ELEAGUE Premier 2017

• Overview
• European Qualifier
• American Qualifier

[e][h]ELEAGUE Premier 2017

League Information

Series:

ELEAGUE

Organizers:

Turner Sports
WME
IMG

Sponsor(s):

HyperX
Alienware
G FUEL

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Atlanta

Venue:

G-FUEL ELEAGUE Arena

Prize Pool:

$1,000,000 USD

Start Date:

2017-09-08

End Date:

2017-10-13

Teams:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

Cache • Cobblestone • Inferno • Nuke • Mirage • Overpass • Train

About

Broadcast Talent

• Host:
  •  Richard Lewis (Richard Lewis)

• Interviewer:
  •  Smix (Sue Min Lee)

• Producer:
  •  Alchemist (Jason Baker)

• Commentators & Analysts:
  •  Anders (Anders Blume)
  •  Semmler (Auguste Massonnat)
  •  ddk (Daniel Kapadia)
  •  James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
  •  Moses (Jason O'Toole)
  •  YNk (Janko Paunović)

Format

• GSL Group Stage (Bo1+Bo3)
• Single-Elimination Playoffs (Bo3)

Prize Pool

$1,000,000 (USD) are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place

$ USD

Participant

 1st

$500,000

FaZe Clan

 2nd

$150,000

Astralis

 3rd-4th

$70,000

Cloud9

North

place 5 to 16 

place 5 to 16 

 5th-8th

$35,000

G2 Esports

Fnatic

Team Envy

Heroic

 9th-12th

$8,750

Natus Vincere

Immortals

Ninjas in Pyjamas

SK Gaming

 13th-16th

$8,750

Renegades

mousesports

Virtus.pro

Team Liquid

Participants

Astralis

1	device
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	Kjaerbye
5	gla1ve
C	zonic

Invited

Cloud9⁶

1	Skadoodle
2	Stewie2K
3	autimatic
4	RUSH
5	tarik
C	valens

Invited

FaZe Clan^{4, 7}

1	rain
2	karrigan
3	NiKo
4	GuardiaN
5	olofmeister
C	RobbaN

Invited

Fnatic^{7, 8}

1	KRiMZ
2	JW
3	flusha
4	Golden
5	Lekr0
C	Jumpy

Invited

G2 Esports

1	shox
2	bodyy
3	NBK-
4	kennyS
5	apEX
C	SmithZz

Invited

mousesports³

1	chrisJ
2	oskar
3	ropz
4	suNny
5	STYKO
C	lmbt

Invited

Natus Vincere^{1, 5}

1	seized
2	Edward
3	flamie
4	s1mple
5	Zeus
C	kane

Invited

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1	f0rest
2	GeT_RiGhT
3	Xizt
4	draken
5	REZ
C	THREAT

Invited

North²

1	MSL
2	k0nfig
3	cajunb
4	aizy
5	valde
C	ruggah

Invited

SK Gaming

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	coldzera
4	TACO
5	felps
C	dead

Invited

Virtus.pro

1	TaZ
2	NEO
3	pashaBiceps
4	Snax
5	byali
C	kuben

Invited

Team Envy

1	Happy
2	SIXER
3	RpK
4	xms
5	ScreaM
C	maLeK

European Qualifier

Heroic

1	MODDII
2	Snappi
3	niko
4	JUGi
5	es3tag
C	FeTiSh

European Qualifier

Immortals¹¹

1	HEN1
2	LUCAS1
3	boltz
4	steel
5	cogu
C	zakk

American Qualifier

Team Liquid

1	nitr0
2	EliGE
3	jdm64
4	stanislaw
5	Twistzz
C	zews

American Qualifier

Renegades¹⁰

1	AZR
2	jks
3	USTILO
4	Nifty
5	NAF
C	kassad

American Qualifier

¹ Natus Vincere bench  seized and  GuardiaN.

² North replace  Magisk with  valde.

³ mousesports replace  loWel and  denis with  suNny and  STYKO.

⁴ FaZe Clan replace  allu with  GuardiaN.

⁵ Natus Vincere acquire  Zeus and  kane from Gambit Esports,  seized returns to the active roster and  Andi leaves.

⁶ Cloud9 acquire  RUSH and  tarik from OpTic Gaming,  n0thing and  shroud are benched.

⁷ FaZe Clan acquires  olofmeister, replacing  kioShiMa.

⁸  Golden is promoted to Fnatic's main roster and  dennis is swapped for  Lekr0 from GODSENT.

⁹ OpTic Gaming sign  friberg,  allu and  Magisk.

¹⁰ OpTic Gaming are disqualified due to a rule violation, their spot will be given to a third team from the Americas qualifier.

¹¹  kNgV- is unable to play for Immortals due to having to resolve his visa issue in Brazil,  cogu steps in for him.

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Group A
September 8, 2017
1.	FaZe Clan	2-0	32-15	+17
2.	G2 Esports	2-1	74-53	+21
3.	Natus Vincere	1-2	48-58	-10
4.	Renegades	0-2	20-48	-28

Group A Matches

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FaZe

16

9

RNG

September 8, 2017 - 18:20 EDT

FaZe

16:9(Bo1)

RNG

16	8
	8

Mirage

9	7
	2

··

G2

10

16

Na`Vi

September 8, 2017 - 19:50 EDT

G2

10:16(Bo1)

Na`Vi

10	9
	1

Inferno

16	6
	10

··

FaZe

16

6

Na`Vi

September 8, 2017 - 22:10 EDT

FaZe

16:6(Bo1)

Na`Vi

16	9
	7

Inferno

6	6
	0

··

RNG

0

2

G2

September 9, 2017 - 14:25 EDT

RNG

0:2(Bo3)

G2

9	3
	6

Mirage

16	12
	4

2	2
	0

Nuke

16	13
	3

Cobblestone

··

Na`Vi

0

2

G2

September 9, 2017 - 16:30 EDT

Na`Vi

0:2(Bo3)

G2

12	6
	6

Cobblestone

16	9
	7

14	12
	2

Inferno

16	3
	13

Overpass

··

Group B

Group B
September 15, 2017
1.	North	2-0	38-34	+4
2.	Fnatic	2-1	91-74	+17
3.	Immortals	1-2	60-62	-2
4.	mousesports	0-2	42-61	-19

Group B Matches

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mouz

8

16

IMT

September 15, 2017 - 18:25 EDT

mouz

8:16(Bo1)

IMT

8	7
	1

Cobblestone

16	8
	8

··

North

16

14

Fnatic

September 15, 2017 - 19:45 EDT

North

16:14(Bo1)

Fnatic

16	9
	7

Mirage

14	6
	8

··

IMT

20

22

North

September 15, 2017 - 22:25 EDT

IMT

20:22(Bo1)

North

20	8	2	2
	7	1	0

Cobblestone

22	7	1	1
	8	2	3

··

mouz

1

2

Fnatic

September 16, 2017 - 14:00 EDT

mouz

1:2(Bo3)

Fnatic

5	3
	2

Train

16	12
	4

16	10
	6

Mirage

13	8
	5

13	11
	2

Cobblestone

16	4
	12

··

IMT

0

2

Fnatic

September 16, 2017 - 17:30 EDT

IMT

0:2(Bo3)

Fnatic

10	6
	4

Train

16	9
	7

14	10
	4

Inferno

16	5
	11

Cache

··

Group C

Group C
September 22, 2017
1.	Cloud9	2-0	32-8	+24
2.	Team Envy	2-1	59-53	+6
3.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	1-2	69-70	-1
4.	Virtus.pro	0-2	19-48	-29

Group C Matches

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VP

6

16

Envy

September 22, 2017 - 18:35 EDT

VP

6:16(Bo1)

Envy

6	6
	0

Cobblestone

16	9
	7

··

C9

16

6

NiP

September 22, 2017 - 19:50 EDT

C9

16:6(Bo1)

NiP

16	10
	6

Mirage

6	5
	1

··

Envy

2

16

C9

September 22, 2017 - 22:00 EDT

Envy

2:16(Bo1)

C9

2	2
	0

Train

16	13
	3

··

VP

0

2

NiP

September 23, 2017 - 14:20 EDT

VP

0:2(Bo3)

NiP

8	4
	4

Overpass

16	11
	5

5	2
	3

Train

16	13
	3

Mirage

··

Envy

2

1

NiP

September 23, 2017 - 16:40 EDT

Envy

2:1(Bo3)

NiP

9	4
	5

Cobblestone

16	11
	5

16	8
	8

Cache

9	7
	2

16	13
	3

Nuke

6	3
	3

··

Group D

Group D
September 29, 2017
1.	Astralis	2-0	32-13	+19
2.	Heroic	2-1	58-50	+8
3.	SK Gaming	1-2	77-97	-20
4.	Team Liquid	0-2	52-59	-7

Group D Matches

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Astralis

16

11

Liquid

September 29, 2017 - 18:15 EDT

Astralis

16:11(Bo1)

Liquid

16	12
	4

Overpass

11	3
	8

··

SK

5

16

Heroic

September 29, 2017 - 19:45 EDT

SK

5:16(Bo1)

Heroic

5	4
	1

Train

16	11
	5

··

Astralis

16

2

Heroic

September 29, 2017 - 22:30 EDT

Astralis

16:2(Bo1)

Heroic

16	14
	2

Train

2	1
	1

··

Liquid

1

2

SK

September 30, 2017 - 14:20 EDT

Liquid

1:2(Bo3)

SK

16	11
	5

Inferno

8	4
	4

8	5
	3

Overpass

16	10
	6

17	8	1
	7	1

Mirage

19	7	2
	8	2

··

Heroic

2

1

SK

September 30, 2017 - 18:00 EDT

Heroic

2:1(Bo3)

SK

8	7
	1

Overpass

16	8
	8

16	10
	6

Inferno

5	5
	0

16	11
	5

Mirage

8	4
	4

··

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

Cloud9C9

2

G2 EsportsG2

0

October 10, 2017 - 14:25 EDT

C9

2:0(Bo3)

G2

16	6
	10

Cobblestone

12	9
	3

16	8
	8

Inferno

8	7
	1

Cache

··

AstralisAstralis

2

FnaticFnatic

0

October 10, 2017 - 17:05 EDT

Astralis

2:0(Bo3)

Fnatic

16	12
	4

Train

5	3
	2

16	9
	7

Overpass

12	6
	6

Mirage

··

Cloud9C9

1

AstralisAstralis

2

October 12, 2017 - 14:20 EDT

C9

1:2(Bo3)

Astralis

16	10
	6

Mirage

12	5
	7

14	7
	7

Overpass

16	8
	8

4	1
	3

Inferno

16	14
	2

··

FaZe ClanFaZe

2

Team EnvyEnvy

0

October 11, 2017 - 14:20 EDT

FaZe

2:0(Bo3)

Envy

16	8
	8

Nuke

12	7
	5

16	13
	3

Overpass

3	2
	1

Inferno

··

NorthNorth

2

HeroicHeroic

0

October 11, 2017 - 16:30 EDT

North

2:0(Bo3)

Heroic

16	10
	6

Overpass

7	5
	2

16	9
	7

Mirage

7	6
	1

Inferno

··

FaZe ClanFaZe

2

NorthNorth

0

October 12, 2017 - 18:00 EDT

FaZe

2:0(Bo3)

North

16	6
	10

Mirage

12	9
	3

16	9
	7

Inferno

10	6
	4

Train

··

AstralisAstralis

0

FaZe ClanFaZe

2

October 13, 2017 - 22:25 EDT

Astralis

0:2(Bo3)

FaZe

14	12
	2

Cache

16	3
	13

7	3
	4

Overpass

16	12
	4

Inferno

··

Additional Content

Streams

• ELEAGUE
• RuHub

Previews

• 2017-09-08 | ELEAGUE Premier Group A preview by BenjaCS of HLTV
• 2017-09-14 | ELEAGUE Premier Group B preview by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-09-21 | ELEAGUE Premier Group C preview by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-09-28 | ELEAGUE Premier Group D preview by eZlo of HLTV
• 2017-10-09 | ELEAGUE Premier playoffs preview by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-25 | ELEAGUE to EPICENTER: Five CS:GO Teams Fighting for First by Harman Grewal of Unikrn

Conclusions

• 2017-10-14 | rain gets ELEAGUE Premier MVP award by MIRAA of HLTV

Interviews

• 2017-10-09 | RUSH: "I see us improving at a rate I am satisfied with" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-10 | bodyy: "There is no super team, there is just hard work" by MIRAA of HLTV
• 2017-10-10 | tarik: "What helped us the most [on Cobble] were clutches" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-10 | dupreeh: "It was really obvious that [fnatic] were playing scared on Train" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-11 | karrigan: "I think people hype us too much right now" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-12 | valde: "A lot of anti-stratting and preparation went into [the Heroic game]" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-12 | burbunny about the Major: "It's a very tight time frame, hopefully that will improve in the future" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-13 | Xyp9x: "We read Cloud9 on Inferno" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-13 | GuardiaN: "It's more fun for me to play CS again" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2017-10-14 | rain: "I feel like I found my place" by Professeur of HLTV

Videos and Photos

• 2017-09-12 | Inappropriate Casting - ELEAGUE Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE
• 2017-09-13 | Inappropriate Flashing - ELEAGUE Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE
• 2017-09-11 | Go-kart racing with FaZe Clan - ELEAGUE Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE
• 2017-09-20 | Paintball with Team North - ELEAGUE Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE
• 2017-09-28 | Obstacle Course with Cloud9 - ELEAGUE Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE
• 2017-10-02 | Whirly Ball with SK Gaming - ELEAGUE Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE
• 2017-10-13 | Inappropriate Beeping - ELEAGUE Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE

Galleries

HLTV

• 2017-10-10 | ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier Playoffs - Day 1 by HLTV
• 2017-10-11 | ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier Playoffs - Day 2 by HLTV
• 2017-10-12 | ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier Playoffs - Day 3 by HLTV
• 2017-10-13 | ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier Playoffs - Day 4 by HLTV

ELEAGUE

• 2017-09-06 | ELEAGUE Premier - Group A by ELEAGUE
• 2017-09-13 | ELEAGUE Premier - Group B by ELEAGUE
• 2017-09-20 | ELEAGUE Premier - Group C by ELEAGUE
• 2017-09-28 | ELEAGUE Premier - Group D by ELEAGUE
• 2017-10-10 | ELEAGUE Premier - Playoffs by ELEAGUE
• 2017-10-13 | ELEAGUE Premier - Grand Finals by ELEAGUE

Highlights

• 2017-09-11 | s1mple vs. G2 by proutounz of HLTV
• 2017-09-26 | GeT_RiGhT vs. EnVyUs by Molen of HLTV
• 2017-10-02 | coldzera vs. Liquid by Molen of HLTV
• 2017-10-12 | kennyS vs. Cloud9 by Molen of HLTV
• 2017-10-14 | autimatic vs. Astralis by Molen of HLTV
• 2017-10-24 | rain - HLTV MVP by ZOWIE of ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 by Molen of HLTV

Player Spotlights

• 2017-09-01 | olofmeister - Player Profile - ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE
• 2017-10-09 | Golden - Player Profile - ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 by ELEAGUE

References