StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019

StarLadder Major 2019
2019
	The StarLadder Major 2019 logo
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 23–September 8, 2019
Administrator(s)	Valve; StarLadder; ImbaTV
Tournament; format(s)	Two 16 team swiss-system group stages ; 8 team single-elimination playoff
Venue	Verti Music Hall; Mercedes-Benz Arena
Teams	24
Purse	US$1,000,000
Final positions
Champions	Astralis
1st runners-up	AVANGAR
2nd runners-up	Renegades ; NRG Esports
MVP	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz
	← Katowice 2019 Rio 2020; Stockholm 2021 →

The StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019, also known as StarLadder Major 2019 or Berlin 2019, was the fifteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was held in Berlin, Germany from August 23 to September 8, 2019.^[1]^[2] Fourteen teams qualified for this Major based on their placement at the previous Major, Katowice 2019, while another ten teams qualified from their respective regional qualifiers.^[3] It featured a US$1,000,000 prize pool, the eighth consecutive Major with this prize pool. It was also the first time the Ukrainian-based organization StarLadder along with its long-term Chinese partner ImbaTV, hosted a Major.^[4]

Astralis won the final against underdogs AVANGAR to become the only team in CS:GO to win four Majors, and the only team to win three majors consecutively. Astralis's Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz was the MVP, joining coldzera as the only players to have two Major MVPs.

Background[]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.^[5]^[6]

The defending champions were Astralis, after winning their second consecutive and third total Major at IEM Katowice 2019. Astralis and Fnatic entered the tournament tied for most Major titles.

Format[]

The Major cycle began with four Minors, or regional qualifiers: Americas, Asia, CIS, and Europe. Two teams from each qualifier moved on to the Major. In addition, because Valve reduced the number of direct Major invites from sixteen to fourteen, the third-place teams at each respective Minor advanced to a third-place qualifier that sent two more teams to the Major.

The Major featured twenty-four teams. The top eight teams from the Katowice 2019 were the Legends, and the remaining sixteen teams—the teams that placed ninth through fourteenth at Katowice and the ten teams that advanced from the Minors—were known as Challengers.

The Major was split into three stages. The first stage was the New Challengers stage, featuring all Challengers in a Swiss-system tournament: the top eight teams advanced to the next stage and the bottom eight teams were eliminated.^[7] Teams in the New Challengers stage were initially given an Elo ranking based on the HLTV world rankings. Each round of matches was seeded based on this Elo system.^[8] The second stage was the New Legends stage, a second Swiss-system group stage seeded in the same way. This stage featured the eight Legends from the Katowice Major and the eight teams advancing from the New Challengers stage. Like the New Challengers stage, the New Legends stage also advanced the top eight teams and eliminated the bottom eight teams. All teams from this stage except the bottom two teams earned automatic invites to the following Major. The final stage was the New Champions stage, and teams that advanced to this stage received Legends status at the following Major. This stage featured an eight team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.

Map Pool[]

The map pool for this Major changed from Katowice 2019. Valve took Cache out of the map pool and announced it would be redesigned. Rather than reintroducing Cobblestone, which had been in the map pool in previous Majors, Valve added Vertigo to the competitive map pool for the first time.^[9]

Maps

Dust II
Mirage
Inferno
Nuke
Train
Overpass
Vertigo

Minors[]

Each regional qualifier, called "Minors", featured eight teams. Each Minor also had a US$50,000 prize pool, with first place receiving US$30,000, second place taking in US$15,000, and third place raking in the last US$5,000. Like past recent Minors, no teams were directly invited to the Minors.^[10] There is no prize pool for the third place play in. The Europe and Americas Minors will start on July 17 and last until July 21. The CIS and Asia Minors will start on July 24 and last until July 28; the third place play in will take place on July 29.

Each Minor will feature two groups of four teams in a standard, GSL format group stage. The highest and lowest seed of the group and then other two teams will play in a best of one. The winners will play in a best of three and then the losers will play in a best of three. The winner of the winner's match will qualify for the bracket stage while the loser of the loser's match will be eliminated. The last two teams in the group will play in a best of three; the winner will move on to the bracket stage and the loser will be eliminated. The bracket stage will be a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The top two teams will qualify for the New Challengers stage of the Major, the third place team will have another shot in the third place play-in, while the fourth place team will be eliminated.

The third place play-in will be a four team, double elimination bracket. The initial and winner's match will be a best of one while the elimination matches will be a best of three. The top three teams move on to the Major as Cloud9 lost their Major spot so the spot is replaced by a team from the third place play-in.

Americas Minor[]

The Americas Minor will feature six teams from North America and two teams from South America. The North American closed qualifier featured sixteen teams, with eight teams being invited and another eight teams coming from four open qualifiers. Like the Europe Minor closed qualifier, the North America qualifier was a sixteen team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Notable teams such as Luminosity Gaming, Team Envy, and Boston 2018 champions Cloud9 failed to make it to the Minor. The South America qualifier initially had eight invited teams, but DETONA Gaming's Vinicius "v$m" Moreira had a VAC ban, forcing the team to withdraw from the qualifier. The last spot was filled in by a last chance qualifier.^[11]

Teams

eUnited (NA Closed #1-4)
FURIA Esports (NA Closed #1-4)
NRG Esports (NA Closed #1-4)
Team One (NA Closed #5-6)
Team Singularity (NA Closed #5-6)
Luminosity Gaming (NA Closed #7-8)^{[Note 1]}^[12]
Sharks Esports (SA Closed #1)
INTZ eSports (SA Closed #2)

Notes

^ Lazarus Gaming decide to withdraw from the Minor due to roster issues involving Braxton "swag" Pierce, who was permanently banned by Valve due to his involvement in the iBUYPOWER and NetcodeGuides.com match fixing scandal. StarLadder decided to replace the team with the two teams that placed 7th in the closed qualifier: Team Envy and Luminosity Gaming. However, Envy decided not to have a chance to attend the Major and attend Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV - Chicago, giving the spot to Luminosity.

First round

Semifinals

StarLadder Berlin 2019

B1

INTZ eSports

2

A2

Sharks Esports

0

B1

INTZ eSports

0

A1

NRG Esports

2

A1

NRG Esports

2

B2

FURIA Esports

0

A1

NRG Esports

Q

B2

FURIA Esports

Q

A2

Sharks Esports

0

B2

FURIA Esports

2

B1

INTZ eSports

1

B2

FURIA Esports

2

Americas Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

NRG Esports started off the Berlin Minors with an easy win over Team One. Sharks Esports was able to take advantage of Team Singularity's inexperience and had a relatively easy time closing out the game. INTZ eSports kicked off group B with an upset over the red hot FURIA Esports in a close game, as INTZ's team effort, with all the players getting at least 20 kills, proved to be the difference. eUnited vs Luminosity Gaming was a battle between inexperience versus inconsistency, but Luminosity's new acquisition of João "felps" Vasconcellos was the impact factor, as felps had 33 kills. NRG was barely able to take a 2–0 win over Sharks as Jhonatan "jnt" Silva's 46 kills gave NRG a scare. INTZ booked a spot in the bracket by taking a very close three-game series over Luminosity. Team One was the first team to be eliminated after a fairly close three-game series with Singularity. The two favorites of group B met in the loser's match, and FURIA came out on top over eUnited. Sharks looked to continue the streak of underdog Brazilian teams making an impact and it did so as Sharks eliminated Singularity 2-1 behind Raphael "exit" Lacerda's 55 kills. FURIA took a close one over Luminosity and then had an easy second half on the second map, allowing just two rounds and FURIA stayed alive and eliminated Luminosity.

INTZ was able to edge out Sharks in a close two-game series as Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe had a massive 60 kills to carry his team. NRG easily took care of FURIA in the first map, but had to fight hard in a double overtime affair over the up-and-coming Brazilians. NRG then took down INTZ in the winner's finals as Cvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov was dominant in the run and NRG qualified for its second Major. FURIA was able to take down Sharks as the Argentinians were close to making its first Major. FURIA got revenge over INTZ as Yuri "yuurih" Santos's 66 kills outclassed everyone on the server, and FURIA booked another flight to Berlin.

Europe Minor[]

The Europe Minor closed qualifier featured sixteen teams. No teams were invited to the Minor, but eight teams were invited to the closed qualifier while another eight teams came from four open qualifiers. The closed qualifier was a sixteen team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Notable teams such as Virtus.pro, OpTic Gaming, Heroic, and Windigo Gaming did not qualify for the Minor.^[13]

Teams

CR4ZY (Closed #1-4)
Fnatic (Closed #1-4)
mousesports (Closed #1-4)
North (Closed #1-4)
BIG (Closed #5-8)
NoChance (Closed #5-8)
Sprout (Closed #5-8)
Team Ancient (Closed #5-8)

First round

Semifinals

StarLadder Berlin 2019

B1

Fnatic

0

A2

mousesports

2

A2

mousesports

2

B2

North

0

A1

CR4ZY

0

B2

North

2

A2

mousesports

Q

A1

CR4ZY

Q

B1

Fnatic

0

A1

CR4ZY

2

B2

North

0

A1

CR4ZY

2

Europe Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

NoChance kicked off the Europe Minor with an upset over mousesports, barely edging out the Germany-based team; four of the five NoChance players had at least 20 kills each. CR4ZY, formerly called Valiance & Co, was able to hold off Sprout Esports, which won six unanswered rounds to start off the second half. Nemanja "huNter" Kovač was able to outduel Nils "k1to" Gruhne in the win. In group B, North had almost no trouble taking down BIG while Fnatic were able to take a 13-2 halftime lead over Team Ancient and did not look back. In the group A winner's match, CR4ZY was able to take down NoChance without too much trouble as Nestor "LETN1" Tanić had 46 kills in the two-game sweep. Fnatic dismantled North in the first map of group B's winner's matchup and then limited the Danish offense in the second half of the second map as Jesper "JW" Wecksell put on a vintage performance with 25 kills. After making a comeback in the first map and taking a 12–3 lead in the second map, Sprout looked to close things out. However, Finn "karrigan" Andersen rallied his team and completely overran the Sprout defense in the second half. Sprout took a small lead into the third map halftime, but, once again, mousesports rallied back and only allowed one round and Sprout was eliminated. Group B's loser's match had Ancient and BIG splitting the first two maps and the third map went to overtime. Lead by Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz, BIG was able to squeeze out the win 19–17 over Ancient. mousesports took revenge on NoChance after taking the three-game series with Özgür "woxic" Eker leading the server. BIG tried to take revenge on North, but North was able to hold the Germans off with Philip "aizy" Aistrup's 48 kills and Nicklas "gade" Gade's 46 leading the way.

mousesports took down Fnatic in a two-game sweep to move on while North was able to handle CR4ZY with relative ease. mousesports clinched a spot at the Major with the young David "frozen" Čerňanský leading with way. CR4ZY upset Fnatic in two close games, marking the first time in Fnatic's history that it would not be at a CSGO Major. CR4ZY continued its winning ways with a dominant two-game sweep over North to book a spot at the Major.

Asia Minor[]

The Asia Minor will feature eight teams. Unlike the other Minors, the Asia Minor featured teams from six geographical regions. All qualifiers featured four invited teams with four more coming from two open qualifiers, except for the Greater China qualifier – which had sixteen teams, eight of which were invited – and the African qualifier – which had no invited teams. All qualifiers were a double elimination, best of three bracket.^[14]

Teams

Grayhound Gaming (Oceania #1)
Avant Gaming (Oceania #2)
TYLOO (Greater China #1)
5Power Gaming (Greater China #2)
MVP PK (East Asia)
ALPHA Red (Southeast Asia)
FFAmix (Middle East)
Energy Esports (Africa)

First round

Semifinals

StarLadder Berlin 2019

A1

Grayhound G.

2

B2

MVP PK

0

A1

Grayhound G.

2

B1

TYLOO

1

B1

TYLOO

2

A2

Avant Gaming

0

A1

Grayhound G.

Q

B1

TYLOO

Q

B2

MVP PK

2

A2

Avant Gaming

0

B1

TYLOO

2

B2

MVP PK

0

Asia Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

Grayhound Gaming started strong by taking down Energy Esports with relatively easy fashion, as Simon "Sico" Williams's 22 kills lead the way. Avant Gaming upset 5Power Gaming after Avant took a massive 14–1 lead at the half and the 5Power comeback started far too late. ALPHA Red pulled off a massive upset over MVP PK as Itthirit "foxz" Ngamsaard had a dominant game to stunt the Koreans. TyLoo had no problem handling FFAmix on Mirage. Grayhound and Avant had a close first game that went in favor of the higher seeded Australians, but Grayhound posted a 16–0 on the second map to advance. ALPHA Red took down TyLoo on the first map, but Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand and his team turned things on and was able to defeat the Thai team. 5Power had no trouble at all handling the South Africans of Energy. MVP PK struggled somewhat in its win over FFAmix, but Hyun-pyo "XigN" Lee was able to help his team over the finish line. Avant proved its win over 5Power was not a fluke as a very close three-game series went in favor of the Australians. ALPHA Red looked like it could take down MVP PK again after taking the first map, but the Korean side won the next two maps with relative ease to eliminate the Thai team.

Grayhound had some trouble with MVP PK on the first map, but a dominant second map guaranteed the Australians that it would not be eliminated at the Minors. TyLoo easily took down Avant with a 16–2 win on the first map; the second map was much closer, but the Chinese team put away the game with YuanZhang "Attacker" Sheng's massive 32 kills. MVP PK was able to handle Avant as dominant second halves on both maps allowed the Koreans to at least guarantee a spot on the Minor play-in. With Renegades already at the Major, TyLoo found a new Australian team to have contentious series with, and Grayhound came out on top, with the third map going into double overtime. TyLoo dominated MVP PK in the loser's finals, as BnTeT and Haowen "somebody" Xu had more than 40 kills each.

CIS Minor[]

The CIS Minor will feature eight teams. The CIS closed qualifier featured the same format as the other Minor qualifiers. Notable teams such as Vega Squadron, pro100, and Winstrike Team failed to make it to the Minor.^[15]

Teams

forZe (Closed #1-4)
Nemiga Gaming (Closed #1-4)
Syman Gaming (Closed #1-4)
Team Spirit (Closed #1-4)
DreamEaters (Closed #5-8)
Gambit Youngsters (Closed #5-8)
Unique Team (Closed #5-8)
Warthox Esport (Closed #5-8)

First round

Semifinals

StarLadder Berlin 2019

A1

forZe

2

B2

Team Spirit

0

A1

forZe

2

A2

Syman Gaming

0

B1

DreamEaters

1

A2

Syman Gaming

2

A1

forZe

Q

A2

Syman Gaming

Q

B2

Team Spirit

0

B1

DreamEaters

2

A2

Syman Gaming

2

B1

DreamEaters

0

CIS Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

forZe lead things off with a win over Syman Gaming, with Almaz "almazer" Assadulin leading forZe. Gambit Youngsters easily took down Unique Team in a dominant 16–4 win. DreamEaters upset Spirit in dominant fashion with a 16–3 win while Warthox Esport's Dmitriy "ProbLeM" Martinov helped his team upset Nemiga Gaming. forZe had an easy time over the inexperienced Gambit team and took a spot in the bracket phase. DreamEaters survived Warthox in a two-game sweep that featured a 16-13 and 16-14 scorelines. Syman eliminated Unique in two very close games, including one that went to overtime. In the battle of group B favorites in the loser's set, Spirit edged out Nemiga to eliminate the Belarusians. After suffering had big loss to Gambit Youngters in the first map, Syman dominated the next two to stay alive. Spirit bounced back and was able to eliminated Warthox as Victor "somedieyoung" Orudzhev's 44 kills lead the way.

forZe survived Spirit in a very close two-game series, as Evgeny "FL1T" Lebedev's 52 kills helped forZe stay in the upper bracket. Syman defeated DreamEaters in a thrilling series that went all three games, with the last two going into overtime. DreamEaters was able to eliminate Spirit in an upset win. forZe dominated Syman with ease and after years of being on the edge of qualifying for the Major. In the loser's finals, Syman and DreamEaters clashed in another tense set, but Syman came out on top again and qualified for the Major.

Minor play-in[]

This qualifier featured the teams that placed third in their respective Minors. This phase was a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The opening matches were the Asia Minor representative against the Europe Minor representative and the CIS Minor team versus the Americans Minor team. After Cloud9 forfeited its spot by not fielding the majority of its lineup from the last Major, a third team would qualify from this qualifier.^[16]

Teams

INTZ eSports (Americas #3)
North (Europe #3)
MVP PK (Asia #3)
DreamEaters (CIS #3)

First round			Semifinals

EU	North	2
AS	MVP PK	0
			EU	North	Q

			CIS	DreamEaters	Q
AM	INTZ eSports	1

CIS	DreamEaters	2



AS	MVP PK	0

AM	INTZ eSports	2
			AM	INTZ eSports	Q

Minor play-in summary; Berlin, Germany

MVP PK put up a tough fight against North, but the Danes managed to secure a spot at the Major, holding off the Koreans. The inexperienced DreamEaters managed to dominate INTZ in their first map. The second map also started off with the Russians thrashing the Brazilians, but INTZ managed to make a massive comeback, from down 12–3 to winning 19–15. The third map was a close one, but DreamEaters managed to pull off the upset to head to its first Major. MVP PK and INTZ had a very close series, but INTZ came out on top with Marcelo "chelo" Cespedes leading the way as, once again, MVP just barely could not pull through for a Major appearance.

Broadcast Talent[]

Desk Hosts

Tres "stunna" Saranthus
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Interviewers

Sue "Smix" Lee
James Banks

Analysts

Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
Sean "seang@res" Gares
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Commentators

Henry "HenryG" Greer
Alex "Machine" Richardson
Anders "Anders" Blume
Jason "moses" O'Toole
James "JFZB" Bardolph
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
Harry "JustHarry" Russell
Hugo Byron

Observers

Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield
Denys "ANKOR" Ivanko
Aleksey "PsychoAlekseiz" Bryl
Tymofii "Ieformit" Pavlenko
Vladislav "MentoS" Vansovich
Antonio "Stxrm" Lodin
Egor "focuzz" Sineokiy
Maksym "Sima" Soloviov
Arsenii "SHAD3R" Zakharov ^[17]

Broadcasts[]

The major is streamed in various languages across Twitch. It is also streamed on StarLadder's YouTube channel, Steam.tv, and on CS:GO's in-game viewing client GOTV.

Starladder_CS_en
Starladder_CS_en2
StarLadder5
StarLadder10
starladder_cs_pt
1PVCS
IzakOOO
PittuHerranz
99Damage
tes_csgo
metabro
ceh9
Fortuna Esports (YouTube)
RTP Arena CS:GO
Douyu

Teams competing[]

Legends

Katowice 2019 9th-14th

Regional Qualifiers

forZe (CIS Minor #1)
Syman Gaming (CIS Minor #2)
mousesports (Europe Minor #1)
CR4ZY (Europe Minor #2)
Grayhound Gaming (Asia Minor #1)
TYLOO (Asia Minor #2)
NRG Esports (Americas Minor #1)
FURIA Esports (Americas Minor #2)
North (Play-in #1-2)
DreamEaters (Play-in #1-2)
INTZ eSports (Play-in #3)^{[Note 2]}

Notes

^ After HellRaisers placed in the top fourteen of the last Major, the team needed to keep the majority of its lineup to keep its spot for this Major. However, after Özgür "woxic" Eker was picked up by mousesports and HellRaisers released Bence "DeadFox" Böröcz and benched Abay "HObbit" Khasenov, HellRaisers no longer had a majority of its Katowice 2019 lineup, so it could not retain a spot. Deadfox or HObbit will need to play if Hellraisers wishes to keep a spot in the major. On June 20, the team has confirmed its spot at the Major, as Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas was listed as a reserve player.
^ Like HellRaisers, Cloud9 needed to keep the majority of its lineup to retain a spot for this Major. However, Robin "flusha" Rönnquist stepped down from the team, Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro's trial period ended, and Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey was released, meaning Cloud9's would have to qualify via qualifiers. This spot was filled in via the Minor play-in.

New Challengers stage[]

The New Challengers stage took place from August 23 to August 26, 2019, at the Verti Music Hall. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, is a sixteen team swiss tournament. Initial seeding was determined using HLTV.org's world rankings from March 4 to August 12, 2019. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played, out of all teams still in the tournament.

Place	Team	Record	RD	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1–2	mousesports (6)	3–0	+13	forZe (11)	High match AVANGAR (6)	High match G2 Esports (2)	New Legends stage	New Legends stage
1–2	North (4)	3–0	+11	INTZ eSports (13)	High match Syman Gaming (14)	High match CR4ZY (6)	New Legends stage	New Legends stage
3–5	NRG Esports (2)	3–1	+39	DreamEaters (15)	Low match TYLOO (15)	Mid match Syman Gaming (14)	High match AVANGAR (7)	New Legends stage
	G2 Esports (3)	3–1	+19	TYLOO (14)	High match DreamEaters (12)	High match mousesports (3)	High match forZe (7)	New Legends stage
	CR4ZY (8)	3–1	+16	Grayhound Gaming (9)	High match FURIA Esports (4)	High match North (1)	High match DreamEaters (10)	New Legends stage
6–8	Team Vitality (1)	3–2	+25	Syman Gaming (16)	Low match INTZ eSports (16)	Mid match DreamEaters (13)	Low match HellRaisers (12)	Grayhound Gaming (10)
	DreamEaters (15)	3–2	+1	NRG Esports (2)	High match G2 Esports (2)	Mid match Team Vitality (4)	Mid match CR4ZY (5)	forZe (9)
	AVANGAR (7)	3–2	0	Complexity Gaming (10)	High match mouseports (5)	Mid match HellRaisers (10)	Mid match NRG Esports (4)	Syman Gaming (12)
9–11	Grayhound Gaming (9)	2–3	+10	CR4ZY (8)	Low match forZe (11)	Low match INTZ eSports (16)	Low match Complexity Gaming (10)	Team Vitality (6)
	Syman Gaming (16)	2–3	–1	Team Vitality (1)	High match North (1)	Mid match NRG Esports (5)	Mid match FURIA Esports (8)	AVANGAR (7)
	forZe (11)	2–3	–14	mousesports (7)	Low match Grayhound Gaming (10)	Mid match FURIA Esports (7)	Mid match G2 Esports (3)	DreamEaters (9)
12–14	Complexity Gaming (10)	1–3	–15	AVANGAR (7)	Low match HellRaisers (14)	Low match TYLOO (15)	Mid match Grayhound Gaming (12)	Eliminated
	FURIA Esports (5)	1–3	–17	HellRaisers (12)	Low match CR4ZY (7)	Mid match forZe (8)	Low match Syman Gaming (14)	Eliminated
	HellRaisers (12)	1–3	–20	FURIA Esports (5)	Low match Complexity Gaming (9)	Mid match AVANGAR (8)	Low match Team Vitality (7)	Eliminated
15–16	TYLOO (14)	0–3	–31	G2 Esports (3)	Low match NRG Esports (7)	Low match Complexity Gaming (12)	Eliminated	Eliminated
15–16	INTZ eSports (13)	0–3	–36	North (4)	Low match Team Vitality (3)	Low match Grayhound Gaming (11)	Eliminated	Eliminated

^[19]

Round 1 scores

Round 1 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Vitality	8	Dust2	16	Syman Gaming
NRG Esports	17	Overpass	19	Dreameaters
G2 Esports	16	Overpass	10	Tyloo
North	16	Train	5	INTZ
FURIA	16	Inferno	6	Hellraisers
mousesports	16	Inferno	6	forZe
AVANGAR	16	Inferno	13	compLexity Gaming
CR4ZY	16	Nuke	13	Grayhound Gaming

Round 2 scores

Round 2 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
North	16	Train	14	Syman Gaming
NRG Esports	16	Train	7	Tyloo
G2 Esports	16	Overpass	9	Dreameaters
Team Vitality	16	Mirage	9	INTZ
mousesports	19	Inferno	17	AVANGAR
compLexity Gaming	5	Inferno	16	Hellraisers
FURIA	11	Train	16	CR4ZY
Grayhound Gaming	9	Train	16	forZe

Round 3 scores

Round 3 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Vitality	14	Inferno	16	Dreameaters
NRG Esports	16	Inferno	4	Syman Gaming
AVANGAR	16	Dust2	8	Hellraisers
FURIA	10	Nuke	16	forZe
compLexity Gaming	22	Overpass	20	Tyloo
compLexity Gaming	16	Vertigo	2	Tyloo
compLexity Gaming	–	Inferno	–	Tyloo
G2 Esports	16	Train	5	mousesports
G2 Esports	13	Dust2	16	mousesports
G2 Esports	7	Vertigo	16	mousesports
Grayhound Gaming	16	Train	5	INTZ
Grayhound Gaming	14	Nuke	16	INTZ
Grayhound Gaming	16	Dust2	7	INTZ
North	8	Mirage	16	CR4ZY
North	28	Inferno	26	CR4ZY
North	19	Train	15	CR4ZY

Round 4 scores

Round 4 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
G2 Esports	28	Dust2	25	forZe
G2 Esports	16	Inferno	12	forZe
G2 Esports	–	Overpass	–	forZe
FURIA	9	Train	16	Syman Gaming
FURIA	7	Inferno	16	Syman Gaming
FURIA	–	Overpass	–	Syman Gaming
compLexity Gaming	11	Dust2	16	Grayhound Gaming
compLexity Gaming	4	Inferno	16	Grayhound Gaming
compLexity Gaming	–	Overpass	–	Grayhound Gaming
NRG Esports	16	Train	8	AVANGAR
NRG Esports	16	Dust2	4	AVANGAR
NRG Esports	–	Overpass	–	AVANGAR
CR4ZY	12	Inferno	16	Dreameaters
CR4ZY	16	Dust2	11	Dreameaters
CR4ZY	16	Mirage	11	Dreameaters
Team Vitality	16	Inferno	8	Hellraisers
Team Vitality	16	Mirage	11	Hellraisers
Team Vitality	–	Overpass	–	Hellraisers

Round 5 scores

Round 5 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
AVANGAR	16	Inferno	10	Syman Gaming
AVANGAR	10	Mirage	16	Syman Gaming
AVANGAR	16	Dust2	5	Syman Gaming
forZe	10	Overpass	16	Dreameaters
forZe	12	Mirage	16	Dreameaters
forZe	–	Train	–	Dreameaters
Team Vitality	16	Dust2	5	Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality	14	Overpass	16	Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality	16	Inferno	14	Grayhound Gaming

New Legends stage[]

The New Legends stage, formerly known as the Group stage, used the same format as the Challengers stage. This stage took place from August 28 to September 1, 2019, at the Verti Music Hall. Next to each team's name under the "Team" column is each team's initial seeding. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played.

Place	Team	Record	Round Difference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1–2	ENCE	3–0	+34	AVANGAR (14)	High Match MIBR (6)	High MatchTeam Vitality (4)	New Champions stage	New Champions stage
1–2	NRG Esports	3–0	+24	Renegades (8)	High Match Team Liquid (2)	High MatchAstralis (1)	New Champions stage	New Champions stage
3–5	Team Vitality	3–1	+18	North (11)	High Match FaZe Clan (4)	Middle MatchENCE (2)	High Match mousesports (11)	New Champions stage
	Astralis	3–1	+15	Dreameaters (16)	High Match G2 Esports (11)	Middle MatchNRG Esports (5)	High Match CR4ZY (12)	New Champions stage
	AVANGAR	3–1	+1	ENCE (3)	Low Match Renegades (8)	Middle MatchTeam Liquid (3)	High Match G2 Esports (9)	New Champions stage
6–8	Natus Vincere	3–2	+33	G2 Esports (13)	Low Match Dreameaters (16)	Middle Matchmousesports (11)	Low Match MIBR (7)	CR4ZY (13)
	Team Liquid	3–2	+14	CR4ZY (15)	High Match NRG (8)	Middle MatchAVANGAR (14)	Low Match North (14)	mousesports (12)
	Renegades	3–2	+8	NRG Esports (9)	Low Match AVANGAR (14)	Middle MatchDreameaters (16)	Low Match FaZe Clan (6)	G2 Esports (11)
9–11	G2 Esports	2–3	–7	Natus Vincere (4)	High Match Astralis (1)	Middle MatchMIBR (8)	High Match AVANGAR (10)	Renegades (10)
	CR4ZY	2��3	–19	Team Liquid (2)	Low Match Ninjas in Pyjamas (9)	Middle MatchFaZe Clan (6)	High Match Astralis (2)	Natus Vincere (6)
	mousesports	2–3	–24	FaZe Clan (5)	Low Match North (12)	Middle MatchNatus Vincere (7)	High Match Vitality (4)	Team Liquid (5)
12–14	FaZe Clan	1–3	0	mousesports (12)	High Match Team Vitality (5)	Middle MatchCR4ZY (15)	Low Match Renegades (13)	Eliminated
	North	1–3	–4	Team Vitality (6)	Low Match mousesports (13)	Low MatchNinjas in Pyjamas (12)	Low Match Team Liquid (5)	Eliminated
	MIBR	1–3	–33	Ninjas in Pyjamas (10)	High Match ENCE (3)	Middle MatchG2 Esports (9)	Low Match Natus Vincere (8)	Eliminated
15–16	Ninjas in Pyjamas	0–3	–30	MIBR (7)	Low Match CR4ZY (15)	Low MatchNorth (13)	Eliminated	Eliminated
15–16	DreamEaters	0–3	–30	Astralis (1)	Low Match Natus Vincere (7)	Low MatchRenegades (9)	Eliminated	Eliminated

Round 1 scores

Round 1 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
ENCE	16	Overpass	5	AVANGAR
Astralis	16	Dust2	9	Dreameaters
NRG Esports	16	Dust2	14	Renegades
Team Liquid	16	Mirage	9	CR4ZY
Team Vitality	16	Inferno	9	North
FaZe Clan	16	Mirage	8	mousesports
Natus Vincere	17	Overpass	19	G2 Esports
MIBR	16	Dust2	12	Ninjas in Pyjamas

Round 2 scores

Round 2 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Renegades	13	Vertigo	16	AVANGAR
Natus Vincere	16	Overpass	7	Dreameaters
Ninjas in Pyjamas	10	Train	16	CR4ZY
North	13	Inferno	16	mousesports
Team Liquid	9	Dust2	16	NRG Esports
FaZe Clan	7	Dust2	16	Team Vitality
ENCE	16	Inferno	8	MIBR
Astralis	16	Nuke	7	G2 Esports

Round 3 scores

Round 3 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	17	Nuke	19	mousesports
Team Liquid	18	Overpass	22	AVANGAR
MIBR	4	Inferno	16	G2 Esports
FaZe Clan	9	Mirage	16	CR4ZY
ENCE	16	Nuke	10	Team Vitality
ENCE	16	Dust2	7	Team Vitality
ENCE	–	Mirage	–	Team Vitality
Renegades	16	Mirage	10	Dreameaters
Renegades	16	Train	8	Dreameaters
Renegades	–	Inferno	–	Dreameaters
Astralis	28	Train	31	NRG Esports
Astralis	4	Nuke	16	NRG Esports
Astralis	–	Overpass	–	NRG Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas	8	Train	16	North
Ninjas in Pyjamas	4	Dust2	16	North
Ninjas in Pyjamas	–	Nuke	–	North

Round 4 scores

Round 4 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
G2 Esports	16	Dust2	9	AVANGAR
G2 Esports	11	Inferno	16	AVANGAR
G2 Esports	9	Overpass	16	AVANGAR
MIBR	11	Mirage	16	Natus Vincere
MIBR	4	Inferno	16	Natus Vincere
MIBR	–	Train	–	Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan	19	Mirage	22	Renegades
FaZe Clan	16	Nuke	4	Renegades
FaZe Clan	14	Vertigo	16	Renegades
Team Vitality	16	Vertigo	5	mousesports
Team Vitality	16	Mirage	10	mousesports

New Champions stage[]

The New Champions Stage, also known as the Playoffs, is a best of three single elimination bracket. Teams play until a winner is decided. This stage took place between September 5 to September 8 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Brackets were revealed shortly after Natus Vincere defeated CR4ZY in the last map of the group stages. Teams were seeded first based on their record in the New Legends stage and based on the strength of their schedule. To the left of each team's name is their seed and to the right is their score.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	ENCE	0

8	Renegades	2
			8	Renegades	0

			5	AVANGAR	2
4	Team Vitality	1

5	AVANGAR	2
						5	AVANGAR	0

						3	Astralis	2
3	Astralis	2

6	Team Liquid	0
			3	Astralis	2

			2	NRG Esports	0
2	NRG Esports	2

7	Natus Vincere	0

Quarterfinals[]

ENCE vs. Renegades[]

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

ENCE-Renegades Vetoes

Map Vetoes

ENCE		BAN		PICK	BAN
	Overpass	Vertigo	Mirage	Nuke	Inferno	Train	Dust II
Renegades	BAN		PICK			BAN

ENCE vs. Renegades scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
ENCE	5	Mirage	16	Renegades
ENCE	12	Nuke	16	Renegades
ENCE	–	Dust II	–	Renegades

Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR[]

Casters: Anders & moses

Team Vitality-AVANGAR Vetoes

Map Vetoes

Team Vitality	BAN		PICK			BAN
	Train	Nuke	Mirage	Inferno	Vertigo	Overpass	Dust II
AVANGAR		BAN		PICK	BAN

Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Vitality	9	Mirage	16	AVANGAR
Team Vitality	16	Inferno	11	AVANGAR
Team Vitality	10	Dust II	16	AVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere[]

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

NRG Esports-Natus Vincere Vetoes

Map Vetoes

NRG Esports	BAN		PICK			BAN
	Overpass	Vertigo	Dust II	Mirage	Train	Inferno	Nuke
Natus Vincere		BAN		PICK	BAN

NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
NRG Esports	16	Dust II	12	Natus Vincere
NRG Esports	19	Mirage	17	Natus Vincere
NRG Esports	–	Nuke	–	Natus Vincere

Astralis vs. Team Liquid[]

Casters: Anders & moses

Astralis-Team Liquid Vetoes

Map Vetoes

Astralis
	Mirage	Train	Vertigo	Overpass	Nuke	Dust II	Inferno
Team Liquid

Astralis vs. Team Liquid scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Astralis	16	Vertigo	8	Team Liquid
Astralis	16	Overpass	13	Team Liquid
Astralis	–	Inferno	–	Team Liquid

Semifinals[]

Renegades vs. AVANGAR[]

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Renegades-AVANGAR Vetoes

Map Vetoes

Renegades	BAN		PICK			BAN
	Overpass	Nuke	Mirage	Dust II	Vertigo	Inferno	Train
AVANGAR		BAN		PICK	BAN

Renegades vs. AVANGAR scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Renegades	19	Mirage	22	AVANGAR
Renegades	6	Dust II	16	AVANGAR
Renegades	–	Train	–	AVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Astralis[]

Casters: Anders & moses

NRG Esports-Astralis Vetoes

Map Vetoes

NRG Esports	BAN		PICK			BAN
	Inferno	Mirage	Train	Overpass	Dust II	Vertigo	Nuke
Astralis		BAN		PICK	BAN

NRG Esports vs. Astralis scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
NRG Esports	10	Train	16	Astralis
NRG Esports	9	Overpass	16	Astralis
NRG Esports	–	Nuke	–	Astralis

Finals[]

AVANGAR vs. Astralis[]

Casters: Anders & moses

AVANGAR-Astralis Vetoes

Map Vetoes

AVANGAR	BAN		PICK			BAN
	Mirage	Nuke	Inferno	Dust II	Train	Vertigo	Overpass
Astralis		BAN		PICK	BAN

AVANGAR vs. Astralis scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
AVANGAR	6	Inferno	16	Astralis
AVANGAR	5	Dust II	16	Astralis
AVANGAR	–	Overpass	–	Astralis

Final standings[]

The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place	Prize Money	Team	Seed	Roster	Coach
1st	US$500,000	Astralis	Rio 2020 Legends	gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x	zonic
2nd	US$150,000	AVANGAR		Jame, buster, qikert, Sanji, AdreN	dastan
3rd – 4th	US$70,000	Renegades		jkaem, Gratisfaction, AZR, jks, Liazz	kassad
3rd – 4th	US$70,000	NRG Esports		stanislaw, CeRq, Brehze, Ethan, tarik	ImAPet
5th – 8th	US$35,000	ENCE		Aleksib, allu, sergej, Aerial, xseveN	Twista
		Team Vitality		ALEX, apEX, NBK-, ZywOo, RpK	XTQZZZ
		Natus Vincere		s1mple, Zeus, flamie, electronic, Boombl4	kane
		Team Liquid		NAF, Twistzz, nitr0, EliGE, Stewie2k	adreN
9th – 11th	US$8,750	mousesports	Rio 2020 Challengers	ropz, karrigan, woxic, frozen, chrisJ	Rejin
		CR4ZY		EspiranTo, ottoNd, nexa, huNter, LETN1	emi
		G2 Esports		shox, kennyS, Lucky, JaCkz, AmaNEk	maLeK
12th – 14th	US$8,750	MIBR		FalleN, zews, TACO, fer, LUCAS1	–
		FaZe Clan		NiKo, NEO, rain, olofmeister, GuardiaN	YNk
		North		valde, Kjaerbye, aizy, JUGi, gade	mithR
15th – 16th	US$8,750	Ninjas in Pyjamas	–	GeT RiGhT, f0rest, REZ, Lekr0, Plopski	pita
15th – 16th	US$8,750	Dreameaters		speed4k, kinqie, Forester, Krad, svyat	zoneR
17th – 19th	–	forZe		xsepower, Jerry, almazer, facecrack, FL1T	liTTle
		Grayhound Gaming		erkaSt, Sico, dexter, malta, Dickstacy	Neil_M
		Syman Gaming		neaLaN, Ramz1kBO$$, Perfecto, t0rick, Keoz	Solaar
20th – 22nd	–	FURIA Esports		arT, VINI, KSCERATO, yuurih, ableJ	guerri
		HellRaisers		ANGE1, ISSAA, oskar, loWel, nukkye	–
		Complexity Gaming		dephh, Rickeh, ShahZaM, SicK, oBo	keita
23rd – 24th	–	TYLOO		BnTeT, Freeman, Summer, somebody, Attacker	–
23rd – 24th	–	INTZ eSports		kNgV-, chelo, xand, DeStiNy, yeL	Apoka