StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019

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StarLadder Major 2019
2019
StarLadder Major 2019 logo.png
The StarLadder Major 2019 logo
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 23–September 8, 2019
Administrator Valve
StarLadder
ImbaTV
Tournament
format(s)
Two 16 team swiss-system group stages
8 team single-elimination playoff
VenueVerti Music Hall
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Teams24
PurseUS$1,000,000
Final positions
Champions Astralis (4th title)
1st runners-upAVANGAR
2nd runners-up Renegades
NRG Esports
MVP Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz

The StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019, also known as StarLadder Major 2019 or Berlin 2019, was the fifteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) 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]

Contents

Astralis won the final against underdogs AVANGAR to become the only team in CS:GO history 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 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
  1. 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.
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1INTZ eSports2
B2Sharks Esports0
A1INTZ eSports0
B1NRG Esports2
B1 NRG Esports 2
A2 FURIA Esports 0
B1NRG Esports
A1FURIA Esports
Lower round 1Lower final
A1INTZ eSports1
B2Sharks Esports0A2FURIA Esports2
A2FURIA Esports2

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)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1 Fnatic 0
B2 mousesports 2
B2mousesports2
A2North0
B1CR4ZY0
A2 North 2
B2mousesports
B1CR4ZY
Lower round 1Lower final
A2North0
A1Fnatic0B1CR4ZY2
B1CR4ZY2

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)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1Grayhound G.2
B2MVP PK0
A1Grayhound G.2
B1TYLOO0
B1TYLOO2
A2Avant Gaming0
A1Grayhound G
B1TYLOO
Lower round 1Lower final
B1TYLOO2
B2MVP PK2B2MVP PK0
A2Avant Gaming0

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)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1forZe2
B2 Team Spirit 0
A1forZe2
A2Syman Gaming0
B1DreamEaters1
A2Syman Gaming2
A1forZe
A2Syman Gaming
Lower round 1Lower final
A2Syman Gaming2
B2Team Spirit0B1DreamEaters0
B1DreamEaters2

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)
Upper round 1Qualified
EU North 2
ASMVP PK0
EUNorth
CISDreamEaters
AMINTZ eSports1
CISDreamEaters2
Lower round 1Qualified
AMINTZ eSports
ASMVP PK0
AMINTZ eSports2

Broadcast Talent

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

Desk Hosts

Interviewers

Analysts

Commentators

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)

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.

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

[19]

Round 1 scores
Round 1 matches
Team Vitality8 Dust2 16Syman Gaming
NRG Esports17 Overpass 19Dreameaters
G2 Esports16 Overpass 10Tyloo
North16 Train 5INTZ
FURIA16 Inferno 6Hellraisers
mousesports16 Inferno 6forZe
AVANGAR16 Inferno 13compLexity Gaming
CR4ZY16 Nuke 13Grayhound Gaming
Round 2 scores
Round 2 matches
North16 Train 14Syman Gaming
NRG Esports16 Train 7Tyloo
G2 Esports16 Overpass 9Dreameaters
Team Vitality16 Mirage 9INTZ
mousesports19 Inferno 17AVANGAR
compLexity Gaming5 Inferno 16Hellraisers
FURIA11 Train 16CR4ZY
Grayhound Gaming9 Train 16forZe
Round 3 scores
Round 3 matches
Team Vitality14 Inferno 16Dreameaters
NRG Esports16 Inferno 4Syman Gaming
AVANGAR16 Dust2 8Hellraisers
FURIA10 Nuke 16forZe
compLexity Gaming22 Overpass 20Tyloo
compLexity Gaming16 Vertigo 2Tyloo
compLexity GamingInfernoTyloo
G2 Esports16 Train 5mousesports
G2 Esports13 Dust2 16mousesports
G2 Esports7 Vertigo 16mousesports
Grayhound Gaming16 Train 5INTZ
Grayhound Gaming14 Nuke 16INTZ
Grayhound Gaming16 Dust2 7INTZ
North8 Mirage 16CR4ZY
North28 Inferno 26CR4ZY
North19 Train 15CR4ZY
Round 4 scores
Round 4 matches
G2 Esports28 Dust2 25forZe
G2 Esports16 Inferno 12forZe
G2 EsportsOverpassforZe
FURIA9 Train 16Syman Gaming
FURIA7 Inferno 16Syman Gaming
FURIAOverpassSyman Gaming
compLexity Gaming11 Dust2 16Grayhound Gaming
compLexity Gaming4 Inferno 16Grayhound Gaming
compLexity GamingOverpassGrayhound Gaming
NRG Esports16 Train 8AVANGAR
NRG Esports16 Dust2 4AVANGAR
NRG EsportsOverpassAVANGAR
CR4ZY12 Inferno 16Dreameaters
CR4ZY16 Dust2 11Dreameaters
CR4ZY16 Mirage 11Dreameaters
Team Vitality16 Inferno 8Hellraisers
Team Vitality16 Mirage 11Hellraisers
Team VitalityOverpassHellraisers
Round 5 scores
Round 5 matches
AVANGAR16 Inferno 10Syman Gaming
AVANGAR10 Mirage 16Syman Gaming
AVANGAR16 Dust2 5Syman Gaming
forZe10 Overpass 16Dreameaters
forZe12 Mirage 16Dreameaters
forZeTrainDreameaters
Team Vitality16 Dust2 5Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality14 Overpass 16Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality16 Inferno 14Grayhound 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.

PlaceTeamRecordRound DifferenceRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1–2ENCE3–0+34AVANGAR (14)High Match
MIBR (6)
High MatchTeam Vitality (4)New Champions stageNew Champions stage
NRG Esports 3–0+24Renegades (8)High Match
Team Liquid (2)
High MatchAstralis (1)New Champions stageNew Champions stage
3–5 Team Vitality 3–1+18North (11)High Match
FaZe Clan (4)
Middle MatchENCE (2)High Matchmousesports(11)New Champions stage
Astralis 3–1+15Dreameaters (16)High Match
G2 Esports (11)
Middle MatchNRG Esports (5)High Match CR4ZY (12)New Champions stage
AVANGAR3–1+1ENCE (3)Low Match
Renegades (8)
Middle MatchTeam Liquid (3)High Match G2 Esports (9)New Champions stage
6–8 Natus Vincere 3–2+33G2 Esports (13)Low Match
Dreameaters (16)
Middle Matchmousesports(11)Low Match MIBR (7)CR4ZY (13)
Team Liquid 3–2+14CR4ZY (15)High Match
NRG (8)
Middle MatchAVANGAR (14)Low Match North (14)mousesports (12)
Renegades 3–2+8NRG Esports (9)Low Match
AVANGAR (14)
Middle MatchDreameaters (16)Low Match FaZe Clan (6)G2 Esports (11)
9–11 G2 Esports 2–3−7Natus Vincere (4)High Match
Astralis (1)
Middle MatchMIBR (8)High Match AVANGAR (10)Renegades (10)
CR4ZY2–3−19Team Liquid (2)Low Match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (9)
Middle MatchFaZe Clan (6)High Match Astralis (2)Natus Vincere (6)
mousesports 2–3−24FaZe Clan (5)Low Match
North (12)
Middle MatchNatus Vincere (7)High Match Vitality (4)Team Liquid (5)
12–14 FaZe Clan 1–30mousesports (12)High Match
Team Vitality (5)
Middle MatchCR4ZY (15)Low Match Renegades (13)Eliminated
North 1–3−4Team Vitality (6)Low Match
mousesports(13)
Low MatchNinjas in Pyjamas (12)Low Match Team Liquid (5)Eliminated
MIBR 1–3−33Ninjas in Pyjamas (10)High Match
ENCE (3)
Middle MatchG2 Esports (9)Low Match Natus Vincere (8)Eliminated
15–16 Ninjas in Pyjamas 0–3−30MIBR (7)Low Match
CR4ZY (15)
Low MatchNorth (13)EliminatedEliminated
DreamEaters0–3−30Astralis (1)Low Match
Natus Vincere (7)
Low MatchRenegades (9)EliminatedEliminated
Round 1 scores
Round 1 matches
ENCE16 Overpass 5AVANGAR
Astralis16 Dust2 9Dreameaters
NRG Esports16 Dust2 14Renegades
Team Liquid16 Mirage 9CR4ZY
Team Vitality16 Inferno 9North
FaZe Clan16 Mirage 8mousesports
Natus Vincere17 Overpass 19G2 Esports
MIBR16 Dust2 12Ninjas in Pyjamas
Round 2 scores
Round 2 matches
Renegades13 Vertigo 16AVANGAR
Natus Vincere16 Overpass 7Dreameaters
Ninjas in Pyjamas10 Train 16CR4ZY
North13 Inferno 16mousesports
Team Liquid9 Dust2 16NRG Esports
FaZe Clan7 Dust2 16Team Vitality
ENCE16 Inferno 8MIBR
Astralis16 Nuke 7G2 Esports
Round 3 scores
Round 3 matches
Natus Vincere17 Nuke 19mousesports
Team Liquid18 Overpass 22AVANGAR
MIBR4 Inferno 16G2 Esports
FaZe Clan9 Mirage 16CR4ZY
ENCE16 Nuke 10Team Vitality
ENCE16 Dust2 7Team Vitality
ENCEMirageTeam Vitality
Renegades16 Mirage 10Dreameaters
Renegades16 Train 8Dreameaters
RenegadesInfernoDreameaters
Astralis28 Train 31NRG Esports
Astralis4 Nuke 16NRG Esports
AstralisOverpassNRG Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas8 Train 16North
Ninjas in Pyjamas4 Dust2 16North
Ninjas in PyjamasNukeNorth
Round 4 scores
Round 4 matches
G2 Esports16 Dust2 9AVANGAR
G2 Esports11 Inferno 16AVANGAR
G2 Esports9 Overpass 16AVANGAR
MIBR11 Mirage 16Natus Vincere
MIBR4 Inferno 16Natus Vincere
MIBRTrainNatus Vincere
FaZe Clan19 Mirage 22Renegades
FaZe Clan16 Nuke 4Renegades
FaZe Clan14 Vertigo 16Renegades
Team Vitality16 Vertigo 5mousesports
Team Vitality16 Mirage 10mousesports

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 5 12 0
8 Renegades16162
8 Renegades 19 6 0
5 AVANGAR22162
3 Team Vitality 9 1610 1
5 AVANGAR1611 162
5 AVANGAR 6 5 0
4 Astralis16162
4 Astralis16162
7 Team Liquid 8 13 0
4 Astralis16162
2 NRG Esports 10 9 0
2 NRG Esports16192
6 Natus Vincere 12 17 0

Quarterfinals

ENCE vs. Renegades

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

ENCE vs. Renegades scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
ENCE5 Mirage 16Renegades
ENCE12 Nuke 16Renegades
ENCEDust IIRenegades

Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR

Casters: Anders & moses

Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Vitality9 Mirage 16AVANGAR
Team Vitality16 Inferno 11AVANGAR
Team Vitality10 Dust II 16AVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
NRG Esports16 Dust II 12Natus Vincere
NRG Esports19 Mirage 17Natus Vincere
NRG EsportsNukeNatus Vincere

Astralis vs. Team Liquid

Casters: Anders & moses

Astralis vs. Team Liquid scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Astralis16 Vertigo 8Team Liquid
Astralis16 Overpass 13Team Liquid
AstralisInfernoTeam Liquid

Semifinals

Renegades vs. AVANGAR

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Renegades vs. AVANGAR scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Renegades19 Mirage 22AVANGAR
Renegades6 Dust II 16AVANGAR
RenegadesTrainAVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Astralis

Casters: Anders & moses

NRG Esports vs. Astralis scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
NRG Esports10 Train 16Astralis
NRG Esports9 Overpass 16Astralis
NRG EsportsNukeAstralis

Finals

AVANGAR vs. Astralis

Casters: Anders & moses

AVANGAR vs. Astralis scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
AVANGAR6 Inferno 16Astralis
AVANGAR5 Dust II 16Astralis
AVANGAROverpassAstralis

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.

PlacePrize MoneyTeamSeedRosterCoach
1stUS$500,000 Astralis Rio 2020 Legends gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x zonic
2ndUS$150,000AVANGARJame, buster, qikert, Sanji, AdreNdastan
3rd 4thUS$70,000 Renegades jkaem, Gratisfaction, AZR, jks, Liazzkassad
NRG Esports stanislaw, CeRq, Brehze, Ethan, tarikImAPet
5th 8thUS$35,000 ENCE Aleksib, allu, sergej, Aerial, xseveNTwista
Team Vitality ALEX, apEX, NBK-, ZywOo, RpKXTQZZZ
Natus Vincere s1mple, Zeus, flamie, electronic, Boombl4kane
Team Liquid NAF, Twistzz, nitr0, EliGE, Stewie2K adreN
9th 11thUS$8,750 mousesports Rio 2020 Challengers ropz, karrigan, woxic, frozen, chrisJRejin
CR4ZYEspiranTo, ottoNd, nexa, huNter-, LETN1emi
G2 Esports shox, kennyS, Lucky, JaCkz, AmaNEkmaLeK
12th 14thUS$8,750 MIBR FalleN, zews, TACO, fer, LUCAS1
FaZe Clan NiKo, NEO, rain, olofmeister, GuardiaN YNk
North valde, Kjaerbye, aizy, JUGi, gademithR
15th 16thUS$8,750 Ninjas in Pyjamas GeT RiGhT, f0rest, REZ, Lekr0, Plopskipita
Dreameatersspeed4k, kinqie, Forester, Krad, svyatzoneR
17th 19thforZexsepower, Jerry, almazer, facecrack, FL1TliTTle
Grayhound GamingerkaSt, Sico, dexter, malta, DickstacyNeil_M
Syman GamingneaLaN, Ramz1kBO$$, Perfecto, t0rick, KeozSolaar
20th 22nd FURIA Esports arT, VINI, KSCERATO, yuurih, ableJguerri
HellRaisersANGE1, ISSAA, oskar, loWel, nukkye
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