The ELEAGUE Major 2017 Report

The most anticipated tournament of the first quarter of 2017, The ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 is going to start soon. This will be the third CS:GO Major tournament with $1,000,000 prize pool.

The event will be held together with support of Valve and Turner Broadcasting System, which is responsible for advertising of ELEAGUE brand.

16 best teams from all over the world will participate in the tournament. 8 of The ELEAGUE Major 2017 participants joined the event via direct invites from the organizers as they became top-8 teams of ESL One Cologne 2016. Other 8 participants passed through the complicated qualifying stage where they earned a right to participate in the tournament.

ELEAGUE staff is considered to be the best one in the commenting esports events. The ELEAGUE Major 2017 should be conducted in the best way.

The tournament will be played in Swiss system. The organizers will seed all teams into one group. To move to the play-off stage the teams should get at least three wins. If a team losses three matches, it is automatically withdrawn from the event. The first matches were organized taking into consideration matches of the previous tournament. In the upcoming matches the teams will play against teams with a common score of the tournament table.

The play-off will be conducted in the common best-of-3 (bo3) format, including the grand final match. The matches will be played on de_cache, de_cobblestone, de_dust 2, de_nuke, de_overpass and de_train maps.

Tournament participants:

SK Gaming (FalleN, fer, coldzera, TACO & fox) Natus Vincere (Edward, GuardiaN, seized, s1mple & flamie) Fnatic (olofmeister, dennis, twist, KRiMZ & disco doplan) Virtus.pro (TaZ, NEO, pasha, Snax & byali) Astralis (gla1ve, device, Kjaerbye, dupreeh & Xyp9x) Gambit Gaming (Zeus, Dosia, AdreN, mou & HObbit) Team Liquid (Hiko, nitr0, EliGE, jdm64 & Pimp) FlipSid3 Tactics (B1ad3, markeloff, WorldEdit, wayLander & electronic)

GODSENT (pronax, flusha, schneider, jw & Lekr0) North (MSL, Magiskb0Y, k0nfig, cajunb & RUBINO) FaZe Clan (karrigan, allu, aizy, rain & kioShiMa) mousesports (chrisJ, NiKo, loWel, Spiidi & denis) HellRaisers (ANGE1, bondik, STYKO, Zero & DeadFox) OpTic Gaming (RUSH, mixwell, stanislaw, NAF-FLY & tarik) G2 Esports (shox, RpK, SmithZz, ScreaM & bodyy) Team EnVy (apEX, kennyS, SIXER, NBK & Happy)

Commentators and analysts:

Anders Blume – commentatorAuguste «Semmler» Massonnat – commentatorJames Bardolph – commentator Daniel «ddk» Kapadia – commentatorHenry «HenryG» Greer – commentatorMatthew » Sadokist» Trivett – commentatorDuncan «Thorin» Shields – analystJason «moses» O’Toole – analystAll matches will be played in ELEAGUE studio since January 22 till January 25. All views can follow online and TV broadcasts, organized by Turner Broadcasting System.

The final stage of the event will take place in Atlanta, in Fox Theatre Building. Play-off matches will be played on January 27 - 29.

Schedule:

All playing days will start at 15:00

January 22 — Swiss Round One Sunday

Gambit Gaming 16:8 NorthFnatic 10:16 G2 EsportsSK Gaming 16:7 HellRaisers Virtus.pro 16:13 OpTic GamingNatus Vincere 16:3  mousesports Team Liquid 21:25 Team EnVyUs Astralis 6:16 GODSENT FlipSid3 Tactics 9:16 FaZe 

January 23 — Swiss Round Two Monday

mousesports 16:7 HellRaisersNatus Vincere 16:6 Team EnVyUsFaze 17:19 SKFlipSid3 14:16 Team LiquidNorth 13:16 fnaticOpTic 12:16 AstralisGODSENT 9:16 GambitVirtus.Pro 16:14 G2

January 24— Swiss Round Three, Tuesday

fnatic 16:11 mousesportsGODSENT 3:16 Team EnVyUsNorth 19:15 HellRaisersGambit 10:16 Virtus.ProAstralis 16:5 G2SK 3:16 Natus VincereTeam Liquid 18:22 FaZeFlipSid3 13:16 OpTic

January 25— Swiss Round Four Wednesday

Team EnVyUs 11:16 FnaticSK Gaming 19:17 Team AstralisGambit eSports 16:14 FaZe ClanNorth 16:9 G2 eSportsmousesports 4:16 Team LiquidGODSENT 16:8 OpTic Gaming

January 26— Swiss Round Five Thursday

North 19:17 GODSENTFaZe Clan 16:11 Team EnVyUsTeam Liquid 3:16 Astralis

January 27— Playoffs Friday — quarterfinals

Natus Vincere 1:2 AstralisFnatic 2:1 Gambit eSportsVirtus.pro 2:1 NorthFaZe Clan 1:2 SK Gaming

January 28—Playoffs Saturday— semifinals

Astralis 2:0 FnaticVirtus.pro 2:1 SK Gaming

January 29 — Playoffs Sunday — grand final

Astralis 2:1 Virtus.pro

The prize pool of the event is $1,000,000. The distribution of the prize pool is the same as in the previous Majors.

1 place — $500,0002 place — $150,0003-4 places — $70,0005-8 places — $35,0009-16 places— $8,750

Group Stage

General scoreboard