Manila Major results: Newbee, OG storm through upper brackets

The Manila Major results for the Upper Bracket round 2 have finished. Eight teams are left standing on the second day of the Manila Major as the event began with the two lower bracket elimination series. Digital Chaos and Team Empire have been the last teams to end their journey in the Manila Major. OG and Newbee have advanced in the Upper Brackets, while MVP.Phoenix and Fnatic have dropped to the Lower Brackets. OG and Newbee are guaranteed a top three placement. The action resumes tomorrow with the lower bracket elimination series between Na’Vi and Team Liquid at 04:00 CEST.

After the third day of the main event, the Manila Major results have revealed OG and Newbee are guaranteed a top three placement and a minimum $315,000 prize.

OG had completely dominated the series against MVP.Phoenix. While most fans assumed the match up would be a close competition with intense moments and engagements. Instead, OG rolled over the Korean team with ease. Amer “Miracle-“ al-Barqawi had a stellar run in the playoffs without dying even one time. This is the sixth shut out in a Major LAN event and by the biggest margin.

Newbee swept through Fnatic in a convincing 2:0 sweep with Chen “Hao” Zhihao continuing to be the center of attention in his outstanding plays and incredibly efficient farming. The Chinese team has dropped only one game -to Digital Chaos in the upper brackets thus far in the tournaments. They continue to run over their opponents and be a force to be reckoned with.

OG will face Newbee in the upper bracket finals.

The Manila Major results: Upper Brackets

Four of the eight teams in the Upper Brackets have competed in the third day of the Manila Major. OG, MVP.Phoenix, Newbee and Fnatic went head to head in the efforts to be the first teams to advance further into the Upper Brackets and secure a top 3 finish at the third Dota 2 Major.

OG vs. MVP.Phoenix

OG at Manila Major

First game OG drafted a Morphling pick, something seen once today earlier by ViCi Gaming.Reborn, which didn’t work as well as they had hoped. OG drew first blood but was quickly answered by MVP.Phoenix. The European team continued to set the tempo and control the game for the duration of the match. Amer “Miracle-“ al-Barqawi impressed all as usual, with his flawless game on Morphling 8:0:6.

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The second game saw OG seize first blood once again. By 10 minutes in OG were diving into MVP.Phoenix’s base and were on a killing spree with a 10:0 lead at minute 13. The European team completely shellacked the Korean’s lineup. They closed out the game with a a 24:0 shutout. A completely powerful and perfectly flawless game for the Europeans to sweep through the Koreans 2:0.

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Manila Major results: OG 2:0 MVP.Phoenix. OG advance in the Upper Brackets, while MVP.Phoenix drop to the elimination series in the Lower Brackets.

Newbee vs. Fnatic

Hao at Manila Majors

The first game of the series Fnatic went with a greedy lineup with no stuns. Not having a way to deal with Newbee’s lineup and a Life Stealer with Anceint – radiance strategy they fell behind quickly despite an even laning phase. After the initial three kills early on, Fnatic failed to find another kill the rest of the game. Damien “kpii” Chok had a perfect game on Life Stealer while Chen “Hao” Zhihao had an incredible game on Weaver.

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The second game featured a Lina pick by Newbee, bringing the total heroes played in the event to 94. Fnatic started out taking first blood. Being one of the most efficient farmers, Hao already had incredible farm by minute 10. The game was back and forth for the first 24 minutes with Fnatic taking a considerable lead for the next 15 minutes. One team fight would turn things around for Newbee as they took a 14k gold swing, the lead and the series.

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Manila Major results: Newbee 2:0 Fnatic. Newbee advance in the Upper Brackets, while Fnatic drop to the elimination series in the Lower Brackets.

The Manila Major main event

The Manila Major main event will take place between June 7-12th, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. Viewers and visitors are in six days of action. The Grand Finals will take place on Sunday, June 12th.

Manila Major main event brackets

Manila Major main event brackets courtesy of Wykrhm Reddy

Manila Major main event schedule – Day 3

Friday, June 10th, starting at 04:00 CEST

04:00 CEST – Lower Bracket Round 3 (best-of-three) – TBA vs TBA

07:20 CEST – Lower Bracket Round 3 (best-of-three) – TBA vs TBA

10:40 CEST – Lower Bracket Round 4 (best-of-three) – TBA vs TBA

Format

Sixteen teams will play a double-elimination bracket.

Eight teams (top two teams of each of the four groups) will start the main event in the Upper Bracket. Eight teams (bottom two teams of each of the four groups) will start the main event in the Lower Bracket.

All the Upper Bracket match-ups will be best-of-three series.

The first two rounds of the Lower Bracket matches will be best-of-one elimination series. The following rounds will be best-of-three elimination series.

The Manila Dota Major Grand Finals will be best-of-five series, with no winners’ advantage.

Manila Dota Major streams

• DotaMajor 1 (EN)
• DotaMajor 2 (EN)
• DotaMajor 3 (EN)
• DotaMajor 4 (EN)
• DotaMajor 1 (RU)
• DotaMajor 2 (RU)
• DotaMajor 3 (RU)
• DotaMajor 4 (RU)

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