ELeague CS:GO Premier explained

ELEAGUE
Sport:
Year:2017
Location:Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Start Date:September 1, 2017
End Date:October 13, 2017
Administrator:Turner Sports
William Morris Endeavor
Tournament Format:Group Stage (Bo1/Bo3)
Single-Elimination Brackets (Bo3)
Venue:Turner Studios
Teams:16 teams
Champions:FaZe Clan
Runners-Up1:Astralis
Runners-Up2:Cloud9
North
Mvp:Håvard "rain" Nygaard
Previous:Season 3
Next:Season 5

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

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.

Americas Qualifier

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.

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

Past ELEAGUE Results
TeamEL S1EL S2
Astralis5th2nd
Cloud95th9th
FaZe Clan9th3rd
Fnatic2nd9th
G2 Esports11th9th
HeroicDQ2N/A3
ImmortalsN/A313th
mousesports3rd5th
Natus Vincere3rd9th
Ninjas in Pyjamas5th5th
North15th5th
Renegades9thN/A3
SK GamingDQ23rd
Team Liquid17thN/A3
Cloud95th9th
Virtus.pro1st5th
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.[3] [4] [5]

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.[6] [7] 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.[8]

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.[9] 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

Interviewer

Commentators

Producer

Group stage

Group A

width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
12–032–15+176
22–174–53+216
31–248–58−103
4Renegades0–220–48−280
Group A Results
FaZe Clan10Renegades
G2 Esports01Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan10Natus Vincere
G2 Esports20Renegades
Natus Vincere02G2 Esports
Group A Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
FaZe Clan16Mirage9Renegades
G2 Esports10Inferno16Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan16Inferno†6Natus Vincere
G2 Esports16Mirage9Renegades
G2 Esports16Nuke2Renegades
G2 EsportsCobblestoneRenegades
Natus Vincere12Cobblestone16G2 Esports
Natus Vincere14Inferno16G2 Esports
Natus VincereOverpassG2 Esports

Group B

width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
1North2–038–34+46
22–191–74+176
3Immortals1–260–62−23
40–242–61−190
Group B Results
mousesports01Immortals
North10Fnatic
North10Immortals
mousesports12Fnatic
Immortals02Fnatic
Group B Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
mousesports8Cobblestone16Immortals
North16Mirage14Fnatic
North22Cobblestone†20Immortals
mousesports5Train16Fnatic
mousesports16Mirage13Fnatic
mousesports13Cobblestone16Fnatic
Immortals10Train16Fnatic
Immortals14Inferno16Fnatic
ImmortalsCacheFnatic

Group C

width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
1Cloud92–032–8+246
2Team EnVyUs2–159–53+66
31–269–70−13
40–219–48−290
Group C Results
Virtus.pro01Team EnVyUs
Ninjas in Pyjamas01Cloud9
Cloud910Team EnVyUs
Virtus.pro02Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs21Ninjas in Pyjamas
Group C Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Virtus.pro6Cobblestone16Team EnVyUs
Ninjas in Pyjamas6Mirage16Cloud9
Cloud916Train†2Team EnVyUs
Virtus.pro8Overpass16Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.pro5Train16Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.proMirageNinjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs9Cobblestone16Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs16Cache9Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs16Nuke6Ninjas in Pyjamas

Group D

width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
12–032–13+196
2Heroic2–158–50+86
31–275–97−223
4Team Liquid0–252–59−70
Group D Results
Astralis10Team Liquid
SK Gaming01Heroic
Astralis10Heroic
SK Gaming21Team Liquid
Heroic21SK Gaming
Group D Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Astralis16Overpass11Team Liquid
SK Gaming5Train16Heroic
Astralis16Train†2Heroic
SK Gaming8Inferno16Team Liquid
SK Gaming16Overpass8Team Liquid
SK Gaming19Mirage17Team Liquid
Heroic8Overpass16SK Gaming
Heroic16Inferno5SK Gaming
Heroic16Mirage8SK Gaming

†Game was broadcast on TBS.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Cloud916Cobblestone12G2 Esports
Cloud916Inferno8G2 Esports
Cloud9CacheG2 Esports
Astralis16Train5Fnatic
Astralis16Overpass12Fnatic
AstralisMirageFnatic
FaZe Clan16Nuke12Team EnVyUs
FaZe Clan16Overpass3Team EnVyUs
FaZe ClanInfernoTeam EnVyUs
North16Overpass7Heroic
North16Mirage7Heroic
NorthInfernoHeroic
Semifinals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Cloud916Mirage12Astralis
Cloud914Overpass16Astralis
Cloud94Inferno16Astralis
FaZe Clan16Mirage12North
FaZe Clan16Inferno10North
FaZe ClanTrainNorth
Finals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Astralis14Cache16FaZe Clan
Astralis7Overpass16FaZe Clan
AstralisInfernoFaZe 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
PlacePrize MoneyTeamRosterCoach
1st500,000FaZe Clankarrigan, GuardiaN, NiKo, olofmeister, RobbaN
2nd150,000Astralis,, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, Xyp9x
3rd 4th70,000Cloud9,, RUSH, Skadoodle, Stewie2K
NorthMSL,,,,
5th 8th35,000FnaticGolden,, JW, KRiMZ, Lekr0Jumpy
G2 Esports,,, kennyS, NBK-SmithZz
HeroicSnappi,, JUGi,, MODDIIFeTiSh
Team EnVyUsHappy, Rpk, SIXER,, ScreaM
9th 12th8,750Immortals,,, HEN1, LUCAS1
Natus VincereZeus, Edward,,,
Ninjas in PyjamasXizt,, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZTHREAT
SK GamingFalleN,,,, TACO
13th 16th8,750mousesportschrisJ,,, STYKO,
RenegadesNifty, AZR,, USTILO, NAF
Team Liquid, ELiGE,,, Twistzz
Virtus.proNEO,,, Snax, TaZ

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.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ELEAGUE Reveals Elite Competitors for CS:GO Premier 2017. ELEAGUE. July 26, 2017. July 26, 2017.
  2. Web site: ELEAGUE reveals teams and groups for upcoming CS:GO tournament. Slingshot eSports. Andrew. Kim. July 26, 2017. July 26, 2017.
  3. Web site: Cloud9 acquires RUSH and tarik to replace n0thing and Shroud on CS:GO roster. Andrew. Kim. Slingshot eSports. August 15, 2017. August 22, 2017.
  4. Web site: OpTic Gaming sign friberg, allu, Magisk to CS:GO roster. Daniel. Rosen. The Score eSports. August 21, 2017. August 22, 2017.
  5. Web site: OpTic forfeit their spot in the 2017 ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier. Jamie. Villanueva. Dot eSports. August 22, 2017. August 22, 2017.
  6. Web site: SK Gaming to acquire Luminosity Gaming's roster in July. Dennis. Gonzales. The Score eSports. June 24, 2016. July 28, 2017.
  7. Web site: SK Gaming, Luminosity locked in contract disputes after SK attempted to poach Luminosity players. Jacob. Wolf. ESPN. May 27, 2016. July 28, 2017.
  8. Web site: Twitter.
  9. Web site: How One Skype Call Doomed Tempo Storm in ELEAGUE. Dustin. Steiner. PVP Live. August 27, 2017.
  10. Web site: cogu to stand in for kNg on Immortals. Dennis. Gonzales. The Score eSports. September 12, 2017. September 17, 2017.

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