Newbee.Young prevail in TI6 Chinese Open Qualifiers

The second round of the TI6 Chinese Open Qualifiers has come to an end. Newbee.Young landed the second TI6 Chinese Regional Qualifiers spot, after defeating CDEC.Avenger, 2:1, in the finals. The regional qualifiers will begin tomorrow June 25.

Newbee.Young convincingly bested CDEC.Avenger, 2:1, in the finals of the second TI6 Chinese Open Qualifiers.

History seems to have repeated itself in the Chinese region today. Newbee.Young defeated CDEC.Avenger in the second round TI6 Chinese Open Qualifiers to seize their spot only six weeks ago.

Newbee.Young grabbed the second TI6 Chinese Regional Qualifiers spot.

Newbee.Young will go up against ViCi Gaming.Reborn, TongFu, CDEC Gaming, Wings Gaming, Invictus Gaming, CDEC.Youth, EHOME, IG.Vitality and ViCi Gaming. The qualifiers are scheduled to take place between June 25th-28th.

TI6 Regional Qualifiers

The format for the TI6 Regional Qualifiers are different this year to accommodate having two regional spots advance to the TI6 main event and one regional team advance to the TI6 Wild Card series.

Group Stage

• 10 teams in one group, played in a round-robin format
• Eight invited teams
• Two teams qualified through the TI6 Chinese Open Qualifiers
• All matches are played best-of-one
• The top team qualifies to The International 2016
• Second through fifth place teams advance to the Playoffs
• Tiebreakers: Head-to-head, then best-of-one round robin, then time rating on the round robin

Playoffs

• Four teams compete in a double-elimination bracket
• All matches are played best-of-three
• Grand Final is best-of-five
• The winning team qualifies to The International 2016
• The runner-up qualifies to The International 2016 Wild Card

Newbee.Young – TI6 Chinese Open Qualifiers second round winners

Newbee was put together in early 2014, during the Chinese reshuffle that happened prior to The International 4. It was originally nicknamed “Dream Team 2” until February 2014, when the season transfer window was closed and the team was officially named Newbee. Newbee went on to win The International 4 in Seattle. In October 2014, Newbee Young – the organization’s youth squad, was established and placed seventh at the National Electronic Sports Tournament 2014, only two weeks later.

A stroke of luck came the young team’s way. As Invictus Gaming, qualified for the Frankfurt Major through the Chinese Qualifier, the organization has extended the invitation to replace them to the team that was next in line – Newbee Young. The team had come in third place, following Invictus Gaming and Newbee.

Newbee.Young came in last place at the event unfortunately but took eighth place at the Dota 2 Radiant and Dire Cup and third at the Shanghai Dota 2 Open.

With the great Chinese roster reshuffle in March, Meng “Xiao2lei” Lei and Zhang “le” Xuanhao moved to Newbee.Young from the main squad.

Newbee Young roster:

Tan “JiaJia/Aria” Lijia
“Sccc” Song Chun
Zhang “le” Xuanhao
Meng “Xiao2lei” Lei
“Mrrr” Meng Duo

The International 6

The most anticipated tournament of the year for Dota 2 players and enthusiasts will return to the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington, this August. The International 6 main event is set to run for six days, from Monday, August 8th, through Saturday, August 13th.

The current prize pool currently stands at $12,543,595 ($10,943,595 added by the community).