MDL 2016 qualifiers have concluded, sending Invictus Gaming.Vitality and LGD Forever Young to the main event. The two Chinese squads will join Newbee and ViCi Gaming as the four qualified teams set to attend MDL 2016. OG, Evil Geniuses, MVP.Phoenix and Team Secret have been directly invited. The eight teams will be competing for $250,000 prize pool at the Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center in Xiamen, China between September 28- October 2.
MDL 2016 qualifiers have concluded. Invictus Gaming.Vitality and LGD Forever Young have already displayed a strong showing in their first event of the year. LGD Forever Young was only just revealed and assembled in the post TI6 shuffle.
IG.Vitality swept through TongFu 2:0 then pushed past CDEC Gaming 2:1 to the Grand Finals. There, they faced off against and overpowered the hyped star filled team – ViCi Gaming.J in a 2:0 victory.
LGD’s new roster – LGD Forever Young were knocked into the lower brackets by CDEC Gaming 2:0 in the quarter finals. They then had the long road to the Grand Finals – knocking out TongFu 2:0, besting both Invictus Gaming and EHOME 2:1 and finally eliminating ViCi Gaming.J 2:0 in the lower bracket finals for their spot.
IG.Vitality was created in March 2016 for the Manila Major/TI6 roster season. As one of the few teams to not make any changes to the lineup in the post TI6 season, the roster continues with Zhang “Yuno” Chengjun, Xu “Sakata” Zichen, Yang “InJuly” Xiaodong, Su “super” Peng and Gao “Dogf1ghts” Tianpeng.
LGD Gaming had split the roster into two – one being built up around Lu “Maybe” Yao with the second – LGD Forever Young- being spearheaded by famed talent Zhang “xiao8” Ning. The lineup features Yao “Yao” Zhengzheng and Xie “Super” Junhao and is completed by lesser known players, Luo “lpc” Puchao and Du “Monet” Peng.
MDL 2016 will be the first international LAN event of the new season, following TI6. Eight teams from around the world will be competing for the $250,000 prize pool in Xiamen, China between September 28 – October 2.
OG, Evil Geniuses, MVP.Phoenix and Team Secret will be making their first appearance at a LAN as direct invites. Newbee and ViCi Gaming qualified earlier in the year during Dota 2 Professional League (DPL) for their spots.
MDL 2016
MDL 2016 will be the first international stage and spotlight for eight teams to display their talent and skill. Four directly invited teams and four qualified teams will be giving fans the first glimpse into the upcoming season’s competition.
MDL 2016 format
MDL 2016 invites and qualified teams
- 4 Direct Invites (Evil Geniuses, MVP.Phoenix, OG and Team Secret)
- 2 Chinese qualified teams from DPL (Newbee, ViCi Gaming)
- 2 Chinese qualified teams from regional qualifier (Invictus Gaming.Vitality, LGD Forever Young)
MDL 2016 Qualifiers
- Chinese qualifier will have 8 teams (IG.Vitality, FTD C, CDEC Gaming, Invictus Gaming, EHOME, LGD Forever Young, ViCi Gaming.J, TongFu)
- Double-elimination format
- Top two teams advance to the Main Event
MDL 2016 Main Event
- 2 Groups of four teams
- GSL best-of-three series format
- playoffs set as best-of-three double elimination brackets
- Grand Finals best-of-five
MDL Winter 2015
The MDL Winter 2015 Grand Finals ended with a 3:0 sweep over Evil Geniuses, giving EHOME their third consecutive major championship title. EHOME had secured the first championship title at a an international LAN for a Chinese team since Starladder 12, in April 2015.
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