ESL One Cologne 2016

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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.

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]

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,[nb 1] 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[edit]

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.[4]

The way that ESL seeded the groups drew some criticism. While Groups A and B combined had three of HLTV's top-10 teams,[5][6] Group D alone had SK Gaming (#1), G2 Esports (#2), Fnatic (#4), and FaZe (#16).[7] CS:GO analysts called for a more effective seeding method.[8][9]

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.[10]

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[edit]

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.[11] 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[edit]

Regional Qualifiers[edit]

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[edit]

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
  • The MongolZ (IEM Taipei #1)
  • Renegades (IEM Taipei #2)
  • MVP Project (Korea #1)
  • m0nster.kr (Korea #2)
  • VG.CyberZen (China #1)
  • TyLoo (China #2)
  • Risky Gaming (SEA #1)
  • Team Immunity (Oceania #1)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Team Immunity0
B2Renegades2
B2Renegades2
B1TyLoo0
B1TyLoo2
A2VG.CyberZen1
B2Renegades1
B1TyLoo2
Lower round 1Lower final
B1TyLoo2
A1Team Immunity0A2VG.CyberZen0
A2VG.CyberZen2

Europe Minor[edit]

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
A1Team Dignitas2
B2ENCE eSports0
A1Team Dignitas2
A2Team Orbit1
B1HellRaisers0
A2Team Orbit2
A1Team Dignitas2
B1HellRaisers1
Lower round 1Lower final
A2Team Orbit1
B2ENCE eSports0B1HellRaisers2
B1HellRaisers2

CIS Minor[edit]

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
  • ANOX (Invited)
  • Arcade eSports (Invited)
  • Team Empire (Invited)
  • Worst Players (Invited)
  • Binary Dragons Gold (Closed Qualifier)
  • Digital Wave (Closed Qualifier)
  • FLuffy Gangsters (Closed Qualifier)
  • Vesuvius (Closed Qualifier)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1FLuffy Gangster2
B2ANOX1
A1FLuffy Gangster1
A2Team Empire2
B1Worst Players1
A2Team Empire2
A2Team Empire0
A1FLuffy Gangster2
Lower round 1Lower final
A1FLuffy Gangster2
B2ANOX1B1Worst Players0
B1Worst Players2

Americas Minor[edit]

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
A1Tempo Storm2
B2Selfless Gaming0
A1Tempo Storm0
B1OpTic Gaming2
B1OpTic Gaming2
A2Team SoloMid1
B1OpTic Gaming2
A1Tempo Storm1
Lower round 1Lower final
A1Tempo Storm2
B2Selfless Gaming0A2Team SoloMid0
A2Team SoloMid2

Main Qualifier[edit]

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[edit]

Main Qualifier Results
Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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[edit]

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[edit]

All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

  • ESL CSGO
  • 99Damage
  • CSGOITALIA
  • ESL Brazil
  • ESL France
  • ESL Poland
  • ESL Spain
  • Magyar Esport TV
  • RuHub
  • striimIT
  • Strimok

Teams[edit]

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.[12]

Pre-Major ranking[edit]

The HLTV.org July 4, 2016, ranking, the final one released before ESL One Cologne 2016, is displayed below.[13]

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

†Change since June 27, 2016, ranking

Group stage[edit]

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.[14]

Group A[edit]

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

Group B[edit]

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

Group C[edit]

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

Group D[edit]

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

Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C1 Virtus.pro 2
A2 Astralis 0
C1 Virtus.pro 1
B1 SK Gaming 2
D1 SK Gaming 2
B2 FlipSid3 Tactics 0
B1 SK Gaming 2
C2 Team Liquid 0
B1 Natus Vincere 1
C2 Team Liquid 2
C2 Team Liquid 2
D2 Fnatic 0
A1 Gambit Gaming 0
D2 Fnatic 2

Quarterfinals[edit]

Virtus.pro vs. Astralis[edit]

Casters: moses & Pansy

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

SK Gaming vs FlipSid3 Tactics[edit]

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

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

Natus Vincere vs Team Liquid[edit]

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Natus Vincere vs. Team Liquid Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Natus Vincere 16 Train 11 Team Liquid
Natus Vincere 12 Nuke 16 Team Liquid
Natus Vincere 6 Cobblestone 16 Team Liquid

Gambit Gaming vs Fnatic[edit]

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Gambit Gaming vs. Fnatic Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Gaming 5 Train 16 Fnatic
Gambit Gaming 3 Cache 16 Fnatic
Gambit Gaming – Dust II – Fnatic

Semifinals[edit]

Virtus.pro vs SK Gaming[edit]

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

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

Team Liquid vs. Fnatic[edit]

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

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

Finals[edit]

Casters: Anders Blume, Semmler, & moses

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

Final standings[edit]

Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 SK Gaming ELEAGUE Major 2017 FalleN, coldzera, fnx, TACO, fer zews
2nd US$150,000 Team Liquid Hiko, EliGE, jdm64, nitr0, s1mple peacemaker
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Virtus.pro TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali kuben
fnatic flusha, olofmeister, JW, dennis, KRiMZ vuggo
5th – 8th US$35,000 Astralis karrigan, dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve, zonic[a] zonic
FlipSid3 Tactics B1ad3, markeloff, Shara, WorldEdit, waylander kane
Natus Vincere Zeus, Edward, flamie, seized, GuardiaN starix
Gambit Gaming hooch, Dosia, spaze, mou, AdreN beAst
9th – 12th US$8,750 Team Dignitas ELEAGUE Major 2017 Qualifiers cajunb, MSL, k0nfig, tenzki, RUBINO ruggah
Ninjas in Pyjamas GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, pyth THREAT
mousesports nex, denis, Spiidi, chrisJ, NiKo kassad
FaZe Clan fox, rain, jkaem, aizy, kioShiMa RobbaN
13th – 16th US$8,750 Counter Logic Gaming reltuC, hazed, tarik, koosta, pita pita
OpTic Gaming daps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, mixwell –
Team EnVyUs NBK-, Happy, kennyS, apEX, DEVIL Next
G2 Esports shox, RPK, bodyy, SmithZz, ScreaM NiaK
  1. ^ Due to dupreeh needing surgery, Astralis coach zonic stood in for the player from July 7 onwards.

Post-Major Ranking[edit]

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.[16]

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

†Change since July 4, 2016, ranking

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Although Luminosity Gaming had been the champions of the previous major, SK Gaming acquired their roster in June 2016, thus gaining the organization's Legend's place.[3]

References[edit]

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