ELEAGUE Season 2

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ELEAGUE
2016
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
DatesOctober 21, 2016–December 3, 2016
Administrator(s)Turner 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
Champions OpTic Gaming
1st runners-upDenmark Astralis
2nd runners-upBrazil SK Gaming
European Union FaZe Clan
MVPUnited States Will "RUSH" Wierzba
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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.[citation needed] 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
  • Denmark Team Dignitas (Season 1)
  • European Union FaZe Clan (Season 1)
  • Russia Gambit Gaming (Season 1)
  • Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics (Season 1)
  • France G2 Esports (Season 1)
  • Germany ALTERNATE aTTaX (Open Qualifier 1)
  • Poland Team Kinguin (Open Qualifier 1)
  • Ukraine HellRaisers (Open Qualifier 1)
  • Sweden GODSENT (Open Qualifier 1)
  • Lithuania XPRESIV'E Club (Open Qualifier 2)
  • Finland ENCORE (Open Qualifier 2)
  • Norway Deadweight (Open Qualifier 2)
  • Sweden passion (Open Qualifier 2)
  • Kazakhstan Tengri (Open Qualifier 3)
  • Denmark tRICKED eSport (Open Qualifier 3)
  • Denmark walkover (Open Qualifier 3)
EU Qualifier

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

Teams Competing[]

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

Broadcast Talent[]

Analysts

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

Commentators

  • Denmark Anders Blume
  • United States Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • United Kingdom Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • United Kingdom James Bardolph

Interviewers

  • United States Kate Yeager
  • United States Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico

Observers

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

Group Stage[]

Group A[]

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Germany mousesports 2-0 35-25 +10 2
2 European Union FaZe Clan 2-1 111-98 +13 2
3 United States Cloud9 1-2 80-81 -1 1
4 Brazil Immortals 0-2 43-65 -22 0
Group A Results
Germany mousesports 1 0 Brazil Immortals
United States Cloud9 1 0 European Union FaZe Clan
Germany mousesports 1 0 United States Cloud9
European Union FaZe Clan 2 1 Brazil Immortals
United States Cloud9 1 2 European Union FaZe Clan
Group A Scores

Group B[]

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Poland Virtus.pro 2-0 32-8 +24 2
2 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-1 55-39 +16 2
3 France G2 Esports 1-2 55-53 +2 1
4 United States Echo Fox 0-2 6-48 -43 0
Group B Results
Poland Virtus.pro 1 0 United States Echo Fox
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 0 France G2 Esports
Poland Virtus.pro 1 0 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
France G2 Esports 2 0 United States Echo Fox
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 0 France G2 Esports
Group B Scores

Group C[]

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Denmark Astralis 2-0 32-19 +13 2
2 Brazil SK Gaming 2-1 61-42 +19 2
3 Ukraine Natus Vincere 1-2 50-59 -9 1
4 Germany ALTERNATE aTTaX 0-2 17-48 -31 0
Group C Results
Ukraine Natus Vincere 0 1 Brazil SK Gaming
Denmark Astralis 1 0 Germany ALTERNATE aTTaX
Denmark Astralis 1 0 Brazil SK Gaming
Ukraine Natus Vincere 2 0 Germany ALTERNATE aTTaX
Brazil SK Gaming 2 0 Ukraine Natus Vincere
Group C Scores

Group D[]

Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Denmark Team Dignitas 2-0 32-15 +17 2
2 OpTic Gaming 2-1 94-62 +32 2
3 Sweden Fnatic 1-2 38-65 -27 1
4 France Team EnVyUs 0-2 39-61 -22 0
Group D Results
Sweden Fnatic 1 0 OpTic Gaming
France Team EnVyUs 0 1 Denmark Team Dignitas
Sweden Fnatic 0 1 Denmark Team Dignitas
France Team EnVyUS 1 2 OpTic Gaming
Sweden Fnatic 0 2 OpTic Gaming
Group D Scores

† Game was broadcast on TBS.

Playoffs[]

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

Final standings[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.eleague.com/news/2016/8/25/eleague-announces-schedule-for-second-season-of-csgo
  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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