Follow us on Twitter @LiquipediaCS if you'd like to be kept up to date on all things Counter-Strike!
ESEA Season 34: Premier Division - North America
From Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ESEA Season 34: Premier Division - North America
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Game:
Type:
Online
Location:
North America Teams:
18
Prize Pool:
$36,000 USD
Start Date:
2020-04-27
End Date:
2020-07-01
Liquipedia Tier:
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Observers:
PythianLegume (Justin Glasner)
Misty (Jordan Johnson)
Format[edit]
- Regular Season:
- Round-Robin league format
- All teams play each other once
- All matches are Bo1
- Top 8 teams proceed to the Playoffs
- Click here to show the tie-breaker process
- Round-Robin league format
- Overall record
- Head-to-Head record
- Best round difference in regulation rounds
- Bo3 decider if all other tie breaker scenarios are indecisive
- Playoffs:
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5 (1 map advantage to the UB team)
Prize Pool[edit]
$36,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Seed | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $20,000 | S35 Premier |   Chaos Esports Club |
 2nd | $10,000 | S35 Premier |  Mythic |
 3rd | $4,500 | S35 Premier |  Recon 5 |
 4th | $1,500 | S35 Premier |   Levitate Esports |
| 5th-6th | - | S35 Premier |   Swedish Canadians |
 New England Whalers | |||
| 7th-8th | - | S35 Premier | Keep the Comms Up |
  Oceanus Gaming | |||
| 9th | - | S35 Premier |  Team oNe eSports |
| 10th | - | S35 Premier | blood, sweat, and tears |
| 11th | - | S35 Premier |  Warriors International |
| 12th | - | S35 Premier | Alcoholics Anonymous |
| 13th | - | S35 Premier | ex-Morning Light |
| 14th | - | S35 Premier | ex-Polar Ace Esports |
| 15th | - | S34 Relegation |   Infinity Esports |
| 16th | - | S34 Relegation | Buffdaddy's Paypal Team |
| DQ | - |  Big Frames | |
| DQ | - | Way 2 French |
Participants[edit]
Note: Team roster change notes have been moved to their respective team cards, press the Notes button to toggle them.
- 1 April 5th - Xeppaa leaves Under 21 and is replaced by leaf. [3]
- 2 April 16th - Under 21 lose leaf and Sneaky after curry leaves to join Triumph. [4]
- 3 April 21st - Powerzz, KmZ, and RZU join Under 21. [5]
- 4 May 4th - Under 21 replace RZU with SPAMMER. [6]
- 5 May 10th - TR1LL- becomes Under 21's head coach while nguyen becomes the team's assistant coach. [7]
- 6 May 15th - Under 21 replace Powerzz with Sneaky. [8]
- 7 June 7th - Under 21 are signed by Levitate Esports. [9]
- 1 March 20th - smooya is temporarily benched due to visa issues. [10]
- 2 March 30th - Chaos Esports Club part ways with smooya. [11]
- 3 April 5th - Chaos Esports Club acquire Voltage from Triumph. [12]
- 4 April 21st - SicK retires from competitive CS:GO. [13]
- 5 May 5th - Chaos Esports Club parts ways with cam. Xeppaa joins on a permanent basis. leaf joins on a trial basis. [14]
- 6 May 12th - Chaos Esports Club part ways with leaf and terminate his trial.
Jonji joins as a stand-in. [15] - 7 June 4th - Chaos Esports Club sign leaf and Jonji on a permanent basis as Voltage steps down from the team. [16]
- 1 March 28th - leaf leaves Rugratz. [17]
- 2 April 2nd - mada rejoins Rugratz. [18]
- 3 April 23rd - tweiss rejoins Rugratz. [19]
- 4 May 20th -
wippie officially joins Rugratz while tweiss becomes a backup player. [20] - 5 May 28th - wippie leaves Rugratz. tweiss returns to the starting lineup. [21]
- 6 June 1st - Rugratz are signed by Oceanus Gaming. [22]
Notes
- 1 Station7 rename to Keep the Comms Up.
- 2 May 3rd - Keep the Comms Up cut miniature while Meech steps down from the team. [27]
- 3 May 7th - tyfoon joins Keep the Comms Up. [28]
- 4 May 15th - nguyen joins Keep the Comms Up as coach. [8]
- 5 May 22nd - zeptic leaves Keep the Comms Up to join Alcoholics Anonymous. [29]
- 6 May 24th - tyfoon leaves Keep the Comms Up. BASE joins the team on trial. [30]
- 7 May 30th - Mauisnake joins Keep the Comms Up. Additionally, BASE completes his trial successfully. [31]
- 1 April 28th - shinobi and Swisher leave Monstars and are replaced by Oderus and c4Lypso. [32]
- 2 April 30th - Monstars are signed by Morning Light. JMaldo leaves the team. [33]
- 3 May 5th - Morning Light replace Oderus and c4Lypso with wrath and jitter. [34]
- 4 June 7th - Morning Light disband. [35]
- 5 June 9th - ex-Morning Light reform and will complete the season with Oderus and NiSMO. [36]
- 1 March 23rd - picky and shonk leave Big Frames. [37]
- 2 April 19th - devastation leaves Big Frames while castro, Melio, and AAustiN join to complete the roster. [25]
- 3 April 27th - AAustiN leaves Big Frames to join Swedish Canadians. [38]
- 4 May 24th - Welshy and castro leave Big Frames. [39]
- 5 May 28th - miLLe, YuZ, and INCRED join Big Frames. [40]
- 6 June 3rd - Big Frames disband. [41]
- 1 April 15th - gMd leaves District 7 to join Swedish Canadians. [42]
- 2 April 24th - miLLe leaves District 7 while KOLER and effys join the team. [43]
- 3 April 30th - huynh, MkaeL, and effys leave District 7. miLLe, NANO, and YONJI join the team as it renames to Way 2 French. [44]
- 4 May 10th - KOLER retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and leaves way 2 French. YuZ joins in his place. [45]
- 5 May 28th - miLLe, YuZ, and INCRED leave to join Big Frames. Way 2 French disband. [40]
- 1 April 18th - New England Whalers sign roca, Rampage and
Limpone. [46] - 2 May 12th - roca retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and leaves New England Whalers. [47]
- 3 May 13th - ben1337 joins New England Whalers. [48]
- 1 April 10th - Oceanus Gaming cut Melio. [49]
- 2 April 15th - Oceanus Gaming part ways with their team, who reform as Swedish Canadians. Additionally, they add gMd to complete their roster. [42]
- 3 April 24th - tENSKI, KOLER, and gMd leaves Swedish Canadians. [43]
- 4 April 27th - vek, AAustiN, and battery joins Swedish Canadians. [38]
- 1 April 19th -
malbsMd steps down from Infinity Esports and is replaced by 
tor1towOw. [50]
Notes
- 1 April 27th - ETHEREAL are signed by Polar Ace Esports. [51]
- 2 May 24th - castro replaces fdeN on Polar Ace Esports, with fdeN retiring from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. [39]
- 3 June 6th - Polar Ace Esports disband. [52]
- 4 June 16th - ex-Polar Ace Esports reform with a roster consisting of RenZ, Magowi, cxzi, Powerzz, and
Lacore. [53]
- 1 April 11th - SummY joins Trivium as coach. [54]
- 2 April 24th - Trivium are signed by Warriors International. [55]
- 3 May 23rd - voo replaces SummY as Warriors International's coach. [56]
- 4 June 7th - Warriors International replace Top^ with Swisher. [57]
- 1 April 23rd - Alcoholics Anonymous replace Swole Identity due to being the highest placing team from Sesaon 33 in Relegation. [58]
- 2 May 15th - Fiziq leaves Alcoholics Anonymous. [59]
- 3 May 22nd - zeptic leaves Keep the Comms Up to join Alcoholics Anonymous. [29]
- 1 May 10th - aproto retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and leaves Buffdaddy's Paypal Team. [60]
| Former Participants |
|---|
|
Results[edit]
Regular Season[edit]
| League Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NE WhalersWhalers | 15-2 | 265-148 | +117 | 45p | |
| 2. | Chaos ECChaos | 14-3 | 262-137 | +125 | 42p | |
| 3. | Recon 5Recon 5 | 13-4 | 252-168 | +84 | 39p | |
| 4. | Swedish CanadiansSweCan | 13-4 | 263-192 | +71 | 39p | |
| 5. | MythicMythic | 11-6 | 251-145 | +106 | 33p | |
| 6. | Oceanus GamingOceanus | 11-6 | 226-194 | +32 | 33p | |
| 7. | Levitate EsportsLevitate | 10-7 | 231-193 | +38 | 30p | |
| 8. | Keep Comms UpKTCU | 9-8 | 228-226 | +2 | 27p | |
| 9. | Team oNeoNe | 9-8 | 215-187 | +28 | 27p | |
| 10. | Alcoholics AnonAA | 8-9 | 223-203 | +20 | 24p | |
| 11. | ex-Morning Lightex-Morn | 8-9 | 209-204 | +5 | 24p | |
| 12. | BSTBST | 8-9 | 198-212 | -14 | 24p | |
| 13. | Warriors Int.Warriors | 8-9 | 214-226 | -12 | 24p | |
| 14. | ex-Polar Aceex-PA | 7-10 | 227-222 | +5 | 21p | |
| 15. | Infinity EsportsInfinity | 5-12 | 219-245 | -26 | 15p | |
| 16. | Buffdaddy'sBuffd's | 3-14 | 177-250 | -73 | 9p | |
| DQ. | Big FramesB.Frames | 1-16 | 16-256 | -240 | 3p | |
| DQ. | Way 2 FrenchWay 2 Fr | 0-17 | 0-272 | -272 | 0p | |
| Legend |
|---|
| Proceed to Playoffs |
| Invited to Season 35 |
| Sent to Relegation |
| Relegated to Advanced |
- For detailed results for Weeks 1–4, click here.
- For detailed results for Weeks 5–9, click here.
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
NE Whalers2
Keep Comms Up0
Swedish Canadians1
Mythic2
Recon 52
Oceanus Gaming0
Upper Bracket Semifinals
NE Whalers0
Mythic2
Lower Bracket Round 1
Keep Comms Up0
Swedish Canadians2
Lower Bracket Round 2
Recon 52
Swedish Canadians0
Lower Bracket Round 3
References[edit]
- ↑ MIBR (2020-05-19). "Welcome to the MIBR family @trkcsgo!".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-20). "malbsMd joins oNe as stand-in". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-05). "Under 21 gets younger as leaf replaces Xeppaa". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 theroadtodrwaldo (2020-04-15). "Triumph look to curry and Junior; Under 21 disband". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-21). "Under 21 reinforce with addition of Powerzz, KmZ, and RZU; COVID-5 form new lineup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-04). "SPAMMER joins Under 21 as RZU steps down; Grazur disband". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-05-10). "TR1LL- takes over as Under 21 head coach". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mnmzzz (2020-05-16). "Under 21 replace Powerzz with Sneaky". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2020-06-07). "Levitate sign Under 21". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-03-20). "Due to the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, @smooyacs has been moved to the bench while he waits to complete his visa interview.".
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-03-30). "Today we are releasing @smooyacs. The ongoing pandemic has postponed his visa interview indefinitely therefore he is unable to compete with the team in the US".
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-04-05). "Welcome Voltage".
- ↑ tolkienfanatic (2020-04-21). "SicK confirms move towards VALORANT". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-05-05). "CS:GO roster update - 05.05.20".
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-05-12). "@leaf_cs will no longer be trialing with us and @Jonji_Cs will be taking his place".
- ↑ "CS:GO roster update - 06.04.20". Chaos Esports Club. 2020-06-04.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-03-18). "leaf leaves Rugratz". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-02). "mada returns to Rugratz". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-23). "tweiss rejoins Rugratz (for the sixth time)". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-20). "wippie takes over as Rugratz's fifth; tweiss to stay on as backup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-28). "wippie leaves Rugratz; tweiss rejoins starting lineup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Oceanus Gaming (2020-06-01). "We are happy to finally announce our return to the CSGO scene".
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-06-08). "DAVEY returns to Mythic as stand-in". Dust2.us.
- ↑ stamina (2020-04-13). "As of now I am no longer with @Recon5Org.".
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Mnmzzz (2020-04-19). "Big Frames overhaul roster with Melio, AAustiN, and castro". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2020-04-21). "Recon 5 scout out neptune". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-03). "Keep Up the Comms cut miniature". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-07). "tyfoon joins Keep the Comms Up; Meech steps down". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Nohte (2020-05-22). "AA add zeptic". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-05-24). "Keep The Comms Up lose tyfoon". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-30). "Keep the Comms Up add Mauisnake; BASE completes trial". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-28). "Monstars bring on Oderus and c4Lypso for shinobi and Swisher". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Morning Light (2020-04-30). "We're happy to announce our ESEA MDL Season 34 CS:GO roster!".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-05). "Morning Light replace Oderus and c4Lypso with wrath and jitter". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-06-07). "Sun sets on Morning Light as team disbands". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-06-11). "ex-Morning Light set to finish season with Oderus and NiSMO". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-03-23). "Big Frames lose shonk and picky". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Mnmzzz (2020-04-27). "Swedish Canadians complete roster with vek, AAustiN, and battery; Aaron joins as backup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 theroadtodrwaldo (2020-05-25). "Big Frames part ways with Welshy and castro; castro moves on to Polar Ace". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 theroadtodrwaldo (2020-05-28). "Big Frames add Way 2 French trio". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-06-03). "Big Frames disband". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Mnmzzz (2020-04-15). "Oceanus release team; Swedish Canadians form with gMd". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Mnmzzz (2020-04-24). "District 7 replace miLLe with KOLER, add effys; gMd and tENSKI leave Swedish Canadians". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-30). "District 7 rapidly rebuild after huynh, MkaeL, and effys depart". Dust2.us.
- ↑ YuZ (2020-05-10). "joined Way 2 French to end season 34 of MDL lets go".
- ↑ New England Whalers (2020-04-18). "We're happy to announce our latest additions to our #csgo team!".
- ↑ Nohte (2020-05-12). "roca looks to headshot and such in VALORANT". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-13). "ben1337 joins New England Whalers". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-04-10). "Melio tossed overboard by Oceanus". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-18). "Infinity replace malbsMd with tor1towOw". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-04-28). "Polar Ace bring ETHEREAL into the pack". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-06-06). "Polar Ace disband". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-06-15). "ex-Polar Ace go official with RenZ, Magowi, cxzi, Powerzz, and Lacore". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2020-04-11). "Trivium add SummY as coach". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Warriors International (2020-04-24). "Our big announcement is finally here! We're incredibly proud and excited to announce the official Warriors International CS:GO team!".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-23). "Warriors International replace SummY with voo". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-06-07). "Warriors go Top^-less to start summer; add Swisher". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 Mnmzzz (2020-04-23). "Triumph to skip MDL Season 34; AA invited as replacement team for Swole Identity". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-05-15). "Fiziq steps down from AA". Dust2.us.
- ↑ aproto (2020-05-10). "Debated on whether or not I even needed to tweet this but here it is.".
- ↑ Nohte (2020-04-15). "dazzLe joins Bad News Bears as crashies steps down". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2020-04-24). "Bad News Bears to skip MDL Season 34". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-04-05). "Welcome Voltage".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-05). "Triumph cut Asuna". Dust2.us.
- ↑ fRoD (2020-03-16). "Stepping down from the Swole Identity squad. Looking to coach/manage a gaming team for an org.".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-04-18). "Swole Identity disband". Dust2.us.