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Two 16-team Swiss-system group stages 8-team single-elimination playoff: Host(s) Perfect World PGL [a] Venue: Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center (Opening & Elimination stages) Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Playoffs stage) Teams: 24: Purse: US$1,250,000: Final positions; Champions: Team Spirit: 1st runners-up: FaZe Clan: 2nd ...
In the final, Team Spirit won the first two games, but lost the next two games in quick fashion. [10] Needing another win to avoid losing the series and being reverse-swept, Team Spirit subsequently won game five, making them International champions and winning them a total of US$ 18,208,300, the largest purse ever awarded in esports.
Counter-Strike Major Championships, commonly known as the Majors, are Counter-Strike (CS) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve, the game's developer.The first Valve-recognized Major took place in 2013 in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of US$250,000 split among 16 teams.
The Shanghai Major was a Dota 2 tournament that took place in Shanghai from March 2–6, 2016, and was the second Major of the 2015–2016 Dota 2 season. [1] 16 teams competed in the tournament; [2] eight were given direct invitations and the other eight qualified through various qualifying tournament around the world. [3]
Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional esports organization based in the Netherlands that was founded in 2000. They signed their first professional players with the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. In 2012, Team Liquid acquired a North American Dota 2 team, marking their first venture into multi-genre management. [1]
The winning team splits $9 million, the second-place team gets $4.5 million, and on downward from there. The sixth-place team gets $1.5 million, meaning every player is guaranteed nearly $400,000 ...
A Team Liquid player, Spencer "Hiko" Martin, was standing in for Flipsid3 at ESWC 2015, and he developed a friendly relationship with s1mple there. [15] Team Liquid surprised at the first major, and reached the semifinals of MLG Major Championship: Columbus , before falling to the eventual champions, Luminosity Gaming.
The WGC-HSBC Champions was a professional golf tournament, held annually in China. Inaugurated in 2005, the first seven editions were played at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, then moved to the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen for a single year in 2012. It returned to Sheshan Golf Club in 2013. Since 2009, it was a World Golf Championship ...