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 Grand 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 schedule
Frankfurt Major prize-pool distribution
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. All sixteen teams will be receiving a piece of the prize-pool, with the first place being awarded $1,110,000 and 13th-16th places receiving $30,000.
- 1st place: $1,110,000 (37%)
- 2nd place: $405,000 (13.5%)
- 3rd place: $315,000 (10.5%)
- 4th place: $255,000 (8.5%)
- 5th-6th places: $202,500 (6.75%)
- 7th-8th places: $105,000 (3.5%)
- 9th-12th places: $45,000 (1.5%)
- 13th-16th places: $30,000 (1%)
Frankfurt Major casters, analysts, hosts
The Frankfurt Major talent lineup consists of 22 staff total, 12 casters and analysts, five hosts and five observers, as well as stats staff to cover both the group stages and the main event.
Casters and analysts
Hosts and panelists
Observers and stats
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