ELEAGUE Season 1

The first season's full team list was announced on April 21, 2016.[9]

There were a total number of 24 teams competing in the league and it offers about US$1,400,000 in prize money per season.[10] It debuted on May 24, 2016. 23 invited teams and 1 team from the qualifier will compete in ELEAGUE[9][11]

Host

• Richard Lewis

Interviewers

• Chris Puckett
• Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico

Commentators

• James Bardolph
• Anders Blume
• Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
• Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat

Analysts

• Mohamad "m0E" Assad
• Dustin "dusT" Mouret
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Observers

• Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
• DJ "Prius" Kuntz

Producer

• Jason "Alchemist" Baker

Teams will be separated into six groups of four. Every week, one group will compete at a time. Tuesday and Wednesday will consist of group play to determine the standings of the group. One win gives one point to the winning team and a loss gives zero points. Each team will play the other three teams in its group twice. On Thursday, the group playoffs begin with the group semifinals, in which the team with the most points faces off against the team with the fewest points and the other two teams facing off against each other. The semifinals are in a best of three format, so the first team to win two games moves on to the group finals. The winner of those two series will face off Friday, live on TBS in the group finals, which is also a best of three. The winner of that game will move into the playoffs and the loser of that game will go into the Last Chance Qualifier bracket. In addition, the top two third place teams will also go into the Last Chance Qualifier to accommodate the last two spots in the bracket. A third place team is determined by the team with the higher seed of the two losing teams in the group semifinals.

The Last Chance Qualifier consists of eight teams – the six group runners-up and the top two third place teams. Teams will play in a single elimination bracket and each match is in a best of three format. The bracket continues until two teams remain. These two teams will earn spots in the Playoffs bracket.

The Playoffs consists of the six group winners and the top two teams out of the Last Chance Qualifier. This bracket is also a single elimination, best of three format. Teams will play and winners will advance in the bracket until a winner is decided.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

E2

FlipSid3 Tactics

0

A3

Renegades

2

A3

Renegades

0

F2

Virtus.pro

2

F2

Virtus.pro

2

F3

Gambit Gaming

0

F2

Virtus.pro

Q

E3

mousesports

Q

B2

G2 Esports

1

E3

mousesports

2

E3

mousesports

2

D2

FaZe Clan

1

D2

FaZe Clan

2

C2

Counter Logic G.

1

Quarterfinals Scores

Quarterfinals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
FlipSid3 Tactics	5	Cobblestone	16	Renegades
FlipSid3 Tactics	5	Train	16	Renegades
FlipSid3 Tactics	–	Nuke	–	Renegades
Virtus.pro	19	Dust II	17	Gambit Gaming
Virtus.pro	16	Mirage	6	Gambit Gaming
Virtus.pro	–	Train	–	Gambit Gaming
G2 Esports	9	Dust II	16	mousesports
G2 Esports	25	Cache	22	mousesports
G2 Esports	17	Overpass	19	mousesports
Counter Logic Gaming	4	Overpass	16	FaZe Clan
Counter Logic Gaming	16	Nuke	14	FaZe Clan
Counter Logic Gaming	19	Cache	22	FaZe Clan

Semifinals Scores

Semifinals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Renegades	9	Cobblestone	16	Virtus.pro
Renegades	20	Mirage	22	Virtus.pro
Renegades	–	Train	–	Virtus.pro
mousesports	9	Train†	16	FaZe Clan
mousesports	16	Dust II†	3	FaZe Clan
mousesports	19	Cache†	17	FaZe Clan

^† Game was broadcast on TBS.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

F1

Team EnVyUs

0

D1

Fnatic

2

D1

Fnatic

2

E1

Natus Vincere

0

E1

Natus Vincere

2

A2

Cloud9

0

D1

Fnatic

0

F2

Virtus.pro

2

C1

Astralis

0

E3

mousesports

2

E3

mousesports

0

F2

Virtus.pro

2

F2

Virtus.pro

2

B1

Ninjas in Pyjamas

0

Quarterfinals Scores

Quarterfinals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	13	Cobblestone	16	Fnatic
Team EnVyUs	7	Dust II	16	Fnatic
Team EnVyUs	–	Nuke	–	Fnatic
Natus Vincere	19	Dust II	15	Cloud9
Natus Vincere	9	Mirage	16	Cloud9
Natus Vincere	16	Dust II	14	Cloud9
Astralis	2	Mirage	16	mousesports
Astralis	12	Dust II	16	mousesports
Astralis	–	Cache	–	mousesports
Ninjas in Pyjamas	8	Dust II†	16	Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas	9	Cobblestone†	16	Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas	–	Train	–	Virtus.pro

Semifinals Scores

Semifinals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Fnatic	16	Cobblestone	4	Natus Vincere
Fnatic	16	Train	14	Natus Vincere
Fnatic	–	Train	–	Natus Vincere
mousesports	7	Train†	16	Virtus.pro
mousesports	10	Train†	16	Virtus.pro
mousesports	–	Train	–	Virtus.pro

Finals Scores

Finals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Fnatic	10	Cobblestone†	16	Virtus.pro
Fnatic	8	Mirage†	16	Virtus.pro
Fnatic	–	Train	–	Virtus.pro

^† Game was broadcast on TBS.

Final Standings
Place	Prize Money	Team	Roster
1st	$400,000	Virtus.pro1	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali
2nd	$140,000	Fnatic	flusha, olofmeister, JW, dennis, KRiMZ
3rd – 4th	$70,000	mousesports1	nex, denis, Spiidi, chrisJ, NiKo
	$60,000	Natus Vincere	Zeus, Edward, flamie, seized, GuardiaN
5th – 8th	$50,000	Team EnVyUs	kennyS, Happy, apEX, DEVIL, NBK-
		Cloud92	Stewie2K, Skadoodle, n0thing, Slemmy, shroud
		Astralis	dev1ce, karrigan, Xyp9x, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, zonic
		Ninjas in Pyjamas	GeT RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, pyth
9th – 10th	$40,000	Renegades2	AZR, jks, Yam, USTILO, Rickeh, SPUNJ
		FaZe Clan	fox, rain, jkaem, aizy, kioShiMa
11th – 14th	$40,000	Flipsid3 Tactics	Blad3, markeloff, Shara, WorldEdit, waylander
		Gambit Gaming2	hooch, Dosia, spaze, DavCost, mou, AdreN
		G2 Esports	shox, bodyy, Rpk, SmithZz, Fuks, ScreaM
		Counter Logic Gaming	reltuC, tarik, hazed, jdm64, koosta, pita
15th – 16th	$30,000	OpTic Gaming	daps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, mixwell
		Team Dignitas	cajunb, k0nfig, tenzki, MSL, RUBINO
17th – 22nd	$30,000	Echo Fox	sgares, ryx, roca, ShahZam, fREAKAZOiD
		NRG eSports	ptr, FugLy, tabseN, gob b, LEGIJA
		compLexity Gaming	sancz, witmer, dephh, Surreal, androidx23
		Team SoloMid	autimatic, SicK, Semphis, FNS, Cadian
		Team Liquid	Hiko, nitr0, EliGE, koosta, adreN
		Selfless Gaming	Relyks, MAiNLiNE, Nifty, mitch, CoNnOrRr93
DQ	–	Luminosity Gaming2, 3	FalleN, coldzera, TACO, fnx, fer
		SK Gaming2, 3	Friis, AcilioN, Magiskb0Y, Pimp, MODDII

¹Virtus.pro and mousesports received an additional $10,000 for winning the Last Chance Qualifier

²Luminosity Gaming and SK Gaming were disqualified from the tournament due to SK Gaming letting go of its Danish squad and acquiring Luminosity Gaming's team. This does "not comply with" ELEAGUE rules, according to the commissioner at ELEAGUE.[12] Cloud9 took Luminosity's spot in the playoffs, Renegades took Cloud9's spot in the Last Chance Qualifier, and Gambit Gaming took SK Gaming's spot in the third place group stage standings, which lead the Russians to the Last Chance Qualifier.

³Luminosity Gaming (now with SK Gaming) and SK Gaming (now with Team X) were still eligible for unspecified winnings, despite the rulebook stating that disqualified teams forfeit all potential winnings.[13]

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