I came to the junction. On the last gaming day, four teams fought for the championship title: OG and Evil Geniuses, Digital Chaos and Ad Finem. It came as a surprise to everyone
very weak game" Evil geniuses”, who turned out to be exhausted after meetings with Wings Gaming and Virtus.pro. The Americans were unable to show their best game, and thus OG received an easy ticket to the grand final - 2:0 in favor of the European team.
Next on stage were the teams Digital Chaos and Ad Finem. Despite the fact that DC performed at home tournament, the audience supported the Greeks in every possible way. When the Ad Finem players acted successfully, a noise arose, and the spectators greeted each won battle with applause and shouts of “Ad Finem, Ad Finem!” Charged with the energy of the fans, Ad Finem first managed to inflict Digital Chaos its first defeat in the tournament, and then took advantage of the enemy’s confusion and reduced the match to a score of 2:0. It seems that the Greeks themselves did not believe what had happened!
Ad Finem - OG, map 3 - the best game of 2016 in
The tradition of the majors was not broken: again, two European teams met in the decisive match of the tournament. For OG, this was already the third final - the team defended the title of the reigning champions of the Manila Major, while no one took Ad Finem seriously before the start of the competition, because the team attended an official tournament from Valve for the first time in history. It seemed that even OG fans wanted Ad Finem to win, because the Greeks managed to make the whole world fall in love with them during these four days of the playoffs.
And although the match ended with a score of 3:1 in favor of OG, no one can blame Ad Finem. The team put all their strength into the battlefield and fought more than worthy, and the victory on the third map will definitely go down in history as one of best games throughout the history of Dota. It seems that the Greeks did not leave anyone indifferent. Even when the OG players lifted the championship trophy, shouts of “Ad Finem!” could be clearly heard in the hall. It's time Verros "Maybe Next Time" Apostolos, a player in the support position of the Greek team, change your nickname to a more suitable one!
Distribution prize fund
1. OG, European Union - $1 million.
2. Ad Finem, Greece - $500 thousand.
3-4. Evil Geniuses and Digital Chaos, both USA - $250 thousand each.
Symbolic team of the major
Johan "N0tail" Sundstein- the Danish player of the first position, once again demonstrated true skill, which is determined by the ability to perfectly read the game and act exclusively according to the situation, bypassing all templates. He truly deserves to lift the major championship trophy for the third time!
Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan- the Pakistani was the only “Evil Geniuses” player who played the entire tournament consistently. Center American team always defended his line, even if he played a weaker hero. He once again confirmed that his level is extremely high.
Gustav "s4" Magnusson- the Swede clearly showed the whole world that a high-quality player can play in any position. Despite the fact that s4 has only been playing in his new role for a couple of months, he perfectly feels and understands his new role, and continues to delight the audience with his excellent performance.
Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka- Finn, without a doubt, best player tournament, and his play in the support position serves as an example to follow even for the most famous “supports”. This is the case when you can safely forget about the prefix “one of”: JerAx is the best player in the world in the fourth position at the moment.
Giorgos "SsaSpartan" Gannakopoulos- no team can reach heights without a good captain. The leader of the Greek team not only charged his teammates with his explosive energy, but also played superbly in every match. Just look at his Rubick on the third map of the grand final!
Tournament Hero
For a long time, teams could not find a use for Legion Commander, although the hero was improved with each patch. And in the playoffs of the Boston Major, he turned out to be one of the most in demand, and most importantly, the most successful. Out of nine maps, he lost only one, which is 89% win rate!
* Gustav "s4" Magnusson became the second player in the world to win both The International and the Major. The first to achieve this achievement Clement "Puppey" Ivanov;
* Tal "Fly" Aizik and Johan "N0tail" Sundstein became the first players in the world to win three Valve tournaments;
* 16-year-old Anatan "Ana" Pham- the youngest winner in the history of majors;
* Major finals have so far only featured European teams;
* This was Valve's first tournament in which Greek players participated. Until now, the largest monetary reward for the Greeks has been prize money from MLG Pro League Season 2 - $16,725;
* thanks to the earnings victory of Johan "N0tail" Sundstein and Gustav "s4" Magnusson with prize tournaments officially exceeded $1 million.
OG once again performed her Dream Green, showing a filigree performance. Tal "Fly" Aizik confirmed his status as one of the best, if not the best, captain of our time. Despite the loss of three players in the off-season, he managed to build a fighting team and achieve the desired result in the shortest possible time. Separately, I would like to note the simply fantastic atmosphere that the audience created at the Wang Theater. Even being thousands of kilometers away from the tournament venue, one could feel the incredible atmosphere that reigned in Boston!
A week after the ESL One Katowice Major, we are moving to the Major in Bucharest. In 2018, PGL truly organized a tournament worthy of Major status, which is especially nice from an organizer with such a reputation. Briefly, Bucharest Major 2018 is 16 teams, 1 million money, no parallel matches and the Swiss conducting system group stage Bucharest Majora. The Swiss system always pits equal opponents against each other, which means an abundance of betting matches with good odds. On paper everything looks just great, let’s see how the PGL Major actually goes in March 2018.
List of participants - Bucharest Dota 2 Major 2018
10 teams invited directly, and 6 winners of regional qualifications.
The Bucharest Dota 2 Major - Format and tournament table for March 4-11, 2018
This time we were pleasantly surprised with the format of the PGL tournament; we will decide to play the group stage of the Bucharest Major according to the Swiss system. Swiss system - conducting system sports tournaments, but it’s not new in eSports either, although it’s quite rare. 
What is the Swiss system in esports? After random seeding, all teams play the first round against a random opponent. Then, in the second and subsequent rounds, teams form groups with an equal number of points and play one match with an opponent from their group. At the Bucharest Major in the second round we will have 4 matches among the 8 teams that won the first round, and 4 matches among the losers. In the third round, teams with two wins, two losses and teams with one win and one loss will play against each other, and so on. All group stage matches, Swiss system, will be held in the Best of 1 format.
The eight teams that score the most points in the groups will form the playoff bracket, and the spread is not random, the first place in the groups will meet the eighth place in the playoff bracket, the second place will meet the seventh place, etc., which is especially important because the final will take place in Single Elimination format - elimination, all playoff matches bo3, grand final bo5. 
The Bucharest Major 2018 standings are updated in this news. The Bucharest Major playoff bracket will be added after the group stage.
Schedule of Dota 2 Major in Bucharest 2018 Moscow time
Games the group stage will take place on March 4-7, 2018, in bo1 format, matches go one after another, starts at 11:00 Moscow time. According to the Bucharest Major schedule for the playoffs, the games will be held on March 9-11, in bo3 format, the matches will begin at 12:00 Moscow time. The grand final of The Bucharest 2018 Major is scheduled for March 11, 15:00 Moscow time and will be held in the bo5 format.
Last weekend, all participants in the next tournament were determined Dota 2 with the meaningful prefix “ major".
The best teams from five regions will meet at LAN -finals in Boston from December 3 to 10 and will compete for a substantial prize fund of $3 million. First tournament from Valve the new season is preparing many surprises and pleasant emotions, a fair portion of which eSports fans received already at the qualification stage. For your attention the main conclusions on qualifying stage and presentation of the teams that won the last tickets to the Boston Wang Theater all European players.
Among Russian fans Dota 2 there was an opportunity to cheer for a team that could compete with world leaders. New line-up Virtus. pro lived up to expectations. Exit to major from the European zone can be considered a success. The team clearly approached training process in the off-season. This is evidenced by a large selection of gaming strategies and confident play on large quantities characters. In addition to good individual preparation, the “bears” demonstrated real character, which CIS teams often lack. In the fight for a slot V.P. beat the leaders of the region in recent years: Team Liquid and Team Secret. Virtus. pro finished the group stage as the sole leader, but lost with a score of 2:0 in the first match of the upper bracket Team Liquid , which she chose for herself as her semi-final opponent. The guys were able to work on their mistakes and improve in the final of the lower bracket, where the draw brought these teams together again.
The main disappointment of the qualifications was the weak performance Team Secret . Estonian captain of the “secret” - Klement “ Puppey “Ivanov will miss the tournament from Valve . A fusion of the vast experience of European supports and high level The game mechanics of three natives of the South Asian region looked quite promising on paper. And nothing foreshadowed trouble: the team finished the group stage in second place with seven wins and two defeats. But in the playoffs Puppey and his team was unable to take a single card. Perhaps the most demanding games have exposed communication problems that were previously mitigated by individual skill.
Missing LAN -final of the Ukrainian Natus Vincere and Team Liquid , flying the flag of the European Union, is hardly a surprise. The reasons for the failures of these famous teams, perhaps, lie in the transfer policy of the organizations. During the summer reshuffle window, the managers of the Ukrainian team decided not to make substitutions, despite the last place of “born to win” at the main tournament of the year - The International 2016. Based on the results of the group stage Na`Vi scored only 2 points out of 9 and shared the last line in the table with Escape Gaming and Fantastic Five . Such a sharp drop in results forced the organization’s leaders to announce a change in the roster Dota 2 immediately after the end of qualifications.
The main discovery of the selections in Europe can be called the team Ad Finem . The Greek five stopped one step away from hitting final stage The Manila Major and took fourth place during the group stage of the qualifications for The International 2016. A d Finem is translated from Latin as “to the end”, and the name of the team fully reflects the attitude of all team members to the game. This friendly five has not changed its composition for more than a year, and now this stability has borne fruit. A.F. took only fourth place during the group stage, but literally swept away its opponents in the playoffs. They were replayed with the same score 2:0 Team Secret in the semi-finals and Team Liquid in the final of the upper bracket.
In this article we talk about the LAN finals of The Boston Major 2016 in Dota 2.
The event will take place in the American city of Boston from December 3 to 10 at the Boston Wang Theater, with a capacity of up to 3,500 spectators.
Tournament participants
Group A: Wings Gaming (China), Digital Chaos (Europe), WarriorsGaming.Unity (Malaysia), LGD.Forever Young (China).
Group B: Newbee (China), MVP Phoenix ( South Korea), Virtus.pro (Russia), Team NP (Canada).
Group C: Evil Geniuses (Europe), compLexity Gaming (America), Team Faceless (Singapore), LGD Gaming (China).
Group D: EHOME (China), OG (Europe), Ad Finem (Greece), iG Vitality (China).
What are the ratings of the tournament participants?
Of the participants in The Boston Major 2016, the highest MMR is Artur "Arteezy" Babaev (9,018), and the lowest is Kimuel "Kim0" Rodis (6,452). The highest team MMR is the Chinese team Newbee (8,251), the lowest is compLexity Gaming (6,809).
Forecasts
Bookmakers consider Wings Gaming to be the favorites of the tournament, followed by the Chinese team, their sympathies are with Virtus.pro and Newbee. But the outsiders, in their opinion, are compLexity Gaming, Execration and WarriorsGaming.Unity. Just don’t forget that the Dota 2 scene constantly throws up surprises and anyone can win The Boston Major 2016.
Who to root for?
Our team is approaching the tournament as a favorite. The updated Virtus.pro roster began its journey with a victory at BTS Series Europe #4, beating Elements Pro Gaming in the final with a score of 2:1. After this, the “bears” earned tickets to such tournaments as: The Summit 6, Dota Pit League Season 5, The Boston Major 2016, ESL One Genting 2017 and ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 6.
Then the Russian team played the final of the European closed qualification for The Boston Major 2016, where Virtus.pro defeated Team Liquid with a score of 2:1 and earned a ticket to the LAN final.
The last tournament for Virtus.pro players was The Summit 6, in which they won the grand final over the OG team with a score of 3:0. It is worth noting that the “bears” at the tournament were able to beat their main competitors in The Boston Major 2016 - Wings Gaming with a score of 2:0.
The Boston Major 2016 schedule
December 3:
Group A
18:00 Wings Gaming 1-2 WarriorsGaming.Unity
18:00 Digital Chaos 2-0 LGD.Forever Young
21:00 WarriorsGaming.Unity 0-2 Digital Chaos
00:00 Wings Gaming 2-0 LGD.Forever Young
03:00 WarriorsGaming.Unity 0-2 Wings Gaming
Group B
18:00 NewBee 2-0 MVP.Phoenix
18:00 Virtus.pro 2-0 Team NP
21:00 NewBee 0-2 Virtus.pro
00:00 MVP.Phoenix 1-2 Team NP
03:00 NewBee 2-0 Team NP
December 4:
Group C
18:00 Evil Geniuses 1-2 compLexity Gaming
18:00 Team Faceless 0-2 LGD Gaming
21:00 compLexity Gaming 0-2 LGD Gaming
00:00 Evil Geniuses 2-0 Team Faceless
03:00 compLexity Gaming 2-1 Evil Geniuses
Group D
18:00 OG 2-1 IG.Vitality
18:00 EHOME 1-2 Ad Finem
21:00 OG 2-1 Ad Finem
00:00 IG.Vitality 1-2 EHOME
03:00 Ad Finem 1-2 EHOME
Playoffs
18:00 Virtus.pro 2-0 iG Vitality
21:00 Evil Geniuses 2-0 Wings Gaming
00:00 compLexity Gaming 0-2 WarriorsGaming.Unity
03:00 OG 2-0 MVP Phoenix
18:00 Digital Chaos 2-0 Team Faceless
21:00 EHOME 1-2 Team NP
00:00 Ad Finem 2-1 Newbee
04:00 LGD Gaming 0-2 LGD.ForeverYoung
18:00 Virtus.pro 0-2 Evil Geniuses
21:30 WarriorsGaming.Unity 1-2 OG
01:00 Digital Chaos 2-0 Team NP
04:30 Ad Finem 2-1 LGD.ForeverYoung
18:00 Evil Geniuses 0-2 OG
20:15 Digital Chaos 0-2 Ad Finem
Grand final:
23:00 OG 3-1 Ad Finem
The start time of matches is Moscow. The matches will be held in bo3 format. The playoff stage will take place from December 7 to 10.
Broadcast
Russian-language commentators will work at The Boston Major 2016: Vitaly “v1lat” Volochai, Roman “CaspeRRR” Lepyokhin, Dmitry “LighTofHeaveN” Kupriyanov, Victor “GodHunt” Volkov, Nikita “4ce” Kotkov and Dmitry “Droog” Chumachenko. RuHub studio will also send a film crew to America. Analysts did not receive an invitation from Valve to Boston. The analytics studio will host the show from Moscow.
Prize fund
The prize fund of the tournament was $3,000,000:
1st place: OG - $1,000,000
2nd place: Ad Finem - $500,000
3-4 place: Evil Geniuses - $250,000
3rd-4th place: Digital Chaos - $250,000
5th-8th place: Virtus.pro - $125,000
5-8 place: WarriorsGaming.Unity - $125,000
5-8 place: Team NP - $125,000
5th-8th place: LGD.ForeverYoung - $125,000
9-16 place: IG.Vitality - $62,500
9th-16th place: Wings Gaming - $62,500
9th-16th place: compLexity Gaming - $62,500
9th-16th place: MVP Phoenix - $62,500
9th-16th place: Team Faceless - $62,500
9th-16th place: EHOME - $62,500
9th-16th place: Newbee - $62,500
9th-16th place: LGD Gaming - $62,500
Boston Major 2016 is the fourth major tournament from Valve, which took place from December 3 to December 10, 2016 in Boston, America. Congratulations to the team, which took first place in this tournament, and this is the third of four majors that this team won. Boston Major is the first Dota 2 tournament that was held according to the Single Elimination system - for elimination, and the first tournament from Valve, which the legendary captain Puppey missed, taking fourth place with Team Secret at the regional qualifiers. A lot of negativity poured out on Valve due to their choice of Single Elimination, perhaps it was this format that did not allow such giants as Newbee, Wigns and Virtus Pro to go far, and the Ad Finem team, which was a second division team before the tournament, to take second place.
During the week of LAN finals, 85 games were played, a good start to the game was shown, oddly enough, by outsiders of the tournament Wings Gaming, Newbee, Team NP who have best results for first 10 kills. The worst first 10 kills went to EHOME, LGD Gaming and Digital Chaos. As for the first bloodsheds, the top three were Evil Geniuses, Newbee and LGD FY, while the worst in this ranking were WG Unity, Team NP and EHOME. Interestingly, Team NP showed best results for the first 10 kills, while almost always giving First Blood to the opponent. It is worth noting the game EHOME, which stably “feeds” at the beginning of the game, nevertheless, stays afloat and sometimes, even with such a start, confidently wins 
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Representatives Asian region Boston Major 2016 had the most, 9 out of 16 teams can be attributed to this region, while all of them they performed just awful, not a single team was able to oppose anything to its rivals from Europe and America. The sensation of the tournament was the defeat of the Newbee team, the unofficial leader of China, in the first match of the playoffs, and to the team from the open qualifications of Europe - Ad Finem, where it all ended for them in 8-16 lines of the tournament table.
If for some reason you missed the games of this event, the editors of our site have highlighted for you best matches Boston Major 2016, which you should definitely watch, all of them are available on Dota TV: 
- Virtus Pro vs Newbee (game 2)
- vs WG Unity (1 game)
- Virtus Pro vs IG Vitality (game 2)
- Ad Finem vs
