The Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers kick off on Sunday, October 11, at 04:00 CEST. The eight invited teams, along with two qualified ones, will compete over three days to attain the coveted spots at the first Dota Major event of the year. Get up to speed with the Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers schedule, participating teams, format, groups, and streams!
Ten teams – Invictus Gaming, FTD Club, Newbee.Young, Team FanTuan, DK Scuderia, TongFu, CDEC.Youth, Wings Gaming, Newbee, and FTD Club B – will be competing for the two spots to represent China at the Frankfurt Dota Major and join Evil Geniuses, CDEC, LGD, ViCi Gaming, Vega Squadron, Team Secret, Virtus.Pro, EHOME and six other qualified teams in the main event.
The Frankfurt Dota Major will take place between November 16-21 at Festhalle Messe in Frankfurt, Germany. A fixed prize pool of $3,000,000 is on the line.
Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers format
- The ten teams have been divided into two Round Robin groups of five.
- Top two teams will advance to a double elimination bracket.
- First place team will start in the Upper Bracket.
- Runner-up team will start in the Lower Bracket.
- The first and second place teams from the Frankfurt Dota Major European Qualifiers will advance to the main event in Frankfurt, Germany.
Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers groups
Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers schedule
Sunday, October 11th
- 04:00 CEST – FTD.A vs. DK.S
- 04:00 CEST – NewB.Y vs. FT
- 06:30 CEST – iG vs. FTD.A
- 06:30 CEST – DK.S vs. NewB.Y
- 09:00 CEST – CDEC.Y vs. TBD
- 09:00 CEST – Wings vs. NewB
- 11:30 CEST – FT vs. DK.S
- 11:30 CEST – NewB.Y vs. iG
- 14:00 CEST – TongFu vs. CDEC.Y
- 14:00 CEST – TBD vs. Wings
Monday, October 12th
- 04:00 CEST – FTD.A vs. NewB.Y
- 04:00 CEST – iG vs. FT
- 06:30 CEST – NewB vs. TBD
- 06:30 CEST – Wings vs. TongFu
- 09:00 CEST – iG vs. DK.S
- 09:00 CEST – FT vs. FTD.A
- 11:30 CEST – TongFu vs. NewB
- 11:30 CEST – TongFu vs. NewB
- 14:00 CEST – NewB vs. CDEC.Y
- 14:00 CEST – TBD vs. TongFu
Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers streams
The Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers will be broadcast in English as part of the coverage provided by The Sweden Hub, a mix of talent from ASUS ROG DreamLeague, joinDOTA and Moonduck Studios, starting at 04:00 CEST, on October 11th. Beyond the Summit will also broadcast a selection of games.
- All matches covered from the Monster Energy DreamHack Studios will be broadcast on the DreamLeague Twitch channel.
- The Beyond the Summit Twitch channel will provide coverage of select group stage matches.
The Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers series will begin at 04:00 CEST, on Sunday, October 11th, and end on October 14th.
Frankfurt Dota Major Chinese Qualifiers teams
Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming have provided a high level of competition to their Chinese and international rivals, maintaining a strong and at times threatening presence. Always a team to achieve placements during tournament playoffs, IG towers above their peers. The team has seized top three finishes at several premier and major tournaments earlier in the year and numerous commendable positions in between.
After a disappointing 12th place finish at TI5, the team was once again subject to roster changes.
Invictus Gaming roster:
Wong “ChuaN” Hock Chuan
Luo “Ferrari_430” Feichi
Luo “Luo” Yinqi
Wang “Rabbit” Zhang
Su “super” Peng
Newbee
Newbee upon arrival in Seattle, for TI5
Team Newbee erupted onto the Dota 2 scene in 2014, having emerged from nowhere to claim the most sought after glory of being crowned the Champions of The International. The Chinese “Dream Team 2″ shocked the world with their victory and then disappeared from the scene.
In the past, Valve had been perfectly clear about inviting the previous year’s winners to The Interantional, as Defending Champions. Three of Newbee’s TI4 members were still on the team for TI5: Mu Zhang Pan, Banana Wang Jiao and SanSheng Wang Zhaohui. They were joined by Rabbit Wang Zhang, who placed fifth at TI4 with LGD, and rising talent June Lin Shiyang. There was little doubt that the squad would fight valiantly to defend their title, however they fell short.
After placing 13th at TI5, Chen “Hao” Zhihao returned to the team, while Wang “Rabbit” Zhang and Lin “June” Shiyang departed.
Newbee roster:
Chen “Hao” Zhihao
Zhang Mu Pan
Meng “Xiao2le” Lei
Wang Banana Jiao
Li “chisbug” Chen
Newbee.Young
Newbee was put together in early 2014, during the Chinese reshuffle that happened prior to The International 4. It was originally nicknamed “Dream Team 2” until February 2014, when the season transfer window was closed and the team was officially named Newbee. Newbee went on to win The International 4 in Seattle. In October 2014, Newbee Young – the organization’s youth squad, was established and placed seventh at the National Electronic Sports Tournament 2014, only two weeks later.
With only two of the members who participated in the TI5 Chinese qualifiers, the team is mostly reformed and looking to make a name.
Newbee Young roster:
Tan “JiaJia” Lijia
“Sccc” Song Chun
Peng “Li”Li
Zhang “le” Xuanhao
“Mrrr” Meng Duo
TongFu
TongFu is one of the oldest Chinese Dota 2 organizations. They were founded in 2011, but did not have any notable achievements for the first six months. Zhao “Kabu” Kai was one of the original members and his purchase from Tyloo is one of the first examples of regulated inter-club player transfers through the Association for Chinese Esports. They were the second team, after Na’Vi, to design their own official courier. Tongfu has had numerous roster changes over the last years. However, the organization managed to place first in The International 2 East Qualifiers, later placing seventh at the actual event and fourth at TI3.
After TI5, both Zeng “ZExBinGo” Cong and Zeng “Faith” Hongda joined the team.
TongFu roster:
Zeng “ZExBinGo” Cong
“uuu9” Xu Han
“qian” Li Wenyao
“lpc” Luo Puchao
Zeng “Faith” Hongda
Wings Gaming
Wings Gaming were originally formed in August 2014. Their current member “hdhp-cqc” was part of the original squad. In October 2014, three members left and were not replaced until January. The next few months were riddled with player changes and instability, until April when “super” Su Peng and “InJuly” Yang Xiaodong left Team DK and joined along with “xdd” Liu Silong. The team placed fifth-eigth at the National Electronic Sports Tournament 2014 and won the TI5 Chinese Open Qualifiers.
After TI5, the roster made a 100% turnover and has welcomed all new players.
Wings Gaming roster:
Zhou “bLink” Yang
Zhang “bian” Ruida
Chu “Shadow” Zeyu
Zhang “Innocence” Yiping
Li “iceice” Peng
CDEC.Youth
On September 3rd, CDEC registered a youth squad for the upcoming Major, under the captain-ship of Lin “June” Shiyang, previously of Newbee and Invictus Gaming.
CDEC.Youth roster:
Wang “Ame” Chunyu
He “Inflame” Yongzheng
Lin “June” Shiyang
Wang “Icy” Peng
Xiao “ADD” Zuoyi
Team FanTuan
Team FanTuan is a team registered by a group of Chinese players to compete in the upcoming Major. Most of the players are veterans in the Chinese scene and are looking to establish a new foothold in the region.
Team FanTuan roster:
Bu “YaphetS” Yanjun
Zhang “拒绝者” Chengjun
Yang “InJuly” Xiaodong
Gong “ZSMJ” Jian
Liu “waiter” Wei Te
Team FTD club
FTD club is a team registered by a group of Chinese players to compete in the upcoming Major. FTD stands for “For The Dream”.
FTD club roster:
Feng “fusheng” Zhi
Fan “音” Qihua
Liang “M31丶” Zeyu
Huang “destiny” Hao
Yao “小郭嘉” Yang
Team DK Scuderia
Formed in 2010, Team DK was called the “Galacticos” of the Chinese scene. It was one of the strongest Chinese Dota teams until 2014. In September, Team DK split their team into two squads, DK Renaissance and DK Scuderia.
Team DK Scuderia roster:
Zhao “black.z” Shungeng
Pan “yCyKzXy” Shuaifang
“Xxs”
“BoBoKa”
“Rong”
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