ESEA Season 16 - Global Invite Division
LAN Playoffs
About[edit]
Top four finishers in both European and North American ESEA Invite divisions gather in Dallas, TX for the Season 16 Global Finals featuring $47,500 in prizes.
ESEA Invite Season 16 Global Finals will feature a best-of-three single elimination bracket with the grand final scheduled for June 29. An all-star match between the continents will determine which has higher seeding in head-to-head matches. [1]
Edward will not be able to play for Natus Vincere due to visa problems, ceh9 will be playing with Natus Vincere instead. [2]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentators:
Format[edit]
- Offline Finals
Prize Pool[edit]
$47,500 USD are spread among the teams as seen below: [3]
- • In order to find a proper solution for European teams attending the ESEA LAN Finals hosted in Dallas, Texas, ESEA held discussions with EU Invite teams during the off-season. During those discussions, ESEA were able to reach a solution in which every team would be given a minimum of $3,000 in travel support to attend the ESEA LAN that is built into the prize pool.
Participants[edit]
- 1 Mediocre Gamers is now Manajuma.
- 2 OverGaming sign Wizards Esports Club's lineup.
- 3 Edward is unable to play due to visa issues, ceh9 will stand in.
All-Star Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
Details[edit]
The all-star match at ESEA Finals is not only for show, as it will determine which continent has the higher seeding,
which basically means either the set of 1-3-5-7 or 2-4-6-8.
The winner of the all-star game would have higher seeding, and an advantage in the map selection process, outlined below:
Higher seed is Home team, lower seed is Away team.
1) Away team removes 1 map from the 7 maps; 6 maps remain.
2) Home team removes 2 maps from the 6 maps; 4 maps remain.
3) Away team removes 1 map from the 4 maps; 3 maps remain.
4) Home team selects the 1st map of the BO3; Away team selects the side.
5) Away team selects the 2nd map of the BO3; Home team select the side.
6) 3rd map remains; Home team selects the side.
Results[edit]
Results[edit]
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
- ESEA Green
- ESEA Blue
- AlkaEtSpoke (Millenium)
- IzakOOO
- ESL TV Spain 3
- Starladder 5 - sL4Mtv
- s3maJamEs
- Horstor - 99damage
- Herke91 - 99damage
- Game Show
- WiLD TV
Previews[edit]
- 2014-06-26 | ESEA Invite S16 Finals guide by lurppis of HLTV
- 2014-06-27 | ESEA Invite S16 Finals preview by lurppis of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2014-07-02 | What did we learn from ESEA Finals? by lurppis of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
HLTV.org[edit]
- Lucky: "It adds to our motivation" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-23 |
- Irukandji: "The jury is still out" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-23 |
- Semphis: "We've just become lazy" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-24 |
- Neo: "You can't win [them] all" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-24 |
- MusambaN1: "It's hard to rank [us]" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-25 |
- starix: "No time for a vacation" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-25 |
- steel: "We can make [the final]" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-26 |
- GeT_RiGhT: "I feel we're ready" by lurppis of HLTV 2014-06-26 |
ESEA.net[edit]
- ESEA LAN Season 16: iBUYPOWER Steel Interviewed by KateEdge (Day 1 Pregame) by KateEdge of ESEA 2014-06-27 |
- NiP Friberg Interview at ESEA LAN Season 16 with KateEdge by KateEdge of ESEA 2014-06-28 |
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2014-06-27 | ESEA Invite Season 16 Global Finals - Day 1 by HLTV
- 2014-06-28 | ESEA Invite Season 16 Global Finals - Day 2 by HLTV
- 2014-06-29 | ESEA Invite Season 16 Global Finals - Day 3 by HLTV
Highlights[edit]
HLTV.org[edit]
- n0thing vs. NiP by MAKKU of HLTV 2014-06-28 |
- steel vs. OverGaming by PANIq of HLTV 2014-06-28 |
- Xizt vs. compLexity by PANIq of HLTV 2014-06-28 |
- Hiko vs. NiP by MAKKU of HLTV 2014-06-29 |
- seized vs. compLexity by MAKKU of HLTV 2014-06-30 |
- Fifflaren vs. Manajuma by aThId of HLTV 2014-07-01 |
- Man of the match: Hiko vs. NiP by PANIq of HLTV 2014-07-01 |
- swag vs. compLexity by aThId of HLTV 2014-07-01 |
- TaZ vs. Na`Vi by MAKKU of HLTV 2014-07-02 |
- Hiko vs. Natus Vincere by kalabokk of HLTV 2014-07-03 |
- swag vs. compLexity by brcho of HLTV 2014-07-03 |
- n0thing vs. Na`Vi by aThId of HLTV 2014-07-04 |
- Man of the match: n0thing vs. Virtus.pro by brcho of HLTV 2014-07-05 |
ESEA.net[edit]
- compLexity Defeats NiP at ESEA LAN 16: 1st Time NiP Defeated by North American CS: GO Team by ESEA 2014-06-27 |
- "The Round" by compLexity Hiko vs Na'Vi at ESEA LAN Season 16 with Tournament Footage by ESEA 2014-06-28 |
- Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert Sets Himself On Fire At ESEA LAN Season 16 by ESEA 2014-06-28 |
- "Your beard gives you more powers, Todd." - n0thing by ESEA 2014-06-28 |
- iBUYPOWER Defeats Virtus Pro on de_cache (Map 1) at ESEA LAN 16 by ESEA 2014-06-28 |
VODs[edit]
Other Coverage[edit]
- ESEA.net
- HLTV.org
- Fragbite.se
- VaKarM.net
- 99damage.de
- readmore.de
- 5eplay.com
- ArenaZero.net
- Trasgo.net
- StarLadder.tv
- Reddit - /r/GlobalOffensive/
- GosuGamers.net
- onGamers.net