The 16 teams participating at Manila Major have been split in four groups and will be played in a GSL format starting on 3rd and 4th of June to decide the seedlings for the main event double elimination bracket.
Although each group will be extremely interesting to watch, one of the four looks particularly thrilling with Digital Chaos and Team Secret drawn together, which will bring the first official confrontation between the two teams. Since the Spring Shuffle when Secret’s captain Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov released from their duties both Omar 'w33' Aliwi and Rasmus 'MiSeRy' Fillipsen, Secret has struggled to find the balance between the new players while Digital Chaos started to rule the NA region, qualifying to no less than four LANs, outshining the likes of compLexity Gaming and even Evil Geniuses.
Natus Vincere and the ESL One Manila Champions, Wings Gaming are also in the same group B, which will make the fight for the top two places extremely tough.
Team Liquid, currently ranked one worldwide on the GosuGamers rankings were drawn in group C withAlliance, Fnatic and the StarLadder Dota 2 Invitational Champions, Vici Gaming Reborn and should not have too many problems to secure an upper bracket seed for the main vent.
As for the other two groups, A and D, the race is quite open. OG and Evil Geniuses although regarded as the stronger teams in their respective groups will have to prove themselves against the other teams that recently displayed great form.
