The Manila Major, also known as the Spring Major, was a professional '' Dota 2''

esport Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although orga ...

tournament that took place in

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

, Philippines. The main event was held at the

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from June 7–12, 2016.

Participating teams

;Direct invitation *

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, ''Call of Duty'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', '' Fortn ...

* OG *

Team Secret Team Secret is an esports team based in Europe formed in 2014, best known for their ''Dota 2'' team. In March 2016, Team Secret picked up an international female '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team. In April 2016, Team Secret expanded into ...

Team Liquid Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional esports organization based in the Netherlands that was founded in 2000. With the release of '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'', Team Liquid signed their first professional players. In 2012, Team Li ...

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* Araburat Gaming *

LGD Gaming LGD Gaming is a Chinese professional esports organization based in Hangzhou. It is one of the oldest esports organizations in China and currently has players competing in ''Dota 2'', '' Honor of Kings'', ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', and ...

Vici Gaming Vici Gaming (VG) is a Chinese professional esports organization based in Shanghai. It has teams competing in ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', ''StarCraft II'', ''WarCraft III'', ''FIFA'', ''Hearthstone'' and '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ...

Fnatic Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...

MVP Phoenix MVP is a professional esports organization in South Korea with teams competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Honor of Kings'', ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', and '' PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds''. It formerly had players ...

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;Regional qualifiers *

Digital Chaos Chaos Esports Club is an American esports organization. Originally founded as Digital Chaos in 2015, the organization is best known for their '' Dota 2'' team's Cinderella run at The International 2016 tournament, where they finished as the ...

(Americas) * Newbee (China) * Team Empire (Europe) *

Mineski Mineski is an inactive esports team established on February 14, 2004 in the Philippines. They had a '' Dota 2'' team and a professional ''League of Legends'' team. History Mineski was established as a DOTA esports team on February 14, 2004, ...

(Southeast Asia)

Results

Group Stage

Main Event

Winnings

''(Note: Prizes are in USD)''

References

External links

* {{Professional Dota 2 competition 2016 in esports 2016 in Philippine sport Sports in Manila Dota 2 Majors June 2016 sports events in Asia Professional Gamers League competitions