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 C and D teams
Team Secret (Frankfurt Major direct invite, Europe)
Team Secret, during ESL One New York © Robert Paul/ ESL
After a disappointing eighth place finish at The International 5, Team Secret announced a completely revamped roster on August 22nd. Clement “Puppey” Ivanov is the only original member remaining on the roster.
Jacky “Eternal Envy” Mao and Rasmus “MiSeRy” Filipsen from Cloud 9, Omar “w33haa” Aliwi from 4CL and Johan “pieliedie” Åström from Mousesports joined the ranks of the new roster.
There have been a lot of questions as to whether the newly created Team Secret roster should have received as many invites to LAN events as they have. Regardless, they have attended all three LAN events of the season so far, and walked away with an impressive record: two consecutive championship titles (MLG World Finals and Nanyang Championships) and a second place (ESL One New York).
So far this season, Team Secret have already faced 10 out of the Frankfurt Major participating teams. Team Secret managed to defeat ViCi Gaming (twice), Evil Geniuses, OG (Monkey Business), CDEC, Virtus.Pro, and Fnatic. They tied with EHOME and LGD in the Nanyang LAN group stages and only dropped series to CDEC (during the MLG World Finals LAN) and Vega Squadron (during ESL One New York).
All of Secret’s players have undoubtedly proven extremely valuable. During ESL One New York, the MLG World Finals and the Nanyang Championships, Omar “w33haa” Aliwi was decisive, especially on Meepo, Wind Ranger and Shadow Fiend. EternalEnvy and Puppey have shown impressive performances, as well.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, Team Secret will play their first series against Newbee.Young, on November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
Team Secret roster:
Clement “Puppey” Ivanov
Omar “w33haa” Aliwi
Rasmus “MiSeRy” Filipsen
Jacky “Eternal Envy” Mao
Johan “pieliedie” Åström
CDEC (Frankfurt Major direct invite, China)
A true Cinderella story in the making, CDEC have gone from rags to riches in a surprisingly short period of time. Without a single championship title under their belt, they have become the first Wild Card team that has ever advanced into The International Grand Finals.
They did not lose a single match until the TI5 Grand Finals, taking down Cloud 9, LGD and even future champions Evil Geniuses along the way. They eventually lost to EG in the Grand Finals, 1:3, and walked away with $2,848,562.
This season, CDEC faced 7 out of the Frankfurt Major participating teams: Team Secret, EHOME, Evil Geniuses, Virtus.Pro, ViCi Gaming, Mineski, and Cloud 9. They managed to defeat Team Secret, LGD Gaming and Cloud 9.
Aggresif and Shiki continue to be key factors in CDEC’s team coordination.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, CDEC will face Mineski on Saturday, November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
CDEC roster:
Sun “Agressif” Zheng
Huang “Shiki” Jiwei
Chen “Xz” Zezhi
Liu “Garder” Xinzhou
Fu “Q” Bin
EHOME (Frankfurt Major direct invite, China)
EHOME is one of the oldest Dota 2 organizations in China. With their inconsistent formation and rosters, the team had to battle their way through the qualifiers in order to obtain their place at TI5. They then impressed fans as they finished the group stage second in their group and 5th overall in the main event.
Despite being subjected to some of the roster changes that always follow The International, EHOME have been demonstrating top performances ever since.
The Chinese team claimed back to back qualifier spots, since the beginning of the season. EHOME were forced to withdraw from the ESL One New York LAN, due to unfortunate visa issues. They made their LAN debut later, during the Nanyang Championships, where they went up against Team Secret, LGD and Fnatic, and showcased steady and promising performances.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, EHOME will play their first series against Alliance, on Saturday, November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
EHOME roster:
Chen “Cty” Tianyu
Wang “old chicken” Zhiyong
Ren “eLeVeN” Yangwei
Hu “KaKa” Liangzhi
Zhang “LaNm” Zhicheng
LGD Gaming (Frankfurt Major direct invite, China)
LGD came in third at The International 5 and walked away with a $2,205,338 share of the prize pool.
The Chinese team has undergone significant roster changes following TI5.
EHOME’s captain, Fan “rOtk” Bai, and player Liang “DDC” Faming have both joined LGD Gaming, while Zhang “xiao8” Ning and Yao “Yao” Zhengzheng have stepped back from the active roster.
The team has had a rather lackluster start to the new season.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, LGD Gaming will face Cloud 9 on Saturday, November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
LGD roster:
Liu “Sylar” Jiajun
Lu “Maybe” Yao
Lei “MMY!” Zengrong
Bai “rOtK” Fan
Liang “DDC” Faming
Yao “Yao” Zhengzheng – Substitute
Zhang “xiao8” Ning – Substitute
Mineski (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, Southeast Asia)
Mineski is a gaming organization focused on building the Philippine Esports scene by providing coverage and events within the Philippines. The Mineski organization was founded in 2004. Over the past 10 years, the organization branched out into other areas in SouthEast Asia. Their CyberCafé franchise is called Mineski Infity. They have two DOTA teams. In 2014, three team members came forward and admitted to being involved in match-fixing and were removed from the team.
After many reshuffles, the last roster changes came in March, when Mineski added Jessie Cristy “JessieVash” Cuyco and Carlo “Kuku” Palad. In August, the team added Ryo “ryOyr” Hasegawa, formerly of Rave Dota.
This season, Gigabyte.Mineski qualified for the Nanyang Championships, after taking down Signature.Trust, 3:0, in the Southeast Asian qualifiers’ finals.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, Mineski will go up against CDEC on Saturday, November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
Mineski roster:
Ryan Jay “Bimbo” Qui
Carlo “Kuku” Palad
Jessie Cristy “JessieVash” Cuyco
Ryo “ryOyr” Hasegawa
Julius “Julz” De Leon
Cloud 9 (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, Americas)
Theeban “1437” Siva, new Cloud 9 captain © beyondthesummit.tv
After their previous Dota 2 squad disbanded on August 14th, Cloud 9 have decided to pick up the North-American team “Dark Horse”, just in time to meet the registration deadline for the first Dota 2 Major. The announcement about the Cloud 9 new roster was made by the team’s captain, Theeban “1437” Siva, on his Facebook page.
Cloud 9 has been demonstrating steady performances, quickly establishing themselves as a top NA team.
This season, the team has qualified for the Nanyang Championships LAN after taking down Digital Chaos, 3:0, in the Americas qualifiers’ finals. They also qualified for the MLG World Finals, on September 27th.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, Cloud 9 will go up against LGD on November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
Cloud 9 roster:
Theeban “1437” Siva
Arif “MSS” Anwar
Braxton “Brax” Paulson
Ravi “Ritsu” Kodippili
Avery “SVG” Silverman
Alliance (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, Europe)
After much speculation and anticipation, Alliance released their new lineup at the end of August, welcoming back Gustav “s4” Magnusson and Johan “Mynuts” Andersson.
s4 has replaced Per “Pajkatt” Olsson Lille, who parted ways with the team on August 18th. He resumed his role as team captain. Johan “Mynuts” Andersson returned to the team in the support role.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, Alliance will go up against EHOME on November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
Alliance roster:
Gustav “s4” Magnusson
Jonathan “Loda” Berg
Joakim “Akke” Akterhall
Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg
Johan “Mynuts” Andersson
Newbee.Young (Frankfurt Major qualifiers, China; replacing Invictus Gaming)
Newbee Young – Newbee’s youth squad, was established in October 2014.
With only two of the members who participated in the TI5 Chinese qualifiers, the team is mostly reformed and looking to make a name.
The team finished third in the Frankfurt Major Chinese qualifiers. They made the participating teams’ lineup after Invictus Gaming were forced to withdraw from The Frankfurt Major due to complications in obtaining required travel documents for Su “super” Peng.
According to the Frankfurt Major schedule, Newbee.Young will face Team Secret on Saturday, November 14th, at 11:00 CET.
Newbee Young roster:
Tan “JiaJia” Lijia
“Sccc” Song Chun
Peng “Li”Li
Zhang “le” Xuanhao
“Mrrr” Meng Duo
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