ESL One Cologne 2016

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[1] 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.[2]

ESL One Cologne 2016
2016
The ESL One Cologne 2016 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
DatesJuly 5, 2016–July 10, 2016
AdministratorValve
ESL
Tournament
format(s)
16 team double-elimination group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
VenueLanxess Arena
Teams16 teams
Purse$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsSK Gaming (1st title)
1st runners-upTeam Liquid
2nd runners-upFnatic
Virtus.pro
MVPMarcelo "coldzera" David
The LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany will host the tournament for the second year in a row.

The playoffs featured eight teams. Astralis, Fnatic, Gambit Gaming, Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Team Liquid, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends and FlipSid3 Tactics was the only new Legend. Ninjas in Pyjamas failed to retain its Legends status after eight straight majors of being Legends. The grand finals had SK Gaming, which was the defending champion from the previous major at MLG Major Championship: Columbus, against Team Liquid, which was the first ever North America team to reach the grand finals at a major. SK Gaming defeated FlipSid3 Tactics and Virtus.pro and Team Liquid upset Natus Vincere and Fnatic to reach the finals. In the end, SK Gaming defended its title 2–0 over the underdog Team Liquid and continued to be the only non-European team to win a title until the PGL 2017 Kraków Major Championship, in which Gambit Esports from Kazakhstan won the title. SK Gaming also joined Fnatic to be the only teams to have multiple major titles.

Format

The top eight teams from the MLG Columbus Major ("Legends") were automatically invited to ESL One Cologne 2016. The remaining eight spots were filled by teams that advanced from the ESL One Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier. These 16 teams were then split into four groups, seeded based on results from Columbus 2016 and the Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier. The groups were decided by a random number generator. First the bottom four teams of the qualifier – G2 Esports, Team EnVyUs, Team Dignitas, and FlipSid3 Tactics – were randomly assigned to groups as the fourth seeds. The top four teams of the qualifier – Gambit Gaming, OpTic Gaming, mousesports, and FaZe Clan – were then randomly selected to be the third seeds. The teams that placed fifth through eighth at Columbus 2016 – Fnatic, Virtus.pro, Counter Logic Gaming, and Ninjas in Pyjamas – were randomly assigned the second seeds in the group. Finally, the top four teams from Columbus 2016 – SK Gaming (formerly Luminosity Gaming), Natus Vincere, Astralis, and Team Liquid – were randomly given the top seeds in the four respective groups.[3]

The way that ESL seeded the groups drew some criticism. While Groups A and B combined had three of HLTV's top-10 teams,[4][5] Group D alone had SK Gaming (#1), G2 Esports (#2), Fnatic (#4), and FaZe (#16).[6] CS:GO analysts called for a more effective seeding method.[7][8]

All group matches were best-of-ones with the exception of the final decider match, deciding the last playoff spot. The highest seed would play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds would play against each other. The winner of those two matches would play each other to determine which team moved on to the playoff stage, while the losers of the first round of matches also played. The loser of the lower match was then eliminated from the tournament. With one team advanced and one eliminated, the two remaining teams would play a best-of-three elimination match for the second playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League.[9]

The playoffs bracket consisted of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches were best-of-three, single elimination. Teams advanced in the bracket until a winner was decided.

Map Pool

There were seven maps to choose from. Between Columbus 2016 and Cologne 2016, Inferno was taken out of the active map pool and Nuke was reintroduced after the CSGO development team revamped the map.[10] Before each best-of-one match in the group stage, teams alternated banning maps until five maps had been banned. One of the two remaining maps was randomly selected, and the team that that did not get a third ban then selected which side it wanted to start on. In all best-of-three series, each team first banned a map, leaving a five-map pool. Each team then chose a map, with the opposing team selecting which side they wanted to start on for their opponent's map choice. The two map picks were the first two maps in the best-of-three. If the series were to require a third map, the map was randomly selected from the three remaining maps.

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

Main Qualifier

Regional Qualifiers

The final four bracket from each qualifier are shown below; two from each move on to the main qualifying event. All games are offline.

Asia Minor

The winner and runner-up of Intel Extreme Masters Season X Taipei were invited to the qualifier. In addition, two teams from the Korean qualifier, two teams from the Chinese qualifier, one team from the Southeast Asia qualifier, and one team from the Oceania qualifier will be in the minor.

Asia Minor Bracket; Seoul, South Korea
Teams
  • Mongolia The MongolZ (IEM Taipei #1)
  • Australia Renegades (IEM Taipei #2)
  • South Korea MVP Project (Korea #1)
  • South Korea m0nster.kr (Korea #2)
  • China VG.CyberZen (China #1)
  • China TyLoo (China #2)
  • United Arab Emirates Risky Gaming (SEA #1)
  • Australia Team Immunity (Oceania #1)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Australia Team Immunity0
B2Australia Renegades2
B2Australia Renegades2
B1China TyLoo0
B1China TyLoo2
A2China VG.CyberZen1
B2Australia Renegades1
B1China TyLoo2
Lower round 1Lower final
B1China TyLoo2
A1Australia Team Immunity0A2China VG.CyberZen0
A2China VG.CyberZen2

Europe Minor

The Europe Minor was held by DreamHack in Tours, France. Two qualifiers were held and four teams from each qualifier moved on to the minor.

DreamHack Tours 2016 Bracket; Tours, France
Teams
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Denmark Team Dignitas2
B2Finland ENCE eSports0
A1Denmark Team Dignitas2
A2Bulgaria Team Orbit1
B1Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers0
A2Bulgaria Team Orbit2
A1Denmark Team Dignitas2
B1Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers1
Lower round 1Lower final
A2Bulgaria Team Orbit1
B2Finland ENCE eSports0B1Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers2
B1Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers2

CIS Minor

In the CIS Minor, four teams were invited and four more teams from the closed qualifier arrived to the minor in Moscow.

CIS Minor Bracket; Moscow, Russia
Teams
  • Russia ANOX (Invited)
  • Russia Arcade eSports (Invited)
  • Russia Team Empire (Invited)
  • Russia Worst Players (Invited)
  • Russia Binary Dragons Gold (Closed Qualifier)
  • Russia Digital Wave (Closed Qualifier)
  • Russia FLuffy Gangsters (Closed Qualifier)
  • Russia Vesuvius (Closed Qualifier)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Russia FLuffy Gangster2
B2Russia ANOX1
A1Russia FLuffy Gangster1
A2Russia Team Empire2
B1Russia Worst Players1
A2Russia Team Empire2
A2Russia Team Empire0
A1Russia FLuffy Gangster2
Lower round 1Lower final
A1Russia FLuffy Gangster2
B2Russia ANOX1B1Russia Worst Players0
B1Russia Worst Players2

Americas Minor

The Americas Minor had four teams invited, three teams from the North American qualifier, and one team from the South American qualifier.

Americas Minor Bracket; Columbus, Ohio, USA
Teams
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Brazil Tempo Storm2
B2United States Selfless Gaming0
A1Brazil Tempo Storm0
B1Canada OpTic Gaming2
B1Canada OpTic Gaming2
A2Canada Team SoloMid1
B1Canada OpTic Gaming2
A1Brazil Tempo Storm1
Lower round 1Lower final
A1Brazil Tempo Storm2
B2United States Selfless Gaming0A2Canada Team SoloMid0
A2Canada Team SoloMid2

Main Qualifier

Like the previous majors, there will be a major qualifier and regional qualifiers. The bottom eight teams from MLG Columbus 2016 received automatic bids to the main qualifier. Two teams each from the Asia, North America, Europe, and CIS Minors will be able to compete in the major qualifier.

Unlike previous qualifiers, this main qualifier will be a sixteen team swiss tournament, where after the 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. Any team with three wins would qualify for the major, and any team with three losses would be eliminated.

First round seeding was determined by the following:

  • Teams that placed 9th at the previous major (mousesports, FaZe Clan, Gambit Gaming, G2 Esports) were first seeds
  • Teams that placed 13th place at the previous major (FlipSid3 Tactics, Splyce, Team EnVyUs, Cloud9) were second seeds
  • Teams that placed first in their regional qualifiers (OpTic Gaming, TyLoo, FLuffy Gangsters, Team Dignitas) were third seeds
  • Teams that were runners-up in their regional qualifiers (Immortals, Renegades, Team Empire, HellRaisers) were fourth seeds

In the second round, the winners in the first round will face each other in the "high" matches; the losers will face each other in the "low" matches.

In the third round, the winners of the high matches 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 will face each other in the "mid" matches. The losers from the previous low matches will face each other in round three's low matches. The losers of these low matches are eliminated. Twelve teams remain in the Qualifier.

In the fourth round, the losers of the high matches and the winners of the low matches will face each other in round four's high matches. The winners of the high matches qualify for the major. The losers of the mid matches and the winners of the low matches will face each other in the low matches of round four. The losers of these matches are eliminated from the Qualifier. Six teams remain.

In the last round, the remaining teams will face off. The winners of these matches will qualify for the major and the losing teams will be eliminated.

Columbus 2016 Bottom 8
Regional Qualifiers
  • OpTic Gaming (Americas Minor #1)
  • Immortals (Americas Minor #2)
  • TyLoo (Asia Minor #1)
  • Renegades (Asia Minor #2)
  • FLuffy Gangsters (CIS Minor #1)
  • Team Empire (CIS Minor #2)
  • Team Dignitas (Europe Minor #1)
  • HellRaisers (Europe Minor #2)

Qualifier results
Main Qualifier Results
Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 European Union FaZe Clan 3–0 +24 Team Dignitas
16–8
Mirage		 High match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16–5
Cobblestone		 High match
Gambit Gaming
16–11
Train		 Qualified Qualified
Germany mousesports 3–0 +22 FLuffy Gangsters
19–17
Dust II		 High match
Cloud9
16–12
Mirage		 High match
G2 Esports
16–1
Dust II		 Qualified Qualified
3–5 France Team EnVyUs 3–1 +20 Immortals
16-6
Dust II		 High match
Gambit Gaming
10–16
Cobblestone		 Mid match
Splyce
16–4
Cobblestone		 High match
Cloud9
16–12
Cobblestone		 Qualified
Canada OpTic Gaming 3–1 +16 Gambit Gaming
14–16
Cobblestone		 Low match
FLuffy Gangsters
16-9
Train		 Mid match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16–7
Train		 High match
HellRaisers
16–14
Cache		 Qualified
Russia Gambit Gaming 3–1 +9 OpTic Gaming
16–14
Cobblestone		 High match
Team EnVyUs
16-10
Cobblestone		 High match
FaZe Clan
11-16
Train		 High match
G2 Esports
16–10
Train		 Qualified
6–8 Denmark Team Dignitas 3–2 +6 FaZe Clan
8–16
Mirage		 Low match
Team Empire
16-13
Nuke		 Mid match
HellRaisers
10-16
Nuke		 Low match
Renegades
16–12
Dust II		 TyLoo
16–3
Cobblestone
France G2 Esports 3–2 +2 TyLoo
16-9
Cache		 High match
HellRaisers
16–8
Dust II		 High match
mousesports
1–16
Nuke		 High match
Gambit Gaming
10–16
Cache		 Cloud9
16-8
Overpass
Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics 3–2 -2 Renegades
16–9
Mirage		 High match
FaZe Clan
5-16
Cobblestone		 Mid match
OpTic Gaming
7–16
Train		 Low match
Immortals
16-12
Train		 HellRaisers
16–9
Overpass
9–11 Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers 2–3 -9 Splyce
17–19
Cobblestone		 Low match
G2 Esports
11–16
Dust II		 Low match
Team Dignitas
16–9
Nuke		 Low match
OpTic Gaming
16–8
Cache		 FlipSid3 Tactics
13–16
Overpass
United States Cloud9 2–3 -6 Team Empire
16–12
Cobblestone		 High match
mousesports
12–16
Mirage		 Mid match
TyLoo
16-13
Cache		 High match
Team EnVyUs
12-16
Cobblestone		 G2 Esports
8–16
Cache
China TyLoo 2–3 -16 G2 Esports
9–16
Cache		 Low match
Immortals
16–11
Cache		 Mid match
Cloud9
13–16
Cache		 Low match
Splyce
16–14
Mirage		 Team Dignitas
3–16
Cobblestone
12–14 Australia Renegades 1–3 -8 FlipSid3 Tactics
9-16
Mirage		 Low match
Splyce
14–16
Cobblestone		 Low match
FLuffy Gangsters
11–16
Mirage		 Low match
Team Dignitas
12–16
Dust II		 Eliminated
Brazil Immortals 1–3 -10 Team EnVyUs
6–16
Dust II		 Low match
TyLoo
11–16
Cache		 Low match
Team Empire
16–7
Cobblestone		 Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
12–16
Train		 Eliminated
United States Splyce 1–3 -19 HellRaisers
9–16
Cobblestone		 Low match
Renegades
16–14
Cobblestone		 Mid match
Team EnVyUs
4–16
Cobblestone		 Low match
TyLoo
14–16
Mirage		 Eliminated
15–16 Russia FLuffy Gangsters 0–3 -15 mousesports
16–19
Dust II		 Low match
OpTic Gaming
9–16
Train		 Low match
Renegades
11–16
Mirage		 Eliminated Eliminated
Commonwealth of Independent States Team Empire 0–3 -16 Cloud9
12–16
Cobblestone		 Low match
Team Dignitas
13–16
Nuke		 Low match
Immortals
7–16
Cobblestone		 Eliminated Eliminated

Broadcast talent

Stage Hosts

Analysts

  • Duncan "Thorin" Shields
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Janko "YNk" Paunović

Commentators

  • Anders Blume
  • Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • James Bardolph
  • Lauren "Pansy" Scott
  • John "BLU" Mullen

Broadcasts

All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

  • United Kingdom ESL CSGO
  • Germany 99Damage
  • Italy CSGOITALIA
  • Brazil ESL Brazil
  • France ESL France
  • Poland ESL Poland
  • Spain ESL Spain
  • Hungary Magyar Esport TV
  • Russia RuHub
  • Finland striimIT
  • Ukraine Strimok

Teams
Legends
Challengers
  1. A few months before the Major, SK Gaming and Luminosity Gaming were in a contract dispute in which the Luminosity owner accused SK Gaming of attempting to poach the roster. SK Gaming claimed the Luminosity players, coach, and manager all signed a contract with SK Gaming before they joined Luminosity Gaming. After weeks of conflict, both sides agreed to the contract. Thus, the roster of Luminosity was acquired by SK Gaming prior to the Major.[11]

Pre-Major ranking

The HLTV.org July 4, 2016 ranking, the final one released before ESL One Cologne 2016, is displayed below.[12]

HLTV.org Pre-Major Ranking
World Ranking
Place Team Points Move†
1 Brazil SK Gaming 964 Steady
2 France G2 Esports 734 Steady
3 Sweden Fnatic 627 Increase 1
4 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 596 Increase 1
5 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 596 Decrease 2
6 France Team EnVyUs 340 Increase 3
7 Poland Virtus.pro 320 Steady
8 Denmark Astralis 320 Decrease 2
11 United States Team Liquid 230 Decrease 1
13 Germany mousesports 209 Steady
14 Denmark Team Dignitas 190 Increase 1
16 Canada OpTic Gaming 188 Increase 1
17 European Union FaZe Clan 161 Decrease 1
20 Russia Gambit Gaming 101 Steady
23 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics 84 Decrease 2
26 United States Counter Logic Gaming 65 Decrease 4

†Change since June 27, 2016 ranking

Group stage
A match between SK Gaming and G2 Esports in the group stage

The four groups were announced on ESL's social media accounts on June 12, 2016.[13]

Group A
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Russia Gambit Gaming 2 0 32 19 +13 2
2 Denmark Astralis 2 1 70 71 -1 2
3 Denmark Team Dignitas 1 2 71 65 +8 1
4 United States Counter Logic Gaming 0 2 14 32 -18 0
Group A Matches
Denmark Astralis 1 0 Denmark Team Dignitas
United States Counter Logic Gaming 0 1 Russia Gambit Gaming
Denmark Astralis 0 1 Russia Gambit Gaming
United States Counter Logic Gaming 0 1 Denmark Team Dignitas
Denmark Astralis 2 1 Denmark Team Dignitas
Group A Scores
Group A Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Denmark Astralis 16 Overpass 12 Denmark Team Dignitas
United States Counter Logic Gaming 13 Dust II 16 Russia Gambit Gaming
Denmark Astralis 6 Dust II 16 Russia Gambit Gaming
United States Counter Logic Gaming 1 Cobblestone 16 Denmark Team Dignitas
Denmark Astralis 16 Cobblestone 19 Denmark Team Dignitas
Denmark Astralis 16 Mirage 10 Denmark Team Dignitas
Denmark Astralis 16 Cache 14 Denmark Team Dignitas

Group B
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 2 0 32 19 +13 2
2 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics 2 1 69 58 +11 2
3 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 2 57 66 -9 1
4 Canada OpTic Gaming 0 2 17 32 -15 0
Group B Matches
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 1 0 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 0 Canada OpTic Gaming
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 1 0 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
Canada OpTic Gaming 0 1 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 2 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Group B Scores
Group B Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 16 Train 7 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Dust II 4 Canada OpTic Gaming
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 16 Cobblestone 12 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
Canada OpTic Gaming 13 Train 16 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 14 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 Cache 16 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 11 Mirage 16 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics

Group C
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Poland Virtus.pro 2 0 32 22 +10 2
2 United States Team Liquid 2 1 60 40 +20 2
3 Germany mousesports 1 2 43 60 -17 1
4 France Team EnVyUs 0 2 19 32 -13 0
Group C Matches
United States Team Liquid 1 0 France Team EnVyUs
Poland Virtus.pro 1 0 Germany mousesports
United States Team Liquid 0 1 Poland Virtus.pro
Germany mousesports 1 0 France Team EnVyUs
United States Team Liquid 2 0 Germany mousesports
Group C Scores
Group C Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
United States Team Liquid 16 Train 7 France Team EnVyUs
Poland Virtus.pro 16 Train 10 Germany mousesports
United States Team Liquid 12 Cobblestone 16 Poland Virtus.pro
Germany mousesports 16 Train 12 France Team EnVyUs
United States Team Liquid 16 Cobblestone 11 Germany mousesports
United States Team Liquid 16 Mirage 6 Germany mousesports
United States Team Liquid – Dust II – Germany mousesports

Group D
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Brazil SK Gaming 2 0 32 17 +15 2
2 Sweden Fnatic 2 1 62 45 +17 2
3 European Union FaZe Clan 1 2 38 62 -24 1
4 France G2 Esports 0 2 24 32 -8 0
Group D Matches
Brazil SK Gaming 1 0 France G2 Esports
Sweden Fnatic 0 1 European Union FaZe Clan
Brazil SK Gaming 1 0 European Union FaZe Clan
Sweden Fnatic 1 0 France G2 Esports
European Union FaZe Clan 0 2 Sweden Fnatic
Group D Scores
Group D Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Brazil SK Gaming 16 Cobblestone 11 France G2 Esports
Sweden Fnatic 14 Dust II 16 European Union FaZe Clan
Brazil SK Gaming 16 Cobblestone 6 European Union FaZe Clan
Sweden Fnatic 16 Train 13 France G2 Esports
European Union FaZe Clan 9 Cache 16 Sweden Fnatic
European Union FaZe Clan 7 Mirage 16 Sweden Fnatic
European Union FaZe Clan – Dust II – Sweden Fnatic

Also known as the "Group of Death," Group D featured four world class teams in one group, including the top three teams in the world. The matchup of the number 1, number 2, and number 3 teams all in the same group received criticism when a team of a lesser caliber such as Gambit could make it to the playoffs and a top three team would not. CS:GO analyst Duncan "Thorin" Shields called it the hardest group of all time.[14]

Playoffs

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C1 Poland Virtus.pro 2
A2 Denmark Astralis 0
C1 Poland Virtus.pro 1
B1 Brazil SK Gaming 2
D1 Brazil SK Gaming 2
B2 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics 0
B1 Brazil SK Gaming 2
C2 United States Team Liquid 0
B1 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 1
C2 United States Team Liquid 2
C2 United States Team Liquid 2
D2 Sweden Fnatic 0
A1 Russia Gambit Gaming 0
D2 Sweden Fnatic 2

Virtus.pro vs. Astralis

Casters: moses & Pansy

Poland Virtus.pro vs. Denmark Astralis Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Poland Virtus.pro 19 Overpass 17 Denmark Astralis
Poland Virtus.pro 19 Train 15 Denmark Astralis
Poland Virtus.pro – Cache – Denmark Astralis

SK Gaming vs FlipSid3 Tactics

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Brazil SK Gaming vs. Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Brazil SK Gaming 16 Mirage 7 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Brazil SK Gaming 19 Nuke 17 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics
Brazil SK Gaming – Train – Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics

Natus Vincere vs Team Liquid

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere vs. United States Team Liquid Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 16 Train 11 United States Team Liquid
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 12 Nuke 16 United States Team Liquid
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 6 Cobblestone 16 United States Team Liquid

Gambit Gaming vs Fnatic

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Commonwealth of Independent States Gambit Gaming vs. Sweden Fnatic Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Commonwealth of Independent States Gambit Gaming 5 Train 16 Sweden Fnatic
Commonwealth of Independent States Gambit Gaming 3 Cache 16 Sweden Fnatic
Commonwealth of Independent States Gambit Gaming – Dust II – Sweden Fnatic

Virtus.pro vs SK Gaming

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Poland Virtus.pro vs. Brazil SK Gaming Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Poland Virtus.pro 19 Cobblestone 17 Brazil SK Gaming
Poland Virtus.pro 5 Nuke 16 Brazil SK Gaming
Poland Virtus.pro 12 Mirage 16 Brazil SK Gaming

Team Liquid vs. Fnatic

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

United States Team Liquid vs. Sweden Fnatic Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
United States Team Liquid 16 Cobblestone 13 Sweden Fnatic
United States Team Liquid 16 Cache 13 Sweden Fnatic
United States Team Liquid – Train – Sweden Fnatic

Finals

Casters: Anders Blume, Semmler, & moses

Brazil SK Gaming vs. United States Team Liquid Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Brazil SK Gaming 16 Train 7 United States Team Liquid
Brazil SK Gaming 16 Cobblestone 6 United States Team Liquid
Brazil SK Gaming – Nuke – United States Team Liquid

Final standings
Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 Brazil SK Gaming ELEAGUE Major 2017 Brazil FalleN, Brazil coldzera, Brazil fnx, Brazil TACO, Brazil fer Brazil zews
2nd US$150,000 United States Team Liquid United States Hiko, United States EliGE, United States jdm64, United States nitr0, Ukraine s1mple Brazil peacemaker
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Poland Virtus.pro Poland TaZ, Poland NEO, Poland pashaBiceps, Poland Snax, Poland byali Poland kuben
Sweden fnatic Sweden flusha, Sweden olofmeister, Sweden JW, Sweden dennis, Sweden KRiMZ Sweden vuggo
5th – 8th US$35,000 Denmark Astralis Denmark karrigan, Denmark dev1ce, Denmark dupreeh, Denmark Xyp9x, Denmark gla1ve, Denmark zonic Denmark zonic
Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics Ukraine Blad3, Ukraine markeloff, Ukraine Shara, Russia WorldEdit, Finland waylander Ukraine kane
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere Ukraine Zeus, Ukraine Edward, Russia flamie, Russia seized, Slovakia GuardiaN Ukraine starix
Russia Gambit Gaming Russia hooch, Russia Dosia, Russia spaze, Kazakhstan mou, Kazakhstan AdreN Kazakhstan beAst
9th – 12th US$8,750 Denmark Team Dignitas ELEAGUE Major 2017 Qualifiers Denmark cajunb, Denmark MSL, Denmark k0nfig, Denmark tenzki, Norway RUBINO Denmark ruggah
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Sweden GeT RiGhT, Sweden f0rest, Sweden Xizt, Sweden friberg, Sweden pyth Sweden THREAT
Germany mousesports Germany nex, Germany denis, Germany Spiidi, Netherlands chrisJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina NiKo Serbia kassad
European Union FaZe Clan Portugal fox, Norway rain, Norway jkaem, Denmark aizy, France kioShiMa Sweden RobbaN
13th – 16th US$8,750 United States Counter Logic Gaming United States reltuC, United States hazed, United States tarik, United States koosta, Bosnia and Herzegovina pita Bosnia and Herzegovina pita
Canada OpTic Gaming Canada daps, Canada NAF, Canada stanislaw, United States RUSH, Spain mixwell
France Team EnVyUs France NBK-, France Happy, France kennyS, France apEX, France DEVIL France Next
France G2 Esports France shox, France RPK, France bodyy, France SmithZz, Belgium ScreaM France NiaK

Post-Major Ranking

The HLTV.org July 11, 2016 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the first one released after the ESL One Cologne 2016.[15]

HLTV.org Post-Major Ranking
World Ranking
Place Team Points Move†
1 Brazil SK Gaming 1000 Steady
2 Sweden Fnatic 615 Increase 1
3 France G2 Esports 530 Decrease 1
4 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 509 Increase 1
5 United States Team Liquid 467 Increase 6
6 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 422 Decrease 2
7 Poland Virtus.pro 403 Steady
8 Denmark Astralis 310 Steady
9 France Team EnVyUs 256 Decrease 3
11 Russia Gambit Gaming 188 Increase 9
12 Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics 184 Increase 11
15 Germany mousesports 179 Decrease 2
16 European Union FaZe Clan 175 Increase 1
18 Denmark Team Dignitas 168 Decrease 4
19 Canada OpTic Gaming 149 Decrease 3
24 United States Counter Logic Gaming 64 Increase 2

†Change since July 4, 2016 ranking

References
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