ESL One New York 2016 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. Eight teams from around the globe competed in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and a playoffs. It featured a 250,000 prize pool.
Format ESL invited six teams to compete in ESL One New York. One team from the European Qualifier and one team from the North American Qualifier will also have a ticket to the tournament. Both qualifiers are played online.
The group stage played in a best-of-one Swiss-system tournament format consisting of 5 rounds, much like the ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier. In the end, the top four teams will advance to the Playoffs.
The Playoffs were formatted in a four team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.
Broadcast Talent Stage Hosts Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner Alex "Machine" Richardson Analysts Janko "YNk" Paunović Duncan "Thorin" Shields Commentators Anders Blume Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill Hugo Byron Henry "HenryG" Greer Mitch "Uber" Leslie Joona "natu" Leppänen John "BLU" Mullen Jason "moses" O'Toole Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett Observers DJ "Prius" Kuntz Alex "Rushly" Rush Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift
Qualifiers In each qualifier, one team will move on to the main tournament.
Europe Qualifier
North America Qualifier
Teams Competing SK Gaming Natus Vincere Team Liquid G2 Esports Virtus.pro Fnatic Astralis OpTic Gaming
Group stage Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 1 Natus Vincere 3–0 +24 Team Liquid16–9Mirage Virtus.pro16–9Train SK Gaming16-6Mirage Playoffs Playoffs 2 SK Gaming 3–1 +7 OpTic Gaming16–10Train Astralis16–13Overpass Natus Vincere6–16Mirage Virtus.pro16-8Train Playoffs 3–4 Virtus.pro 3–2 +15 Fnatic16–6Cobblestone Natus Vincere9–16Train Team Liquid16–8Mirage SK Gaming8–16Train OpTic Gaming16–14Cobblestone Team Liquid 3–2 0 Natus Vincere9–16Mirage G2 Esports16–7Train Virtus.pro8-16Mirage Fnatic16–14Dust II Fnatic16–12Dust II 5–6 Fnatic 2-3 +4 Virtus.pro6–16Cobblestone OpTic Gaming16-3Train Astralis16–9Dust II Team Liquid14–16Dust II Team Liquid12–16Dust II OpTic Gaming 2-3 -8 SK Gaming10–16Train Fnatic3–16Train G2 Esports16–7Cache Astralis16–12Overpass Virtus.pro14–16Train 7 Astralis 1-3 -11 G2 Esports16–13Dust II SK Gaming13–16Overpass Fnatic9-16Dust II OpTic Gaming12–16Overpass Eliminated 8 G2 Esports 0-3 -21 Astralis13–16Dust II Team Liquid7–16Train OpTic Gaming7–16Cache Eliminated Eliminated
Playoffs
Semifinals Scores Semifinals Team Score Map Score Team Natus Vincere 7 Cobblestone 16 Team Liquid Natus Vincere 16 Train 13 Team Liquid Natus Vincere 16 Dust II 10 Team Liquid SK Gaming 19 Mirage 16 Virtus.pro SK Gaming 21 Overpass 25 Virtus.pro SK Gaming 7 Nuke 16 Virtus.pro
Finals Scores Finals Team Score Map Score Team Natus Vincere 3 Cobblestone 16 Virtus.pro Natus Vincere 16 Train 8 Virtus.pro Natus Vincere 19 Mirage 17 Virtus.pro
Final standings Final Standings Place Prize Money Team Roster Coach 1st 125,000 Natus Vincere , Edward, , , GuardiaN 2nd 50,000 Virtus.pro TaZ, NEO, , Snax, 3rd 4th 25,000 SK Gaming FalleN, coldzera, , TACO, Team Liquid Hiko, EliGE, , , Pimp 5th 6th 8,500 Fnatic twist, olofmeister, Lekr0, dennis, wenton Jumpy OpTic Gaming , NAF, , RUSH, mixwell 7th 5,000 Astralis karrigan, , dupreeh, Xyp9x, Kjaerbye 8th 3,000 G2 Esports , , Rpk, SmithZz, ScreaM NiaK
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