TI6 Chinese Qualifiers preview: Teams, format schedule

The TI6 Chinese Qualifiers kick off on Saturday, June 26, at 04:00 CEST. The eight invited teams, along with two qualified ones, will compete over the coveted spot at most anticipated event of the year – TI6.

Get up to speed with the TI6 Chinese Qualifiers schedule, participating teams, format and schedule!

Ten teams – ViCi Gaming.Reborn, TongFu, CDEC Gaming, Wings Gaming, Invictus Gaming, CDEC.Youth, EHOME, IG.Vitality, ViCi Gaming and Newbee.Young – will be competing to represent China at the TI6.

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).

Team Liquid, Newbee, MVP.Phoenix, OG, Na’vi and LGD Gaming have already been directly invited to the event.

TI6 Chinese Qualifiers teams

• ViCi Gaming.Reborn – invited
• TongFu – invited
• CDEC Gaming – invited
• Wings Gaming – invited
• Invictus.Gaming – invited
• CDEC.Youth – invited
• EHOME – invited
• IG.Vitality – invited
• ViCi Gaming – 1st TI6 Open Chinese Qualifiers
• Newbee.Young – 2nd TI6 Open Chinese Qualifiers

TI6 Chinese Qualifiers format

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 for China
• Eight invited teams for China
• Two teams qualified through the 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

TI6 Chinese Qualifiers schedule

June 26

• 04:00 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs TBD
• 04:00 CEST – TongFu vs Vici Gaming
• 04:00 CEST – CDEC vs iG.Vitality
• 5:30 CEST – Wings Gaming vs EHOME
• 5:30 CEST – Invictus Gaming vs CDEC.Youth
• 5:30 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs Vici Gaming
• 7:00 CEST – TBD vs iG.Vitality
• 7:00 CEST – TongFu vs EHOME
• 7:00 CEST – CDEC vs CDEC.Youth
• 8:30 CEST – Wings Gaming vs Invictus Gaming
• 8:30 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs iG.Vitality
• 8:30 CEST – Vici Gaming vs EHOME
• 10:00 CEST – TBD vs CDEC.Youth
• 10:00 CEST – TongFu vs Invictus Gaming
• 10:00 CEST – CDEC vs Wings Gaming
• 11:30 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs EHOME
• 11:30 CEST – iG.Vitality vs CDEC.Youth
• 11:30 CEST – Vici Gaming vs Invictus Gaming
• 13:00 CEST – TBD vs Wings Gaming
• 13:00 CEST – TongFu vs CDEC
• 13:00 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs CDEC.Youth
• 14:30 CEST – EHOME vs Invictus Gaming
• 14:30 CEST – iG.Vitality vs Wings Gaming
• 14:30 CEST – Vici Gaming vs CDEC

June 27

• 04:00 CEST – TBD vs TongFu
• 04:00 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn.Dota2 vs Invictus Gaming
• 04:00 CEST – CDEC.Youth vs Wings Gaming
• 05:30 CEST – EHOME vs CDEC
• 05:30 CEST – iG.Vitality vs TongFu
• 05:30 CEST – Vici Gaming vs TBD
• 07:00 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs Wings Gaming
• 07:00 CEST – Invictus Gaming vs CDEC
• 07:00 CEST – CDEC.Youth vs TongFu
• 08:30 CEST – Wings Gaming vs Vici Gaming
• 08:30 CEST – Invictus Gaming vs iG.Vitality
• 08:30 CEST – CDEC.Youth vs EHOME
• 10:00 CEST – EHOME vs iG.Vitality
• 10:00 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs TongFu
• 10:00 CEST – CDEC vs TBD
• 11:30 CEST – Wings Gaming vs TongFu
• 11:30 CEST – Invictus Gaming vs TBD
• 11:30 CEST – CDEC.Youth vs Vici Gaming
• 13:00 CEST – EHOME vs TBD
• 13:00 CEST – iG.Vitality vs Vici Gaming
• 13:00 CEST – Vici Gaming.Reborn vs CDEC

June 28

• 04:00 CEST – Tiebreaker if necessary
• 07:30 CEST – Semifinal Winner 1
• 11:00 CEST – Semifinal Winner 2
• 14:30 CEST – Lower Bracket semi finals

June 29

• 06:00 CEST – Upper Bracket finals
• 09:30 CEST – Lower Bracket finals
• 13:00 CEST – Grand Final

TI6 Chinese Qualifiers favorite team preview

Dota 2 SL iLeague Dota 2 GrandFinals

Towards the end of March, big changes hit the ViCi Gaming Potential squad. The team added Xu “fy” Linsen and Liang “DDC” Faming to the mix, welcomed newcomer Wang “NoNo” Xin from CDEC.Avengers, while Yang “Zyf” Pu moved from the substitute role and Zhou “Yang” Haiyang retained his position. The new rebranding and roster of ViCi Gaming Potential will look to change things for the upcoming Manila Major and TI6 season.

With the addition of two star veterans and new blood, ViCi Gaming Reborn has been outshining their Chinese counterparts and living up to their namesake, merely weeks after formation. Dominating in the weekly H-Cup series, ViCi Gaming Reborn have blown away their competition on a consistent basis and haven’t looked back yet.

H-Cup Season 4 came to an end giving ViCi Gaming Reborn their fourth consecutive win in the new weekly series and the Chinese qualifier spot for the StarLadder iLeague Dota Invitational LAN.

Then in a spectacular LAN debut, ViCi Gaming Reborn overtook Natus Vincere, 3:1, in the SL iLeague Dota 2 Grand Finals. It took four incredibly intense, hair-raising matches to crown the Chinese rising stars champions.

The Chinese team was invited to the Manila Major where they ended up taking 7-8th place.

Wings Gaming -TI6 Chinese Qualifiers invited team

Wings Gaming at WCA courtesy of JoinDota

After TI5, the roster made a 100% turnover and has welcomed all new players. The team has stuck together ever since.

They took 4th at WCA 2015, where they demonstrated impressive skill and talent and began to win over fans worldwide. They were the first team to take two games from Team Secret in the group stage of the event and quickly made a name for themselves.

Having minimal official games on record, they did manage to stun many when they snatched the Chinese qualifier spot for ESL One Manila by sweeping Vici Gaming Reborn, 3-0. The Chinese then team made a clean sweep over Team Liquid, 3:0, in the Grand Finals -to walk away with their first championship title as a team and the $100,000 first place prize.

The team was directly invited to the Manila Major where they had a disappointing finish taking 13-16th place.

EHOME -TI6 Chinese Qualifiers invited team

Daryl “iceiceice” Koh Pei Xiang and Lu “Fenrir” Chao, two former Vici Gaming players, joined the EHOME roster last month. Zhang “LaNm” Zhicheng switched to the carry position and iceiceice started playing support alongside Fenrir. The changes were drastic, but the Chinese team was set on making big improvements coming into the new season after a 9th-12th place finish at the Shanghai Major.

EHOME received a direct invite at the end of January, after they took third at the Nanyang Championships LAN, fourth at the Frankfurt Major, received a direct invite to the Shanghai Major and took the championship title for Dota 2 Radiant & Dire Cup.

The new lineup has only participated in the fourth season/week of the H-CUP, where they took second place. There is still much mystery surrounding the team’s playstyle, synergy and cohesion.

EHOME was invited to participate in ESL One Manila but had taken a dissapointing 7-8th place. They also missed out on the Manila Major, having taking second place after being wiped out by Newbee 3:0 in the Grand Finals.