Dota 2: MDL Changsha Major Recap

The MDL Changsha Major is Dota 2 Major tournament organized by Mars Media in Changsha, China. The prize pool of the MDL Changsha Major is $1,000,000 USD and 1500 Pro Circuit Points.

FORMAT

GROUP STAGE

Two groups, six teams each.

Bo2 round robin.

Group Winners advance to the second round of the Upper Bracket.

2nd and 3rd placed teams advance to the first round of the Upper Bracket.

4th and 5th placed teams advance to the Lower Bracket.

Bottom teams from either group are eliminated.

PLAYOFFS

Ten team Double Elimination.

First round of the Lower Bracket is Bo1.

All other matches are Bo3.

Bo5 Grand Finals.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Mineski

Position	Name
1	Kam “Moon” Boon Seng
2	Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung
3	Daryl Koh “iceiceice” Pei Xiang
4	Michael “ninjaboogie” Ross Jr.
5	Anucha “Jabz” Jirawong
C	Tang “71” Wenyi

Newbee

Position	Name
1	Xu “Moogy” Han
2	Song “Sccc” Chun
3	Damien “kpii” Chok
4	Hu “Kaka” Liangzhi
5	Zeng “Faith” Hongda
C	Wang “SanSheng” Zhaohui

Team Secret

Position	Name
1	Marcus “Ace” Hoelgaard
2	Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng
3	Adrian “Fata” Trinks
4	Yazied “YapzOr” Jaradat
5	Clement “Puppey” Ivanov
C	Lee “SunBhie” Jeong-jae

Vici Gaming

Position	Name
1	Zhang “Paparazi” Chengjun
2	Zeng “Ori” Jiaoyang
3	Ren “eLeVeN” Yangwei
4	Zhang “LaNm” Zhicheng
5	Lu “Fenrir” Chao

iG Vitality

Position	Name
1	Galvin “Meracle” Kang Jian Wen
2	HAlf
3	Yang “InJuly” Xiaodong
4	Su “super” Peng
5	Gao “@dogf1ghts” Tianpeng

Invictus Gaming

Position	Name
1	Sun “Agressif” Zheng
2	Lin “Xxs” Jing
3	Sun “Srf” Runfa
4	Ye “BoBoKa” Zhibiao
5	Fu “Q” Bin

PSG.LGD

Position	Name
1	Wang “Ame” Chunyu
2	Lu “Maybe” Yao
3	Yang “Chalice”‘ Shenyi
4	Xu “fy” Linsen
5	Jian Wei “xNova” Yap
C	Yao “QQQ” Yi

TNC Pro Team

Position	Name
1	Marc Polo Luis “Raven” Fausto
2	Armel Paul “Armel” Tabios
3	Samson Solomon Enojosa “Sam_H” Hidalgo
4	Timothy John “Tims” Randrup
5	Carlo “Kuku” Palad

VGJ.Storm

Position	Name
1	Yawar “YawaR” Hassan
2	Roman “Resolut1on” Fominok
3	Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu
4	Arif “MSS” Anwar
5	Avery “SVG” Silverman
C	Aaron “Clairvoyance” Kim

Infamous

Position	Name
1	Alonso “Kotarō Hayama” León
2	Mariano “Papita” Caneda
3	Steven “StingeR” Vargas
4	Farith “Matthew” Puente
5	Christian “Accel” Cruz

OG

Position	Name
1	Johan “N0tail” Sundstein
2	Sébastien “7ckngMad” Debs
3	Gustav “s4” Magnusson
4	Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka
5	Tal “Fly” Aizik

Vega Squadron

Position	Name
1	Nikita “Palantimos” Grinkevich
2	Dmitry “UnderShock” Bolshakov
3	Evgeniy “Blizzy” Ree
4	Bakyt “Zayac” Emilzhanov
5	Semion “CemaTheSlayer” Krivulya
C	Murielle “Kipspul” Huisman

PRIZE POOL

The prize pool of the MDL Changsha Major is $1,000,000 USD and 1500 Pro Circuit Points.

Place	$ USD	DPC Points	Team
1	$400,000	750	PSG.LGD
2	$200,000	450	VGJ.Storm
3	$130,000	225	Vici Gaming
4	$85,000	75	Newbee
5-6	$40,000	–	Mineski
5-6	$40,000	–	Team Secret
7-8	$25,000	–	OG
7-8	$25,000	–	TNC Pro Team
9-10	$17,500	–	Invictus Gaming
9-10	$17,500	–	iG Vitality
11-12	$10,000	–	Infamous
11-12	$10,000	–	Vega Squadron

MATCHES

GROUP STAGE

Group A
1	Team Secret	3-2-0	8p
2	Mineski	3-1-1	7p
3	OG	3-0-2	6p
4	Invictus Gaming	2-2-1	6p
5	iG Vitality	1-1-3	3p
6	Infamous	0-0-5	0p

Group B
1	Vici Gaming	2-2-0	8p
2	VGJ.Storm	2-2-1	6p
3	TNC Pro Team	1-4-0	6p
4	PSG.LGD	2-1-2	5p
5	Newbee	1-3-1	5p
6	Vega Squadron	0-0-5	0p

For detailed match results, click here.

PLAYOFFS

Date	Match	Result
5/16/2018	VGJ.Storm vs OG	2-0
5/16/2018	Mineski vs TNC Pro Team	2-0
5/16/2018	Team Secret vs VGJ.Storm	1-2
5/16/2018	Vici Gaming vs Mineski	2-1
5/18/2018	Invictus Gaming vs Newbee	0-1
5/18/2018	PSG.LGD vs iG Vitality	1-0
5/18/2018	OG vs Newbee	0-2
5/18/2018	TNC Pro Team vs PSG.LGD	1-2
5/19/2018	Mineski vs Newbee	0-2
5/19/2018	Team Secret vs PSG.LGD	0-2
5/19/2018	Newbee vs PSG.LGD	0-2
5/19/2018	VGJ.Storm vs Vici Gaming	2-0
5/20/2018	Vici Gaming vs PSG.LGD	0-2
5/20/2018	VGJ.Storm vs PSG.LGD	0-3