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Yesterday, DOTA 2 fans witnessed TNC Predator, Invictus Gaming, Vici Gaming and Team Liquid reach the upper bracket and now they’re joined by four more.
Teams from the North America region put together a notable day 2 in China. Fighting Pandas, Evil Geniuses and J.Storm all earned positions in the upper bracket of the Main Event. Alliance chimed in to grab an upper bracket birth as well.
The remaining teams have been relegated to the lower bracket where they will all need to endure a grueling best-of-one series. Most surprising would be Gambit. The CIS team recently finished in second place at ESL One Hamburg 2019, very nearly taking the Grand Finals from TNC Predator. However, they’re now on the brink of elimination following an abysmal start to the Major and within a group where most viewers would perceive them as favorites.
Also, with a commendable appearance was the South Americans, beastcoast. Regardless of falling to the lower bracket, beastcoast overpowered Gambit Esports before succumbing to J.Storm in a contested series.
The main event starts tomorrow, November 18.
MDL Chengdu Major Teams
Alliance
Team Liquid
Vici Gaming
Team Aster
EHOME
Gambit
Team Spirit
Fnatic
TNC Predator
Team Adroit
Evil Geniuses
Fighting Pandas
J.Storm
beastcoast
Team Unknown
Invictus Gaming
MDL Chengdu Major Groups
MDL Chengdu Major Format
Phase 1:
4 Bo3 GSL groups of 4
Top 2 teams per group advance to upper bracket
Bottom 2 teams per group advance to lower brackets
Phase 2:
16 team Double Elimination with 8 starting in Lower Bracket
Bo1 matches for 1st round of the lower bracket
Bo5 finals
Bo3 every other game
MDL Chengdu Major prize pool and point distribution
| Place | Prize pool | Points |
| 1 | $300,000 | 4850 |
| 2 | $160,000 | 3000 |
| 3 | $110,000 | 2100 |
| 4 | $80,000 | 1350 |
| 5-6 | $60,000 | 900 |
| 5-6 | $60,000 | 900 |
| 7-8 | $40,000 | 450 |
| 7-8 | $40,000 | 450 |
| 9-12 | $20,000 | 150 |
| 9-12 | $20,000 | 150 |
| 9-12 | $20,000 | 150 |
| 9-12 | $20,000 | 150 |
| 13-16 | $12,500 | 100 |
| 13-16 | $12,500 | 100 |
| 13-16 | $12,500 | 100 |
| 13-16 | $12,500 | 100 |
MDL Chengdu Major
MDL is holding it's 10th iteration of events in Chengdu, Sichuan on November 16-24th. This is the first Major of the season for teams on the road to TI2020. Sixteen teams —15 teams determined via qualifiers and the lucky winner of the BTS Dota Summit Minor —are batteling it out for the lion's share of the $1,000,00,000 prize pool and 15,000 DPC points.
