Manila Major: OG advance to Grand Finals

OG advance to the Grand Finals of the Manila Major, after edging out Newbee, 2:1. The Chinese team will drop to the lower bracket finals. Four teams are left standing – OG, Newbee, Team Liquid and LGD Gaming – in the second to last day of the Manila Major. The action continues with the lower bracket elimination series between LGD Gaming and Team Liquid, at 10:40 CEST.

After days of intense competition and fierce battles at the Manila Major, OG advance to the Grand Finals.

The European team is looking to take their second Dota 2 Major championship title. The Frankfurt Major champions have continued to take impressive placements in major and premier events since Germany. Their most recent achievement was less than a month ago, when they secured their second DreamLeague Championship title.

Being coached by Sébastien “7ckingMad” Debs, the European mix has shown even more growth and improvement during the Manila Major series. Their drafting, patience and execution have been spectacular.

Newbee will drop to the lower bracket finals and face the winner of Team Liquid -LGD Gaming.

The Manila Major results: Upper Brackets

Four of the sixteen teams remain. OG and Newbee went head to head in the upper bracket finals in efforts to be the first teams to advance to the Grand Finals and secure a top two placement at the Manila Major.

OG vs.Newbee

Miracle- at Manila Major

In the first game of the series, Amer “Miracle-“ al-Barqawi drew first blood and experienced his first death in the entire playoffs run shortly after. Newbee took control and the lead early on, shutting down Miracle-‘s Invoker. Around 17 minutes in, a team wipe on OG would further secure the Chinese team lead. The match continued to be fairly one sided in favor of Newbee and in 28 minutes, they cliamed the first game victory on the heels of a very cleanly executed game.

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The second game of the series saw OG draft a Naga Siren pick. The match was really close with really intense exchanges and engagements and the leads switching back and forth. Around minute 18 OG were able to equalize the score after taking a huge team fight and taking out four of Newbee’s heroes and then continue to further their advantage and eventually the win to tie up the series 1:1.

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In the last game of the series, Newbee went with a greedy lineup with an Alchemist as the last pick. OG took first blood in the first minute of the game. 11 minutes in, OG took a considerable lead with a four man wipe. Newbee held on as long as possible but OG were able to just overpower them and take the game and the series.

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Manila Major results: OG 2:1 Newbee. OG advance to the Grand Finals, while Newbee drop to the the Lower Bracket finals.

Manila Major

The Manila Major – the third and final Major this season in advance of The International 2016 – is produced by PGL, with the main event scheduled to take place between June 7-12 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. Sixteen teams will compete over six days in a double elimination tournament.

Europe had six teams at the Manila Major, followed by China with four teams, the Americas and Southeast Asia with three representatives each.

Only four teams remain: two from Europe – OG and Team Liquid, and two from China – Newbee and LGD.