StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019

The StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019, also known as StarLadder Major 2019 or Berlin 2019, was the fifteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was held in Berlin, Germany from August 23 to September 8, 2019.[1][2] Fourteen teams qualify for this Major based on their top fourteen placements from the last Major, the Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019, while another ten teams qualify from their respective regional qualifiers.[3] It features a US$1,000,000 prize pool and twenty-four professional teams from around the world as with previous Majors. It was also the first time the Ukrainian-based organization StarLadder hosted a Major along with its long-term Chinese partner ImbaTV. The Berlin Major is the eighth consecutive major with a prize pool of $1,000,000 since Valve announced the prize pool increase from $250,000 at MLG Columbus 2016.[4]

StarLadder Major 2019
2019
The StarLadder Major 2019 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationBerlin, Germany
DatesAugust 23–September 8, 2019
Administrator(s)Valve
StarLadder
ImbaTV
Tournament
format(s)
Two 16 team swiss-system group stages
8 team single-elimination playoff
VenueVerti Music Hall
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Teams24
PurseUS$1,000,000
Final positions
Champions Astralis
1st runners-up AVANGAR
2nd runners-up Renegades
NRG Esports
MVP Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz

After the major, Astralis became the only team in CS:GO to win four majors, and the only team to win three majors consecutively. The player dev1ce became tied with coldzera in terms of major MVPs, with them having two each.

Background
Further information: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In competitive play, the game pits two teams against each other: the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists. Both sides are tasked with eliminating the other while also completing separate objectives. The Terrorists must either plant a bomb or kill the entire Counter-Terrorist team, while the Counter-Terrorists must either prevent the bomb from being planted by killing the entire Terrorist team or defusing the bomb. Once the bomb is planted, counter-terrorists have forty seconds to defuse the bomb; under normal circumstances, it takes ten seconds to defuse the bomb, but purchasing a defuse kit reduces the defuse time to five seconds. At the end of each round, players are rewarded based on their individual performance with in-game currency to spend on more powerful weapons in subsequent rounds. Winning rounds results in more money than losing, and completing objectives such as killing enemy players gives cash bonuses. However, the more consecutive rounds a team loses, the more money the losing team earns, with the loss bonus capping after five rounds; once that team wins a round, the loss round bonus resets to the minimum amount each player could earn after a round.

The current defending champions are Astralis, after winning their third major championship at the IEM Katowice Major 2019. Both Astralis and Fnatic have the most Major titles with three.

Format

There are four regional qualifiers – Americas, Asia, CIS, and Europe. Two teams from each qualifier will move on to the New Challengers stage. Each Minor will feature eight teams. In addition, the teams that placed third in their respective Minors will have another shot at the Major as since Valve reduced the number of direct invites from sixteen to fourteen, the last two spots will be decided through a third place qualifier, in which the teams that placed third at each Minor will play until two teams remain.

Map Pool

The map pool was changed for this Major. Cache was taken out of the map pool as Valve announced it would be undergoing renovations. Rather than debuting a new Cobblestone, which is normally in the map pool, Valve introduced Vertigo for the first time as part of its competitive map pool.[5]

Maps
  • Dust II
  • Mirage
  • Inferno
  • Nuke
  • Train
  • Overpass
  • Vertigo

Minors

Each regional qualifier, called "Minors", featured eight teams. Each Minor also had a US$50,000 prize pool, with first place receiving US$30,000, second place taking in US$15,000, and third place raking in the last US$5,000. Like past recent Minors, no teams were directly invited to the Minors.[6] There is no prize pool for the third place play in. The Europe and Americas Minors will start on July 17 and last until July 21. The CIS and Asia Minors will start on July 24 and last until July 28; the third place play in will take place on July 29.

Each Minor will feature two groups of four teams in a standard, GSL format group stage. The highest and lowest seed of the group and then other two teams will play in a best of one. The winners will play in a best of three and then the losers will play in a best of three. The winner of the winner's match will qualify for the bracket stage while the loser of the loser's match will be eliminated. The last two teams in the group will play in a best of three; the winner will move on to the bracket stage and the loser will be eliminated. The bracket stage will be a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The top two teams will qualify for the New Challengers stage of the Major, the third place team will have another shot in the third place play-in, while the fourth place team will be eliminated.

The third place play-in will be a four team, double elimination bracket. The initial and winner's match will be a best of one while the elimination matches will be a best of three. The top three teams move on to the Major as Cloud9 lost their Major spot so the spot is replaced by a team from the third place play-in.

Americas Minor

The Americas Minor will feature six teams from North America and two teams from South America. The North American closed qualifier featured sixteen teams, with eight teams being invited and another eight teams coming from four open qualifiers. Like the Europe Minor closed qualifier, the North America qualifier was a sixteen team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Notable teams such as Luminosity Gaming, Team Envy, and Boston 2018 champions Cloud9 failed to make it to the Minor. The South America qualifier initially had eight invited teams, but DETONA Gaming's Vinicius "v$m" Moreira had a VAC ban, forcing the team to withdraw from the qualifier. The last spot was filled in by a last chance qualifier.[7]

Teams
  • eUnited (NA Closed #1-4)
  • FURIA Esports (NA Closed #1-4)
  • NRG Esports (NA Closed #1-4)
  • Team One (NA Closed #5-6)
  • Team Singularity (NA Closed #5-6)
  • Luminosity Gaming (NA Closed #7-8)[Note 1][8]
  • Sharks Esports (SA Closed #1)
  • INTZ eSports (SA Closed #2)
Notes
  1. Lazarus Gaming decide to withdraw from the Minor due to roster issues involving Braxton "swag" Pierce, who was permanently banned by Valve due to his involvement in the iBUYPOWER and NetcodeGuides.com match fixing scandal. StarLadder decided to replace the team with the two teams that placed 7th in the closed qualifier: Team Envy and Luminosity Gaming. However, Envy decided not to have a chance to attend the Major and attend Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV - Chicago, giving the spot to Luminosity.


  First round Semifinals StarLadder Berlin 2019
                             
B1 INTZ eSports 2  
A2 Sharks Esports 0  
  B1 INTZ eSports 0  
  A1 NRG Esports 2  
A1 NRG Esports 2
B2 FURIA Esports 0  
  A1 NRG Esports Q
  B2 FURIA Esports Q
A2 Sharks Esports 0  
B2 FURIA Esports 2  
  B1 INTZ eSports 1
  B2 FURIA Esports 2  
Americas Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

NRG Esports started off the Berlin Minors with an easy win over Team One. Sharks Esports was able to take advantage of Team Singularity's inexperience and had a relatively easy time closing out the game. INTZ eSports kicked off group B with an upset over the red hot FURIA Esports in a close game, as INTZ's team effort, with all the players getting at least 20 kills, proved to be the difference. eUnited vs Luminosity Gaming was a battle between inexperience versus inconsistency, but Luminosity's new acquisition of João "felps" Vasconcellos was the impact factor, as felps had 33 kills. NRG was barely able to take a 2–0 win over Sharks as Jhonatan "jnt" Silva's 46 kills gave NRG a scare. INTZ booked a spot in the bracket by taking a very close three game series over Luminosity. Team One was the first team to be eliminated after a fairly close three game series with Singularity. The two favorites of group B met in the loser's match, and FURIA came out on top over eUnited. Sharks looked to continue the streak of underdog Brazilian teams making an impact and it did so as Sharks eliminated Singularity 2-1 behind Raphael "exit" Lacerda's 55 kills. FURIA took a close one over Luminosity and then had an easy second half on the second map, allowing just two rounds and FURIA stayed alive and eliminated Luminosity.

INTZ was able to edge out Sharks in a close two game series as Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe had a massive 60 kills to carry his team. NRG easily took care of FURIA in the first map, but had to fight hard in a double overtime affair over the up-and-coming Brazilians. NRG then took down INTZ in the winner's finals as Cvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov was dominant in the run and NRG qualified for its second Major. FURIA was able to take down Sharks as the Argentinians were close to making its first Major. FURIA got revenge over INTZ as Yuri "yuurih" Santos's 66 kills outclassed everyone on the server, and FURIA booked another flight to Berlin.

Europe Minor

The Europe Minor closed qualifier featured sixteen teams. No teams were invited to the Minor, but eight teams were invited to the closed qualifier while another eight teams came from four open qualifiers. The closed qualifier was a sixteen team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Notable teams such as Virtus.pro, OpTic Gaming, Heroic, and Windigo Gaming did not qualify for the Minor.[9]

Teams
  • CR4ZY (Closed #1-4)
  • Fnatic (Closed #1-4)
  • mousesports (Closed #1-4)
  • North (Closed #1-4)
  • BIG (Closed #5-8)
  • NoChance (Closed #5-8)
  • Sprout (Closed #5-8)
  • Team Ancient (Closed #5-8)
  First round Semifinals StarLadder Berlin 2019
                             
B1 Fnatic 0  
A2 mousesports 2  
  A2 mousesports 2  
  B2 North 0  
A1 CR4ZY 0
B2 North 2  
  A2 mousesports Q
  A1 CR4ZY Q
B1 Fnatic 0  
A1 CR4ZY 2  
  B2 North 0
  A1 CR4ZY 2  
Europe Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

NoChance kicked off the Europe Minor with an upset over mousesports, barely edging out the Germany-based team; four of the five NoChance players had at least 20 kills each. CR4ZY, formerly called Valiance & Co, was able to hold off Sprout Esports, which won six unanswered rounds to start off the second half. Nemanja "huNter" Kovač was able to outduel Nils "k1to" Gruhne in the win. In group B, North had almost no trouble taking down BIG while Fnatic were able to take a 13-2 halftime lead over Team Ancient and did not look back. In the group A winner's match, CR4ZY was able to take down NoChance without too much trouble as Nestor "LETN1" Tanić had 46 kills in the two-game sweep. Fnatic dismantled North in the first map of group B's winner's matchup and then limited the Danish offense in the second half of the second map as Jesper "JW" Wecksell put on a vintage performance with 25 kills. After making a comeback in the first map and taking a 12–3 lead in the second map, Sprout looked to close things out. However, Finn "karrigan" Andersen rallied his team and completely overran the Sprout defense in the second half. Sprout took a small lead into the third map halftime, but, once again, mousesports rallied back and only allowed one round and Sprout was eliminated. Group B's loser's match had Ancient and BIG splitting the first two maps and the third map went to overtime. Lead by Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz, BIG was able to squeeze out the win 19–17 over Ancient. mousesports took revenge on NoChance after taking the three game series with Özgür "woxic" Eker leading the server. BIG tried to take revenge on North, but North was able to hold the Germans off with Philip "aizy" Aistrup's 48 kills and Nicklas "gade" Gade's 46 leading the way.

mousesports took down Fnatic in a two-game sweep to move on while North was able to handle CR4ZY with relative ease. mousesports clinched a spot at the Major with the young David "frozen" Čerňanský leading with way. CR4ZY upset Fnatic in two close games, marking the first time in Fnatic's history that it would not be at a CSGO Major. CR4ZY continued its winning ways with a dominant two-game sweep over North to book a spot at the Major.

Asia Minor

The Asia Minor will feature eight teams. Unlike the other Minors, the Asia Minor featured teams from six geographical regions. All qualifiers featured four invited teams with four more coming from two open qualifiers, except for the Greater China qualifier – which had sixteen teams, eight of which were invited – and the African qualifier – which had no invited teams. All qualifiers were a double elimination, best of three bracket.[10]

Teams
  • Grayhound Gaming (Oceania #1)
  • Avant Gaming (Oceania #2)
  • TYLOO (Greater China #1)
  • 5Power Gaming (Greater China #2)
  • MVP PK (East Asia)
  • ALPHA Red (Southeast Asia)
  • FFAmix (Middle East)
  • Energy Esports (Africa)
  First round Semifinals StarLadder Berlin 2019
                             
A1 Grayhound G. 2  
B2 MVP PK 0  
  A1 Grayhound G. 2  
  B1 TYLOO 1  
B1 TYLOO 2
A2 Avant Gaming 0  
  A1 Grayhound G. Q
  B1 TYLOO Q
B2 MVP PK 2  
A2 Avant Gaming 0  
  B1 TYLOO 2
  B2 MVP PK 0  
Asia Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

Grayhound Gaming started strong by taking down Energy Esports with relatively easy fashion, as Simon "Sico" Williams's 22 kills lead the way. Avant Gaming upset 5Power Gaming after Avant took a massive 14–1 lead at the half and the 5Power comeback started far too late. ALPHA Red pulled off a massive upset over MVP PK as Itthirit "foxz" Ngamsaard had a dominant game to stunt the Koreans. TyLoo had no problem handling FFAmix on Mirage. Grayhound and Avant had a close first game that went in favor of the higher seeded Australians, but Grayhound posted a 16–0 on the second map to advance. ALPHA Red took down TyLoo on the first map, but Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand and his team turned things on and was able to defeat the Thai team. 5Power had no trouble at all handling the South Africans of Energy. MVP PK struggled somewhat in its win over FFAmix, but Hyun-pyo "XigN" Lee was able to help his team over the finish line. Avant proved its win over 5Power was not a fluke as a very close three game series went in favor of the Australians. ALPHA Red looked like it could take down MVP PK again after taking the first map, but the Korean side won the next two maps with relative ease to eliminate the Thai team.

Grayhound had some trouble with MVP PK on the first map, but a dominant second map guaranteed the Australians that it would not be eliminated at the Minors. TyLoo easily took down Avant with a 16–2 win on the first map; the second map was much closer, but the Chinese team put away the game with YuanZhang "Attacker" Sheng's massive 32 kills. MVP PK was able to handle Avant as dominant second halves on both maps allowed the Koreans to at least guarantee a spot on the Minor play-in. With Renegades already at the Major, TyLoo found a new Australian team to have contentious series with, and Grayhound came out on top, with the third map going into double overtime. TyLoo dominated MVP PK in the loser's finals, as BnTeT and Haowen "somebody" Xu had more than 40 kills each.

CIS Minor

The CIS Minor will feature eight teams. The CIS closed qualifier featured the same format as the other Minor qualifiers. Notable teams such as Vega Squadron, pro100, and Winstrike Team failed to make it to the Minor.[11]

Teams
  • forZe (Closed #1-4)
  • Nemiga Gaming (Closed #1-4)
  • Syman Gaming (Closed #1-4)
  • Team Spirit (Closed #1-4)
  • DreamEaters (Closed #5-8)
  • Gambit Youngsters (Closed #5-8)
  • Unique Team (Closed #5-8)
  • Warthox Esport (Closed #5-8)
  First round Semifinals StarLadder Berlin 2019
                             
A1 forZe 2  
B2 Team Spirit 0  
  A1 forZe 2  
  A2 Syman Gaming 0  
B1 DreamEaters 1
A2 Syman Gaming 2  
  A1 forZe Q
  A2 Syman Gaming Q
B2 Team Spirit 0  
B1 DreamEaters 2  
  A2 Syman Gaming 2
  B1 DreamEaters 0  
CIS Minor summary; Berlin, Germany

forZe lead things off with a win over Syman Gaming, with Almaz "almazer" Assadulin leading forZe. Gambit Youngsters easily took down Unique Team in a dominant 16–4 win. DreamEaters upset Spirit in dominant fashion with a 16–3 win while Warthox Esport's Dmitriy "ProbLeM" Martinov helped his team upset Nemiga Gaming. forZe had an easy time over the inexperienced Gambit team and took a spot in the bracket phase. DreamEaters survived Warthox in a two-game sweep that featured a 16-13 and 16-14 scorelines. Syman eliminated Unique in two very close games, including one that went to overtime. In the battle of group B favorites in the loser's set, Spirit edged out Nemiga to eliminate the Belarusians. After suffering had big loss to Gambit Youngters in the first map, Syman dominated the next two to stay alive. Spirit bounced back and was able to eliminated Warthox as Victor "somedieyoung" Orudzhev's 44 kills lead the way.

forZe survived Spirit in a very close two game series, as Evgeny "FL1T" Lebedev's 52 kills helped forZe stay in the upper bracket. Syman defeated DreamEaters in a thrilling series that went all three games, with the last two going into overtime. DreamEaters was able to eliminate Spirit in an upset win. forZe dominated Syman with ease and after years of being on the edge of qualifying for the Major. In the loser's finals, Syman and DreamEaters clashed in another tense set, but Syman came out on top again and qualified for the Major.

Minor play-in

This qualifier featured the teams that placed third in their respective Minors. This phase was a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The opening matches were the Asia Minor representative against the Europe Minor representative and the CIS Minor team versus the Americans Minor team. After Cloud9 forfeited its spot by not fielding the majority of its lineup from the last Major, a third team would qualify from this qualifier.[12]

Teams
  • INTZ eSports (Americas #3)
  • North (Europe #3)
  • MVP PK (Asia #3)
  • DreamEaters (CIS #3)
  First round Semifinals
                 
EU North 2  
AS MVP PK 0  
  EU North Q
  CIS DreamEaters Q
AM INTZ eSports 1
CIS DreamEaters 2  
AS MVP PK 0  
AM INTZ eSports 2  
  AM INTZ eSports Q
Minor play-in summary; Berlin, Germany

MVP PK put up a tough fight against North, but the Danes managed to secure a spot at the Major, holding off the Koreans. The inexperienced DreamEaters managed to dominate INTZ in their first map. The second map also started off with the Russians thrashing the Brazilians, but INTZ managed to make a massive comeback, from down 12–3 to winning 19–15. The third map was a close one, but DreamEaters managed to pull off the upset to head to its first Major. MVP PK and INTZ had a very close series, but INTZ came out on top with Marcelo "chelo" Cespedes leading the way as, once again, MVP just barely could not pull through for a Major appearance.

Broadcast Talent

Desk Hosts

  • Tres "stunna" Saranthus
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Interviewers

  • Sue "Smix" Lee
  • James Banks

Analysts

Commentators

  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Alex "Machine" Richardson
  • Anders "Anders" Blume
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • James "JFZB" Bardolph
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • Harry "JustHarry" Russell
  • Hugo Byron

Observers

  • Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield
  • Denys "ANKOR" Ivanko
  • Aleksey "PsychoAlekseiz" Bryl
  • Tymofii "Ieformit" Pavlenko
  • Vladislav "MentoS" Vansovich
  • Antonio "Stxrm" Lodin
  • Egor "focuzz" Sineokiy
  • Maksym "Sima" Soloviov
  • Arsenii "SHAD3R" Zakharov [13][14]

Broadcasts

The major is streamed in various languages across Twitch. It is also streamed on StarLadder's YouTube channel, Steam.tv, and on CS:GO's in-game viewing client GOTV.

  • Starladder_CS_en
  • Starladder_CS_en2
  • StarLadder5
  • StarLadder10
  • starladder_cs_pt
  • 1PVCS
  • IzakOOO
  • PittuHerranz
  • 99Damage
  • tes_csgo
  • metabro
  • ceh9
  • Fortuna Esports (YouTube)
  • RTP Arena CS:GO
  • Douyu

Teams competing
Legends
Katowice 2019 9th-14th
Regional Qualifiers
  • forZe (CIS Minor #1)
  • Syman Gaming (CIS Minor #2)
  • mousesports (Europe Minor #1)
  • CR4ZY (Europe Minor #2)
  • Grayhound Gaming (Asia Minor #1)
  • TYLOO (Asia Minor #2)
  • NRG Esports (Americas Minor #1)
  • FURIA Esports (Americas Minor #2)
  • North (Play-in #1-2)
  • DreamEaters (Play-in #1-2)
  • INTZ eSports (Play-in #3)[Note 2]


Notes

  1. After HellRaisers placed in the top fourteen of the last Major, the team needed to keep the majority of its lineup to keep its spot for this Major. However, after Özgür "woxic" Eker was picked up by mousesports and HellRaisers released Bence "DeadFox" Böröcz and benched Abay "HObbit" Khasenov, HellRaisers no longer had a majority of its Katowice 2019 lineup, so it could not retain a spot. Deadfox or HObbit will need to play if Hellraisers wishes to keep a spot in the major. On June 20, the team has confirmed its spot at the Major, as Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas was listed as a reserve player.
  2. Like HellRaisers, Cloud9 needed to keep the majority of its lineup to retain a spot for this Major. However, Robin "flusha" Rönnquist stepped down from the team, Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro's trial period ended, and Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey was released, meaning Cloud9's would have to qualify via qualifiers. This spot was filled in via the Minor play-in.

New Challengers stage

The New Challengers stage took place from August 23 to August 26, 2019 at the Verti Music Hall. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, is a sixteen team swiss tournament. Initial seeding was determined using HLTV.org's world rankings from March 4 to August 12, 2019. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played, out of all teams still in the tournament.

Place Team Record RD Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 mousesports (6) 3–0 +13 forZe (11) High match
AVANGAR (6)		 High match
G2 Esports (2)		 New Legends stage New Legends stage
North (4) 3–0 +11 INTZ eSports (13) High match
Syman Gaming (14)		 High match
CR4ZY (6)		 New Legends stage New Legends stage
3–5 NRG Esports (2) 3–1 +39 DreamEaters (15) Low match
TYLOO (15)		 Mid match
Syman Gaming (14)		 High match
AVANGAR (7)		 New Legends stage
G2 Esports (3) 3–1 +19 TYLOO (14) High match
DreamEaters (12)		 High match
mousesports (3)		 High match
forZe (7)		 New Legends stage
CR4ZY (8) 3–1 +16 Grayhound Gaming (9) High match
FURIA Esports (4)		 High match
North (1)		 High match
DreamEaters (10)		 New Legends stage
6–8 Team Vitality (1) 3–2 +25 Syman Gaming (16) Low match
INTZ eSports (16)		 Mid match
DreamEaters (13)		 Low match
HellRaisers (12)		 Grayhound Gaming (10)
DreamEaters (15) 3–2 +1 NRG Esports (2) High match
G2 Esports (2)		 Mid match
Team Vitality (4)		 Mid match
CR4ZY (5)		 forZe (9)
AVANGAR (7) 3–2 0 Complexity Gaming (10) High match
mouseports (5)		 Mid match
HellRaisers (10)		 Mid match
NRG Esports (4)		 Syman Gaming (12)
9–11 Grayhound Gaming (9) 2–3 +10 CR4ZY (8) Low match
forZe (11)		 Low match
INTZ eSports (16)		 Low match
Complexity Gaming (10)		 Team Vitality (6)
Syman Gaming (16) 2–3 –1 Team Vitality (1) High match
North (1)		 Mid match
NRG Esports (5)		 Mid match
FURIA Esports (8)		 AVANGAR (7)
forZe (11) 2–3 –14 mousesports (7) Low match
Grayhound Gaming (10)		 Mid match
FURIA Esports (7)		 Mid match
G2 Esports (3)		 DreamEaters (9)
12–14 Complexity Gaming (10) 1–3 –15 AVANGAR (7) Low match
HellRaisers (14)		 Low match
TYLOO (15)		 Mid match
Grayhound Gaming (12)		 Eliminated
FURIA Esports (5) 1–3 –17 HellRaisers (12) Low match
CR4ZY (7)		 Mid match
forZe (8)		 Low match
Syman Gaming (14)		 Eliminated
HellRaisers (12) 1–3 –20 FURIA Esports (5) Low match
Complexity Gaming (9)		 Mid match
AVANGAR (8)		 Low match
Team Vitality (7)		 Eliminated
15–16 TYLOO (14) 0–3 –31 G2 Esports (3) Low match
NRG Esports (7)		 Low match
Complexity Gaming (12)		 Eliminated Eliminated
INTZ eSports (13) 0–3 –36 North (4) Low match
Team Vitality (3)		 Low match
Grayhound Gaming (11)		 Eliminated Eliminated

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Round 1 scores
Round 1 matches
Team Vitality 8 Dust2 16 Syman Gaming
NRG Esports 17 Overpass 19 Dreameaters
G2 Esports 16 Overpass 10 Tyloo
North 16 Train 5 INTZ
FURIA 16 Inferno 6 Hellraisers
mousesports 16 Inferno 6 forZe
AVANGAR 16 Inferno 13 compLexity Gaming
CR4ZY 16 Nuke 13 Grayhound Gaming
Round 2 scores
Round 1 matches
North 16 Train 14 Syman Gaming
NRG Esports 16 Train 7 Tyloo
G2 Esports 16 Overpass 9 Dreameaters
Team Vitality 16 Mirage 9 INTZ
mousesports 19 Inferno 17 AVANGAR
compLexity Gaming 5 Inferno 16 Hellraisers
FURIA 11 Train 16 CR4ZY
Grayhound Gaming 9 Train 16 forZe
Round 3 scores
Round 1 matches
Team Vitality 14 Inferno 16 Dreameaters
NRG Esports 16 Inferno 4 Syman Gaming
AVANGAR 16 Dust2 8 Hellraisers
FURIA 10 Nuke 16 forZe
compLexity Gaming 22 Overpass 20 Tyloo
compLexity Gaming 16 Vertigo 2 Tyloo
compLexity Gaming – Inferno – Tyloo
G2 Esports 16 Train 5 mousesports
G2 Esports 13 Dust2 16 mousesports
G2 Esports 7 Vertigo 16 mousesports
Grayhound Gaming 16 Train 5 INTZ
Grayhound Gaming 14 Nuke 16 INTZ
Grayhound Gaming 16 Dust2 7 INTZ
North 8 Mirage 16 CR4ZY
North 28 Inferno 26 CR4ZY
North 19 Train 15 CR4ZY
Round 4 scores
Round 1 matches
G2 Esports 28 Dust2 25 forZe
G2 Esports 16 Inferno 12 forZe
G2 Esports – Overpass – forZe
FURIA 9 Train 16 Syman Gaming
FURIA 7 Inferno 16 Syman Gaming
FURIA – Overpass – Syman Gaming
compLexity Gaming 11 Dust2 16 Grayhound Gaming
compLexity Gaming 4 Inferno 16 Grayhound Gaming
compLexity Gaming – Overpass – Grayhound Gaming
NRG Esports 16 Train 8 AVANGAR
NRG Esports 16 Dust2 4 AVANGAR
NRG Esports – Overpass – AVANGAR
CR4ZY 12 Inferno 16 Dreameaters
CR4ZY 16 Dust2 11 Dreameaters
CR4ZY 16 Mirage 11 Dreameaters
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 8 Hellraisers
Team Vitality 16 Mirage 11 Hellraisers
Team Vitality – Overpass – Hellraisers
Round 5 scores
Round 1 matches
AVANGAR 16 Inferno 10 Syman Gaming
AVANGAR 10 Mirage 16 Syman Gaming
AVANGAR 16 Dust2 5 Syman Gaming
forZe 10 Overpass 16 Dreameaters
forZe 12 Mirage 16 Dreameaters
forZe – Train – Dreameaters
Team Vitality 16 Dust2 5 Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality 14 Overpass 16 Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 14 Grayhound Gaming

New Legends stage

The New Legends stage, formerly known as the Group stage, used the same format as the Challengers stage. This stage took place from August 28 to September 1, 2019 at the Verti Music Hall. Next to each team's name under the "Team" column is each team's initial seeding. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played.

Place Team Record Round Difference Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 ENCE 3–0 +34 AVANGAR (14) High Match
MIBR (6)		 High MatchTeam Vitality (4) New Champions stage New Champions stage
NRG Esports 3–0 +24 Renegades (8) High Match
Team Liquid (2)		 High MatchAstralis (1) New Champions stage New Champions stage
3–5 Team Vitality 3–1 +18 North (11) High Match
FaZe Clan (4)		 Middle MatchENCE (2) High Match mousesports (11) New Champions stage
Astralis 3–1 +15 Dreameaters (16) High Match
G2 Esports (11)		 Middle MatchNRG Esports (5) High Match CR4ZY (12) New Champions stage
AVANGAR 3–1 +1 ENCE (3) Low Match
Renegades (8)		 Middle MatchTeam Liquid (3) High Match G2 Esports (9) New Champions stage
6–8 Natus Vincere 3–2 +33 G2 Esports (13) Low Match
Dreameaters (16)		 Middle Matchmousesports (11) Low Match MIBR (7) CR4ZY (13)
Team Liquid 3–2 +14 CR4ZY (15) High Match
NRG (8)		 Middle MatchAVANGAR (14) Low Match North (14) mousesports (12)
Renegades 3–2 +8 NRG Esports (9) Low Match
AVANGAR (14)		 Middle MatchDreameaters (16) Low Match FaZe Clan (6) G2 Esports (11)
9–11 G2 Esports 2–3 –7 Natus Vincere (4) High Match
Astralis (1)		 Middle MatchMIBR (8) High Match AVANGAR (10) Renegades (10)
CR4ZY 2–3 –19 Team Liquid (2) Low Match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (9)		 Middle MatchFaZe Clan (6) High Match Astralis (2) Natus Vincere (6)
mousesports 2–3 –24 FaZe Clan (5) Low Match
North (12)		 Middle MatchNatus Vincere (7) High Match Vitality (4) Team Liquid (5)
12–14 FaZe Clan 1–3 0 mousesports (12) High Match
Team Vitality (5)		 Middle MatchCR4ZY (15) Low Match Renegades (13) Eliminated
North 1–3 –4 Team Vitality (6) Low Match
mousesports (13)		 Low MatchNinjas in Pyjamas (12) Low Match Team Liquid (5) Eliminated
MIBR 1–3 –33 Ninjas in Pyjamas (10) High Match
ENCE (3)		 Middle MatchG2 Esports (9) Low Match Natus Vincere (8) Eliminated
15–16 Ninjas in Pyjamas 0–3 –30 MIBR (7) Low Match
CR4ZY (15)		 Low MatchNorth (13) Eliminated Eliminated
DreamEaters 0–3 –30 Astralis (1) Low Match
Natus Vincere (7)		 Low MatchRenegades (9) Eliminated Eliminated
Round 1 scores
Round 1 matches
ENCE 16 Overpass 5 AVANGAR
Astralis 16 Dust2 9 Dreameaters
NRG Esports 16 Dust2 14 Renegades
Team Liquid 16 Mirage 9 CR4ZY
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 9 North
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 8 mousesports
Natus Vincere 17 Overpass 19 G2 Esports
MIBR 16 Dust2 12 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Round 2 scores
Round 1 matches
Renegades 13 Vertigo 16 AVANGAR
Natus Vincere 16 Overpass 7 Dreameaters
Ninjas in Pyjamas 10 Train 16 CR4ZY
North 13 Inferno 16 mousesports
Team Liquid 9 Dust2 16 NRG Esports
FaZe Clan 7 Dust2 16 Team Vitality
ENCE 16 Inferno 8 MIBR
Astralis 16 Nuke 7 G2 Esports
Round 3 scores
Round 1 matches
Natus Vincere 17 Nuke 19 mousesports
Team Liquid 18 Overpass 22 AVANGAR
MIBR 4 Inferno 16 G2 Esports
FaZe Clan 9 Mirage 16 CR4ZY
ENCE 16 Nuke 10 Team Vitality
ENCE 16 Dust2 7 Team Vitality
ENCE – Mirage – Team Vitality
Renegades 16 Mirage 10 Dreameaters
Renegades 16 Train 8 Dreameaters
Renegades – Inferno – Dreameaters
Astralis 28 Train 31 NRG Esports
Astralis 4 Nuke 16 NRG Esports
Astralis – Overpass – NRG Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 8 Train 16 North
Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 Dust2 16 North
Ninjas in Pyjamas – Nuke – North
Round 4 scores
Round 1 matches
G2 Esports 16 Dust2 9 AVANGAR
G2 Esports 11 Inferno 16 AVANGAR
G2 Esports 9 Overpass 16 AVANGAR
MIBR 11 Mirage 16 Natus Vincere
MIBR 4 Inferno 16 Natus Vincere
MIBR – Train – Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan 19 Mirage 22 Renegades
FaZe Clan 16 Nuke 4 Renegades
FaZe Clan 14 Vertigo 16 Renegades
Team Vitality 16 Vertigo 5 mousesports
Team Vitality 16 Mirage 10 mousesports

New Champions stage

The New Champions Stage, also known as the Playoffs, is a best of three single elimination bracket. Teams play until a winner is decided. This stage took place between September 5 to September 8 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Brackets were revealed shortly after Natus Vincere defeated CR4ZY in the last map of the group stages. Teams were seeded first based on their record in the New Legends stage and based on the strength of their schedule. To the left of each team's name is their seed and to the right is their score.

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 ENCE 0
8 Renegades 2
8 Renegades 0
5 AVANGAR 2
4 Team Vitality 1
5 AVANGAR 2
5 AVANGAR 0
3 Astralis 2
3 Astralis 2
6 Team Liquid 0
3 Astralis 2
2 NRG Esports 0
2 NRG Esports 2
7 Natus Vincere 0

ENCE vs. Renegades

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

ENCE-Renegades Vetoes
Map Vetoes
ENCE BAN PICK BAN
Overpass Vertigo Mirage Nuke Inferno Train Dust II
Renegades BAN PICK BAN
ENCE vs. Renegades scores
Team Score Map Score Team
ENCE 5 Mirage 16 Renegades
ENCE 12 Nuke 16 Renegades
ENCE – Dust II – Renegades

Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR

Casters: Anders & moses

Team Vitality-AVANGAR Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Team Vitality BAN PICK BAN
Train Nuke Mirage Inferno Vertigo Overpass Dust II
AVANGAR BAN PICK BAN
Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Vitality 9 Mirage 16 AVANGAR
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 11 AVANGAR
Team Vitality 10 Dust II 16 AVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

NRG Esports-Natus Vincere Vetoes
Map Vetoes
NRG Esports BAN PICK BAN
Overpass Vertigo Dust II Mirage Train Inferno Nuke
Natus Vincere BAN PICK BAN
NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere scores
Team Score Map Score Team
NRG Esports 16 Dust II 12 Natus Vincere
NRG Esports 19 Mirage 17 Natus Vincere
NRG Esports – Nuke – Natus Vincere

Astralis vs. Team Liquid

Casters: Anders & moses

Astralis-Team Liquid Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Astralis
Mirage Train Vertigo Overpass Nuke Dust II Inferno
Team Liquid
Astralis vs. Team Liquid scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 16 Vertigo 8 Team Liquid
Astralis 16 Overpass 13 Team Liquid
Astralis – Inferno – Team Liquid

Renegades vs. AVANGAR

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Renegades-AVANGAR Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Renegades BAN PICK BAN
Overpass Nuke Mirage Dust II Vertigo Inferno Train
AVANGAR BAN PICK BAN
Renegades vs. AVANGAR scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Renegades 19 Mirage 22 AVANGAR
Renegades 6 Dust II 16 AVANGAR
Renegades – Train – AVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Astralis

Casters: Anders & moses

NRG Esports-Astralis Vetoes
Map Vetoes
NRG Esports BAN PICK BAN
Inferno Mirage Train Overpass Dust II Vertigo Nuke
Astralis BAN PICK BAN
NRG Esports vs. Astralis scores
Team Score Map Score Team
NRG Esports 10 Train 16 Astralis
NRG Esports 9 Overpass 16 Astralis
NRG Esports – Nuke – Astralis

AVANGAR vs. Astralis

Casters: Anders & moses

AVANGAR-Astralis Vetoes
Map Vetoes
AVANGAR BAN PICK BAN
Mirage Nuke Inferno Dust II Train Vertigo Overpass
Astralis BAN PICK BAN
AVANGAR vs. Astralis scores
Team Score Map Score Team
AVANGAR 6 Inferno 16 Astralis
AVANGAR 5 Dust II 16 Astralis
AVANGAR – Overpass – Astralis

Final standings

The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 Astralis Rio 2020 Legends gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x zonic
2nd US$150,000 AVANGAR Jame, buster, qikert, Sanji, AdreN dastan
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Renegades jkaem, Gratisfaction, AZR, jks, Liazz kassad
NRG Esports stanislaw, CeRq, Brehze, Ethan, tarik ImAPet
5th – 8th US$35,000 ENCE Aleksib, allu, sergej, Aerial, xseveN Twista
Team Vitality ALEX, apEX, NBK-, ZywOo, RpK XTQZZZ
Natus Vincere s1mple, Zeus, flamie, electronic, Boombl4 kane
Team Liquid NAF, Twistzz, nitr0, EliGE, Stewie2k adreN
9th – 11th US$8,750 mousesports Rio 2020 Challengers ropz, karrigan, woxic, frozen, chrisJ Rejin
CR4ZY EspiranTo, ottoNd, nexa, huNter, LETN1 emi
G2 Esports shox, kennyS, Lucky, JaCkz, AmaNEk maLeK
12th – 14th US$8,750 MIBR FalleN, zews, TACO, fer, LUCAS1 –
FaZe Clan NiKo, NEO, rain, olofmeister, GuardiaN YNk
North valde, Kjaerbye, aizy, JUGi, gade mithR
15th – 16th US$8,750 Ninjas in Pyjamas – GeT RiGhT, f0rest, REZ, Lekr0, Plopski pita
Dreameaters speed4k, kinqie, Forester, Krad, svyat zoneR
17th – 19th – forZe xsepower, Jerry, almazer, facecrack, FL1T liTTle
Grayhound Gaming erkaSt, Sico, dexter, malta, Dickstacy Neil_M
Syman Gaming neaLaN, Ramz1kBO$$, Perfecto, t0rick, Keoz Solaar
20th – 22nd – FURIA Esports arT, VINI, KSCERATO, yuurih, ableJ guerri
HellRaisers ANGE1, ISSAA, oskar, loWel, nukkye –
Complexity Gaming dephh, Rickeh, ShahZaM, SicK, oBo keita
23rd – 24th – TYLOO BnTeT, Freeman, Summer, somebody, Attacker –
INTZ eSports kNgV-, chelo, xand, DeStiNy, yeL Apoka

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