photo credits: Dakota 'KotLGuy' Cox
The four days group stage is over and within an hour the last game from the last group was played Perfect World releases the double elimination bracket for the main event along with the full schedule.
Starting March 2nd to 6th, the sixteen participating teams will play on the big stage at Mercedez Benz Arena in Shanghai, China for the Winter Major title and a share at the $3,000,000 fixed prize pool.
At the end of the group stage eight squads claimed the upper bracket seeds while the other eight will have to make their way to the top through the lower bracket. Same with the Frankfurt Major format, round one and round two in the lower bracket consists of merciless best-of-one games.
March 2nd: Shanghai Major day one schedule:
03:00 CET: Alliance vs Team Liquid
06:30 CET: MVP Phoenix vs LGD Gaming
10:00 CET: EHOME vs Team Archon
11:30 CET: Team Spirit vs compLexity Gaming
13:00 CET: Virtus.Pro vs Vici Gaming
14:30 CET CDEC Gaming vs Newbee
