Boston Major

The Boston Major was a professional Dota 2 esports tournament that took place in Boston in the United States.[1] The main event was played live at the Wang Theatre from December 7–10, 2016. Like other tournaments in the Dota 2 Major Championship series, the event featured 16 teams from around the world and had a $3,000,000 prize pool, with the victor winning $1,000,000.[2] The event was presented and produced by PGL, who also had the same role at the previous Major in Manila.[3]

Boston Major
Tournament information
SportDota 2
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, United States
DatesDecember 7–10, 2016
Administrator(s)Valve
Tournament
format(s)
Group stage
GSL format
Bracket
Single elimination
Host(s)PGL
Venue(s)Wang Theatre
Teams16
PurseUS$3,000,000
Final positions
ChampionsOG
Runner-upAd Finem

Unlike previous Dota 2 Majors, the Boston Major was the first one to have a single elimination bracket.[4] The event was won by OG, their third Dota 2 Major championship victory, who defeated Ad Finem in the best-of-five grand finals 3–1.[5]

Teams
Direct invitation
Regional qualifier winners
  • Team NP (Americas)
  • compLexity Gaming (Americas)
  • LGD.Forever Young (China)
  • iG Vitality (China)
  • Ad Finem (Europe)
  • Virtus.pro (Europe)
  • Team Faceless (Southeast Asia)
  • WarriorsGaming.Unity (Southeast Asia)


Tournament
During the grand finals match between Ad Finem and OG

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Digital Chaos 2 2 0 2
2 Wings Gaming 3 2 1 2
3 WarriorsGaming.Unity 3 1 2 1
4 LGD.Forever Young 2 0 2 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 3. Source: [6]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Virtus.pro 2 2 0 2
2 Newbee 3 2 1 2
3 Team NP 3 1 2 1
4 MVP Phoenix 2 0 2 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 3. Source: [6]

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 LGD Gaming 2 2 0 2
2 compLexity Gaming 3 2 1 2
3 Evil Geniuses 3 1 2 1
4 Team Faceless 2 0 2 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 4. Source: [6]

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 OG 2 2 0 2
2 EHOME 3 2 1 2
3 Ad Finem 3 1 2 1
4 iG Vitality 2 0 2 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 4. Source: [6]

Bracket

All series were played to a best-of-three, with the exception being the best-of-five grand finals.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
B1
Virtus.pro
2
D4
iG.Vitality
0
Virtus.pro
0
Evil Geniuses
2
C3
Evil Geniuses
2
A2
Wings Gaming
0
Evil Geniuses
0
OG
2
C2
compLexity Gaming
0
A3
WarriorsGaming.Unity
2
WarriorsGaming.Unity
1
OG
2
D1
OG
2
B4
MVP Phoenix
0
OG
3
Ad Finem
1
A1
Digital Chaos
2
C4
Team Faceless
0
Digital Chaos
2
Team NP
0
D2
EHOME
1
B3
Team NP
2
Digital Chaos
0
Ad Finem
2
D3
Ad Finem
2
B2
Newbee
1
Ad Finem
2
LGD.Forever Young
1
C1
LGD Gaming
0
A4
LGD.Forever Young
2

Results

(Note: Prizes are in USD)

Place Team Prize money
1st OG $1,000,000
2nd Ad Finem $500,000
3rd/4th
 Digital Chaos $250,000
Evil Geniuses
5th–8th LGD.Forever Young $125,000
Team NP
Virtus.pro
WarriorsGaming.Unity
9th–16th compLexity Gaming $62,500
EHOME
iG Vitality
LGD Gaming
MVP Phoenix
Newbee
Team Faceless
Wings Gaming

Notes
  1. The Filipino-based team Execration was originally invited, but were not able to attend the tournament in time due to visa complications, and were instead replaced by LGD Gaming

References
  1. "The Boston Major". Dota 2 Blog. October 3, 2016.
  2. Wolf, Jacob. "Dota 2 Boston Major announced for December". ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. Good, Owen. "Dota 2's second championship season begins with The Boston Major". Polygon. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. Strom, Steven. "Dota 2 Wants to Avoid the 'World Series Problem'". Red Bull. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. Van Allen, Eric. "OG defeats Ad Finem at Boston Major for its third Major title". ESPN. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. Van Allen, Eric. "Valve announces groups for Boston Major". ESPN. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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