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.
Groups A and B teams
Evil Geniuses (Frankfurt Major direct invite, Americas)
Evil Geniuses, during ESL One New York
In August, Evil Geniuses managed to turn the odds to their favor and claim the coveted TI5 Aegis of Champions and $6.6 million in prize money, thus becoming the first American team to win The International.
In a surprising turn of events, Kurtis “Aui” Ling was let go and replaced by Artour “Arteezy” Babaev not long after EG became The International 5 champions.
Evil Geniuses started off the new season on the wrong foot, being eliminated in a clean 2:0 sweep by Vega Squadron from the very first round of ESL One New York, their first official tournament of this fall.
This season, Evil Geniuses competed in two out of three LAN events and faced six teams that will be present at The Frankfurt Major. They managed to defeat CDEC, Virtus.Pro and LGD and dropped their series against Team Secret, Vega Squadron and OG (Monkey Business).
Evil Geniuses roster:
Clinton “Fear” Loomis
Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan
Saahil “UNiVeRsE” Arora
Peter “ppd” Dager
Artour “Arteezy” Babaev
ViCi Gaming (Frankfurt Major direct invite, China)
When Vici Gaming failed to advance to the Upper Brackets of The International 5 main event, they fought valiantly in the brutal best-of-one elimination series and progressed all the way to the semifinals to claim fourth place.
Following the event, Chen “Hao” Zhihao returned to Newbee and the squad recruited Xu “BurNIng” Zhilei as a replacement.
This season, ViCi Gaming have made a slightly late debut, at the Nanyang Championships LAN, where they managed to come in second. ViCi Gaming faced 5 out of the Frankfurt Major participating teams. They managed to defeat EHOME (twice) and Mineski. They tied with Virtus.Pro and CDEC, and dropped two series to Team Secret.
Xu “BurNIng” Zhilei’s and Xie “Super” Junhao are ViCi Gaming’s two most aggressive players.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, ViCi Gaming will go up against Unknown.xiu on Friday, November 13th, at 11:00 CET.
ViCi Gaming roster:
Xu “BurNIng” Zhilei
Xie “Super” Junhao
Daryl “iceiceice” Koh
Lu “Fenrir” Chao
Xu “fy” Linsen
Vega Squadron (Frankfurt Major direct invite, Europe-CIS)
Vega Squadron surprised many when they surged forward, showing strong performances in the TI5 European qualifiers and grabbing the Wild Card Series slot for the biggest tournament of the year.
Although they failed to advance in the main event of TI5, the squad remained committed to each other and did not fall victim to post-TI roster changes.
They managed to upset TI5 champions Evil Geniuses in a clean 2:0 sweep and cruised to the ESL One New York grand finals to defeat Team Secret, 2:1, and claim the championship title.
Vega Squadron roster:
Semen “Cema” Krivulya
Pavel “9pashaebashu” Khvastunov
Vladimir “no[o]ne” Minenko
Andrey “Mag” Chipenko
Aleksey “Solo” Berezin
Virtus.pro (Frankfurt Major direct invite, Europe-CIS)
A team that has historically had struggles with consistent achievements due to frequent roster and structural changes, Virtus.Pro has broken free of the ill fated-pattern and has soared to great heights with their stable roster.
Since they found stability in the spring of 2015, their results have been undeniable: top three finishes in numerous major tournaments in the months leading up to The International 5.
They came in a commendable 5th-6th place at this year’s International championship and walked away with close to 1.2 million dollars.
Virtus.Pro was one of the few teams to keep their rosters intact at the height of the post-TI5 reshuffle period and they have continued to show strength in their recent official matches.
In the LAN events leading up to the Frankfurt Major, Virtus.Pro faced Team Secret, Evil Geniuses, LGD Gaming, OG (Monkey Business) and Mineski. They only managed to defeat LGD and Mineski.
Artsiom “fng” Barshack’s strong drafting and aggressive tendencies were decisive for the CIS team during the fall season.
Virtus.Pro roster:
Ilya “Illidan” Pivcaev
Sergey “God” Bragin
Alexander “DkPhobos” Kucheria
Artem “fng” Barshak
Ilya “Lil” Ilyuk
Fnatic (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, Southeast Asia)
Although Fnatic’s revamped post-TI5 roster attended both ESL One New York and the Nanyang Championships LAN, they have only competed against LGD, EHOME, Team Secret, and LGD. Fnatic have made another role switch recently, putting Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung back to the support role. The team has been struggling to find their groove in the LANS. Most of their successful initiations seem to have been contingent on Dominik “Black^” Reitmeier getting good farm.
Fnatic roster:
Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung
Chong “Ohaiyo” Xin Khoo
Djardel “Chrissy” Mampusti
Dominik “Black^” Reitmeier
Wai Pern “Net” Lim
Unknown.xiu (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, Americas)
The Peruvian team is the first South-American to ever qualify for an event organized by Valve. Unknown.xiu managed to move forward into the Americas qualifiers from the Open Qualifiers and grab one of the two available spots for the Frankfurt Major.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, Unknown.xiu will face ViCi Gaming on Friday, November 13th, at 11:00 CET.
Unknown.xiu roster:
Alonso “Kotarō Hayama” Lion
Juan “AtuuuuuuN” Ochoa
Alexis “Greedy” Ventura
Jesus “Ztok” Carhuaricra
Christian “Accel” Cruz
OG (formerly known as Monkey Business) (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, Europe)
Johan “BigDaddy” Sundstein
After The International 5, Johan “BigDaddy” Sundstein rejoined forces with longtime former teammate and friend, Tal “Fly” Aizik. The duo played together in Fnatic’s Heroes of Newerth team, which then made the transition to Dota 2.
One of the steadiest teams to come down the pike in the new season, Monkey Business have had a strong presence in the Dota scene ever since their inception. The squad has recently placed 3rd-4th at the MLG World Finals and have secured the top Frankfurt Major spot in the European qualifiers.
On October 31st, Monkey Business have officially launched OG, a new brand created by the players, in collaboration with a small group of industry professionals and HitBox.tv. The new organization will be guided by the need for transparency in the decision-making process, balanced with increased attention to the players’ rights.
The Frankfurt Major will be the team’s first LAN event under the new banner.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, OG will go up against Vega Squadron on Friday, November 13th, at 11:00 CET.
OG roster:
Johan “BigDaddy” Sundstein
Tal “Fly” Aizik
David “MoonMeander” Tan
Andreas “Cr1t-“ Franck Nielsen
Amer “Miracle-“ Barqawi
Newbee (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, China)
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.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, Newbee will go up against Virtus.Pro on Friday, November 13th, at 11:00 CET.
Newbee roster:
Chen “Hao” Zhihao
Zhang Mu Pan
Meng “Xiao2le” Lei
Wang Banana Jiao
Li “chisbug” Chen
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