ELEAGUE Season 2 explained

ELEAGUE
Sport:
Year:2016
Location:Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Start Date:October 21, 2016
End Date:December 3, 2016
Administrator:Turner Sports
William Morris Endeavor
Tournament Format:Group Stage (Bo1/Bo3)
Single-Elimination Brackets (Bo3)
Venue:Turner Studios
Teams:16 teams
Purse:$1,100,000 USD
Champions:OpTic Gaming
Runners-Up1:Astralis
Runners-Up2:SK Gaming
FaZe Clan
Mvp:Will "RUSH" Wierzba
Previous:Season 1
Next:Season 3

ELEAGUE Season 2 was the second season of the ELEAGUE 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ELEAGUE Announces Schedule for Second Season of CS:GO.
  2. Web site: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and WME | IMG Form Strategic Partnership to Create Groundbreaking eSports League|website=Time Warner]|date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=November 20, 2015}}

    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. 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

    North American Closed Qualifier

    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.

    Teams Competing

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

    Broadcast Talent

    Analysts

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

    Commentators

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

    Interviewers

    • Kate Yeager
    • Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico

    Observers

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

    Group stage

    Group A

    width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
    12–035–25+102
    22–1111–98+132
    31–280–81−11
    40–243–65−220
    Group A Results
    mousesports10Immortals
    Cloud910FaZe Clan
    mousesports10Cloud9
    FaZe Clan21Immortals
    Cloud912FaZe Clan
    Group A Scores
    TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
    mousesports16Mirage9Immortals
    Cloud916Train7FaZe Clan
    mousesports19Dust II†16Cloud9
    FaZe Clan16Mirage2Immortals
    FaZe Clan17Train19Immortals
    FaZe Clan16Overpass13Immortals
    Cloud920Mirage22FaZe Clan
    Cloud919Train17FaZe Clan
    Cloud99Overpass16FaZe Clan

    Group B

    width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
    12–032–8+242
    22–155–39+162
    3G2 Esports1–255–53+21
    40–26–48−430
    Group B Results
    Virtus.pro10Echo Fox
    Ninjas in Pyjamas10G2 Esports
    Virtus.pro10Ninjas in Pyjamas
    G2 Esports20Echo Fox
    Ninjas in Pyjamas20G2 Esports
    Group B Scores
    TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
    Virtus.pro16Nuke1Echo Fox
    Ninjas in Pyjamas16Overpass5G2 Esports
    Virtus.pro16Cobblestone†7Ninjas in Pyjamas
    G2 Esports16Nuke3Echo Fox
    G2 Esports16Dust 22Echo Fox
    G2 EsportsCacheEcho Fox
    Ninjas in Pyjamas16Nuke8G2 Esports
    Ninjas in Pyjamas16Train10G2 Esports
    Ninjas in PyjamasCobblestoneG2 Esports

    Group C

    width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
    12–032–19+132
    22–161–42+192
    31–250–59−91
    4ALTERNATE aTTaX0–217–48−310
    Group C Results
    Natus Vincere01SK Gaming
    Astralis10ALTERNATE aTTaX
    Astralis10SK Gaming
    Natus Vincere20ALTERNATE aTTaX
    SK Gaming20Natus Vincere
    Group C Scores
    TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
    Natus Vincere10Train16SK Gaming
    Astralis16Nuke6ALTERNATE aTTaX
    Astralis16Overpass†13SK Gaming
    Natus Vincere16Cobblestone3ALTERNATE aTTaX
    Natus Vincere16Overpass8ALTERNATE aTTaX
    Natus VincereNukeALTERNATE aTTaX
    SK Gaming16Dust II8Natus Vincere
    SK Gaming16Train8Natus Vincere
    SK GamingNukeNatus Vincere

    Group D

    width=30pxSeedwidth=170pxTeamwidth=70pxRecordwidth=70pxRF-RAwidth=50pxRDwidth=50pxPoints
    12–032–15+172
    22–194–62+322
    31–238–65−271
    40–239–61−220
    Group D Results
    Fnatic10OpTic Gaming
    Team EnVyUs01Team Dignitas
    Fnatic01Team Dignitas
    Team EnVyUS12OpTic Gaming
    Fnatic02OpTic Gaming
    Group D Scores
    TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
    Fnatic19Cache17OpTic Gaming
    Team EnVyUS12Cobblestone16Team Dignitas
    Fnatic3Overpass†16Team Dignitas
    Team EnVyUS3Overpass16 OpTic Gaming
    Team EnVyUS16Dust II13OpTic Gaming
    Team EnVyUS8Cobblestone16OpTic Gaming
    Fnatic5Cobblestone16OpTic Gaming
    Fnatic11Dust II16OpTic Gaming
    FnaticTrainOpTic Gaming

    † Game was broadcast on TBS.

    Playoffs

    Quarterfinals
    TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
    Team Dignitas6Dust II16SK Gaming
    Team Dignitas16Mirage4SK Gaming
    Team Dignitas14Overpass16SK Gaming
    Astralis13Cobblestone16Ninjas in Pyjamas
    Astralis16Train2Ninjas in Pyjamas
    Astralis16Overpass10Ninjas in Pyjamas
    mousesports7Train16OpTic Gaming
    mousesports11Cache16OpTic Gaming
    mousesportsDust IIOpTic Gaming
    Virtus.pro16Nuke†4FaZe Clan
    Virtus.pro10Overpass†16FaZe Clan
    Virtus.pro14Cache†16FaZe Clan
    Semifinals
    TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
    SK Gaming11Overpass16Astralis
    SK Gaming12Train16Astralis
    SK GamingDust IIAstralis
    OpTic Gaming16Train†3FaZe Clan
    OpTic Gaming16Overpass†12FaZe Clan
    OpTic GamingDust IIFaZe Clan
    Finals
    TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
    Astralis16Train†9OpTic Gaming
    Astralis6Cobblestone†16OpTic Gaming
    Astralis11Overpass†16OpTic Gaming

    Final standings

    Final Standings
    PlacePrize MoneyTeamRoster
    1st400,000NAF,, RUSH,,
    2nd140,000, Xyp9x, dupreeh, Kjaerbye,
    3rd 4th60,000FalleN,,, TACO,
    FaZe Clankarrigan,,, kioShiMa, allu
    5th 8th50,000Team Dignitas,, Magiskb0y, MSL, RUBINO
    Ninjas in Pyjamasf0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt,, friberg
    mousesports, Spiidi, NiKo, ChrisJ, loWel
    Virtus.proNEO, TaZ, Snax,,
    9th 12th30,000Cloud9n0thing, Stewie2K, Skadoodle,,
    G2 Esports, SmithZz, Rpk, bodyy, ScreaM
    Natus Vincere,, Edward,, GuardiaN
    olofmeister, KRiMZ,,, Jumpy
    13th 16th30,000HEN1, LUCAS1, zews,,
    sgares, ShahZaM,, fREAKAZOiD,
    ALTERNATE aTTaX, crisby,, tiziaN, syrsoN
    kennyS, Happy, SIXER,, NBK-

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