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.
The season began with Season 1 semifinalist mousesports defeating Brazil's second best team Immortals and ended in the grand finals with OpTic Gaming pulling off an upset against Astralis to take home Season 2's ELEAGUE title.
In Romania This Tournament Is Brocasted On Pro Arena
Format Season 2 will reflect a format much like a CS:GO major, such at the recent ESL One Cologne 2016.
The top eight finishers from last season's ELEAGUE will automatically be invited to compete in the second season. The other sixteen teams are invited to play in the Closed Qualifiers in their respective continents. Each continent will feature three open qualifiers that have sixteen teams each.
Each continent will have three open qualifiers, and each open qualifier will have sixteen teams playing in a single elimination, best of one bracket. Four teams from the first and second European open qualifiers, three from the third European qualifier, two from the first and second North American qualifiers, and one from the third North American qualifier will move on to play in their respective closed qualifiers.
Eleven teams from the European open qualifiers and five teams from the North American open qualifiers will compete in their respective closed qualifiers. Four teams from each closed qualifier will progress to ELEAGUE Season 2, making a total of sixteen teams. In both closed qualifiers, teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket until a four teams remain.
The group stage will feature four groups, making four teams per group. Teams will play in a double elimination group stage. The highest seed in the group will play against the lowest seed and the other two teams will play against each other. The two winners and two losers will then play against each other. The winner of the winners match will move on to the Playoffs and the loser of the winners match will play a third match against the winner of the losers match. The loser of the losers match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams in the group will play; the winner of the match will get a spot in the Playoffs and the loser will head home. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs.
The Playoffs will consist of the eight teams. Teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket and will keep playing until a winner is decided.
Qualifiers
European Closed Qualifier Europe
Team Dignitas (Season 1) FaZe Clan (Season 1) Gambit Gaming (Season 1) Flipsid3 Tactics (Season 1) G2 Esports (Season 1) ALTERNATE aTTaX (Open Qualifier 1) Team Kinguin (Open Qualifier 1) HellRaisers (Open Qualifier 1) GODSENT (Open Qualifier 1) XPRESIV'E Club (Open Qualifier 2) ENCORE (Open Qualifier 2) Deadweight (Open Qualifier 2) passion (Open Qualifier 2) Tengri (Open Qualifier 3) tRICKED eSport (Open Qualifier 3) walkover (Open Qualifier 3)
North American Closed Qualifier North America
SK Gaming1 (Season 1) compLexity Gaming (Season 1) Echo Fox (Season 1) Counter Logic Gaming (Season 1) NRG Esports (Season 1) Luminosity Gaming1 (Season 1) Team Liquid (Season 1) OpTic Gaming Renegades (Season 1) Selfless Gaming (Season 1) Team SoloMid (Season 1) Immortals (Open Qualifier 1) Splyce (Open Qualifier 2) Muffin Lightning (Open Qualifier 2) (Open Qualifier 3) 1 SK Gaming released its Danish roster and picked up the roster of Luminosity Gaming. Luminosity then picked up the roster of Winout.net, another Brazilian team, after its former roster leaves for SK. The former Danish squad, now under the organization Heroic, was not invited to any qualifier.
Teams Competing The top eight teams from ELEAGUE Season 1 will be joined by eight other teams, four from each closed qualifier.
Astralis (Season 1 Top 8) Natus Vincere (Season 1 Top 8) Ninjas in Pyjamas (Season 1 Top 8) Virtus.pro (Season 1 Top 8) Fnatic (Season 1 Top 8) Cloud9 (Season 1 Top 8) Team EnVyUs (Season 1 Top 8) mousesports (Season 1 Top 8) G2 Esports (EU Closed Qualifier) Team Dignitas (EU Closed Qualifier) FaZe Clan (EU Closed Qualifier) ALTERNATE aTTaX (EU Closed Qualifier) SK Gaming (NA Closed Qualifier) OpTic Gaming (NA Closed Qualifier) Immortals (NA Closed Qualifier) Echo Fox (NA Closed Qualifier)
Broadcast Talent Analysts Richard Lewis Duncan "Thorin" Shields Jason "moses" O'Toole Scott "SirScoots" Smith
Commentators Anders Blume Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat Daniel "ddk" Kapadia James Bardolph
Interviewers Kate Yeager Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico
Observers Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo DJ "Prius" Kuntz Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift Benjamin "CoffeeMcSwagger" Budka
Group stage
Group A Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points 1 mousesports 2–0 35–25 +10 2 2 FaZe Clan 2–1 111–98 +13 2 3 Cloud9 1–2 80–81 −1 1 4 Immortals 0–2 43–65 −22 0
Group A Results mousesports 1 0 Immortals Cloud9 1 0 FaZe Clan mousesports 1 0 Cloud9 FaZe Clan 2 1 Immortals Cloud9 1 2 FaZe Clan
Group A Scores Team Score Map Score Team mousesports 16 Mirage 9 Immortals Cloud9 16 Train 7 FaZe Clan mousesports 19 Dust II† 16 Cloud9 FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 2 Immortals FaZe Clan 17 Train 19 Immortals FaZe Clan 16 Overpass 13 Immortals Cloud9 20 Mirage 22 FaZe Clan Cloud919 Train 17 FaZe Clan Cloud9 9 Overpass 16 FaZe Clan
Group B Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points 1 Virtus.pro 2–0 32–8 +24 2 2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–1 55–39 +16 2 3 G2 Esports 1–2 55–53 +2 1 4 Echo Fox 0–2 6–48 −43 0
Group B Results Virtus.pro 1 0 Echo Fox Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 0 G2 Esports Virtus.pro 1 0 Ninjas in Pyjamas G2 Esports 2 0 Echo Fox Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 0 G2 Esports
Group B Scores Team Score Map Score Team Virtus.pro 16 Nuke 1 Echo Fox Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 5 G2 Esports Virtus.pro 16 Cobblestone† 7 Ninjas in Pyjamas G2 Esports 16 Nuke 3 Echo Fox G2 Esports 16 Dust 2 2 Echo Fox G2 Esports Cache Echo Fox Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Nuke 8 G2 Esports Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Train 10 G2 Esports Ninjas in Pyjamas Cobblestone G2 Esports
Group C Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points 1 Astralis 2–0 32–19 +13 2 2 SK Gaming 2–1 61–42 +19 2 3 Natus Vincere 1–2 50–59 −9 1 4 ALTERNATE aTTaX 0–2 17–48 −31 0
Group C Results Natus Vincere 0 1 SK Gaming Astralis 1 0 ALTERNATE aTTaX Astralis 1 0 SK Gaming Natus Vincere 2 0 ALTERNATE aTTaX SK Gaming 2 0 Natus Vincere
Group C Scores Team Score Map Score Team Natus Vincere 10 Train 16 SK Gaming Astralis 16 Nuke 6 ALTERNATE aTTaX Astralis 16 Overpass† 13 SK Gaming Natus Vincere 16 Cobblestone 3 ALTERNATE aTTaX Natus Vincere 16 Overpass 8 ALTERNATE aTTaX Natus Vincere Nuke ALTERNATE aTTaX SK Gaming 16 Dust II 8 Natus Vincere SK Gaming 16 Train 8 Natus Vincere SK Gaming Nuke Natus Vincere
Group D Seed Team Record RF-RA RD Points 1 Team Dignitas 2–0 32–15 +17 2 2 OpTic Gaming 2–1 94–62 +32 2 3 Fnatic 1–2 38–65 −27 1 4 Team EnVyUs 0–2 39–61 −22 0
Group D Results Fnatic 1 0 OpTic Gaming Team EnVyUs 0 1 Team Dignitas Fnatic 0 1 Team Dignitas Team EnVyUS 1 2 OpTic Gaming Fnatic 0 2 OpTic Gaming
Group D Scores Team Score Map Score Team Fnatic 19 Cache 17 OpTic Gaming Team EnVyUS 12 Cobblestone 16 Team Dignitas Fnatic 3 Overpass† 16 Team Dignitas Team EnVyUS 3 Overpass 16 OpTic Gaming Team EnVyUS 16 Dust II 13 OpTic Gaming Team EnVyUS 8 Cobblestone 16 OpTic Gaming Fnatic 5 Cobblestone 16 OpTic Gaming Fnatic 11 Dust II 16 OpTic Gaming Fnatic Train OpTic Gaming
† Game was broadcast on TBS.
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Team Score Map Score Team Team Dignitas 6 Dust II 16 SK Gaming Team Dignitas 16 Mirage 4 SK Gaming Team Dignitas 14 Overpass 16 SK Gaming Astralis 13 Cobblestone 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas Astralis 16 Train 2 Ninjas in Pyjamas Astralis 16 Overpass 10 Ninjas in Pyjamas mousesports 7 Train 16 OpTic Gaming mousesports 11 Cache 16 OpTic Gaming mousesports Dust II OpTic Gaming Virtus.pro 16 Nuke† 4 FaZe Clan Virtus.pro 10 Overpass† 16 FaZe Clan Virtus.pro 14 Cache† 16 FaZe Clan
Semifinals Team Score Map Score Team SK Gaming 11 Overpass 16 Astralis SK Gaming 12 Train 16 Astralis SK Gaming Dust II Astralis OpTic Gaming 16 Train† 3 FaZe Clan OpTic Gaming 16 Overpass† 12 FaZe Clan OpTic Gaming Dust II FaZe Clan
Finals Team Score Map Score Team Astralis 16 Train† 9 OpTic Gaming Astralis 6 Cobblestone† 16 OpTic Gaming Astralis 11 Overpass† 16 OpTic Gaming
Final standings Final Standings Place Prize Money Team Roster 1st 400,000 OpTic Gaming NAF, , RUSH, , 2nd 140,000 Astralis , Xyp9x, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, 3rd 4th 60,000 SK Gaming FalleN, , , TACO, FaZe Clan karrigan, , rain, kioShiMa, allu 5th 8th 50,000 Team Dignitas , , Magiskb0y, MSL, RUBINO Ninjas in Pyjamas f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, , friberg mousesports , Spiidi, NiKo, ChrisJ, loWel Virtus.pro NEO, TaZ, Snax, , 9th 12th 30,000 Cloud9 n0thing, Stewie2K, Skadoodle, , G2 Esports , SmithZz, Rpk, bodyy, ScreaM Natus Vincere , , Edward, , GuardiaN Fnatic olofmeister, KRiMZ, , , Jumpy 13th 16th 30,000 Immortals HEN1, LUCAS1, zews, , Echo Fox sgares, ShahZaM, , fREAKAZOiD, ALTERNATE aTTaX , crisby, , tiziaN, syrsoN Team EnVyUs kennyS, Happy, SIXER, , NBK-
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