ELeague CS:GO Premier

ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier is the fourth season of ELEAGUE that started on September 1, 2017 and ended on October 13, 2017. It will be broadcast on the U.S cable network TBS. The season features 16 teams from across the world competing in a season, which includes a regular season and a playoffs. The broadcast will be simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch and YouTube Gaming, but when on television, a limited broadcast will appear on Twitch and YouTube.[1]

ELEAGUE
2017
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
DatesSeptember 1, 2017–October 13, 2017
Administrator(s)Turner Sports
William Morris Endeavor
Tournament
format(s)
Group Stage (Bo1/Bo3)
Single-Elimination Brackets (Bo3)
VenueTurner Studios
Teams16 teams
Final positions
Champions FaZe Clan
1st runners-up Astralis
2nd runners-up Cloud9
North
MVP Håvard "rain" Nygaard

The season kicked off with FaZe Clan defeating Renegades in Group A and the first televised match of the season featured FaZe Clan defeating Natus Vincere. The season concluded with FaZe Clan defeating Astralis in the finals 2-0 as FaZe dropped zero games throughout the whole tournament.

Format

The format reflected that of ELEAGUE Season 2. A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament. 12 teams will be invited and a four teams, two from the Americas qualifier and two from the Europe qualifier, will have to qualify for the tournament.[2]

The 12 teams will be invited based on their past performances from the previous ELEAGUE seasons. Each closed qualifier will be played online and will be held from August 26, 2017 to August 27, 2017. One team, OpTic Gaming, would later have its invite taken away due to violation of ELEAGUE rules after roster changes.

The group stage featured 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 in best of one games. The two winners and two losers will then play against each other. The winners match was a best of one and the loser's match was a best of three. 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 in a best of three; 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. Each group winner will face off against a group runner-up in the quarterfinals. In addition, each team will not face another team from the same group until the finals if it ever reaches that point.

Qualifiers

A maximum of 512 teams each competed in the European and Americas qualifiers. Both qualifiers took place online and were completed within two days. Shown below are the top 16 teams of each qualifier, with two from the European qualifier and three from the Americas qualifier moving on. Teams played in a single elimination bracket.

European Qualifier
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualified
            
Gambit Esports 14
AGO Gaming 16
AGO Gaming 2
Vega Squadron 0
Space Soldiers 10
Vega Squadron 16
AGO Gaming 0
Heroic 2
Heroic 16
RedFear eSPORTS 2
Heroic 2
FlipSid3 Tactics 0
FlipSid3 Tactics 16
Orion Gaming 8
Heroic Q
Team EnVyUs Q
HellRaisers 7
Red Reserve 16
Red Reserve 0
Team EnVyUs 2
Team EnVyUs 16
samba 3
Team EnVyUs 2
ARES 0
Forcebuy 7
ARES 16
ARES 2
Tricked Esport 0
BIG 8
Tricked Esport 16

Americas Qualifier
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualified
            
Immortals 16
Denial eSports 9
Immortals 2
Splyce 0
Splyce 16
Bunch of chads 4
Immortals 2
Broken Alliance 0
Counter Logic Gaming 12
Broken Alliance 16
Broken Alliance 2
Rise Nation 0
Misfits 11
Rise Nation 16
Immortals Q
Team Liquid Q
NRG Esports 16
Final Feature Gaming 13
NRG Esports 0
Renegades 2
Renegades 16
Guerrilla Tactics 4
Renegades 1
Team Liquid 2
compLexity Gaming 7
Luminosity Gaming 16
Luminosity Gaming 0
Team Liquid 2
Team Liquid 16
CLG Academy 4
Third Place Decider
   
Broken Alliance 0
Renegades 2

Teams Competing

Eleven invited teams from will be joined by five other teams, two from each closed qualifier with an additional one from the Americas qualifier.[3]

The twelve teams were invited based on their past results during the two Counter-Strike ELEAGUE seasons.

Past ELEAGUE Results
Team EL S1 EL S2
Astralis 5th 2nd
Cloud9 5th 9th
FaZe Clan 9th 3rd
Fnatic 2nd 9th
G2 Esports 11th 9th
Heroic DQ2 N/A3
Immortals N/A3 13th
mousesports 3rd 5th
Natus Vincere 3rd 9th
Ninjas in Pyjamas 5th 5th
North 15th 5th
Renegades 9th N/A3
SK Gaming DQ2 3rd
Team Liquid 17th N/A3
Cloud9 5th 9th
Virtus.pro 1st 5th

1 - ELEAGUE Season 2 champion OpTic Gaming had its invite taken back by ELEAGUE after the team replaced the majority of its players. Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas and Keith "NAF" Markovic stayed with the team. Tarik "tarik" Celik and Will "RUSH" Wierzba transferred to Cloud9 to replace Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert and Michael "shroud" Grzesiek on its active roster. OpTic signed former longtime Ninjas in Pyjamas member Adam "friberg" Friberg, former FaZe Clan AWPer Aleksi "allu" Jalli, and former North star Emil "Magisk" Reif. OpTic's spot will be filled in by a third team from the Americas qualifier.[4][5][6]

2 - During ELEAGUE Season 1, Luminosity Gaming (now with SK Gaming) and SK Gaming (now with Heroic) were in a contract dispute. The Brazilians had agreed to sign with SK Gaming first when it was still under the organization Keyd Stars, but signed with Luminosity first during that time. In the middle of ELEAGUE Season 1 and some time prior to ESL One Cologne 2016, SK Gaming brought up the contract.[7][8] After the two organizations came to an agreement, in which the Danes were released from SK Gaming and the Brazilians transferred to SK Gaming, ELEAGUE commissioner Min-Sik Ko stated that the transfer did "not comply with" ELEAGUE rules, thus resulting in the disqualification of the two teams.[9]

3 - "N/A" indicates the team was not in the ELEAGUE season for any reason. Heroic was not invited to any open qualifier for ELEAGUE Season 2. Immortals was not invited to ELEAGUE Season 1 when it was signed with Tempo Storm. After Tempo Storm owner Andrey "reynad" Yanyuk said that a person associated with ELEAGUE and he had an argument, thus ELEAGUE not wanting Tempo Storm in the tournament despite being ranked higher than many of the teams. reynad later sold the team to Immortals to give the team a better chance at more tournaments and Immortals later qualified for Season 2.[10] Team Liquid was upset by Echo Fox in the ELEAGUE Season 2 Americas qualifiers. Renegades was defeated by OpTic Gaming in the Americas qualifier for Season 2.

Broadcast Talent

Host

  • Richard Lewis

Interviewer

  • Sue "Smix" Lee

Commentators

  • James Bardolph
  • Anders Blume
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole

Producer

  • Jason "Alchemist" Baker

Group Stage

Group A
Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 FaZe Clan 2-0 32-15 +17 6
2 G2 Esports 2-1 74-53 +21 6
3 Natus Vincere 1-2 48-58 -10 3
4 Renegades 0-2 20-48 -28 0
Group A Results
FaZe Clan 1 0 Renegades
G2 Esports 0 1 Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan 1 0 Natus Vincere
G2 Esports 2 0 Renegades
Natus Vincere 0 2 G2 Esports
Group A Scores
Group A Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 9 Renegades
G2 Esports 10 Inferno 16 Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan 16 Inferno† 6 Natus Vincere
G2 Esports 16 Mirage 9 Renegades
G2 Esports 16 Nuke 2 Renegades
G2 Esports – Cobblestone – Renegades
Natus Vincere 12 Cobblestone 16 G2 Esports
Natus Vincere 14 Inferno 16 G2 Esports
Natus Vincere – Overpass – G2 Esports

Group B
Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 North 2-0 38-34 +4 6
2 Fnatic 2-1 91-74 +17 6
3 Immortals 1-2 60-62 -2 3
4 mousesports 0-2 42-61 -19 0
Group B Results
mousesports 0 1 Immortals
North 1 0 Fnatic
North 1 0 Immortals
mousesports 1 2 Fnatic
Immortals 0 2 Fnatic
Group B Scores
Group B Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
mousesports 8 Cobblestone 16 Immortals
North 16 Mirage 14 Fnatic
North 22 Cobblestone† 20 Immortals
mousesports 5 Train 16 Fnatic
mousesports 16 Mirage 13 Fnatic
mousesports 13 Cobblestone 16 Fnatic
Immortals 10 Train 16 Fnatic
Immortals 14 Inferno 16 Fnatic
Immortals – Cache – Fnatic

Group C
Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Cloud9 2-0 32-8 +24 6
2 Team EnVyUs 2-1 59-53 +6 6
3 Ninjas in Pyjamas 1-2 69-70 -1 3
4 Virtus.pro 0-2 19-48 -29 0
Group C Results
Virtus.pro 0 1 Team EnVyUs
Ninjas in Pyjamas 0 1 Cloud9
Cloud9 1 0 Team EnVyUs
Virtus.pro 0 2 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs 2 1 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Group C Scores
Group C Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Virtus.pro 6 Cobblestone 16 Team EnVyUs
Ninjas in Pyjamas 6 Mirage 16 Cloud9
Cloud9 16 Train† 2 Team EnVyUs
Virtus.pro 8 Overpass 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.pro 5 Train 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.pro – Mirage – Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs 9 Cobblestone 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs 16 Cache 9 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs 16 Nuke 6 Ninjas in Pyjamas

Group D
Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points
1 Astralis 2-0 32-13 +19 6
2 Heroic 2-1 58-50 +8 6
3 SK Gaming 1-2 75-97 -22 3
4 Team Liquid 0-2 52-59 -7 0
Group D Results
Astralis 1 0 Team Liquid
SK Gaming 0 1 Heroic
Astralis 1 0 Heroic
SK Gaming 2 1 Team Liquid
Heroic 2 1 SK Gaming
Group D Scores
Group D Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 16 Overpass 11 Team Liquid
SK Gaming 5 Train 16 Heroic
Astralis 16 Train† 2 Heroic
SK Gaming 8 Inferno 16 Team Liquid
SK Gaming 16 Overpass 8 Team Liquid
SK Gaming 19 Mirage 17 Team Liquid
Heroic 8 Overpass 16 SK Gaming
Heroic 16 Inferno 5 SK Gaming
Heroic 16 Mirage 8 SK Gaming

†Game was broadcast on TBS.

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Cloud9 2
G2 Esports 0
Cloud9 1
Astralis 2
Astralis 2
Fnatic 0
Astralis 0
FaZe Clan 2
FaZe Clan 2
Team EnVyUs 0
FaZe Clan 2
North 0
North 2
Heroic 0
Quarterfinals
Team Score Map Score Team
Cloud9 16 Cobblestone 12 G2 Esports
Cloud9 16 Inferno 8 G2 Esports
Cloud9 – Cache – G2 Esports
Astralis 16 Train 5 Fnatic
Astralis 16 Overpass 12 Fnatic
Astralis – Mirage – Fnatic
FaZe Clan 16 Nuke 12 Team EnVyUs
FaZe Clan 16 Overpass 3 Team EnVyUs
FaZe Clan – Inferno – Team EnVyUs
North 16 Overpass 7 Heroic
North 16 Mirage 7 Heroic
North – Inferno – Heroic
Semifinals
Team Score Map Score Team
Cloud9 16 Mirage 12 Astralis
Cloud9 14 Overpass 16 Astralis
Cloud9 4 Inferno 16 Astralis
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 12 North
FaZe Clan 16 Inferno 10 North
FaZe Clan – Train – North
Finals
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 14 Cache 16 FaZe Clan
Astralis 7 Overpass 16 FaZe Clan
Astralis – Inferno – FaZe Clan

Final standings

The final standings, prize money distribution, and teams' rosters and coaches are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Final Standings
Place Prize Money Team Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 FaZe Clan karrigan, GuardiaN, NiKo, olofmeister, rain RobbaN
2nd US$150,000 Astralis gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, Xyp9x zonic
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Cloud9 tarik, autimatic, RUSH, Skadoodle, Stewie2K valens
North MSL, aizy, cajunb, k0nfig, valde ruggah
5th – 8th US$35,000 Fnatic Golden, flusha, JW, KRiMZ, Lekr0 Jumpy
G2 Esports shox, apEX, bodyy, kennyS, NBK- SmithZz
Heroic Snappi, es3tag, JUGi, niko, MODDII FeTiSh
Team EnVyUs Happy, Rpk, SIXER, xms, ScreaM maLek
9th – 12th US$8,750 Immortals steel, boltz, cogu1, HEN1, LUCAS1 zakk
Natus Vincere Zeus, Edward, s1mple, flamie, seized kane
Ninjas in Pyjamas Xizt, draken, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZ THREAT
SK Gaming FalleN, coldzera, felps, fer, TACO
13th – 16th US$8,750 mousesports chrisJ, oskar, ropz, STYKO, suNny lmbt
Renegades Nifty, AZR, jks, USTILO, NAF kassad
Team Liquid nitr0, ELiGE, jdm64, stanislaw, Twistzz zews
Virtus.pro NEO, byali, pashaBiceps, Snax, TaZ kuben

1 Immortals signed Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe for the PGL Major 2017 after benching Lincoln "fnx" Lau. However, after placing second at DreamHack Montreal 2017, kNgV- went back to Brazil to clear visa issues. Counter-Strike 1.6 legend Raphael "cogu" Camargo took his place at ELEAGUE.[11]

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References
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