Frankfurt Major schedule released
The Frankfurt Major schedule has been released, providing information on all eight days of the competition. The Frankfurt Major will start out with a closed group stage scheduled between November 13-14 and progress to the open main event set to take place at the Festhalle Messe in Frankfurt, Germany.
The Frankfurt Major main event is set to be held between November 16-21. Sixteen teams – which have already been established through direct invites, open and regional qualifiers– will compete for a $3,000,000 prize-pool.
ESL has released the Frankfurt Major schedule.
As usual, all of the match times are estimates and may change due to match length. The main matches will begin as soon as possible after the previous ones end.
Frankfurt Major schedule: Group stage
Frankfurt Major schedule: Main event
The Frankfurt Major main event will take place from November 16th through the 21st, at the Festhalle Messe, in Frankfurt, Germany, from 10:00 CET to 23:00 CET. More specific details about the daily Frankfurt Major schedule are available here. Viewers and visitors are in for dawn to dusk action.
The Frankfurt Major finals will take place on Saturday, November 21st.
Festhalle Messe, Frankfurt
Frankfurt Major format: Group stage
Frankfurt Major format: Main event
Frankfurt Major participating teams
Frankfurt Major tickets
The Frankfurt Major will feature $3 million in prize money
The first Dota Major will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, at the Festhalle Messe – a multi-purpose hall with an area of 6,000 square meters, which can accommodate up to 13,500 visitors. Sixteen teams will be competing total prize-pool of $3,000,000 and ESL Gaming will be in charge of production.
Unlike The International prize-pool, the Frankfurt Major prize fund is fixed at $3,000,000. Valve has released the Fall Season 2015 Compendium, however, purchases will not contribute to the Frankfurt Major prize purse.
Over the last five years, The International has become the pinnacle moment for the world of professional Dota. Now, the excitement of the biggest event in esports is coming to the Majors, a series of seasonal marquee tournaments, which will take place throughout the year and around the globe. Dota’s newest tradition begins this fall with the Frankfurt Major.
Valve originally announced the implementation of the Majors system at the end of April 2015. The concept is believed to be a proper solution to some significant problems in tournament quality and control that had been voiced in recent times.
