)
• 17:40 CET – Group C: Elimination Match (Loser is seeded into the Lower Bracket)
• 17:40 CET – Group D: Elimination Match (Loser is seeded into the Lower Bracket)
• 21:00 CET – Group C: Decider Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)
• 21:00 CET – Group D: Decider Match (Winner advances to the Upper Bracket)

Frankfurt Major main event

• The Frankfurt Major main event will take place from November 16th through the 21st, at the Festhalle Messe, in Frankfurt, Germany, from 10:00 CET to 23:00 CET. Viewers and visitors are in for dawn to dusk action.

• The Frankfurt Major finals will take place on Saturday, November 21st.

Frankfurt Major main event format

• Sixteen teams will play a double-elimination bracket.
• Eight teams (top two teams of each of the four Frankfurt Major groups) will start the main event in the Upper Bracket.
• Eight teams (bottom two teams of each of the four Frankfurt Major groups) will start the main event in the Lower Bracket.
• All the Upper Bracket match-ups will be best-of-three series.
• The first round of the Lower Bracket matches will be best-of-one elimination series. The following rounds will be best-of-three elimination series.
• The Frankfurt Major Grand Finals will be best-of-five series, with no winners’ advantage.

Frankfurt Major participating teams

Frankfurt Major tickets

Attendance to the Frankfurt Major main event will be open to the public and will not require a ticket for any day except for the day of the finals. The finals will take place on Saturday, November 21st. Tickets can be purchased from Eventbrite, for €50 each. No public access will be permitted between November 13-14, during the Frankfurt Major groups.

The Frankfurt Major will feature $3 million in prize money

The first Dota Major will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, at the Festhalle Messe – a multi-purpose hall with an area of 6,000 square meters, which can accommodate up to 13,500 visitors. Sixteen teams will be competing for a total prize-pool of $3,000,000 and ESL Gaming will be in charge of production.

Unlike The International prize-pool, the Frankfurt Major prize fund is fixed at $3,000,000. Valve has released the Fall Season 2015 Compendium, however, purchases will not contribute to the Frankfurt Major prize purse.

Over the last five years, The International has become the pinnacle moment for the world of professional Dota. Now, the excitement of the biggest event in esports is coming to the Majors, a series of seasonal marquee tournaments, which will take place throughout the year and around the globe. Dota’s newest tradition begins this fall with the Frankfurt Major.

Valve originally announced the implementation of the Majors system at the end of April 2015. The concept is believed to be a proper solution to some significant problems in tournament quality and control that had been voiced in recent times.