Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers: Next-Gen Gaming head to Regionals

The second round of the Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers has come to an end. Next-Gen Gaming landed the last Manila Major SEA Regional Qualifiers available spot, after defeating Mineski-X 2:0, in the finals. The Manila Major SEA Regional Qualifiers start tomorrow, May 3, at 04:00 CEST.

Next-Gen Gaming from Vietnam win the #ManilaMajor SEA Open Qualifier #2. They will now play in the Regionals. pic.twitter.com/hx6Ax0jcuP

— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) May 2, 2016

The Vietnamese team Next-Gen Gaming convincingly overwhelmed Minenski-X, 2:0, in the finals of the Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers #2.

The squad survived the brutal best-of-one rounds, then swept through the Filipino team G1 Dota before facing one of the event favorites. The Malaysian team with notable players were brought down after two hour long matches.

Next-Gen Gaming will go up against Mineski, Rave, Orange Taring, WarriorsGaming.Unity, Acion Arena, Signature.Trust, Execration, The Mongolz and TnC, in the Manila Major SEA Regional Qualifiers, scheduled to take place between May 3rd-6th.

Manila Major SEA Regional Qualifiers

The teams have been split into two Best of 2 Round Robin groups of five teams. The top two teams from each group will advance to a Best of 3 double elimination bracket, with the round robin first place teams facing the second place from the other group. Grand Final is Best of 5

The winner of each region will be invited to The Manila Major.

Manila Major Regional Qualifiers Groups SEA:

Group A

• Rave
• Signature.Trust
• Execration
• First Departure
• TnC eSports (Winner Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers #1)

Group B

• Mineski
• Orange Taring
• WarriorsGaming.Unity
• Action Arena
• Next-Gen Gaming(winner of the Manila Major SEA Open Qualifiers #2)

Manila Major Regional Qualifiers Streams

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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.

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