ELEAGUE
2016
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
DatesOctober 21, 2016–December 3, 2016
AdministratorTurner Sports
William Morris Endeavor
Tournament
format(s)
Group Stage (Bo1/Bo3)
Single-Elimination Brackets (Bo3)
VenueTurner Studios
Teams16 teams
Purse$1,100,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsOpTic Gaming
1st runners-upAstralis
2nd runners-upSK Gaming
FaZe Clan
MVPWill "RUSH" Wierzba

ELEAGUE Season 2 was the second season of the ELEAGUE Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league that ran from October 21, 2016, to December 3, 2016, and was broadcast on cable television on TBS. The season featured 120 teams overall and 16 teams in the main tournament from across the world competing in a seven-week season, which included a regular season and a playoffs.[1] The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch.[2]

The season began with Season 1 semifinalist mousesports defeating Brazil's second best team Immortals and ended in the grand finals with OpTic Gaming pulling off an upset against Astralis to take home Season 2's ELEAGUE title.

Format

Season 2 will reflect a format much like a CS:GO major, such at the recent ESL One Cologne 2016.

The top eight finishers from last season's ELEAGUE will automatically be invited to compete in the second season. The other sixteen teams are invited to play in the Closed Qualifiers in their respective continents. Each continent will feature three open qualifiers that have sixteen teams each.

Each continent will have three open qualifiers, and each open qualifier will have sixteen teams playing in a single elimination, best of one bracket. Four teams from the first and second European open qualifiers, three from the third European qualifier, two from the first and second North American qualifiers, and one from the third North American qualifier will move on to play in their respective closed qualifiers.

Eleven teams from the European open qualifiers and five teams from the North American open qualifiers will compete in their respective closed qualifiers. Four teams from each closed qualifier will progress to ELEAGUE Season 2, making a total of sixteen teams. In both closed qualifiers, teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket until a four teams remain.

The group stage will feature four groups, making four teams per group. Teams will play in a double elimination group stage. The highest seed in the group will play against the lowest seed and the other two teams will play against each other. The two winners and two losers will then play against each other. The winner of the winners match will move on to the Playoffs and the loser of the winners match will play a third match against the winner of the losers match. The loser of the losers match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams in the group will play; the winner of the match will get a spot in the Playoffs and the loser will head home. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs.

The Playoffs will consist of the eight teams. Teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket and will keep playing until a winner is decided.

Qualifiers

European Closed Qualifier

Europe
  • Team Dignitas (Season 1)
  • FaZe Clan (Season 1)
  • Gambit Gaming (Season 1)
  • Flipsid3 Tactics (Season 1)
  • G2 Esports (Season 1)
  • ALTERNATE aTTaX (Open Qualifier 1)
  • Team Kinguin (Open Qualifier 1)
  • HellRaisers (Open Qualifier 1)
  • GODSENT (Open Qualifier 1)
  • XPRESIV'E Club (Open Qualifier 2)
  • ENCORE (Open Qualifier 2)
  • Deadweight (Open Qualifier 2)
  • passion (Open Qualifier 2)
  • Tengri (Open Qualifier 3)
  • tRICKED eSport (Open Qualifier 3)
  • walkover (Open Qualifier 3)
EU Qualifier
Round of 16 Round of 8 Qualified –
            
G2 Esports 2
walkover 0
G2 Esports 2
Team Kinguin 0
Team Kinguin 2
tRICKED eSport 1
G2 Esports Q
Team Dignitas Q
Team Dignitas 2
Tengri 1
Team Dignitas 2
Gambit Gaming 0
Gambit Gaming 2
passions 0
ELEAGUE Season 2 →
ELEAGUE Season 2 →
FaZe Clan 2
XPRESIV'E Club 1
FaZe Clan 2
HellRaisers 0
HellRaisers 2
ENCORE 1
FaZe Clan Q
ALTERNATE aTTaX Q
GODSENT 2
Deadweight 0
GODSENT 1
ALTERNATE aTTaX 2
Flipsid3 Tactics 0
ALTERNATE aTTaX 2

North American Closed Qualifier

North America

1 SK Gaming released its Danish roster and picked up the roster of Luminosity Gaming. Luminosity then picked up the roster of Winout.net, another Brazilian team, after its former roster leaves for SK. The former Danish squad, now under the organization Heroic, was not invited to any qualifier.

NA Qualifier
Round of 16 Round of 8 Qualified –
            
SK Gaming 2
Muffin Lightning 0
SK Gaming 2
NRG Esports 0
Counter Logic Gaming 0
NRG Esports 2
SK Gaming Q
OpTic Gaming Q
OpTic Gaming 2
compLexity Gaming 0
OpTic Gaming 2
Renegades 0
Renegades 2
Luminosity Gaming 0
ELEAGUE Season 2 →
ELEAGUE Season 2 →
Immortals 2
Blight Gaming 0
Immortals 2
Team SoloMid 0
Team SoloMid 2
Selfless Gaming 1
Immortals Q
Echo Fox Q
Team Liquid 2
eUnited 0
Team Liquid 1
Echo Fox 2
Echo Fox 2
Splyce 0

Teams Competing

The top eight teams from ELEAGUE Season 1 will be joined by eight other teams, four from each closed qualifier.

Broadcast Talent

Analysts

  • Richard Lewis
  • Duncan "Thorin" Shields
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Commentators

  • Anders Blume
  • Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • James Bardolph

Interviewers

  • Kate Yeager
  • Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico

Observers

  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
  • DJ "Prius" Kuntz
  • Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift
  • Benjamin "CoffeeMcSwagger" Budka

Group stage

Group A

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 mousesports 2–0 35–25 +10 2
2 FaZe Clan 2–1 111–98 +13 2
3 Cloud9 1–2 80–81 −1 1
4 Immortals 0–2 43–65 −22 0
Group A Results
mousesports 1 0 Immortals
Cloud9 1 0 FaZe Clan
mousesports 1 0 Cloud9
FaZe Clan 2 1 Immortals
Cloud9 1 2 FaZe Clan
Group A Scores
Group A Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
mousesports 16 Mirage 9 Immortals
Cloud9 16 Train 7 FaZe Clan
mousesports 19 Dust II† 16 Cloud9
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 2 Immortals
FaZe Clan 17 Train 19 Immortals
FaZe Clan 16 Overpass 13 Immortals
Cloud9 20 Mirage 22 FaZe Clan
Cloud9 19 Train 17 FaZe Clan
Cloud9 9 Overpass 16 FaZe Clan

Group B

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Virtus.pro 2–0 32–8 +24 2
2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–1 55–39 +16 2
3 G2 Esports 1–2 55–53 +2 1
4 Echo Fox 0–2 6–48 −43 0
Group B Results
Virtus.pro 1 0 Echo Fox
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 0 G2 Esports
Virtus.pro 1 0 Ninjas in Pyjamas
G2 Esports 2 0 Echo Fox
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 0 G2 Esports
Group B Scores
Group B Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Virtus.pro 16 Nuke 1 Echo Fox
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 5 G2 Esports
Virtus.pro 16 Cobblestone† 7 Ninjas in Pyjamas
G2 Esports 16 Nuke 3 Echo Fox
G2 Esports 16 Dust 2 2 Echo Fox
G2 Esports – Cache – Echo Fox
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Nuke 8 G2 Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Train 10 G2 Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas – Cobblestone – G2 Esports

Group C

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Astralis 2–0 32–19 +13 2
2 SK Gaming 2–1 61–42 +19 2
3 Natus Vincere 1–2 50–59 −9 1
4 ALTERNATE aTTaX 0–2 17–48 −31 0
Group C Results
Natus Vincere 0 1 SK Gaming
Astralis 1 0 ALTERNATE aTTaX
Astralis 1 0 SK Gaming
Natus Vincere 2 0 ALTERNATE aTTaX
SK Gaming 2 0 Natus Vincere
Group C Scores
Group C Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Natus Vincere 10 Train 16 SK Gaming
Astralis 16 Nuke 6 ALTERNATE aTTaX
Astralis 16 Overpass† 13 SK Gaming
Natus Vincere 16 Cobblestone 3 ALTERNATE aTTaX
Natus Vincere 16 Overpass 8 ALTERNATE aTTaX
Natus Vincere – Nuke – ALTERNATE aTTaX
SK Gaming 16 Dust II 8 Natus Vincere
SK Gaming 16 Train 8 Natus Vincere
SK Gaming – Nuke – Natus Vincere

Group D

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Team Dignitas 2–0 32–15 +17 2
2 OpTic Gaming 2–1 94–62 +32 2
3 Fnatic 1–2 38–65 −27 1
4 Team EnVyUs 0–2 39–61 −22 0
Group D Results
Fnatic 1 0 OpTic Gaming
Team EnVyUs 0 1 Team Dignitas
Fnatic 0 1 Team Dignitas
Team EnVyUS 1 2 OpTic Gaming
Fnatic 0 2 OpTic Gaming
Group D Scores
Group D Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 19 Cache 17 OpTic Gaming
Team EnVyUS 12 Cobblestone 16 Team Dignitas
Fnatic 3 Overpass† 16 Team Dignitas
Team EnVyUS 3 Overpass 16 OpTic Gaming
Team EnVyUS 16 Dust II 13 OpTic Gaming
Team EnVyUS 8 Cobblestone 16 OpTic Gaming
Fnatic 5 Cobblestone 16 OpTic Gaming
Fnatic 11 Dust II 16 OpTic Gaming
Fnatic – Train – OpTic Gaming

† Game was broadcast on TBS.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Team Dignitas 1
SK Gaming 2
SK Gaming 0
Astralis 2
Astralis 2
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1
Astralis 1
OpTic Gaming 2
mousesports 0
OpTic Gaming 2
OpTic Gaming 2
FaZe Clan 0
Virtus.pro 1
FaZe Clan 2
Quarterfinals
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Dignitas 6 Dust II 16 SK Gaming
Team Dignitas 16 Mirage 4 SK Gaming
Team Dignitas 14 Overpass 16 SK Gaming
Astralis 13 Cobblestone 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis 16 Train 2 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis 16 Overpass 10 Ninjas in Pyjamas
mousesports 7 Train 16 OpTic Gaming
mousesports 11 Cache 16 OpTic Gaming
mousesports – Dust II – OpTic Gaming
Virtus.pro 16 Nuke† 4 FaZe Clan
Virtus.pro 10 Overpass† 16 FaZe Clan
Virtus.pro 14 Cache† 16 FaZe Clan
Semifinals
Team Score Map Score Team
SK Gaming 11 Overpass 16 Astralis
SK Gaming 12 Train 16 Astralis
SK Gaming – Dust II – Astralis
OpTic Gaming 16 Train† 3 FaZe Clan
OpTic Gaming 16 Overpass† 12 FaZe Clan
OpTic Gaming – Dust II – FaZe Clan
Finals
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 16 Train† 9 OpTic Gaming
Astralis 6 Cobblestone† 16 OpTic Gaming
Astralis 11 Overpass† 16 OpTic Gaming

Final standings

Final Standings
Place Prize Money Team Roster
1st US$400,000 OpTic Gaming NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, tarik, mixwell
2nd US$140,000 Astralis dev1ce, Xyp9x, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, gla1ve
3rd – 4th US$60,000 SK Gaming FalleN, coldzera, fnx, TACO, fer
FaZe Clan karrigan, aizy, rain, kioShiMa, allu
5th – 8th US$50,000 Team Dignitas k0nfig, cajunb, Magiskb0y, MSL, RUBINO
Ninjas in Pyjamas f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, pyth, friberg
mousesports denis, Spiidi, NiKo, ChrisJ, loWel
Virtus.pro NEO, TaZ, Snax, pashaBiceps, byali
9th – 12th US$30,000 Cloud9 n0thing, Stewie2K, Skadoodle, autimatic, shroud
G2 Esports shox, SmithZz, Rpk, bodyy, ScreaM
Natus Vincere s1mple, seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN
Fnatic olofmeister, KRiMZ, twist, disco doplan, Jumpy
13th – 16th US$30,000 Immortals HEN1, LUCAS1, zews, felps, boltz
Echo Fox sgares, ShahZaM, roca, fREAKAZOiD, ryx
ALTERNATE aTTaX kzy, crisby, keev, tiziaN, syrsoN
Team EnVyUs kennyS, Happy, SIXER, apEX, NBK-

References

  1. ↑ "ELEAGUE Announces Schedule for Second Season of CS:GO".
  2. ↑ "Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and WME | IMG Form Strategic Partnership to Create Groundbreaking eSports League". Time Warner. September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
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