ESL One Cologne 2016

ESL One 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
Administrator(s)Valve
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
Champions SK Gaming
1st runners-up Team Liquid
2nd runners-up Fnatic
Virtus.pro
MVP Marcelo "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
  • 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)
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
A1   Team Immunity 0  
B2   Renegades 2  
  B2   Renegades 2  
  B1   TyLoo 0  
B1   TyLoo 2
A2   VG.CyberZen 1  
  B2   Renegades 1
  B1   TyLoo 2
A1   Team Immunity 0  
B2   VG.CyberZen 2  
  B1   TyLoo  2
  A2   VG.CyberZen 0  

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
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
A1   Team Dignitas 2  
B2   ENCE eSports 0  
  A1   Team Dignitas 2  
  A2   Team Orbit 1  
B1   HellRaisers 0
A2   Team Orbit 2  
  A1   Team Dignitas 2
  B1   HellRaisers 1
B2   ENCE eSports 0  
B1   HellRaisers 2  
  A2   Team Orbit   1
  B1   HellRaisers 2  

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
  • 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)
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
A1   FLuffy Gangster 2  
B2   ANOX 1  
  A1   FLuffy Gangsters 1  
  A2   Team Empire 2  
B1   Worst Players 1
A2   Team Empire 2  
  A2   Team Empire 0
  A1   FLuffy Gangster 2
B2   ANOX 1  
B1   Worst Players 2  
  A1   FLuffy Gangster   2
  B1   Worst Players 0  

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
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
A1   Tempo Storm 2  
B2   Selfless Gaming 0  
  A1   Tempo Storm 0  
  B1   OpTic Gaming 2  
B1   OpTic Gaming 2
A2   Team SoloMid 1  
  B1   OpTic Gaming 2
  A1   Tempo Storm 1
B2   Selfless Gaming 0  
A2   Team SoloMid 2  
  A1   Tempo Storm   2
  A2   Team SoloMid 0  

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 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

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.

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

Teams
Legends
Challengers

Prior to the tournament, changes took place.

Counter Logic Gaming and Jacob "FugLy" Medina mutually part ways with each other. FugLy was replaced with CLG's coach, Faruk "pita" Pita.[11]

Astralis and Team Dignitas trade René "cajunb" Borg and Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye. While cajunb was allowed to play with his new team at the major, Kjaerbye could not since he played with Team Dignitas at the qualifying event. Astralis used Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander as a substitute.[12] Midway through the major, Peter "dupreeh" Rothmann of Astralis had to drop out of the tournament due to an appendix infection. Astralis's coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen took his spot for the rest of the tournament.[13]

Team Liquid and Counter Logic Gaming trade Kenneth "koosta" Suen and Joshua "jdm64" Marzano, respectively.[14]

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 his players, but SK Gaming said 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.[15]

Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey replaced Mikail "Maikelele" Bill on FaZe Clan's roster.[16]

OpTic Gaming release Shahzeeb "ShahZaM" Khan from the team and bring in Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas from Spain.[17]

Gambit Gaming brought in Ivan "spaze" Obrezhan after Jan "wayLander" Rahkonen left the team. wayLander eventually replaced Vladyslav "bondik" Nechyporchuk on FlipSid3 Tactics.[18][19][20]

G2 Esports's in-game leader Kevin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans was replaced by the up-and-coming star Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro. Richard "shox" Papillon would take over as the in-game leader.[21]

Pre-major ranking

The HLTV.org July 4, 2016 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the final one released before the ESL One Cologne 2016. It included all tournaments up to ECS Season 1 Finals, in which G2 Esports defeated Luminosity Gaming (now SK Gaming).[22]

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

†Change since June 27, 2016 ranking

Relevant tournaments
Key
Valve-sponsored Major
Premier tournament
Relevant major tournament

The following list shows the relevant tournaments to the rankings. From top to bottom, the tournament becomes more relevant to the rankings. Those in gold indicates the tournament was a Major, meaning Valve, the developers of the game, sponsored the tournament to host a CS:GO major. A premier tournament means it offers an outstanding prize pool, is frequently played offline, and features the best players from all over the world. A major tournament simply means the tournament features a large prize pool and a good number of top teams. This list also shows where the tournament took place, the number of teams at the tournament, the winner and runner-up, prize pool, and – if applicable – HLTV's most valuable player of the tournament.

Relevant tournaments
Tournament Location Teams Winner Runner-Up Prize Pool MVP
FACEIT 2015 Stage 2 Finals[23] Valencia 8 Team SoloMid Cloud9 US$150,000
Acer Predator Masters Season 1[24] Krefeld 12 HellRaisers mousesports US$40,000
CEVO Season 7: Professional[25] Columbus 8 Virtus.pro Natus Vincere US$117,000
Intel Extreme Masters Season X - Gamescom[26] Cologne 6 Team EnVyUs Team SoloMid US$85,000
ESL Meisterschaft: Summer 2015[27] Cologne 8 mousesports PENTA Sports €8,500
Game Show League Season 2[28] Krefeld 16 Team SoloMid Fnatic US$30,000
ESL One Cologne 2015[29] Cologne 16 Fnatic Team EnVyUs US$250,000 flusha
ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational[30] Dubai 8 Virtus.pro Team SoloMid US$250,000
DreamHack Open London 2015[31] London 8 Team EnVyUs Team SoloMid US$40,000
Gfinity Champion of Champions[32] Birmingham 4 Team EnVyUs Fnatic US$100,000
PGL CS:GO Championship Series Season 1[33] Bucharest 12 Team SoloMid Virtus.pro US$110,000
The World Championships 2015[34] Belgrade 12 France Poland US$100,000
DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015[35] Cluj-Napoca 16 Team EnVyUs Natus Vincere US$250,000 kennyS
Crown Counter-Strike Invitational[36] Melbourne 6 Virtus.pro Team Immunity AUD 55,000
Game Show League Season 2[37] Krefeld 16 Team SoloMid Fnatic US$30,000
iBUYPOWER Cup[38] Santa Ana 8 Cloud9 Team Liquid US$100,000
Intel Extreme Masters Season X – San Jose[39] San Jose 8 Natus Vincere Team SoloMid US$100,000
FACEIT 2015 Stage 3 Finals[40] Jönköping 8 Natus Vincere Team SoloMid US$100,000
Fragbite Masters Season 5[41] Stockholm 4 Fnatic Ninjas in Pyjamas 500,000 kr
ESL Pro League Season 2[42] Burbank 24 Fnatic Natus Vincere US$500,000
Northern Arena 2015[43] Toronto 8 Counter Logic Gaming compLexity Gaming US$20,000
StarLadder i-League StarSeries XIV Finals[44] Minsk 8 Fnatic Natus Vincere US$200,000 olofmeister
DreamHack Open Leipzig 2016[45] Leipzig 8 Natus Vincere Luminosity Gaming US$100,000 flamie
Game Show Global eSports Cup 2016[46] Vilnius 48 Team EnVyUs Team Dignitas US$200,000 kennyS
Acer Predator Masters Season 2[47] Krefeld 8 mousesports FlipSid3 Tactics US$40,000
ESL Barcelona CS:GO Invitational[48] Barcelona 8 Fnatic Astralis US$83,490 dennis
Intel Extreme Masters Season X – World Championship[49] Katowice 12 Fnatic Luminosity Gaming US$250,000 olofmeister
Counter Pit League Season 2 Finals[50] Split 8 Natus Vincere Astralis US$80,000 GuardiaN
MLG Major Championship: Columbus[51] Columbus 16 Luminosity Gaming Natus Vincere US$1,000,000 coldzera
DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016[52] Malmö 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas Natus Vincere US$250,000 Xizt
DreamHack Open Austin 2016[53] Austin 8 Luminosity Gaming Tempo Storm US$100,000 FalleN
CEVO Gfinity Pro-League Season 9[54] London 8 Tempo Storm SK Gaming US$125,000 boltz
ESL Pro League Season 3[55] London 24 Luminosity Gaming G2 Esports US$750,000 coldzera
StarLadder i-League Invitational #1[56] Kiev 8 Virtus.pro Natus Vincere US$100,000 Snax
ELEAGUE Season 1[57] Atlanta 24 Virtus.pro Fnatic US$1,400,000 Snax
DreamHack Open Summer 2016[58] Jönköping 8 Immortals Ninjas in Pyjamas US$100,000 felps
Esports Championship Series Season 1[59] London 20 G2 Esports Luminosity Gaming US$945,000 shox
Premier tournament wins
  • Fnatic: 5
  • Team EnVyUs: 5
  • Virtus.pro: 4
  • Natus Vincere: 3
  • Astralis: 2
  • SK Gaming: 2
  • G2 Esports: 1
  • Counter Logic Gaming: 0
  • OpTic Gaming: 0
  • FaZe Clan: 0
  • FlipSid3 Tactics: 0
  • Gambit Gaming: 0
  • mousesports: 0
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas: 0
  • Team Dignitas: 0
  • Team Liquid: 0

Top 20 players in the tournament

The top 20 players of 2016 were ranked by HLTV.org. Below is the list of players in the top 20. Two players were on the list, but were not at the major, including allu from Finland at number 19 from ENCE eSports and Skadoodle from the United States at number 20 from Cloud9. Players who dropped off the list from 2014 included pashaBiceps from Virtus.pro from Poland (3rd), byali from Virtus.pro from Poland (13th), friberg from Ninjas in Pyjamas from Sweden (14th), swag who was permanently banned due to the iBUYPOWER scandal from the United States (18th), and kioShiMa from Team EnVyUs from France (19th).[60]

HLTV.org Top 20 Players of 2015
World Ranking
Rank Name Team Move from 2014
1 olofmeister Fnatic 11
2 GuardiaN Natus Vincere 9
3 dev1ce Astralis 17
4 Snax Virtus.pro
5 flusha Fnatic 3
6 kennyS Team EnVyUs
7 KRiMZ Fnatic 2
8 Happy Team EnVyUs 2
9 NBK- Team EnVyUs 6
10 JW Fnatic 5
11 GeT RiGhT Ninjas in Pyjamas 10
12 dupreeh Astralis 4
13 shox G2 Esports 5
14 flamie Natus Vincere NEW
15 cajunb Team Dignitas NEW
16 f0rest Ninjas in Pyjamas 9
17 NEO Virtus.pro NEW
18 apEX Team EnVyUs 3

Group Stage

The four groups were announced on ESL's social media accounts on June 12, 2016.[61]

Group A
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
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
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
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.[62]

Playoffs

Bracket
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

Virtus.pro vs. Astralis

Casters: moses & Pansy

Virtus.pro–Astralis Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Astralis BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
Nuke Dust II Overpass Train Mirage Cobblestone Cache
Virtus.pro BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
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

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

SK–F3 Vetoes
Map Vetoes
SK Gaming BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
Cache Dust II Mirage Nuke Overpass Cobblestone Train
FlipSid3 Tactics BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
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

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Na'Vi–Liquid Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Natus Vincere BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
Cache Overpass Train Nuke Dust II Mirage Cobblestone
Team Liquid BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
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

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Gambit–Fnatic Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Gambit Gaming BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
Overpass Nuke Train Cache Cobblestone Mirage Dust II
Fnatic BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
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

Virtus.pro vs SK Gaming

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

VP–SK Vetoes
Map Vetoes
SK Gaming BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
Cache Overpass Cobblestone Nuke Dust II Train Mirage
Virtus.pro BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
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

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Liquid–Fnatic Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Team Liquid BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
Overpass Nuke Cobblestone Cache Dust II Mirage Train
Fnatic BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
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

Casters: Anders Blume, Semmler, & moses

SK–Liquid Vetoes
Map Vetoes
SK Gaming BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
Cache Overpass Train Cobblestone Dust II Mirage Nuke
Team Liquid BAN PICK RANDOM RANDOM RANDOM
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
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 zonic
FlipSid3 Tactics Blad3, 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

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.[63]

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

†Change since July 4, 2016 ranking

Showmatch

The showmatch was played before the final set between Team Liquid and SK Gaming. Teams each consisted of one player from the tournament not on SK Gaming or Team Liquid, one professional female player, two casters, and an audience member.

BOT Bardolph16–4Team Juliano
Spiidi
missharvey
moses
HenryG
KrowNii 		Cache kennyS
juliano
sadokist
JZFBEAST
aNtrex
Casters: BLU, Pansy, & mitch

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