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Tournament information | |
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Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Dates | August 23–September 8, 2019 |
Administrator | Valve StarLadder ImbaTV |
Tournament format(s) | Two 16 team swiss-system group stages 8 team single-elimination playoff |
Venue | Verti Music Hall Mercedes-Benz Arena |
Teams | 24 |
Purse | US$1,000,000 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Astralis (4th title) |
1st runners-up | AVANGAR |
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]
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.
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.
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.
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]
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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.
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]
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Upper round 1 | Upper final | Qualified | |||||||||||
A1 | INTZ eSports | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | Sharks Esports | 0 | |||||||||||
A1 | INTZ eSports | 0 | |||||||||||
B1 | NRG Esports | 2 | |||||||||||
B1 | NRG Esports | 2 | |||||||||||
A2 | FURIA Esports | 0 | |||||||||||
B1 | NRG Esports | ||||||||||||
A1 | FURIA Esports | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
A1 | INTZ eSports | 1 | |||||||||||
B2 | Sharks Esports | 0 | A2 | FURIA Esports | 2 | ||||||||
A2 | FURIA Esports | 2 | |||||||||||
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]
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Upper round 1 | Upper final | Qualified | |||||||||||
A1 | Fnatic | 0 | |||||||||||
B2 | mousesports | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | mousesports | 2 | |||||||||||
A2 | North | 0 | |||||||||||
B1 | CR4ZY | 0 | |||||||||||
A2 | North | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | mousesports | ||||||||||||
B1 | CR4ZY | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
A2 | North | 0 | |||||||||||
A1 | Fnatic | 0 | B1 | CR4ZY | 2 | ||||||||
B1 | CR4ZY | 2 | |||||||||||
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]
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Upper round 1 | Upper final | Qualified | |||||||||||
A1 | Grayhound G. | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | MVP PK | 0 | |||||||||||
A1 | Grayhound G. | 2 | |||||||||||
B1 | TYLOO | 0 | |||||||||||
B1 | TYLOO | 2 | |||||||||||
A2 | Avant Gaming | 0 | |||||||||||
A1 | Grayhound G | ||||||||||||
B1 | TYLOO | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
B1 | TYLOO | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | MVP PK | 2 | B2 | MVP PK | 0 | ||||||||
A2 | Avant Gaming | 0 | |||||||||||
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]
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Upper round 1 | Upper final | Qualified | |||||||||||
A1 | forZe | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | Team Spirit | 0 | |||||||||||
A1 | forZe | 2 | |||||||||||
A2 | Syman Gaming | 0 | |||||||||||
B1 | DreamEaters | 1 | |||||||||||
A2 | Syman Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||
A1 | forZe | ||||||||||||
A2 | Syman Gaming | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
A2 | Syman Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | Team Spirit | 0 | B1 | DreamEaters | 0 | ||||||||
B1 | DreamEaters | 2 | |||||||||||
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]
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Upper round 1 | Qualified | |||||||
EU | North | 2 | ||||||
AS | MVP PK | 0 | ||||||
EU | North | |||||||
CIS | DreamEaters | |||||||
AM | INTZ eSports | 1 | ||||||
CIS | DreamEaters | 2 | ||||||
Lower round 1 | Qualified | |||||||
AM | INTZ eSports | |||||||
AS | MVP PK | 0 | ||||||
AM | INTZ eSports | 2 | ||||||
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.
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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.
Place | Team | Record | RD | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
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1–2 | mousesports (6) | 3–0 | +13 | forZe (11) | High match AVANGAR (6) | High match G2 Esports (2) | New Legends stage | New Legends stage |
North (4) | 3–0 | +11 | INTZ eSports (13) | High match Syman Gaming (14) | High match CR4ZY (6) | New Legends stage | New Legends stage | |
3–5 | NRG Esports (2) | 3–1 | +39 | DreamEaters (15) | Low match TYLOO (15) | Mid match Syman Gaming (14) | High match AVANGAR (7) | New Legends stage |
G2 Esports (3) | 3–1 | +19 | TYLOO (14) | High match DreamEaters (12) | High match mousesports (3) | High match forZe (7) | New Legends stage | |
CR4ZY (8) | 3–1 | +16 | Grayhound 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 | +25 | Syman Gaming (16) | Low match INTZ eSports (16) | Mid match DreamEaters (13) | Low match HellRaisers (12) | Grayhound Gaming (10) |
DreamEaters (15) | 3–2 | +1 | NRG Esports (2) | High match G2 Esports (2) | Mid match Team Vitality (4) | Mid match CR4ZY (5) | forZe (9) | |
AVANGAR (7) | 3–2 | 0 | Complexity Gaming (10) | High match mouseports (5) | Mid match HellRaisers (10) | Mid match NRG Esports (4) | Syman Gaming (12) | |
9–11 | Grayhound Gaming (9) | 2–3 | +10 | CR4ZY (8) | Low match forZe (11) | Low match INTZ eSports (16) | Low match Complexity Gaming (10) | Team Vitality (6) |
Syman Gaming (16) | 2–3 | −1 | Team Vitality (1) | High match North (1) | Mid match NRG Esports (5) | Mid match FURIA Esports (8) | AVANGAR (7) | |
forZe (11) | 2–3 | −14 | mousesports (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 | −15 | AVANGAR (7) | Low match HellRaisers (14) | Low match TYLOO (15) | Mid match Grayhound Gaming (12) | Eliminated |
FURIA Esports (5) | 1–3 | −17 | HellRaisers (12) | Low match CR4ZY (7) | Mid match forZe (8) | Low match Syman Gaming (14) | Eliminated | |
HellRaisers (12) | 1–3 | −20 | FURIA Esports (5) | Low match Complexity Gaming (9) | Mid match AVANGAR (8) | Low match Team Vitality (7) | Eliminated | |
15–16 | TYLOO (14) | 0–3 | −31 | G2 Esports (3) | Low match NRG Esports (7) | Low match Complexity Gaming (12) | Eliminated | Eliminated |
INTZ eSports (13) | 0–3 | −36 | North (4) | Low match Team Vitality (3) | Low match Grayhound Gaming (11) | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
Round 3 matches | ||||
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Team Vitality | 14 | Inferno | 16 | Dreameaters |
NRG Esports | 16 | Inferno | 4 | Syman Gaming |
AVANGAR | 16 | Dust2 | 8 | Hellraisers |
FURIA | 10 | Nuke | 16 | forZe |
compLexity Gaming | 22 | Overpass | 20 | Tyloo |
compLexity Gaming | 16 | Vertigo | 2 | Tyloo |
compLexity Gaming | – | Inferno | – | Tyloo |
G2 Esports | 16 | Train | 5 | mousesports |
G2 Esports | 13 | Dust2 | 16 | mousesports |
G2 Esports | 7 | Vertigo | 16 | mousesports |
Grayhound Gaming | 16 | Train | 5 | INTZ |
Grayhound Gaming | 14 | Nuke | 16 | INTZ |
Grayhound Gaming | 16 | Dust2 | 7 | INTZ |
North | 8 | Mirage | 16 | CR4ZY |
North | 28 | Inferno | 26 | CR4ZY |
North | 19 | Train | 15 | CR4ZY |
Round 4 matches | ||||
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G2 Esports | 28 | Dust2 | 25 | forZe |
G2 Esports | 16 | Inferno | 12 | forZe |
G2 Esports | – | Overpass | – | forZe |
FURIA | 9 | Train | 16 | Syman Gaming |
FURIA | 7 | Inferno | 16 | Syman Gaming |
FURIA | – | Overpass | – | Syman Gaming |
compLexity Gaming | 11 | Dust2 | 16 | Grayhound Gaming |
compLexity Gaming | 4 | Inferno | 16 | Grayhound Gaming |
compLexity Gaming | – | Overpass | – | Grayhound Gaming |
NRG Esports | 16 | Train | 8 | AVANGAR |
NRG Esports | 16 | Dust2 | 4 | AVANGAR |
NRG Esports | – | Overpass | – | AVANGAR |
CR4ZY | 12 | Inferno | 16 | Dreameaters |
CR4ZY | 16 | Dust2 | 11 | Dreameaters |
CR4ZY | 16 | Mirage | 11 | Dreameaters |
Team Vitality | 16 | Inferno | 8 | Hellraisers |
Team Vitality | 16 | Mirage | 11 | Hellraisers |
Team Vitality | – | Overpass | – | Hellraisers |
Round 5 matches | ||||
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AVANGAR | 16 | Inferno | 10 | Syman Gaming |
AVANGAR | 10 | Mirage | 16 | Syman Gaming |
AVANGAR | 16 | Dust2 | 5 | Syman Gaming |
forZe | 10 | Overpass | 16 | Dreameaters |
forZe | 12 | Mirage | 16 | Dreameaters |
forZe | – | Train | – | Dreameaters |
Team Vitality | 16 | Dust2 | 5 | Grayhound Gaming |
Team Vitality | 14 | Overpass | 16 | Grayhound Gaming |
Team Vitality | 16 | Inferno | 14 | Grayhound Gaming |
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.
Place | Team | Record | Round Difference | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
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1–2 | ENCE | 3–0 | +34 | AVANGAR (14) | High Match MIBR (6) | High MatchTeam Vitality (4) | New Champions stage | New Champions stage |
NRG Esports | 3–0 | +24 | Renegades (8) | High Match Team Liquid (2) | High MatchAstralis (1) | New Champions stage | New Champions stage | |
3–5 | Team Vitality | 3–1 | +18 | North (11) | High Match FaZe Clan (4) | Middle MatchENCE (2) | High Matchmousesports(11) | New Champions stage |
Astralis | 3–1 | +15 | Dreameaters (16) | High Match G2 Esports (11) | Middle MatchNRG Esports (5) | High Match CR4ZY (12) | New Champions stage | |
AVANGAR | 3–1 | +1 | ENCE (3) | Low Match Renegades (8) | Middle MatchTeam Liquid (3) | High Match G2 Esports (9) | New Champions stage | |
6–8 | Natus Vincere | 3–2 | +33 | G2 Esports (13) | Low Match Dreameaters (16) | Middle Matchmousesports(11) | Low Match MIBR (7) | CR4ZY (13) |
Team Liquid | 3–2 | +14 | CR4ZY (15) | High Match NRG (8) | Middle MatchAVANGAR (14) | Low Match North (14) | mousesports (12) | |
Renegades | 3–2 | +8 | NRG Esports (9) | Low Match AVANGAR (14) | Middle MatchDreameaters (16) | Low Match FaZe Clan (6) | G2 Esports (11) | |
9–11 | G2 Esports | 2–3 | −7 | Natus Vincere (4) | High Match Astralis (1) | Middle MatchMIBR (8) | High Match AVANGAR (10) | Renegades (10) |
CR4ZY | 2–3 | −19 | Team Liquid (2) | Low Match Ninjas in Pyjamas (9) | Middle MatchFaZe Clan (6) | High Match Astralis (2) | Natus Vincere (6) | |
mousesports | 2–3 | −24 | FaZe Clan (5) | Low Match North (12) | Middle MatchNatus Vincere (7) | High Match Vitality (4) | Team Liquid (5) | |
12–14 | FaZe Clan | 1–3 | 0 | mousesports (12) | High Match Team Vitality (5) | Middle MatchCR4ZY (15) | Low Match Renegades (13) | Eliminated |
North | 1–3 | −4 | Team Vitality (6) | Low Match mousesports(13) | Low MatchNinjas in Pyjamas (12) | Low Match Team Liquid (5) | Eliminated | |
MIBR | 1–3 | −33 | Ninjas in Pyjamas (10) | High Match ENCE (3) | Middle MatchG2 Esports (9) | Low Match Natus Vincere (8) | Eliminated | |
15–16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 0–3 | −30 | MIBR (7) | Low Match CR4ZY (15) | Low MatchNorth (13) | Eliminated | Eliminated |
DreamEaters | 0–3 | −30 | Astralis (1) | Low Match Natus Vincere (7) | Low MatchRenegades (9) | Eliminated | Eliminated |
Round 3 matches | ||||
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Natus Vincere | 17 | Nuke | 19 | mousesports |
Team Liquid | 18 | Overpass | 22 | AVANGAR |
MIBR | 4 | Inferno | 16 | G2 Esports |
FaZe Clan | 9 | Mirage | 16 | CR4ZY |
ENCE | 16 | Nuke | 10 | Team Vitality |
ENCE | 16 | Dust2 | 7 | Team Vitality |
ENCE | – | Mirage | – | Team Vitality |
Renegades | 16 | Mirage | 10 | Dreameaters |
Renegades | 16 | Train | 8 | Dreameaters |
Renegades | – | Inferno | – | Dreameaters |
Astralis | 28 | Train | 31 | NRG Esports |
Astralis | 4 | Nuke | 16 | NRG Esports |
Astralis | – | Overpass | – | NRG Esports |
Ninjas in Pyjamas | 8 | Train | 16 | North |
Ninjas in Pyjamas | 4 | Dust2 | 16 | North |
Ninjas in Pyjamas | – | Nuke | – | North |
Round 4 matches | ||||
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G2 Esports | 16 | Dust2 | 9 | AVANGAR |
G2 Esports | 11 | Inferno | 16 | AVANGAR |
G2 Esports | 9 | Overpass | 16 | AVANGAR |
MIBR | 11 | Mirage | 16 | Natus Vincere |
MIBR | 4 | Inferno | 16 | Natus Vincere |
MIBR | – | Train | – | Natus Vincere |
FaZe Clan | 19 | Mirage | 22 | Renegades |
FaZe Clan | 16 | Nuke | 4 | Renegades |
FaZe Clan | 14 | Vertigo | 16 | Renegades |
Team Vitality | 16 | Vertigo | 5 | mousesports |
Team Vitality | 16 | Mirage | 10 | mousesports |
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.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ENCE | 5 | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Renegades | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Renegades | 19 | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | AVANGAR | 22 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Team Vitality | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | AVANGAR | 16 | 11 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | AVANGAR | 6 | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Astralis | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Astralis | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Team Liquid | 8 | 13 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Astralis | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | NRG Esports | 10 | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | NRG Esports | 16 | 19 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Natus Vincere | 12 | 17 | – | 0 |
Casters: James Bardolph & ddk
ENCE vs. Renegades scores | ||||
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Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
ENCE | 5 | Mirage | 16 | Renegades |
ENCE | 12 | Nuke | 16 | Renegades |
ENCE | – | Dust II | – | Renegades |
Casters: Anders & moses
Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR scores | ||||
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Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
Team Vitality | 9 | Mirage | 16 | AVANGAR |
Team Vitality | 16 | Inferno | 11 | AVANGAR |
Team Vitality | 10 | Dust II | 16 | AVANGAR |
Casters: James Bardolph & ddk
NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere scores | ||||
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Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
NRG Esports | 16 | Dust II | 12 | Natus Vincere |
NRG Esports | 19 | Mirage | 17 | Natus Vincere |
NRG Esports | – | Nuke | – | Natus Vincere |
Casters: Anders & moses
Astralis vs. Team Liquid scores | ||||
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Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
Astralis | 16 | Vertigo | 8 | Team Liquid |
Astralis | 16 | Overpass | 13 | Team Liquid |
Astralis | – | Inferno | – | Team Liquid |
Casters: James Bardolph & ddk
Renegades vs. AVANGAR scores | ||||
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Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
Renegades | 19 | Mirage | 22 | AVANGAR |
Renegades | 6 | Dust II | 16 | AVANGAR |
Renegades | – | Train | – | AVANGAR |
Casters: Anders & moses
NRG Esports vs. Astralis scores | ||||
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Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
NRG Esports | 10 | Train | 16 | Astralis |
NRG Esports | 9 | Overpass | 16 | Astralis |
NRG Esports | – | Nuke | – | Astralis |
Casters: Anders & moses
AVANGAR vs. Astralis scores | ||||
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Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
AVANGAR | 6 | Inferno | 16 | Astralis |
AVANGAR | 5 | Dust II | 16 | Astralis |
AVANGAR | – | Overpass | – | Astralis |
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.
Place | Prize Money | Team | Seed | Roster | Coach |
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1st | US$500,000 | Astralis | Rio 2020 Legends | gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x | zonic |
2nd | US$150,000 | AVANGAR | Jame, buster, qikert, Sanji, AdreN | dastan | |
3rd – 4th | US$70,000 | Renegades | jkaem, Gratisfaction, AZR, jks, Liazz | kassad | |
NRG Esports | stanislaw, CeRq, Brehze, Ethan, tarik | ImAPet | |||
5th – 8th | US$35,000 | ENCE | Aleksib, allu, sergej, Aerial, xseveN | Twista | |
Team Vitality | ALEX, apEX, NBK-, ZywOo, RpK | XTQZZZ | |||
Natus Vincere | s1mple, Zeus, flamie, electronic, Boombl4 | kane | |||
Team Liquid | NAF, Twistzz, nitr0, EliGE, Stewie2K | adreN | |||
9th – 11th | US$8,750 | mousesports | Rio 2020 Challengers | ropz, karrigan, woxic, frozen, chrisJ | Rejin |
CR4ZY | EspiranTo, ottoNd, nexa, huNter-, LETN1 | emi | |||
G2 Esports | shox, kennyS, Lucky, JaCkz, AmaNEk | maLeK | |||
12th – 14th | US$8,750 | MIBR | FalleN, zews, TACO, fer, LUCAS1 | – | |
FaZe Clan | NiKo, NEO, rain, olofmeister, GuardiaN | YNk | |||
North | valde, Kjaerbye, aizy, JUGi, gade | mithR | |||
15th – 16th | US$8,750 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | – | GeT RiGhT, f0rest, REZ, Lekr0, Plopski | pita |
Dreameaters | speed4k, kinqie, Forester, Krad, svyat | zoneR | |||
17th – 19th | – | forZe | xsepower, Jerry, almazer, facecrack, FL1T | liTTle | |
Grayhound Gaming | erkaSt, Sico, dexter, malta, Dickstacy | Neil_M | |||
Syman Gaming | neaLaN, Ramz1kBO$$, Perfecto, t0rick, Keoz | Solaar | |||
20th – 22nd | – | FURIA Esports | arT, VINI, KSCERATO, yuurih, ableJ | guerri | |
HellRaisers | ANGE1, ISSAA, oskar, loWel, nukkye | – | |||
Complexity Gaming | dephh, Rickeh, ShahZaM, SicK, oBo | keita | |||
23rd – 24th | – | TYLOO | BnTeT, Freeman, Summer, somebody, Attacker | – | |
INTZ eSports | kNgV-, chelo, xand, DeStiNy, yeL | Apoka | |||
DreamHack Winter 2014 was the fourth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship, held from November 27–29, 2014 at Elmia in Jönköping. It was organized by DreamHack and sponsored by Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. The eight quarter-finalists from the previous Major, ESL One Cologne 2014 received direct invitations, while qualifiers were held for the remaining spots.
Electronic Sports League Major Series One Katowice 2014, also known as EMS One Katowice 2014, was the second Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2014 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was organized by Electronic Sports League and sponsored by the game's developers Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. The Polish roster of Virtus.pro won the event by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals. EMS One Katowice 2014 was streamed on Twitch and had a peak of over 250,000 concurrent viewers.
DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 was the seventh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship that was held from October 28 – November 1, 2015 at the Sala Polivalentă in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was organized by DreamHack with help from Valve and the Professional Gamers League. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000.
ESL One Katowice 2015, also known as Katowice 2015, was the fifth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship, held from March 12 to March 15, 2015, at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. It was the first CS:GO Major of 2015. It was organized by Electronic Sports League with sponsorship from Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. The defending champion was Team EnVyUs, whose roster had won the previous Major as Team LDLC.com.
MLG Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship: Columbus, also referred to as MLG Columbus 2016 was the eighth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship held by Major League Gaming (MLG) throughout March 29 to April 3, 2016, in the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It was the first CS:GO Major in North America as well as the first run by Major League Gaming, who previously ran an exhibition CS:GO tournament at X Games Aspen 2015. It was also the very first CS:GO major in which ESL or DreamHack was not the organizer. It was announced on February 23, 2016, that MLG Columbus 2016 would be the first Counter-Strike tournament with a $1,000,000 prize pool.
The 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries Counter Strike: Global Offensive Championship, also known as DreamHack Winter 2013, was the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. The tournament was organized by DreamHack and sponsored by Valve. The competition was held during the Winter 2013 DreamHack digital festival at the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in Jönköping, Sweden. Six invitees joined ten qualifiers to form the sixteen team event. Community funding helped to build the US$250,000 prize pool. The tournament had a peak 145,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch and the in-game viewing client.
ESL One Cologne 2016, also known as ESL Cologne Major 2016 or Cologne 2016, was an Electronic Sports League Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the ninth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and was held at the Lanxess Arena In Cologne, Germany from July 8–10. It featured 16 teams from throughout the world competing. Cologne 2016 had the second consecutive major with a prize pool of $1,000,000.
Astralis is a Danish esports organization. Best known for their Counter-Strike 2 team, they also have teams representing other games, such as FIFA and Rainbow Six Siege. The parent group of Astralis is the Astralis Group, who previously managed Origen and Future F.C. before the merger of all teams under the Astralis brand. Astralis Group became the first esports organization to conduct an initial public offering, and is traded as ticker Nasdaq Copenhagen: ASTRLS. Astralis's CS:GO team holds the most CS:GO Major Championships won at 4.
ELeague, shortened as EL, and stylized as ΞLEAGUE is an esports league and American television show that airs on TBS. It was announced in September 2015 as a partnership between Turner Broadcasting and talent agency WME/IMG. The name "ELeague" was officially unveiled later that year.
ELEAGUE Season 2 was the second season of the ELEAGUE Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 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. The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch.
PGL Major: Kraków 2017, also known as PGL Major 2017 or Kraków 2017, was the eleventh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It is the first Major organized by the Romanian organization PGL and it was held in Kraków, Poland from July 16 to 23, 2017. It featured sixteen professional CS:GO teams from around the world. Eight teams qualified directly based on their top eight placement in the previous Major, ELEAGUE Major 2017, while another eight teams qualified through the Offline Major Qualifier. The PGL Major was the fourth consecutive major with a prize pool of US$1,000,000.
The ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, also known as ELEAGUE Major 2018 or Boston 2018, was the twelfth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the second organized by ELEAGUE. The group stage was held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from January 12 to January 22, 2018, and the playoff stage took place at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States from January 26 to January 28, 2018. It featured 24 professional teams from around the world, as ELEAGUE and Valve agreed to expand the Major from the usual 16. All 16 teams from the previous major, PGL Major: Kraków 2017, directly qualified for the Major, while another eight teams qualified through their respective regional qualifiers. Boston 2018 was the fifth consecutive Major with a prize pool of $1,000,000. This was also the first CS:GO Major to take place in two cities.
The FACEIT Major: London 2018, also known as FACEIT Major 2018, or London 2018, was the thirteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship, the second Major of 2018, and first organized by FACEIT. It featured twenty-four professional teams from around the world and took place in London, United Kingdom. The group stages were held in Twickenham Stadium, and the playoffs were played in front of a live crowd in the SSE Arena, Wembley. The London Major was the sixth consecutive major with a prize pool of $1,000,000. The top sixteen teams from the previous Major, Boston 2018, automatically qualified for the FACEIT Major while another eight teams qualified from their respective regional qualifiers. The eight from regional qualifiers and the bottom eight teams from Boston 2018 competed in the New Challengers group stage, a Swiss-system tournament. The top eight from this stage then advanced to face the top eight teams from Boston ("Legends") in a second Swiss-system group stage, the New Legends stage. The top eight from this stage advanced to the playoffs.
ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017, also known as ELEAGUE Major 2017 or Atlanta 2017, was the tenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was organized by ELEAGUE and held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from January 22 to 29, 2017. It featured sixteen professional teams from around the world. Eight teams directly qualified based on their top eight placement in the last major, ESL One Cologne 2016, while another eight teams qualified through the ELEAGUE Offline Major Qualifier. ELEAGUE Major was the third consecutive Major with a prize pool of $1,000,000.
ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 was the sixth season of ELEAGUE that started on July 21, 2018, and ended on July 29, 2018. It was broadcast on the U.S cable network TBS. The season featured eight teams from across the world competing in a season. The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch and YouTube Gaming, but when on television, a limited broadcast appeared on Twitch and YouTube.
Counter-Strike Major Championships, commonly known as the Majors, are Counter-Strike (CS) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve, the game's developer. The first Valve-recognized Major took place in 2013 in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of US$250,000 split among 16 teams. This, along with the following 18 Majors, was played in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. As of the 2023 release of Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), Counter-Strike esports, including the Majors, are played in CS2.
The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019, also known as IEM Katowice Major 2019 or Katowice 2019, was the fourteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13 – March 3, 2019. Fourteen teams would qualify for the IEM Katowice Major 2019 based on their top fourteen placements from the last Major, the FACEIT Major: London 2018, while another ten teams would qualify from their respective regional qualifiers. The top eight teams from the London Major ("Legends") received a bye to the second phase of the group stage while the other sixteen teams ("Challengers") had to go through the first and second group stages in order to reach the playoffs. It featured a US$1,000,000 prize pool, the seventh consecutive Major with that prize pool. It was hosted by ESL, their first Major since 2016. This event was the start of the second season of the Intel Grand Slam.
ESL One Cologne 2019 is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. In July 2019, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline (LAN) tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a US$300,000 prize pool. This event and Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV - Chicago were the last events before teams playing at StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 took a month break before heading to the Major.
The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, was the sixteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden at the Avicii Arena from October 26 to November 7, 2021. Twenty-four teams qualified via regional major rankings. It featured a US$2,000,000 prize pool, a rise from the $1,000,000 of previous Majors due to the absence of offline competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017. Stockholm 2021 was the first Major after a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic following the StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019. The Major was won by Natus Vincere, who did not lose a single map throughout the tournament.
The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship. It was held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis from May 9 to 22, 2022. Twenty-four teams participated, with most qualifying through regional tournaments. It featured a US$1,000,000 prize pool, half of the previous Major. It was the third Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017 and PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The Major would be won by FaZe Clan, the first international team in CS:GO history to win a Major.