Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers day #1 concludes: TnC still in the running

The first day of the Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers has come to an end. Thirty-two teams are left to compete for a spot in the Southeast Asian Regional Qualifiers. Out of the remaining teams TnC, Mineski-X are still in contention. The 32 remaining teams will continue battling for the regional spot starting at 14:00 SGT tomorrow, April 30.

Time to rest! RO32 Tomorrow. #ManilaMajorOpenQualifiers

— TNC Pro Team (@TNCProTeam) April 29, 2016

The first round of the Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers has left 32 teams with hopes to continue their journey to China. More than 500 teams were sent home early to practice and try their luck again in the second set of the Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers, starting on May 1.

No surprise to see TnC as one of the teams to advance. On April 13th, TnC brought on board Carlo “Kuku” Palad to fill in the shoes of Gio “WinterGSmallSon” de Ocampo who is now inactive due to health reasons. The change in their roster forced them to forfeit their eligibility to be directly invited to the regional qualifiers.

MVP.Hot6ix were taken out by a Vietnamese team called PewPew in Round of 128 who then also defeated Arcanys and advanced to Round of 32 for tomorrow.

Mineski-X eliminated JokeR in Round of 64 and will be making their appearance in Round of 32.

RRQ, iDeal, Cant say Wips, Extrmst and First Departure are all among the remaining 32 teams.

The winners of the Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers will advance to the Regional Qualifiers, which will take place between May 3-6.

The Manila Major will be held between June 7-12, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Manila, Philippines, with a set prize-pool of $3,000,000. Sixteen teams will compete in the main event hosted by PGL and Valve.

Progress can be followed in the FACEIT brackets, as teams progress tomorrow.

Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers streams

A couple of channels and casters will be covering selections of games from the European, American and Southeast Asian Manila Major Open Qualifiers. The following spreadsheet will be updated throughout the four days of the Open Qualifiers.

• LlamaDownUnder’s stream
• MusicBlade’s stream
• Bkop’s stream
• ClouDx’s stream
• YJ’s stream
• Chicago Ted’s stream
• JandaHunter stream
• MotPax’s stream
• thysevensigns’s stream

  Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers notable registered teams

  Manila Major Open Qualifiers teams – SEA (388 teams registered so far):

  • JokeR
  • MVP.Hot6ix
  • First Departure
  • Mineski-X
  • TnC
  • iDeal
  • RexRegum
  • Cant Say Wips
  • Extremest
  • Pang5
  • burster
  • Arcanys

  Manila Major Open Qualifiers

  Much like for the Frankfurt and Shanghai Major, there will be two opportunities for teams to compete in the Manila Major Open Qualifiers. Two rounds of Open Qualifiers will be hosted – the first will take place between April 29-30, while the second is set for May 1-2. Teams are able to register and participate in both sets of events.

  Manial Major Open Qualifiers schedule

  1st round of the Manila Major Open Qualifiers

  Manila Major Open Qualifiers #1, Day 2 – April 30th

  

  • SEA

    Start time: 14:00 SGT

  Rounds played: Round of 32 (BO1), Round of 16 (BO1), Round of 8 (BO1), SemiFinals (BO3), Finals (BO3).