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ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018

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[e][h]ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Atlanta
United States Boston
Venue:
G-FUEL ELEAGUE Arena
(The New Challengers Stage)
(The New Legends Stage)

Agganis Arena
(The New Champions Stage)
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-01-12
End Date:
2018-01-28
Teams:
23
Liquipedia Tier:
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Chronology


The ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 is the 12th Valve sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the first of two in 2018. The tournament featured a $1,000,000 USD prize pool as well as Valve's newly rebranded format and increase to 24 teams.

About[edit]

Overview[edit]

Following their success with the ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017, Valve announced that ELEAGUE shall return to host the third CS:GO Major Championship in North America, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts. The event featured an expected prize pool of $1,000,000 USD, which was fought over by 23 teams.

A partially new format was announced by ELEAGUE & Valve on December 13th, 2017, which brought in the Offline Qualifier as now part of the Major Championship and rebranded all the stages of the tournament. The offline qualifier was named The New Challengers Stage, the group stage was renamed to The New Legends Stage and the playoffs to The New Champions Stage. This increased the number of teams at the Major Championships from 16 to 24, with all 24 teams receiving stickers. [1]

The New Challengers Stage (formerly the Offline Qualifier), lasting from January 12th to 15th, was held at the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, but was closed to spectators. The New Legends Stage, taking place from January 19th to 22nd, was also be held at the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The New Champions Stage was held later at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts, starting on January 26th, and concluding with the grand final on January 28th, 2018. [2][3]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Note: The Analysts & Commentators occasionally rotated roles on the desk.
Note: n0thing joined the analyst desk for the Legends stage. [4]
Note: Goldenboy and seang@res joined broadcast talent for the Champions stage. [5]

Format[edit]

A graphical explanation of the Swiss System format
  • The New Challengers Stage: January 12th - 15th, 2018 in United States Atlanta
    • Formerly the Major Offline Qualifier
    • 16 Team Swiss System Format
      • All matches are Bo1
      • Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Legends Stage
      • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
      • Due to 100 Thieves not being able to attend the Major, a team that goes out with a record of 2-3 will still qualify for The New Legends Stage. More information can be found below.
  • The New Legends Stage: January 19th - 22nd, 2018 in United States Atlanta
    • Formerly called the Group Stage
    • 16 Team Swiss System Format
      • All matches are Bo1
      • Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Champions Stage
      • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
  • The New Champions Stage: January 26th - 28th, 2018 in United States Boston
    • Formerly called the Playoffs
    • Single-Elimination Bracket
    • All matches (including the finals) are a Bo3 series

Prize Pool[edit]

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

Note: No prize money is awarded to teams eliminated in the New Challengers Stage.

Participants[edit]

The Current Legends[edit]

For notes on the "Current Legends" Click here.

1 August 9th - Natus Vincere acquire Ukraine Zeus and Ukraine kane from Gambit Esports. [6]
2 August 15th - Gambit Esports acquire Kazakhstan fitch on a trial basis. [7]
3 August 21st - North replace Denmark Magisk with Denmark valde. [8][9]
4 August 21st - Sweden Golden is promoted to Fnatic's main roster replacing Sweden olofmeister and Fnatic swap Sweden dennis with Sweden Lekr0 from GODSENT. [10][11]
5 September 20th - Brazil kNgV- leaves Immortals followed by Brazil HEN1 and Brazil LUCAS1 being benched. [12][13]
6 October 4th - Gambit Esports sign Ukraine Andi as a coach. [14]
7 December 12th - 100 Thieves announce their acquisition of the ex-Immortals roster. [15][16]
8 January 12th - 100 Thieves announce their withdrawal from the Major due to "immigration issues". A replacement team will proceed to the New Legends Stage from the team(s) with the best 2-3 record(s) at the New Challengers Stage. [17][18]

The New Challengers[edit]

Kraków's Fallen[edit]

The Minors' Champions[edit]

For notes on the "New Challengers" Click here.

1 July 28th - Natus Vincere bench Russia seized and Slovakia GuardiaN. [19]
2 August 3rd - FaZe Clan replace Finland allu with Slovakia GuardiaN. [20]
3 August 4th - 8th - mousesports replace Spain loWel and Germany denis with Finland suNny and Slovakia STYKO. [21][22][23]
4 August 9th - Natus Vincere acquire Ukraine Zeus and Ukraine kane from Gambit Esports, Russia seized returns to the active roster and Ukraine Andi leaves. [6]
5 August 15th - Cloud9 acquire United States RUSH and United States tarik from OpTic Gaming, United States n0thing and Canada shroud are benched. [24]
6 August 20th - FaZe Clan acquire Sweden olofmeister, replacing France kioShiMa. [25]
7 August 21st - OpTic Gaming acquire Estonia HS from PENTA Sports. [26]
8 September 16th - Vega Squadron sign Russia Fierce as coach. [27]
9 October 4th - Finland naSu is acquired by GODSENT. PENTA Sports also later announce that they have terminated the remaining player's contracts, who now go under the name of Seed. [28][29]
10 October 17th - Natus Vincere bench Russia seized for a second time. [30]
11 November 6th - Natus Vincere sign Russia electronic, while Russia seized joins FlipSid3 Tactics on loan. [31]
12 November 9th - Brazil peacemaker parts ways on mutual terms with TYLOO and is signed to Heroic as coach. [32]
13 November 26th - Brazil zews must play for Team Liquid due to Brazil steel being transferred to replace Canada stanislaw, but not being able to participate due to playing with Immortals in the Americas Minor Qualifier.
14 November 26th - Seed is acquired by Sprout, Germany Spiidi is also bought out of his contract from mousesports. [33][34]
15 December 13th - Indonesia BnTeT is unable to acquire a US visa and will miss the event. [35]
16 December 15th - Brazil peacemaker stands in for TyLoo as he was originally included in the roster before the November 10th cut-off date. [36]
17 December 15th - Kazakhstan Buster is unable to acquire a US visa and will miss the Major, Kazakhstan dastan will stand in. [37]
18 January 1st - Kazakhstan Buster applies a second time and is granted a United States visa to attend the Major. [38]
19 January 2nd - TYLOO declare that they will not be attending the ELEAGUE Major, due to earlier visa issues with Indonesia BnTeT and disagreements with Brazil peacemaker. Flash Gaming are likely to replace them. [39][40]
20 January 4th - Flash Gaming are confirmed to replace TYLOO at the major. [41]
21 January 15th - France RpK is unable to play for Team EnVyUs due to illness, coach France maLeK stands in. [42]

Results[edit]

New Challengers Stage[edit]

Replacement Team Determination

Format

  • Teams with a 2-3 record will be ranked against each other using
    the following criteria (in order until no team is ranked equally):
    1. Sum of the their opponents' total match wins
    2. Head-to-Head match results
    3. Random Draws
  • The 2nd & 3rd ranked teams will compete against each other in a Bo1
  • The winner will face the 1st ranked team in another Bo1
  • The team left standing proceeds to The New Legends Stage

Results
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
10
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
16
January 15, 2018 - 21:25 EST
106
4
169
7
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
19
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
15
January 15, 2018 - 22:35 EST
1963
91
1590
60

 Click here for detailed results of The New Challengers Stage matches

New Champions Stage[edit]

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
0
January 26, 2018 - 10:00 EST
1962
92
1691
60
1610
6
95
4
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
2
Quantum Bellator FireQuantum Bellator FireQBF
0
January 26, 2018 - 14:35 EST
1613
3
42
2
1611
5
74
3
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
0
January 27, 2018 - 16:00 EST
168
8
97
2
1610
6
75
2
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
0
Cloud9Cloud9C9
2
January 26, 2018 - 16:30 EST
87
1
168
8
73
4
1612
4
SK GamingSK GamingSK
2
FnaticFnaticFnatic
1
January 27, 2018 - 10:00 EST
19611
920
22922
612
169
7
146
8
167
9
128
4
Cloud9Cloud9C9
2
SK GamingSK GamingSK
1
January 27, 2018 - 18:30 EST
1613
3
32
1
1612
4
93
6
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
1
Cloud9Cloud9C9
2
January 28, 2018 - 14:00 EST
166
10
149
5
103
7
1612
4
19801
730
22732
802

Pro-Am Challenge Showmatch[edit]

Participants[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

  • Match (Bo1) between teams with captains ddk & JZFB.
  • Captains recruit players from Major players and talent.
  • Map is decided by community vote on Twitter. [43]

Results[edit]

January 28, 2018 - 12:25 EST
166
10
129
3

Prize Pool[edit]

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Previews[edit]

Conclusions[edit]

Interviews[edit]

New Challengers Stage[edit]
New Legends Stage[edit]
HLTV[edit]
Unikrn[edit]
Other[edit]
New Champions Stage[edit]
HLTV[edit]
Dust2.us[edit]
Unikrn[edit]
Dot Esports[edit]
Other[edit]

Videos and Photos[edit]

Galleries[edit]

Highlights[edit]

Player Spotlights[edit]

VODs[edit]

New Challengers Stage[edit]
New Legends Stage[edit]
Champions Stage[edit]

Interviews[edit]

New Challengers Stage[edit]
New Legends Stage[edit]
Champions Stage[edit]

Other Coverage[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

# Country/Region #P ΔPrev. Major Players
1 Russia Russia 14 +5 Dosia, WorldEdit, seized, flamie, electronic, mir, chopper, keshandr, hutji, Jame, balblna, jmqa, waterfaLLZ, Boombl4
2 United States USA 12 +8 Skadoodle, Stewie2K, autimatic, RUSH, tarik, nitr0, EliGE, jdm64, Nifty, seang@res, SicK, ShahZaM
3 Denmark Denmark 11 0 device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Kjaerbye, gla1ve, MSL, k0nfig, cajunb, aizy, valde, karrigan
3 France France 11 +5 shox, bodyy, NBK-, kennyS, apEX, Happy, SIXER, RpK, xms, AmaNEk, devoduvek
5 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8 +5 AdreN, mou, Hobbit, fitch, buster, KrizzeN, qikert, dimasick
6 Germany Germany 7 +1 gob b, tabseN, nex, keev, kRYSTAL, denis, Spiidi
7 Brazil Brazil 6 -4 FalleN, fer, coldzera, TACO, felps, zews
7 Sweden Sweden 6 +1 KRIMZ, JW, flusha, Golden, Lekr0, olofmeister
7 Ukraine Ukraine 6 0 B1ad3, markeloff, Edward, s1mple, Zeus, jR
7 Poland Poland 6 0 TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali, innocent
11 Turkey Turkey 5 +5 XANTARES, paz, ngiN, MAJ3R, Calyx
12 China China 4 +4 Summer, Karsa, LOVEYY, Attacker
13 Australia Australia 3 +3 AZR, jks, USTILO
13 Finland Finland 3 -1 wayLander, suNny, zehN
15 Canada Canada 2 +1 Twistzz, NAF
15 Slovakia Slovakia 2 +1 STYKO, GuardiaN
17 Belgium Belgium 1 +1 ScreaM
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 NiKo
17 Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 0 oskar
17 Estonia Estonia 1 -1 ropz
17 Lithuania Lithuania 1 +1 Kvik
17 Malaysia Malaysia 1 +1 kaze
17 Netherlands Netherlands 1 0 chrisJ
17 Norway Norway 1 0 rain
17 Serbia Serbia 1 0 LEGIJA

References[edit]

  1. Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2017-12-13). "Valve revamps Major stage names to include qualifier; all 24 teams to have stickers". HLTV.
  2. ELEAGUE (2017-10-20). "ELEAGUE Major Qualifier & Group stage competition to be Held at ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta". ELEAGUE.
  3. Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2017-07-26). "Next Major to be held in 2018". HLTV.
  4. BenjaCS (2018-01-18). "n0thing joins ELEAGUE Major talent lineup". HLTV.
  5. Michael "DuckMoriarty" Moriarty (2018-01-23). "seang@res joins ELEAGUE Major Broadcast". Dust2.us.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Zeus is back to Natus Vincere G2A!". Natus Vincere. 2017-08-09.
  7. "Fitch completes Gambit CS:GO roster". Gambit Esports. 2017-08-15.
  8. "Im officialy benched from North". Magisk. 2017-08-01.
  9. "North acquire valde". North. 2017-08-21.
  10. Matthew. "CS:GO Roster Update: Olofmeister Departs.". Fnatic.
  11. Matthew (2017-08-21). "CS:GO Roster Update: Welcome Back, Lekr0!". Fnatic.
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  14. "Andi to coach Gambit CS:GO". Gambit Esports. 2017-10-04.
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  16. bLecker (2017-12-13). "Somos 100thieves !!! Essa foi nossa primeira foto juntos e espero ter muitas outras com essa…" [We are 100thieves! This was our first picture together and I hope to have many more] (in Portuguese Speaking Portuguese).
  17. "We are disappointed to share that due to immigration issues, the 100 Thieves CS:GO team will not be attending the upcoming Boston major.". 100 Thieves. 2018-01-12.
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  22. "mousesports welcomes suNny". mousesports. 2017-08-04.
  23. "mousesports welcomes STYKO". mousesports. 2017-08-04.
  24. "Cloud9 Acquires RUSH, tarik as ESL One: NY Qualifiers Begin". Cloud9. 2017-08-15.
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  34. Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2017-12-11). "Seed sign with Sprout". HLTV.
  35. MIRAA (2017-12-13). "BnTeT to miss ELEAGUE Major due to visa issues". HLTV.
  36. "Heroic Extends Contract with peacemaker". Heroic. 2017-12-15.
  37. OnFireDimitri (2017-12-15). https://twitter.com/OnFireDimitri/status/941632868853403648.
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  39. Luis "MIRAA"" Mira (2018-01-02). "TyLoo confirm Major absence, replacement to come from Asia Minor".
  40. Luis "MIRAA"" Mira (2018-01-02). "kaze, LOVEYY get US visas approved as Flash are lined up to replace TyLoo at Major".
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  42. Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin (2018-01-15). "RpK unable to play; maLeK to step in at the Major Qualifier".
  43. ELEAGUE (2018-01-25). "Sunday kicks off at noon Eastern with the ELEAGUE Pro-Am Challenge!".