# Boston Major

The Boston Major was a professional Dota 2 esports tournament that took place in Boston in the United States. The main event was played live at the Wang Theatre from December 7–10, 2016. Like other tournaments in the Dota 2 Major Championship series, the event featured 16 teams from around the world and had a $3,000,000 prize pool, with the victor winning $1,000,000. The event was presented and produced by PGL, who also had the same role at the previous Major in Manila.
Unlike previous Dota 2 Majors, the Boston Major was the first one to have a single elimination bracket. The event was won by OG, their third Dota 2 Major championship victory, who defeated Ad Finem in the best-of-five grand finals 3–1.

## Teams

| Direct invitation Wings Gaming Digital Chaos Evil Geniuses Newbee EHOME LGD Gaming OG MVP Phoenix | Regional qualifier winners Team NP (Americas) compLexity Gaming (Americas) LGD.Forever Young (China) iG Vitality (China) Ad Finem (Europe) Virtus.pro (Europe) Team Faceless (Southeast Asia) WarriorsGaming.Unity (Southeast Asia) |

## Tournament
### Groups
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | Digital Chaos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Wings Gaming | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | WarriorsGaming.Unity | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | LGD.Forever Young | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | Virtus.pro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Newbee | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Team NP | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MVP Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | LGD Gaming | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | compLexity Gaming | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Evil Geniuses | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Team Faceless | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | OG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | EHOME | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Ad Finem | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | iG Vitality | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Bracket

All series were played to a best-of-three, with the exception being the best-of-five grand finals.
| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| B1 | Virtus.pro | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D4 | iG.Vitality | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D4 | iG.Vitality | 0 | Virtus.pro | Virtus.pro | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Evil Geniuses | Evil Geniuses | 2 | | | | | | | |
| C3 | Evil Geniuses | 2 | Evil Geniuses | Evil Geniuses | 2 | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Wings Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Wings Gaming | 0 | | | | Evil Geniuses | Evil Geniuses | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | OG | OG | 2 | | | | |
| C2 | compLexity Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | OG | OG | 2 | | | | |
| A3 | WarriorsGaming.Unity | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A3 | WarriorsGaming.Unity | 2 | WarriorsGaming.Unity | WarriorsGaming.Unity | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | OG | OG | 2 | | | | | | | |
| D1 | OG | 2 | OG | OG | 2 | | | | | | | |
| B4 | MVP Phoenix | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B4 | MVP Phoenix | 0 | | | | | | | | OG | OG | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Ad Finem | Ad Finem | 1 |
| A1 | Digital Chaos | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Ad Finem | Ad Finem | 1 |
| C4 | Team Faceless | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Team Faceless | 0 | Digital Chaos | Digital Chaos | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Team NP | Team NP | 0 | | | | | | | |
| D2 | EHOME | 1 | Team NP | Team NP | 0 | | | | | | | |
| B3 | Team NP | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B3 | Team NP | 2 | | | | Digital Chaos | Digital Chaos | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ad Finem | Ad Finem | 2 | | | | |
| D3 | Ad Finem | 2 | | | | | | | Ad Finem | Ad Finem | 2 | | | | |
| B2 | Newbee | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Newbee | 1 | Ad Finem | Ad Finem | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | LGD.Forever Young | LGD.Forever Young | 1 | | | | | | | |
| C1 | LGD Gaming | 0 | LGD.Forever Young | LGD.Forever Young | 1 | | | | | | | |
| A4 | LGD.Forever Young | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Results

(Note: Prizes are in USD)
| Place | Team | Prize money |
| 1st | OG | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | Ad Finem | $500,000 |
| 3rd/4th | Digital Chaos | $250,000 |
| 3rd/4th | Evil Geniuses | $250,000 |
| 5th–8th | LGD.Forever Young | $125,000 |
| 5th–8th | Team NP | $125,000 |
| 5th–8th | Virtus.pro | $125,000 |
| 5th–8th | WarriorsGaming.Unity | $125,000 |
| 9th–16th | compLexity Gaming | $62,500 |
| 9th–16th | EHOME | $62,500 |
| 9th–16th | iG Vitality | $62,500 |
| 9th–16th | LGD Gaming | $62,500 |
| 9th–16th | MVP Phoenix | $62,500 |
| 9th–16th | Newbee | $62,500 |
| 9th–16th | Team Faceless | $62,500 |
| 9th–16th | Wings Gaming | $62,500 |