Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers day #1 concludes: Rave and Mineski-X survive

The first day of the Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers has come to an end. Thirty-two teams are left to compete for a spot in the Southeast Asian Regional Qualifiers. Out of the remaining teams, Rave and Mineski-X are still in contention. The 32 remaining teams will continue battling for the regional spot starting at 13:00 SGT, tomorrow, on January 4th.

The first round of the Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers has left 32 teams with hopes to continue their journey to China. More than 400 teams were sent home early to practice and try their luck again in the second set of the Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers, starting on January 5th.

Rave’s new composition of young and fresh players was able to survive the brutal best-of-one elimination brackets so far. They will continue their journey tomorrow, when they will face a team called WU.J.

Mineski-X is a mix of familiar faces, including Chan “WinteR” Litt Binn, Joel Chan “XtiNcT” Zhan, Fadil “Kecik Imba” Bin Mohd Raziff, and Michael “ninjaboogie” Ross. They will continue their Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers journey tomorrow, when they will go up against a team named DannyS.

MVP.Hot6ix were eliminated in Round of 128. Their departure from the tournament has occurred much earlier than expected, however, the team can register for the second round of the Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers and try out their luck once more.

Underminer, Kingdom and RRQ were all eliminated in Round of 64.

The winners of the Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers will advance to the Regional Qualifiers, which will take place between January 7-10.

The Shanghai Major will be held between March 2-6, at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Shanghai, China, with a set prize-pool of $3,000,000. Sixteen teams will compete at the main event hosted by Perfect World and Valve.

Progress can be followed in the FACEIT brackets, as teams progress tomorrow.

While the first day of the Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers Round #1 has gone fairly smoothly, there were some points of interest raised.

In an almost two-hour match, Invoker – often referred to lately as being over-buffed – went the entire game without a single death.

Team Redemption and Arrow Gaming had received a lifetime ban in 2014, following a match-fixing scandal. Valve had issued the team and organization a permanent ban from any Valve-sponsored tournaments. However, the team was able to register and start playing in the Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers on the FACEIT platform, under the name TR. The situation was brought to the attention of FACEIT admins after a few rounds and the team was disqualified.

Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers streams

A couple of channels and casters will be covering selections of games from the European, American and Southeast Asian Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers. The following spreadsheet will be updated throughout the four days of Open Qualifiers.

• BeyondTheSummit’s stream
• MoonduckTV’s stream
• ODPixel’s stream
• Xyclopzz’s stream
• MusicBlade’s stream
• CygnusCasting’s stream
• MithosDota’s stream
• PerilousGaming’s stream
• Turbo’s stream
• DragodDrop’s stream (on HitBox)

Shanghai Major SEA Open Qualifiers notable registered teams

Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers notable SEA contenders (over 450 teams registered):

• MVP.Hot6ix
• Rave
• Mineski-X (Winter, Xtinct-, KecikImba)
• Kingdom
• Underminer
• RRQ

Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers

Much like for the Frankfurt Major, there will be two opportunities for teams to compete in the Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers. Two rounds of Open Qualifiers will be hosted – the first will take place between January 3-4, while the second is set for January 5-6. Teams are able to register and participate in both sets of events.

Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers schedule

1st round of the Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers

Day 2 – January 4th:

SEA
Start time: 13:00 SGT

Rounds played: Round of 32 (Bo1), Round of 16 (Bo1), Round of 8 (Bo1), Semifinals (Bo3), Finals (Bo3)