The Nanyang Championships Chinese qualifiers are now underway, with 14 teams invited to compete for the one spot in the upcoming LAN. EHOME.cn, Invictus Gaming, Newbee and TongFu are among the invited teams to participate in the online qualifiers between September 15-18.
The China qualifiers for @NYChampionships begin tonight with simultaneous group stage games cast by @Basskip & @Xyclopzz at 16:00 SGT!
— BeyondTheSummit (@BeyondTheSummit) September 15, 2015
Fourteen Chinese teams have been invited to compete in the Nanyang Dota 2 Championships regional qualifiers. The one team left standing after the qualifiers’ grand finals will join Fnatic, Virtus.Pro, Team Secret, ViCi Gaming, LGD, CDEC, Cloud 9 and two other qualified teams at the Suntec Convention and Event Centre, in Singapore, between October 26th and November 1st. The $200,000 tournament is expected to be the biggest of its kind in the Southeast Asian region.
Nanyang Dota 2 Championships Chinese Qualifiers
Invited teams
- Invictus Gaming
- Newbee
- EHOME
- TongFu
- FTD Club
- FTD Club B
- Vici Gaming Potential
- CDEC Youth
- Team DK
- Newbee Young
- Braveheart
- HyperGloryTeam
- EHOME.King
- DUOBAO
Format
The qualifiers will be separated into two stages: a round robin group stage and a double elimination bracket that will culminate in a best-of-five finals.
Stage 1
- Ten of the teams are sorted into two groups
- All games are best-of-one
- Round Robin format
- Top 2 teams of each group will advance
Group A
- FTD Club
- CDEC Youth
- HyperGloryTeam
- EHOME.King
- Newbee Young
Group B
- DUOBAO
- FTD Club B
- Team DK
- Vici Potential
- Brave Heart
Stage Two
- Double elimination bracket
- Tier 1 invited teams: iG, Newbee, EHOME and TongFu join the four teams from stage one
- All matches will be best-of-three series
- Grand finals will be best-of-five series
- No winner bracket advantage
Nanyang Dota 2 Championships teams
Directly invited teams:
- Fnatic
- Virtus.Pro
- Team Secret
- ViCi Gaming
- LGD Gaming
- CDEC
Qualified teams:
- Cloud 9 – Winner of the Americas qualifiers
- TBD – Winner of the Chinese qualifiers
- TBD – Winner of the European qualifiers
- TBD – Winner of the Southeast Asian (Korea included) qualifiers
Playoffs: October 28 – 30
The eight remaining teams will compete in a Double Elimination format. The first two rounds of the Lower Bracket will be best-of-one games. All the other matches will be best-of-three series. The playoffs will be followed by a “rest day”, on October 31st.
Grand Finals: November 1st
The Nanyang Dota 2 Championships LAN Grand Finals will be played as best-of-five series, without any winner’s advantage.
Nanyang Dota 2 Championships in-game ticket
The Nanyang Dota 2 Championships in-game ticket is available for $1.99. 25.0% of the proceeds of each sale contributes to the tournament’s prize pool.
Nanyang Dota 2 Championships prize pool breakdown
- 1st place $100,000 + 48% crowdfunded amount
- 2nd place $50,000 + 24% crowdfunded amount
- 3rd place $25,000 + 12% crowdfunded amount
- 4th place $10,000 + 8% crowdfunded amount
- 5-6 place $7,500 + 4% crowdfunded amount
About KeyTV
KeyTV is a Shanghai based esports content producing company, focused on creating high quality esports content, such as tournaments, team videos, gaming livestreams and rebroadcasted content. The Chinese company employs a team of highly experienced videographers, pre/post-production editors, writers and directors, casters and models. KeyTV’s most recent event was the VPGame Professional Invitational, with a prize pool of $24,500. ViCi Gaming claimed the championship title, in April. Additional events include, but are not limited to: assistance during DAC, MSI Beat it, and WEC.
Further information is available on the Nanyang Dota 2 Championships website.
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