FACEIT Major: London 2018

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FACEIT Major 2018
2018
FACEIT Major 2018.png
The FACEIT Major 2018 logo
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location London, United Kingdom
DatesSeptember 5, 2018–September 23, 2018
Administrator Valve
FACEIT
Tournament
format(s)
Two 16-team Buchholz group stages
8-team single-elimination playoff
Venue Twickenham Stadium
The SSE Arena, Wembley
Teams24 teams
Purse$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Astralis (2nd title)
1st runners-up Natus Vincere
2nd runners-up MIBR
Team Liquid
MVP Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz

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. [1] [2] 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 (together called the "Challengers") 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.

Contents

FaZe Clan, MIBR, and Natus Vincere were the only incoming Legends to retain their Legend status at this Major by advancing to the playoff stage. Team Liquid, compLexity Gaming, BIG, HellRaisers, and Astralis were new Legends. Defending champions Cloud9, along with mousesports, Fnatic, G2 Esports, and Winstrike Team, were knocked out in the New Legends stage, thus losing their Legends status. Fnatic failed to advance to the playoffs for the first time in the team's history; the organization had been a Legend at every Major until London. This also ended Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson's run as one of the only players to attend every Major and become Legends. This left Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer as the only player to become a Legend at every Major in CS:GO history, and MIBR as the only team to be Legends at every Major it had attended. This Major was also significant in that no majority-Swedish team became Legends after Ninjas in Pyjamas fell to MIBR in the New Legends stage. Cloud9 also became the second team in CS:GO history to lose its Legends status after winning the previous Major, along with Team EnVyUs.

The grand finals pitted Natus Vincere and Astralis against each other. Natus Vincere defeated BIG in the quarterfinals and MIBR in the semifinals while Astralis defeated FaZe Clan and Team Liquid respectively. In a fairly convincing two map sweep, Astralis took down Natus Vincere for its second Major championship to draw level with MIBR and the former Team EnVyUs French core for the second most Major titles.

Background

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) 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. [3] [4]

The defending champion was Cloud9, which became the first North American team to win a Major and just the third non-European team to win a Major. The Swedish team Fnatic attended as the most decorated CS:GO team in Major history, with three wins.

Format

FACEIT largely retained the Major format from Boston 2018 that had been announced by Valve and ELEAGUE, where the offline qualifier that had taken place before early Majors was rebranded as the "New Challengers stage" and became an official part of the full Major. Apart from this, the competitive format had remained nearly constant since implementing the 16-team Swiss system over the GSL format at ELEAGUE Major 2017.

The Major cycle began with four Minors, or regional qualifiers: Americas, Asia, CIS, and Europe. Two teams from each qualifier moved on to the New Challengers stage. [5] The New Challengers stage featured sixteen teams: the bottom eight teams from the previous Major's New Legends stage and the eight teams from the Minors. These teams played in a sixteen team, Swiss-system format. The top eight teams from this stage moved on to the next stage of the Major, the "New Legends stage".

The 16-team New Legends stage, which replaced the old group stage, featured the eight teams advancing from the New Challengers stage and the eight Legends from the Boston Major. Like the New Challengers stage, the New Legends stage used a 16-team, Swiss-system format. The top eight teams from this stage moved on to the playoff bracket and gained Legend status for the following Major.

FACEIT's format for the New Challengers and the New Legends stages made few adjustments to the Boston format. In round five of each Swiss group stage, the remaining six teams played a best-of-three instead of the previous best-of-one. [6] In addition, the group stage used the Buchholz system for seeding the Swiss-system, rather than random draw. In FACEIT's Buchholz system, the teams with the hardest strength of schedule earned the higher seeds after the first round; strength of schedule is determined by how many wins the team's opponent has had. [7]

In the playoffs, now known as the "New Champions stage," eight teams played in a single elimination, best-of-three bracket. [2] FACEIT also made slight changes to the New Champions stage. Rather than randomizing the teams with the same records, these playoffs seeded teams based on how difficult their opponents in the group stage had been. This was determined by adding up opponent wins from the New Legends stage. [6]

Map pool

On April 20, 2018, Valve announced that the revamped Dust II would be replacing Cobblestone in the Active Duty map pool, changing the map pool from Boston 2018. [8]

Maps
  • Cache
  • Dust II
  • Inferno
  • Mirage
  • Nuke
  • Overpass
  • Train

Regional qualifiers

Each regional qualifier, called "Minors", featured eight teams, whether through direct invitation or through qualifiers. Each minor featured two groups of four teams; these groups were in GSL double elimination formats, which was the format used at every major until the ELEAGUE Major, with the initial matches and winners match being best of ones and the losers and decider series being best of three. Two teams of each group qualify for the bracket phase, which is a four team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Two teams qualify for the major qualifier from each minor.

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. [9] In addition, all four minors will be held in London at the Twickenham Stadium to combat any last minute visa issues before the actual Major starts. [10]

Asia Minor

The Asia Minor ran from July 16 to July 20. Two teams were invited to the Asia Minor, unlike the last Asia Minor, in which all eight teams were invited. Two teams qualified from the Southeast Asia qualifier (which includes India), one team from the East Asia qualifier, one team from the Middle East qualifier, one team from the Oceania qualifier, and one team from the China qualifier. Each open Asian regional qualifier was a single elimination bracket. [11]

Controversy ensued in the China qualifier. Fierce Tiger had won the China qualifier via forfeit from VG.FlashGaming due to the latter's internet issues. VG.Flash suspected that its internet had been "sabotaged" before the match was about to start. FACEIT decided that the match would be replayed. Fierce Tiger was unhappy with the decision, saying that VG.Flash should be held accountable for its own issues and that its players were already on vacation. Fierce Tiger later said that it would not surrender its China qualifier win and hoped that FACEIT would could reach a "verdict with fair play in mind." [12] FACEIT administrators also realized that three of Fierce Tiger's four matches resulted in forfeits, with the other match being a 16–0 against Team MAX, making a possibility of a denial-of-service attack or match fixing likely. After speculations arose about the mysterious new fifth player Fierce Tiger brought on to the team who went by the alias "tbgirl", FACEIT learned and eventually confirmed with Valve that "tbgirl" was actually a player named Kun "LEo" Hou. LEo had recently been banned by Valve with a VAC ban. A VAC ban is an official ban by Valve if a player is caught cheating with Valve's anti-cheat system and any player with a VAC ban would be ineligible to play at a Valve-sponsored tournament and would last a lifetime. Fierce Tiger tried to hide "LEo"'s new identity and knowingly let the banned player play. In the end, FACEIT disqualified Fierce Tiger and Roar eSports would face off against VG.Flash in the final. [13]

Teams
Bracket
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1SCARZ Absolute0
B2Tainted Minds2
B2Tainted Minds0
B1TyLoo2
B1TyLoo2
A2 Renegades 1
B1TyLoo0
A2Renegades2
Lower round 1Lower final
B2Tainted Minds0
A1SCARZ Absolute1A2Renegades2
A2Renegades2

CIS Minor

The CIS Minor ran from July 10 to July 13. All eight teams in the CIS Minor came from the closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, eight teams were invited and another eight teams qualified from four separate open qualifiers. The closed qualifier was a sixteen team, best of three, Swiss system format and the top eight teams moved on to the CIS Minor. [16]

Before the Minor even started, Nemiga Gaming was denied visas to the United Kingdom, so the team was unable to attend the Minor. Instead of finding a replacement, FACEIT decided to run the event with seven teams. [17] Visa denial issues also forced two additional teams (PLINK-TECH and Monolith Gaming) to play with stand-ins. [18] This Minor was notable in that it would be the first Major in which Yegor "markeloff" Markelov would not participate in after his FlipSid3 Tactics team lost to three unknown teams in the CIS closed qualifier.

Teams
Bracket
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1HellRaisers2
B2AVANGAR0
A1HellRaisers2
A2pro1000
B1 Team Spirit 0
A2pro1002
A1HellRaisers2
B1Team Spirit1
Lower round 1Lower final
A2pro1000
B2AVANGAR1B1Team Spirit2
B1Team Spirit2

Europe Minor

The Europe Minor ran from July 19 to July 22. The Europe Minor will be exactly like the CIS Minor. All eight teams in the Europe Minor will come from the closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, eight teams will be invited and another eight teams will qualify from four separate open qualifiers. The closed qualifier will be a sixteen team, best of three, Swiss system format and the top eight teams move on to the Europe Minor. [19] Notably, Ninjas in Pyjamas were able to qualify for a Major for the first time in over two years.

Teams
Bracket
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1 OpTic Gaming 2
B2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 1
A1OpTic Gaming2
A2ENCE eSports1
B1Sprout Esports0
A2ENCE eSports2
A1OpTic Gaming0
B2Ninjas in Pyjamas2
Lower round 1Lower final
A2ENCE eSports0
B2Ninjas in Pyjamas2B2Ninjas in Pyjamas2
B1Sprout Esports1

Americas Minor

The Americas Minor ran from July 7 to July 11. Unlike the previous America Minors, no team was directly invited to the Americas Minor. This time, six teams will come from the North American closed qualifier and two teams will come from the South American open qualifier. In the North American closed qualifier, eight teams will be invited and another eight teams will come from four separate open qualifiers. These teams will play in a sixteen teams, best of three Swiss system format and the top six teams will move on to the Americas Minor. The South American open will have two open qualifiers and each will be a single elimination, 1024 team bracket. [20]

Teams
Bracket
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1 NRG Esports 1
B2Flags of Canada and the United States.svg compLexity 2
B2Flags of Canada and the United States.svg compLexity0
B1Rogue2
B1Rogue2
A2eUnited1
B1Rogue0
B2Flags of Canada and the United States.svg compLexity2
Lower round 1Lower final
B2Flags of Canada and the United States.svg compLexity2
A1NRG Esports1A2eUnited0
A2eUnited2

Broadcast talent

Desk host

Stage host

Interviewer

Commentators

Analysts

Observers

Broadcasts

The major was streamed in various languages across Twitch. China streamed its broadcast on Douyu. Streams were also shown on FACEIT's YouTube's channel and on Steam.tv.

  • FACEIT TV
  • 1PV
  • 500bros
  • 99Damage
  • Douyu
  • GamerTV
  • GamerTV
  • Hitpoint
  • IZAKOO
  • RTP Arena
  • StarLadder

Teams competing

Legends
Boston 2018 9th–16th
Regional Qualifiers

Pre-major ranking

HLTV.org rank teams based on results of teams' performances. The rankings shown below reflect the September 3, 2018 rankings. [22]

Teams that were in the top 30 but failed to qualify for the major include NRG eSports (#9, United States), Heroic (#13, Denmark), ENCE eSports (#18, Finland), Ghost Gaming (#22, Canada), Luminosity Gaming (#23, Brazil), Imperial Esports (#24, Lithuania), AGO Esports (#25, Poland), Fragsters (#26, Denmark), AVANGAR (#27, Kazakhstan), and Team Kinguin (#28, Poland).

HLTV.org pre-major ranking
World ranking
PlaceTeamPointsMove1Peak2Low2Best Major placing3Best achievements2
1 Astralis 982Steady2.svg181st at Atlanta 2017 ECS Season 5 winner
ELEAGUE Premier 2018 winner
ESL Pro League Season 7 winner
2 Natus Vincere 709Steady2.svg2102nd at Cluj-Napoca 2015
2nd at Columbus 2016 		SL i-League Season 5 winner
ESL One Cologne 2018 winner
3 Team Liquid 482Steady2.svg3142nd at Cologne 2016 cs_summit 2 winner
ECS Season 5 runner-up
ELEAGUE Premier 2018 runner-up
4 North 477Increase2.svg 64175th at Atlanta 2017
5th at Kraków 2017 		DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 winner
DreamHack Open Valencia 2018 winner
5 mousesports 472Steady2.svg285th at Boston 2018 SL i-League Season 4 winner
V4 Future Sports Festival winner
6 FaZe Clan 457Decrease2.svg 2162nd at Boston 2018 ELEAGUE Premier 2018 winner
IEM Sydney 2018 winner
ESL Belo Horizonte 2018 winner
7 MIBR 358Steady2.svg181st at Columbus 2016
1st at Cologne 2016 		Adrenaline Cyber League 2018 winner
Moche XL Esports winner
ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 winner
8 Ninjas in Pyjamas 271Increase2.svg 66141st at Cologne 2014 5th at SL i-League S5
3rd at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018
10 Fnatic 220Decrease2.svg 22101st at Winter 2013
1st at Katowice 2015
1st Cologne 2015 		Intel Extreme Masters XII – World Championship winner
World Electronic Sports Games 2017 winner
11BIG277Decrease2.svg 56315th at Kraków 2017 ESEA Season 27 winner
ESL One Cologne 2018 runner-up
12TyLoo178Steady2.svg10302nd at Boston 2018 Asia MinorSL & ImbaTV Chongqing winner
Qi Invitational runner-up
14 G2 Esports 136Decrease2.svg 34255th at Boston 2018 5th at SL i-League Season 4
5th at ECS Season 5
5th at ESL One Cologne 2018
15HellRaisers128Increase2.svg 113215th at Katowice 2014
5th at Winter 2014 		DreamHack Open Tours 2018 runner-up
Moche XL Esports runner-up
16 Renegades 128Decrease2.svg 110199th at Cologne 2015 5th at SL i-League S4
5th at IEM Sydney 2018
17 OpTic Gaming 115Increase2.svg 315482nd at London 2018 Europe MinorDreamHack Summer 2018 runner-up
5th at ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018
19 Gambit Esports 108Decrease2.svg 110211st at Kraków 2017 3rd at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018
3rd at DreamHack Open Tours 2018
20 Virtus.pro 102Decrease2.svg 110221st at Katowice 2014 V4 Future Sports Festival runner-up
CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 runner-up
21 Cloud9 99Decrease2.svg 42211st at Boston 2018 5th at World Electronic Sports Games 2017
cs_summit 2 runner-up
29 compLexity Gaming 70Decrease2.svg 321553rd at Winter 2013 5th at DreamHack Open Summer 2018
30Rogue70Decrease2.svg 822632nd at London 2018 Americas MinorDreamHack Open Austin 2018 runner-up
31Space Soldiers–Decrease2.svg 312319th at Boston 2018 World Electronic Sports Games 2017 runner-up
DreamHack Open Austin 2018 winner
36 Team Spirit –Increase2.svg 123372nd at London 2018 CIS MinorSL & ImbaTV Chongqing 2018 runner-up
ESEA Season 27 runner-up
47Winstrike Team–Increase2.svg 112515th at Boston 2018 M.Game League #2 winner
3rd at World Cyber Arena 2017
211Vega Squadron–Decrease2.svg 133142119th at Boston 2018 5th at SL & ImbaTV Chongqing 2018

1Change since August 27, 2018 ranking

2Since end of ELEAGUE Boston Major

3Best major placements may not necessarily reflect teams' current rosters

New Challengers stage

The New Challengers stage took place from September 5 to September 9, 2018. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, will be a sixteen team swiss tournament: after the randomly-drawn Day 1 games, teams will play other teams with the same win–loss record. Every round will consist of one game. In addition, teams will not play the same team twice unless necessary and teams will be randomly chosen for the first two rounds; afterwards, rounds three through five will use the Buchholz system, meaning that seeding will take place for next matchups. In addition, round five matchups will be a best of three rather than a best of one. Any team with three wins would qualify for the New Legends stage, and any team with three losses would be eliminated.

In the first round, teams from pool one will be matched up against teams in pool four. Teams in pool two will play teams in pool three. One team from a pool is randomly decided to face off against a randomly decided team in another pool. Teams in pool one are Gambit Esports, Space Soldiers, Vega Squadron, and a randomly decided team among Astralis, BIG, and Team Liquid. Teams in pool two are the two other teams from Astralis, BIG, and Team Liquid; North; and Virtus.pro. Teams in pool three are the Minor winners: Renegades, HellRaisers, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and compLexity Gaming. Teams in pool four are the Minor runner-ups: TyLoo, Team Spirit, OpTic Gaming, and Rogue.

In the second round, the winners in the first round will face each other in the "high" matches, in which teams with a 1–0 record will play against each other; the losers will face each other in the "low" matches, in which teams with a 0–1 record will play each other.

In the third round, the winners of the high matches (teams with 2–0 records) from round two will face each other. The winners of these two matches will qualify for the major. The losers of the high round and the winners of the low round (teams with 1–1 records) will face each other in the "mid" matches. The losers from the previous low matches (teams with 0–2 records) will face each other in round three's low matches. The losers of these low matches are eliminated. Twelve teams remain in the Challengers stage.

In the fourth round, the losers of the high matches and the winners of the mid matches (teams with 2–1 records) will face each other in round four's high matches. The winners of those high matches qualify for the next phase of the Major. The losers of the mid matches and the winners of the low matches (teams with 1–2 records) will face each other in the low matches of round four. The losers of these matches are eliminated from the Major. Six teams remain.

In the last round, the remaining teams will face off (teams with 2–2 records). The winners of these matches will qualify for the New Legends stage and the losing teams will be eliminated from the Major. Instead of a best of one, these games will be a best of three. In the most ideal of situations, the Swiss format should allow teams to have a harder time each time they win and have an easier time each time they lose.

PlaceTeamRecordRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1–2 Team Liquid 3–0+20OpTic Gaming
16–4
Mirage		High match
HellRaisers
16–9
Inferno		High match
Vega Squadron
19–17
Cache		New Legends stageNew Legends stage
Ninjas in Pyjamas 3–0+17Virtus.pro
16–5
Mirage		High match
TyLoo
16–12
Train		High match
Astralis
28–26
Mirage		New Legends stageNew Legends stage
3–5 Astralis 3–1+26compLexity Gaming
16–4
Inferno		High match
Rogue
16–13
Inferno		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
26–28
Mirage		High match
Team Spirit
16–3
Dust II		New Legends stage
compLexity Gaming 3–1+1Astralis
4–16
Inferno		Low match
Space Soldiers
16–11
Inferno		Mid match
BIG
16–12
Inferno		High match
Vega Squadron
19–15
Inferno		New Legends stage
HellRaisers3–1−1North
19–17
Overpass		High match
Team Liquid
9–16
Inferno		Mid match
Gambit Esports
16–14
Overpass		High match
OpTic Gaming
25–23
Train		New Legends stage
6–8BIG3–2+23Renegades
16–6
Overpass		High match
Vega Squadron
16–19
Train		Mid match
compLexity Gaming
12–16
Inferno		Low match
Gambit Esports
16–8
Nuke		OpTic Gaming
2–0
Vega Squadron3–2+10Team Spirit
16–14
Mirage		High match
BIG
19–16
Train		High match
Team Liquid
17–19
Cache		High match
compLexity Gaming
15–19
Inferno		North
2–0
TyLoo3–2+8Gambit Esports
19–17
Inferno		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–12
Train		Mid match
OpTic Gaming
26–28
Inferno		Low match
Renegades
16–10
Inferno		Team Spirit
2–0
9–11 North 2–3−4HellRaisers
17–19
Overpass		Low match
Team Spirit
13–16
Nuke		Low match
Virtus.pro
16–6
Mirage		Low match
Rogue
25–23
Inferno		Vega Squadron
0–2
Team Spirit 2–3−6Vega Squadron
14–16
Mirage		Low match
North
16–13
Nuke		Mid match
Rogue
16–4
Overpass		High match
Astralis
3–16
Dust II		TyLoo
0–2
OpTic Gaming 2–3−21Team Liquid
4–16
Mirage		Low match
Virtus.pro
16–13
Mirage		Mid match
TyLoo
28–26
Inferno		High match
HellRaisers
23–25
Train		BIG
0–2
12–14 Gambit Esports 1–3−6Tyloo
17–19
Inferno		Low match
Renegades
16–10
Train		Mid match
HellRaisers
14–16
Overpass		Low match
BIG
8–16
Nuke		Eliminated
Rogue1–3−11Space Soldiers
16–10
Inferno		High match
Astralis
13–16
Inferno		Mid match
Team Spirit
4–16
Overpass		Low match
North
23–25
Inferno		Eliminated
Renegades 1–3−18BIG
6–16
Overpass		Low match
Gambit Esports
10–16
Train		Low match
Space Soldiers
19–15
Inferno		Low match
TyLoo
10–16
Inferno		Eliminated
15–16 Space Soldiers 0–3−15Rogue
10–16
Inferno		Low match
compLexity Gaming
11–16
Inferno		Low match
Renegades
15–19
Inferno		EliminatedEliminated
Virtus.pro 0–3−24Ninjas in Pyjamas
5–16
Mirage		Low match
OpTic Gaming
13–16
Mirage		Low match
North
6–16
Mirage		EliminatedEliminated
Round 5 scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Spirit12 Overpass 16TyLoo
Team Spirit23 Inferno 25TyLoo
Team Spirit–Mirage–TyLoo
OpTic Gaming6 Dust II 16BIG
OpTic Gaming14 Train 16BIG
OpTic Gaming–Nuke–BIG
Vega Squadron16 Inferno 8North
Vega Squadron16 Mirage 13North
Vega Squadron–Train–North

New Legends stage

The New Legends stage, formerly known as the Group stage, used the same format as the Challengers stage. This stage takes place from September 12 to September 16, 2018.

Cloud9, FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere, and MIBR were teams in pool one based on their top four placement at the Boston Major. Fnatic, G2 Esports, mousesports, and Winstrike Team were teams in pool two based on their quarterfinals finish at the Boston Major. Team Liquid and Ninjas in Pyjamas were placed in a third pool for going undefeated in the New Challengers stage. Astralis, compLexity Gaming, and HellRaisers were in a fourth pool after going 3–1. BIG, TyLoo, and Vega Squadron were in a fifth pool for going 3–2. The two teams in pool three were randomly drawn to play two teams from pool two. Two randomly selected teams from pool four were drawn to play the other two teams from pool two. The remaining team from pool four was matched against a randomly selected team from pool one. The three teams from pool five were randomly selected to play a randomly selected team from the three remaining teams in pool one. [23]

PlaceTeamRecordRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1–2 compLexity Gaming 3–0+25Fnatic
16–4
Inferno		High match
G2 Esports
16–11
Cache		High match
BIG
16–8
Nuke		New Champions stageNew Champions stage
Team Liquid 3–0+19Winstrike Team
16–7
Mirage		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–10
Mirage		High match
Astralis
19–15
Inferno		New Champions stageNew Champions stage
3–5 Astralis 3–1+26Natus Vincere
16–14
Inferno		High match
Vega Squadron
16–4
Inferno		High match
Team Liquid
15–19
Inferno		High match
MIBR
16–0
Dust II		New Champions stage
Natus Vincere 3–1+19Astralis
14–16
Inferno		Low match
FaZe Clan
16–12
Overpass		Mid match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–6
Train		High match
Fnatic
16–9
Mirage		New Champions stage
BIG3–1+19FaZe Clan
16–5
Dust II		High match
TyLoo
16–7
Train		High match
compLexity Gaming
8–16
Nuke		High match
HellRaisers
16–9
Train		New Champions stage
6–8 FaZe Clan 3–2+22BIG
5–16
Dust II		Low match
Natus Vincere
12–16
Overpass		Low match
mousesports
16–8
Mirage		Low match
TyLoo
16–4
Mirage		G2 Esports
2–0
HellRaisers3–2+19G2 Esports
20–22
Dust II		Low match
Cloud9
19–16
Overpass		Mid match
TyLoo
16–10
Overpass		High match
BIG
9–16
Train		Fnatic
2–1
MIBR 3–2+6TyLoo
13–16
Inferno		Low match
mousesports
16–6
Dust II		Mid match
G2 Esports
16–4
Inferno		High match
Astralis
0–16
Dust II		Ninjas in Pyjamas
2–1
9–11 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–3−10mousesports
16–12
Mirage		High match
Team Liquid
10–16
Mirage		Mid match
Natus Vincere
6–16
Train		Low match
Vega Squadron
16–11
Train		MIBR
1–2
Fnatic 2–3−27compLexity Gaming
4–16
Inferno		Low match
Winstrike Team
16–7
Inferno		Mid match
Vega Squadron
16–14
Inferno		High match
Natus Vincere
9–16
Mirage		HellRaisers
1–2
G2 Esports 2–3−29HellRaisers
22–20
Dust II		High match
compLexity Gaming
11–16
Cache		Mid match
MIBR
4–16
Inferno		Low match
Cloud9
22–19
Inferno		FaZe Clan
0–2
12–14Vega Squadron1–3−7Cloud9
16–4
Mirage		High match
Astralis
4–16
Inferno		Mid match
Fnatic
14–16
Inferno		Low match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
11–16
Train		Eliminated
Cloud9 1–3−15Vega Squadron
4–16
Mirage		Low match
HellRaisers
16–19
Overpass		Low match
Winstrike Team
19–16
Inferno		Low match
G2 Esports
19–22
Inferno		Eliminated
TyLoo1–3−24MIBR
16–13
Inferno		High match
BIG
7–16
Train		Mid match
HellRaisers
10–16
Overpass		Low match
FaZe Clan
4–16
Mirage		Eliminated
15–16Winstrike Team0–3−21Team Liquid
7–16
Mirage		Low match
Fnatic
7–16
Inferno		Low match
Cloud9
16–19
Inferno		EliminatedEliminated
mousesports 0–3−22Ninjas in Pyjamas
12–16
Mirage		Low match
MIBR
6–16
Dust II		Low match
FaZe Clan
8–16
Mirage		EliminatedEliminated
Round 5 Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Fnatic19 Mirage 17HellRaisers
Fnatic9 Dust II 16HellRaisers
Fnatic2 Cache 16HellRaisers
G2 Esports2 Mirage 16FaZe Clan
G2 Esports22 Dust II 25FaZe Clan
G2 Esports–Overpass–FaZe Clan
Ninjas in Pyjamas15 Cache 19MIBR
Ninjas in Pyjamas16 Mirage 10MIBR
Ninjas in Pyjamas11 Train 16MIBR

New Champions stage

The New Champions Stage was a best-of-three single elimination bracket, with teams playing until a winner was decided. This stage took place at the Wembley Arena between September 20, 2018 and September 23, 2018. Brackets were revealed shortly after MIBR defeated NIP in the last map of the group stages. Teams were seeded first based on their record in the New Legends stage and then based on strength of schedule. [24]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1 Complexity 4 12 – 0
8 MIBR1616– 2
8 MIBR 10 5 – 0
4 Natus Vincere1616– 2
5 BIG Clan 2 6 – 0
4 Natus Vincere1616– 2
4 Natus Vincere 6 9 – 0
3 Astralis1616– 2
2 Team Liquid1610 162
7 HellRaisers 10 168 1
2 Team Liquid 8 7 – 0
3 Astralis1616– 2
3 Astralis1616– 2
6 FaZe Clan 14 12 – 0

Quarterfinals

BIG vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

BIG vs. Natus Vincere Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
BIG2 Dust II 16Natus Vincere
BIG6 Nuke 16Natus Vincere
BIG–Overpass–Natus Vincere

compLexity Gaming vs. MIBR

Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

compLexity Gaming vs. MIBR Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
compLexity Gaming4 Train 16MIBR
compLexity Gaming12 Inferno 16MIBR
compLexity Gaming–Cache–MIBR

Team Liquid vs. HellRaisers

Casters: HenryG & Vince Hill

Team Liquid vs. HellRaisers Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Liquid16 Mirage 10HellRaisers
Team Liquid10 Dust II 16HellRaisers
Team Liquid16 Cache 8HellRaisers

Astralis vs. FaZe Clan

Casters: Anders Blume & moses

Astralis vs. FaZe Clan Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Astralis16 Mirage 14FaZe Clan
Astralis16 Inferno 12FaZe Clan
Astralis–Overpass–FaZe Clan

Semifinals

Natus Vincere vs. MIBR

Casters: Anders Blume & moses

Natus Vincere vs. MIBR Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Natus Vincere16 Overpass 10MIBR
Natus Vincere16 Dust II 5MIBR
Natus Vincere–Train–MIBR

Team Liquid vs. Astralis

Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

Team Liquid vs. Astralis Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Liquid8 Nuke 16Astralis
Team Liquid7 Mirage 16Astralis
Team Liquid–Dust II–Astralis

Finals

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

No official MVP was given, but HLTV.org deemed dev1ce as the MVP. Astralis became the fourth squad to win multiple Major titles.

Natus Vincere vs. Astralis Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Natus Vincere6 Nuke 16Astralis
Natus Vincere9 Overpass 16Astralis
Natus Vincere–Inferno–Astralis

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 IEM Katowice 2019 New Legends gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x zonic
2ndUS$150,000 Natus Vincere Zeus, Edward, s1mple, electronic, flamiekane
3rd – 4thUS$70,000 MIBR FalleN, coldzera, fer, Stewie2K, tarikYNk
Team Liquid nitr0, ELiGE, NAF, Twistzz, TACOzews
5th – 8thUS$35,000BIGgob b, nex, tabseN, tiziaN, smooyaLEGIJA
compLexity Gaming stanislaw, ANDROID, ShahZaM, yay, dephhRambo
FaZe Clan karrigan, GuardiaN, NiKo, olofmeister, rain RobbaN
HellRaisersANGE1, bondik, DeadFox, woxic, ISSAAJohnta
9th – 11thUS$8,750 Fnatic IEM Katowice 2019 New Challengers Xizt, draken, flusha, JW, KRiMZJumpy
G2 Esports Ex6TenZ, bodyy, kennyS, shox, SmithZz NiaK
Ninjas in Pyjamas Lekr0, dennis, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZpita
12th – 14thUS$8,750 Cloud9 Golden, autimatic, RUSH, Skadoodle, STYKOvalens
TyLooBnTeT, captainMo, DD, somebody, xccurateCruSad3
Vega Squadron jR, chopper, hutji, tonyblack, crushFierce
15th – 16thUS$8,750 mousesports –chrisJ, ropz, oskar, Snax, suNnylmbt
Winstrike TeamwaterfaLLZ, balbina, Boombl4, jmqa, Kvikiksou
17th – 19th– North MSL, aizy, Kjaerbye, niko, v4ldeave
OpTic Gaming Snappi, cajunb, gade, JUGi, k0nfigruggah
Team Spirit S0tF1k, DavCost, Dima, COLDYY1, somedieyoungCertus
20th – 22nd– Gambit Esports Dosia, AdreN, HObbit, mou, mirB1ad3
Renegades Nifty, AZR, jks, USTILO, jkaemRyu
Rogue Rickeh, Hiko, SicK, vice, cadiaNmCe
23rd – 24th– Space Soldiers hardstyle, Calyx, MAJ3R, paz, XANTARES
Virtus.pro NEO, byali, MICHU, pashaBiceps, snatchiekuben

Post-Major rankings

The rankings shown below reflect the September 24, 2018 rankings, the first ranking after the Major. [25]

HLTV.org post-major ranking
World ranking
PlaceTeamPointsMove1
1Astralis1000Steady2.svg
2Natus Vincere734Steady2.svg
3Team Liquid504Steady2.svg
4MIBR415Increase2.svg 3
5FaZe Clan413Increase2.svg 1
6North387Decrease2.svg 2
7mousesports326Decrease2.svg 2
8BIG318Increase2.svg 3
9Ninjas in Pyjamas277Decrease2.svg 1
10HellRaisers212Increase2.svg 5
11compLexity Gaming182Increase2.svg 18
12TyLoo180Steady2.svg
14Fnatic130Decrease2.svg 4
15G2 Esports129Decrease2.svg 1
18Vega Squadron114Increase2.svg 193
20Gambit Esports92Decrease2.svg 1
21Cloud987Steady2.svg
23Renegades83Decrease2.svg 7
24OpTic Gaming82Decrease2.svg 7
28Virtus.pro66Decrease2.svg 8
34Team Spirit–Increase2.svg 2
35Rogue–Decrease2.svg 5
39Space Soldiers–Decrease2.svg 8
–Winstrike Team2––

1Change since September 3, 2018 ranking

2Winstrike Team released four players. HLTV.org requires at least three members of a team to be included in the rankings.

Notes

  1. ↑ 5Power Club had three players with visa issues, so the team was forced to gather three players with visas to the United Kingdom quickly before the event started.
  2. ↑ Signature Gaming's visa applications were denied by the British embassy. FACEIT decided to find a replacement instead of running the event with seven teams like the CIS Minor. The semifinalists runner-ups at the Southeast Asia qualifier, B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape and Devious, played to replace Signature. B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape would stroll its way into the Asia Minor.
  3. ↑ Three teams were tied for sixth place at the North American closed qualifier. The tiebreaker was determined by whichever team had the best map win to loss difference. Swole Patrol (8–5) was able to beat out Luminosity Gaming (6–5) and Team One (6–6) to take the last spot in the Americas Minor.
  4. ↑ Immortals acquire the MIBR (Made in Brazil) brand. The SK Gaming players' contracts expired and Immortals picked up the roster. Immortals announced that they would be playing under the MIBR tag.
  5. ↑ Quantum Bellator Fire sold its team to a newly formed organization called Winstrike Team.

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