ELEAGUE Season 1

ELEAGUE

2016
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dates	May 24, 2016–July 30, 2016
Administrator(s)	Turner Sports William Morris Endeavor
Tournament format(s)	Group Stage (Bo1/Bo3) Single-Elimination Brackets (Bo3)
Venue	Turner Studios
Teams	24 teams
Purse	$1,400,000 USD
Final positions
Champions	Virtus.pro
1st runners-up	Fnatic
2nd runners-up	Natus Vincere mousesports
MVP	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
Season 2 →

ELEAGUE Season 1 was the inaugural season of the ELEAGUE Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league, running from May 24, 2016 to July 30, 2016. This was the first CS:GO league to be broadcast on cable television in the United States, airing on TBS and streaming online on Twitch.^[1] The season featured 24 teams from across the world to compete in a 10-week season,^[2] which included a regular season and a playoffs.^[3]

On September 24, 2015 Turner Broadcasting announced that it was partnering with talent agency WME/IMG for a new esports project.^[2] Matches were broadcast live on TBS on Friday nights, starting on May 27, 2016.^[4] The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch.^[5] Matches were played at the Turner Studios facility in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The semifinals and final were played at the Cobb Energy Center.^[6]

Turner partnered with online streaming services to bring additional video content.^[7] One such program featured the Renegades' move from Australia to the United States. Additional content was be available on Bleacher Report's Team Stream App.^[5] The finals between Virtus.pro and Fnatic was also broadcast on Twitter.^[8] The production and broadcast team received positive reviews.^[9]

The season started with Luminosity Gaming sweeping Renegades in Group A's best of two and the first televised CS:GO match featured Luminosity Gaming defeating Cloud9 2–1. The season ended with Virtus.pro defeating Fnatic 2–0 to take home the first edition of ELEAGUE. At the end of the season 1 finals, analyst Richard Lewis announced that the second season of ELEAGUE would air on October 7, 2016.

Teams competing[]

The first season's full team list was announced on April 21, 2016.^[10]

There were a total number of 24 teams competing in the league and it offers about US$1,400,000 in prize money per season.^[11] It debuted on May 24, 2016. 23 invited teams and 1 team from the qualifier will compete in ELEAGUE^[10][12]

Astralis Cloud9 compLexity Gaming Counter Logic Gaming Echo Fox FaZe Clan FlipSid3 Tactics Fnatic

Gambit Gaming G2 Esports Luminosity Gaming mousesports Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas NRG eSports OpTic Gaming

Renegades Selfless Gaming SK Gaming Team Dignitas Team EnVyUs Team Liquid Team SoloMid Virtus.pro

Broadcast talent[]

Host

• Richard Lewis

Interviewers

• Chris Puckett
• Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico

Commentators

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

Analysts

• Mohamad "m0E" Assad
• Dustin "dusT" Mouret
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Observers

• Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
• DJ "Prius" Kuntz

Producer

• Jason "Alchemist" Baker

Format[]

Teams will be separated into six groups of four. Every week, one group will compete at a time. Tuesday and Wednesday will consist of group play to determine the standings of the group. One win gives one point to the winning team and a loss gives zero points. Each team will play the other three teams in its group twice. On Thursday, the group playoffs begin with the group semifinals, in which the team with the most points faces off against the team with the fewest points and the other two teams facing off against each other. The semifinals are in a best of three format, so the first team to win two games moves on to the group finals. The winner of those two series will face off Friday, live on TBS in the group finals, which is also a best of three. The winner of that game will move into the playoffs and the loser of that game will go into the Last Chance Qualifier bracket. In addition, the top two third place teams will also go into the Last Chance Qualifier to accommodate the last two spots in the bracket. A third place team is determined by the team with the higher seed of the two losing teams in the group semifinals.

The Last Chance Qualifier consists of eight teams – the six group runners-up and the top two third place teams. Teams will play in a single elimination bracket and each match is in a best of three format. The bracket continues until two teams remain. These two teams will earn spots in the Playoffs bracket.

The Playoffs consists of the six group winners and the top two teams out of the Last Chance Qualifier. This bracket is also a single elimination, best of three format. Teams will play and winners will advance in the bracket until a winner is decided.

Group Stage[]

Key

	Team automatically advanced to Playoffs Groups
	Team advanced to Last Chance Qualifier Bracket via second-place finish or via top two third-place finish in group stage
	Team was eliminated in group stage

Group A[]

Seed	Team	Record	+/-	Points
1	Luminosity Gaming	6-0	+45	6
2	Cloud9	3-3	+8	3
3	Renegades	3-3	-14	3
4	Team Liquid	0-6	-39	0

Group A Results
Luminosity Gaming	2	0	Renegades
Team Liquid	0	2	Cloud9
Luminosity Gaming	2	0	Team Liquid
Team Liquid	0	2	Renegades
Luminosity Gaming	2	0	Cloud9
Cloud9	1	1	Renegades

Group A Bracket[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	Luminosity Gaming	2
	A4	Team Liquid	0
						A1	Luminosity Gaming	2
						A2	Cloud9	1
	A2	Cloud9	2
	A3	Renegades	0

Group B[]

Seed	Team	Record	+/-	Points
1	G2 Esports	6-0	+33	6
2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	4-2	+18	4
3	OpTic Gaming	2-4	-15	2
4	Selfless Gaming	0-6	-36	0

Group B Results
Ninjas in Pyjamas	2	0	OpTic Gaming
G2 Esports	2	0	Selfless Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas	0	2	G2 Esports
G2 Esports	2	0	OpTic Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas	2	0	Selfless Gaming
OpTic Gaming	2	0	Selfless Gaming

Group B Bracket[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	B1	G2 Esports	2
	B4	Selfless Gaming	0
						B1	G2 Esports	1
						B2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2
	B2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2
	B3	OpTic Gaming	1

Group C[]

Seed	Team	Record	+/-	Points
1	Astralis	5-1	+29	5
2	SK Gaming	4-2	+31	4
3	Counter Logic Gaming	2-4	-28	2
4	NRG eSports	1-5	-32	1

Group C Results
Astralis	2	0	NRG eSports
SK Gaming	1	1	Counter Logic Gaming
Astralis	2	0	Counter Logic Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming	1	1	NRG eSports
Astralis	1	1	SK Gaming
SK Gaming	2	0	NRG eSports

Group C Bracket[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	C1	Astralis	2
	C4	NRG eSports	0
						C1	Astralis	2
						C3	Counter Logic G.	1
	C2	SK Gaming	1
	C3	Counter Logic G.	2

Group D[]

Seed	Team	Record	+/-	Points
1	Fnatic	5-1	+41	5
2	FaZe Clan	5-1	+20	5
3	Team Dignitas	2-4	-29	2
4	Team SoloMid	0-6	-32	0

Group D matches
Fnatic	2	0	Team SoloMid
FaZe Clan	2	0	Team Dignitas
Fnatic	1	1	FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan	2	0	Team SoloMid
Fnatic	2	0	Team Dignitas
Team Dignitas	2	0	Team SoloMid

Group D Bracket[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	D1	Fnatic	2
	D4	Team SoloMid	1
						D1	Fnatic	2
						D2	FaZe Clan	0
	D2	FaZe Clan	2
	D3	Team Dignitas	1

Group E[]

Seed	Team	Record	+/-	Points
1	Natus Vincere	4-2	+23	4
2	mousesports	4-2	0	4
3	FlipSid3 Tactics	2-4	-8	2
4	Echo Fox	2-4	-15	2

Group E Results
Natus Vincere	1	1	Echo Fox
mousesports	1	1	FlipSid3 Tactics
Natus Vincere	1	1	mousesports
mousesports	2	0	Echo Fox
Natus Vincere	2	0	FlipSid3 Tactics
FlipSid3 Tactucs	1	1	Echo Fox

Group E Bracket[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	E1	Natus Vincere	2
	E4	Echo Fox	0
						E1	Natus Vincere	2
						E3	FlipSid3 Tactics	0
	E2	mousesports	0
	E3	FlipSid3 Tactics	2

Group F[]

Seed	Team	Record	+/-	Points
1	Team EnVyUs	5-1	+23	5
2	Virtus.pro	4-2	+15	4
3	Gambit Gaming	2-4	-12	2
4	compLexity Gaming	1-5	-26	1

Group F Results
Virtus.pro	2	0	compLexity Gaming
Team EnVyUs	2	0	Gambit Gaming
Virtus.pro	1	1	Team EnVyUs
Team EnVyUs	2	0	compLexity Gaming
Virtus.pro	1	1	Gambit Gaming
Gambit Gaming	1	1	compLexity Gaming

Group F Bracket[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	F1	Team EnVyUs	2
	F4	compLexity Gaming	0
						F1	Team EnVyUs	2
						F2	Virtus.pro	0
	F2	Virtus.pro	2
	F3	Gambit Gaming	0

Third place team standings[]

The top two teams in this list will join the second place teams in the Last Chance Qualifier bracket. However, since Luminosity Gaming and SK Gaming were disqualified, Cloud9 took Luminosity's first seed and Renegades took Cloud9's second seed. Thus, Gambit Gaming was considered the second team in the third-place rankings.

Seed	Team	Record	+/-	Points
1	SK Gaming	4-2	+33	4
2	mousesports	4-2	0	4
3	Renegades	3-3	-14	3
4	Gambit Gaming	2-4	-12	2
5	OpTic Gaming	2-4	-18	2
6	Team Dignitas	2-4	-35	2

Regular season standings[]

Final Standings
Place	Team	W-L	RF-RA	RD	Points
1	Luminosity Gaming	10-1	177-113	+64	12
2	Team EnVyUs	9-1	160-109	+51	11
3	Fnatic	9-2	152-93	+59	11
4	Astralis	9-2	152-93	+59	11
5	Natus Vincere	8-2	145-86	+59	10
6	Ninjas in Pyjamas	8-3	152-111	+41	10
7	G2 Esports	8-2	140-105	+35	8
8	FaZe Clan	7-2	143-132	+11	7
9	Virtus.pro	6-4	141-119	+22	6
10	Cloud9	5-4	149-128	+21	5
11	Counter Logic Gaming	5-7	132-133	-1	4
12	FlipSid3 Tactics	4-6	114-125	-11	4
13	SK Gaming	5-4	125-92	+33	4
14	mousesports	4-4	97-111	-14	4
15	Renegades	3-5	86-118	-32	3
16	OpTic Gaming	3-6	96-114	-18	2
17	Gambit Gaming	2-6	89-121	-33	2
18	Echo Fox	2-4	78-112	-34	2
19	Team Dignitas	3-6	98-133	-35	2
20	NRG eSports	1-7	91-128	-39	1
21	compLexity Gaming	1-7	79-126	-47	1
22	Team SoloMid	1-8	98-139	-41	0
23	Team Liquid	0-8	75-128	-53	0
24	Selfless Gaming	0-8	70-128	-58	0

^†Game was broadcast on TBS.

Last Chance bracket[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

E2

FlipSid3 Tactics

0

A3

Renegades

2

A3

Renegades

0

F2

Virtus.pro

2

F2

Virtus.pro

2

F3

Gambit Gaming

0

F2

Virtus.pro

Q

E3

mousesports

Q

B2

G2 Esports

1

E3

mousesports

2

E3

mousesports

2

D2

FaZe Clan

1

D2

FaZe Clan

2

C2

Counter Logic G.

1

^† Game was broadcast on TBS.

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

F1

Team EnVyUs

0

D1

Fnatic

2

D1

Fnatic

2

E1

Natus Vincere

0

E1

Natus Vincere

2

A2

Cloud9

0

D1

Fnatic

0

F2

Virtus.pro

2

C1

Astralis

0

E3

mousesports

2

E3

mousesports

0

F2

Virtus.pro

2

F2

Virtus.pro

2

B1

Ninjas in Pyjamas

0

^† Game was broadcast on TBS.

Final standings[]

Final Standings
Place	Prize Money	Team	Roster
1st	$400,000	Virtus.pro1	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali
2nd	$140,000	Fnatic	flusha, olofmeister, JW, dennis, KRiMZ
3rd – 4th	$70,000	mousesports1	nex, denis, Spiidi, chrisJ, NiKo
	$60,000	Natus Vincere	Zeus, Edward, flamie, seized, GuardiaN
5th – 8th	$50,000	Team EnVyUs	kennyS, Happy, apEX, DEVIL, NBK-
		Cloud92	Stewie2K, Skadoodle, n0thing, Slemmy, shroud
		Astralis	dev1ce, karrigan, Xyp9x, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, zonic
		Ninjas in Pyjamas	GeT RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, pyth
9th – 10th	$40,000	Renegades2	AZR, jks, Yam, USTILO, Rickeh, SPUNJ
		FaZe Clan	fox, rain, jkaem, aizy, kioShiMa
11th – 14th	$40,000	Flipsid3 Tactics	Blad3, markeloff, Shara, WorldEdit, waylander
		Gambit Gaming2	hooch, Dosia, spaze, DavCost, mou, AdreN
		G2 Esports	shox, bodyy, Rpk, SmithZz, Fuks, ScreaM
		Counter Logic Gaming	reltuC, tarik, hazed, jdm64, koosta, pita
15th – 16th	$30,000	OpTic Gaming	daps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, mixwell
		Team Dignitas	cajunb, k0nfig, tenzki, MSL, RUBINO
17th – 22nd	$30,000	Echo Fox	sgares, ryx, roca, ShahZam, fREAKAZOiD
		NRG eSports	ptr, FugLy, tabseN, gob b, LEGIJA
		compLexity Gaming	sancz, witmer, dephh, Surreal, androidx23
		Team SoloMid	autimatic, SicK, Semphis, FNS, Cadian
		Team Liquid	Hiko, nitr0, EliGE, koosta, adreN
		Selfless Gaming	Relyks, MAiNLiNE, Nifty, mitch, CoNnOrRr93
DQ	–	Luminosity Gaming2, 3	FalleN, coldzera, TACO, fnx, fer
		SK Gaming2, 3	Friis, AcilioN, Magiskb0Y, Pimp, MODDII

¹Virtus.pro and mousesports received an additional $10,000 for winning the Last Chance Qualifier

²Luminosity Gaming and SK Gaming were disqualified from the tournament due to SK Gaming letting go of its Danish squad and acquiring Luminosity Gaming's team. This does "not comply with" ELEAGUE rules, according to the commissioner at ELEAGUE.^[13] Cloud9 took Luminosity's spot in the playoffs, Renegades took Cloud9's spot in the Last Chance Qualifier, and Gambit Gaming took SK Gaming's spot in the third place group stage standings, which lead the Russians to the Last Chance Qualifier.

³Luminosity Gaming (now with SK Gaming) and SK Gaming (now with Team X) were still eligible for unspecified winnings, despite the rulebook stating that disqualified teams forfeit all potential winnings.^[14]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website