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ESEA Season 36: Premier Division - North America
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ESEA Season 36: Premier Division - North America
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Online
Teams:
20
Prize Pool:
$50,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-01-26
End Date:
2021-04-18
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Contents
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Primary Broadcast[edit]
Format[edit]
- Regular Season:
- Two Round-Robin format groups
- All teams play each other once
- All matches are Bo3
- Top 4 teams from each group proceed to the Playoffs
- Click here to show the tie-breaker process
- Two Round-Robin format groups
- 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]
$50,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
Place | $ USD | Seed | Team |
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![]() | $20,000 | ESL Pro League S14 | ![]() |
![]() | $12,500 | S37 Premier | ![]() |
![]() | $7,500 | S37 Premier | ![]() |
![]() | $4,000 | S37 Premier | ![]() |
5th-6th | $2,000 | S37 Premier | ![]() |
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7th-8th | $1,000 | S37 Premier | ![]() |
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9th | - | S37 Premier | ![]() |
10th | - | S37 Premier | ![]() |
11th | - | S37 Premier | ![]() |
12th | - | S37 Premier | ![]() |
13th | - | S37 Premier | ![]() |
14th | - | S36 Relegation | ![]() |
15th | - | S36 Relegation | ![]() |
16th | - | S36 Relegation | ![]() |
17th | - | S36 Relegation | ![]() |
18th | - | S37 Advanced | ![]() |
19th | - | S37 Advanced | ![]() |
DQ | - | - | ![]() |
Note: Team move-downs not confirmed and are subject to change without warning.
Participants[edit]
- 1 January 17th - ex-Chaos Esports Club form with a roster consisting of
Jonji,
ptr,
Swisher,
Spongey,
alter, and
mCe as coach. [1]
- 2 January 24th - ex-Chaos Esports Club rename to Bad News Bears. [2]
- 3 February 1st -
mCe retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and leaves the team. [3]
- 4 February 5th -
madcow joins Bad News Bears as coach. [4]
- 1 February 23rd - Extra Salt bench
motm and sign
MarKE. [5]
- 1 November 23rd -
Bwills is acquired by Triumph. [8]
- 2 December 6th - New England Whalers release their lineup following the expiration of the players' contracts and the organization's inability to continue financially supporting them. They will continue to play together as ex-New England Whalers. [9]
- 3 January 1st - High Coast Esports sign ex-New England Whalers. [10]
- 4 January 19th - High Coast Esports acquire
bew on loan from Yeah Gaming. [11]
- 1 November 7th -
wrath leaves Secret Club. [12]
- 2 December 19th -
reck leaves Secret Club to join timbermen. [13]
- 3 January 7th -
v1c joins Secret Club from GGPR Esports. [14]
- 4 January 12th -
SLIGHT joins Secret Club. [15]
- 5 January 26th -
Gatr joins Secret Club as coach. [16]
- 6 February 4th -
CLASIA steps down from Secret Club's starting lineup. [17]
- 7 February 16th -
CLASIA returns to Secret Club's starting lineup.
SLIGHT and
Gatr are replaced by
FrostayK and
Axed. [18]
- 1 December 1st - Depth Esports part ways with their lineup. They will continue to play together as timbermen. [21]
- 2 December 19th -
reck joins timbermen. [13]
- 3 January 26th - timbermen are re-signed by Depth Esports. [22]
- 4 February 8th - Depth Esports release their lineup following evidence of offensive behavior. The team renames to timbermen as
KEL and
reck leave the lineup. [23]
- 5 February 16th -
snav,
dare, and
KEL are disqualified for offensive behavior. As a result, timbermen are disqualified. [24]
- 1 November 5th -
XotiC leaves Rebirth Esports.
curry joins the starting lineup. [25]
- 2 January 8th -
4pack steps down from Rebirth Esports.
Inseaniac rejoins the starting lineup. [26]
- 3 February 4th -
Inseaniac leaves Rebirth Esports.
phantom and
curry become substitutes.
XotiC,
wrath, and
wippie join the team. [27]
- 4 February 17th -
wippie leaves Rebirth Esports and is replaced by
reck. [28]
- 1 November 15th -
KayJay steps down from RBG Esports due to Canadian military service. [29]
- 2 December 12th -
pwny and
gmanchew step down from RBG Esports. [30]
- 3 January 12th - RBG Esports sign
chop and
Wolffe. [31]
- 4 January 28th - RBG Esports sign
ara as coach. [32]
- 1 December 28th - Russian Canadians cut
Saturn and
Lacore while adding
vek,
castro, and
KmZ. [33]
- 2 January 9th -
Melio joins Russian Canadians. [34]
- 3 January 23rd - Russian Canadians are signed by Oceanus Gaming. [35]
- 4 January 24th - Oceanus Gaming part ways with
castro and
KmZ. [36]
- 1 October 29th -
mada leaves Rugratz. [37]
- 2 November 13th -
Infinite leaves to join ex-Cloud9. [38]
- 3 January 6th - Rugratz overhaul their roster, with
RZU and
FaNg leaving the team while
tweiss
JazzPimp,
cynic, and
Turismo join the team. [39]
- 4 January 14th - The core of Rugratz is signed by Recon 5.
tweiss and
Turismo are replaced by
RZU and
cJ. [40]
- 5 February 1st - Recon 5 replace
RZU with
tweiss. [41]
- 6 February 16th - Recon 5 replace
cJ with
AAustiN. [42]
- 1 November 21st -
sterling and
viz leave Incognito. [44]
- 2 December 16th - Incognito add
viz and
Munk. [45]
- 3 December 18th - Incognito are signed by Big Chillin. [46]
- 4 January 17th - Big Chillin part ways with
Munk and
viz.
Minus joins the team. [47]
- 5 January 22nd - Big Chillin sign
icy. [48]
- 6 February 2nd - Big Chillin part ways with
icy. [49]
- 7 February 9th - Big Chillin disband. [50]
- 8 February 10th - Taller than 5’4" form with a lineup consisting of
micro,
bron, and
Minus. [50]
- 9 February 23rd - Taller than 5’4" add
Mauisnake and
f1ukie. Additionally, they rename to The Commission. [51]
- 1 October 31st -
tconnors and
Koalanoob step down from Third Impact. [52]
- 2 November 1st -
ERIC leaves Third Impact. [52]
- 3 December 5th - Third Impact add
brett,
walker, and
Lucid as coach. [53]
- 4 December 30th - Third Impact sign
grape. [54]
- 1 November 10th -
Powerzz and
KmZ leave ex-Polar Ace Esports. Additionally, the team renames to hate's Chess Club. [55]
- 2 December 13th -
yohan joins hate's Chess Club.
robby joins the team in his place. [43]
- 3 December 28th - hate's Chess Club add
rin and
Wilky. [56]
- 4 January 20th - hate's Chess Club are signed by Levitate Esports. Additionally,
voo joins as coach. [57]
- 5 February 2nd -
yohan,
rin,
Wilky, and
voo leave Levitate Esports. [58]
- 6 February 10th - Levitate Esports add
Delta9,
Swahn, and
Ghostii. [59]
Notes
- 1 January 7th - GGPR Esports add
3ARK00Z and
YuZ as
v1c leaves to join Secret Club and
eXotic steps down from the starting lineup. [14]
- 2 January 15th -
YuZ steps down from GGPR Esports' starting lineup.
Turismo joins in his place. [60]
- 3 January 27th -
Turismo is cut from GGPR Esports after failing to attend the team's first match. [61]
- 4 February 2nd -
3ARK00Z steps down from GGPR Esports' starting lineup. [62]
- 5 February 3rd -
3ARK00Z and
eXotic return to the starting lineup. [63]
- 6 February 24th - GGPR Esports cut
Creed. [64]
- 7 February 25th - GGPR Esports sign
Poison. [64]
- 1 December 20th - GSG9 bench
Xzen. [65]
- 2 January 11th -
Decko and
ROBBY1 step down from GSG9.
valens,
seziwana, and
Ryze join the team. [66]
- 3 January 13th - GSG9 are signed by ImPerium Esports. [67]
- 4 February 4th - ImPerium Esports release
seziwana and
Ryze. [68]
- 5 February 7th - ImPerium Esports add
Wilky and
AtomiK. [69]
- 1 January 15th -
SEMPHIS steps down from SapphireKelownaDotCom. He is replaced by
HavoK. [70]
- 2 January 18th - SapphireKelownaDotCom replace
HavoK with
hyun. [71]
- 3 January 28th -
hyun steps down from SapphireKelownaDotCom. [72]
- 4 February 2nd -
rin and
yohan join SapphireKelownaDotCom as
sensu leaves the team. [58]
- 5 February 18th -
rin leaves SapphireKelownaDotCom. [73]
- 6 February 25th -
Ryze joins SapphireKelownaDotCom. [74]
- 1 January 22nd - ex-Recon 5 forms with a roster consisting of
jet-,
DARYL,
nguyen,
Delta9, and VulcaN. [75]
- 2 February 10th -
Delta9 leaves to join Levitate Esports. [59]
- 1 January 26th -
Gatr leaves to join Secret Club. [16]
Former Participants |
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Results[edit]
Regular Season[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group A Standings | ||||||
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1. | ![]() | 6-0 | 143-66 | +77 | 18p | |
2. | ![]() | 6-0 | 132-55 | +77 | 18p | |
3. | ![]() | 5-1 | 199-160 | +39 | 15p | |
4. | ![]() | 4-2 | 167-163 | +4 | 12p | |
5. | ![]() | 3-4 | 167-196 | -29 | 9p | |
6. | ![]() | 3-3 | 118-136 | -18 | 9p | |
7. | ![]() | 3-3 | 94-112 | -18 | 9p | |
8. | ![]() | 1-5 | 80-133 | -53 | 3p | |
9. | ![]() | 1-5 | 72-133 | -61 | 3p | |
DQ. | ![]() | 0-9 | 0-18 | -18 | 0p |
2-0 Week 3 | W-FF Week 5 | W-FF Default | 2-0 Week 2 | 2-0 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 1 | |||||
2-1 Week 4 | 2-1 Week 5 | W-FF Default | 0-2 Week 3 | 2-1 Week 1 | 2-0 Week 2 | |||||
2-1 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 2 | W-FF Default | 2-0 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 2 | W-FF Week 3 | |||||
0-2 Week 3 | 1-2 Week 4 | 1-2 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 1 | 1-2 Week 2 | W-FF Default | W-FF Week 4 | ||||
FF-W Week 5 | 0-2 Week 2 | 0-2 Week 1 | 0-2 Week 3 | W-FF Week 1 | 0-2 Week 5 | |||||
1-2 Week 5 | 2-1 Week 2 | 2-0 Week 3 | W-FF Default | 0-2 Week 1 | 2-0 Week 4 | |||||
FF-W Default | FF-W Default | FF-W Default | FF-W Default | FF-W Week 1 | FF-W Default | FF-W Default | FF-W Default | FF-W Default | ||
0-2 Week 2 | 2-0 Week 3 | 0-2 Week 5 | FF-W Week 4 | 2-0 Week 1 | W-FF Default | |||||
0-2 Week 5 | 1-2 Week 1 | 0-2 Week 2 | 2-0 Week 5 | W-FF Default | 2-0 Week 5 | |||||
0-2 Week 1 | 0-2 Week 2 | FF-W Week 3 | 0-2 Week 4 | W-FF Default | 0-2 Week 5 | |||||
Group B[edit]
Group B Standings | ||||||
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1. | ![]() | 4-1 | 118-87 | +31 | 12p | |
2. | ![]() | 4-2 | 197-164 | +33 | 12p | |
3. | ![]() | 3-1 | 130-100 | +30 | 9p | |
4. | ![]() | 2-0 | 69-56 | +13 | 6p | |
5. | ![]() | 2-1 | 101-79 | +22 | 6p | |
6. | ![]() | 2-1 | 112-94 | +18 | 6p | |
7. | ![]() | 2-1 | 95-75 | +20 | 6p | |
8. | ![]() | 0-5 | 116-180 | -64 | 0p | |
9. | ![]() | 0-4 | 74-140 | -66 | 0p | |
10. | ![]() | 0-3 | 29-66 | -37 | 0p |
1-2 Week 4 | 2-0 Week 2 | 2-0 Week 1 | ||||||||
2-0 Week 4 | 2-1 Week 5 | |||||||||
0-2 Week 4 | 2-0 Week 3 | 2-0 Week 5 | W-FF Week 3 | 2-0 Week 1 | ||||||
2-0 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 1 | 0-2 Week 2 | ||||||||
2-1 Week 4 | 0-2 Week 3 | 0-2 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 3 | 2-0 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 4 | |||||
0-2 Week 2 | 0-2 Week 5 | 0-2 Week 1 | 0-2 Week 3 | 1-2 Week 4 | ||||||
0-2 Week 1 | FF-W Week 3 | 0-2 Week 2 | ||||||||
0-2 Week 5 | 2-1 Week 4 | 2-0 Week 2 | 2-0 Week 1 | |||||||
1-2 Week 5 | 2-0 Week 2 | 2-1 Week 4 | ||||||||
0-2 Week 1 | 0-2 Week 4 | 0-2 Week 1 | 1-2 Week 4 | |||||||
Legend |
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Proceed to Playoffs |
Invited to Season 37 |
Pre-Relegation |
Sent to Relegation |
Pre-Demotion |
Demoted to Advanced |
For detailed results for Weeks 1–4, click here.
For detailed results for Weeks 5–9, click here.
Placement Matches[edit]
13-14th Place Match
17-18th Place Match
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Final
Grand Final
References[edit]
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-17). "ex-Chaos take form with Jonji, ptr, Swisher, Spongey, alter". Dust2.us.
- ↑ [Inside Source]
- ↑ Gen.G Esports (2021-02-01). "Everyone welcome @MatthewCElmore as our new #GenGVAL Coach!".
- ↑ Nohte (2021-02-05). "madcow joins Bad News Bears". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2021-02-23). "Extra Salt bench; look to MarKE". HLTV.
- ↑ Triumph (2021-01-19). "We're back".
- ↑ penny (2021-01-19). "I would like to announce that I am now a restricted free agent exploring options for a move to Valorant".
- ↑ Triumph (2020-11-23). "But from every ending, a new beginning".
- ↑ New England Whalers (2020-11-22). ".@whalersgg CS:GO Team Open To Explore Free Agency".
- ↑ High Coast Esports (2021-01-01). "IT'S OFFICIAL!".
- ↑ High Coast Esports (2021-01-19). "Welcome our latest addition to our CS:GO team, @Bewbiecs!".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-11-09). "wrath leaves Secret Club". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Mnmzzz (2020-12-19). "timbermen officially add reck". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Mnmzzz (2021-01-07). "GGPR swap out v1c and eXotic for 3ARK00Z and YuZ". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-12). "Secret Club make a SLIGHT change". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mnmzzz (2021-01-27). "Gatr swims over to Secret Club". Dust2.us.
- ↑ CLASIA (2021-02-04). "Yo What’s Up Guys!".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-17). "CLASIA returns to Secret Club; SLIGHT and Gatr replaced by FrostayK and Axed". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Polen (2020-12-07). "Stepping down from Mythic".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-24). "Mythic add JoJo and daf as Keiti gravitates towards VALORANT". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-12-03). "Depth part ways with lineup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-26). "Depth re-sign timbermen". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2021-02-08). "Update: Depth drop team following public backlash against players; KEL and reck leave". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-16). "timbermen felled as lineup banned for a year on ESEA". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-11-05). "Update: Rebirth add curry as XotiC and phantom leave team". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-08). "Rebirth replace 4pack with Inseaniac". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-04). "Rebirth add XotiC, wrath, and wippie as phantom and curry look towards VALORANT; Inseaniac steps down". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-17). "reck replaces wippie on Rebirth". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2020-11-15). "KayJay leaves RBG". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-12-12). "RBG roster become restricted free agents". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-12). "RBG revamp roster with chop and Wolffe". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-28). "ara joins RBG as a coach". Dust2.us.
- ↑ tolkienfanatic (2020-12-28). "Russian Canadians bring back vek and castro; add KmZ". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-09). "Russian Canadians confirm addition of Melio". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-23). "Oceanus sign Russian Canadians". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-25). "Oceanus part ways with castro and KmZ". Dust2.us.
- ↑ mada (2020-10-29). "GG @whalersgg 16-3 That concludes my time on rugratz was a fun run :)".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-11-13). "ex-Cloud9 add Infinite; set to continue playing with oSee". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-07). "Rugratz complete rebuild for Season 36". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-15). "Recon 5 sign Rugratz; RZU and cJ replace tweiss and Turismo". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-03). "tweiss replaces RZU on Recon 5". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-17). "Recon 5 replace cJ with AAustiN". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Mnmzzz (2020-12-14). "yohan jumps to hate's Chess Club; robby rejoins Eclipse". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-11-25). "Incognito lose viz and sterling". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-12-16). "Incognito round out roster with viz and Munk; Grave joins as backup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2020-12-18). "Big Chillin go undercover with Incognito". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-17). "Big Chillin plus Minus as Munk and viz leave the team". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-22). "Big Chillin get cooler with icy addition". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-04). "Big Chillin frigidly part ways with icy". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Mnmzzz (2021-02-12). "micro, bron, Minus set to rebuild ex-Big Chillin as Taller than 5'4"". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-24). "Taller than 5'4" Commission Mauisnake and f1ukie". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 Mnmzzz (2020-11-01). "Update: Koalanoob and tconnors leave Third Impact". Dust2.us.
- ↑ tolkienfanatic (2020-12-05). "Third Impact add brett and walker". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-12-30). "Third Impact rounds out roster with grape; Classy joins as analyst". Dust2.us.
- ↑ tolkienfanatic (2020-11-11). "ex-Polar Ace become Hate's Chess Club as Powerzz moves to VALORANT". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-12-29). "hate's Chess Club complete lineup with rin and Wilky". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-20). "Levitate sign hate's Chess Club". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 theroadtodrwaldo (2021-02-03). "Levitate left in a tailspin; rin and yohan join SKDC". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Mnmzzz (2021-02-10). "Levitate complete rebuild with Delta9, Swahn, Ghostii". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-15). "Turismo replaces YuZ on GGPR starting lineup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-27). "GGPR kick Turismo". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2021-02-02). "3ARK00Z steps down from GGPR active roster; open to offers". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-05). "3ARK00Z and eXotic return to GGPR starting lineup". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 Mnmzzz (2021-02-25). "GGPR cut Creed; welcome Poison with arms wide open". Dust2.us.
- ↑ tolkienfanatic (2020-12-20). "GSG9 bench Xzen". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-11). "GSG9 retool roster with valens, seziwana, and Ryze". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-13). "GSG9 sign with ImPerium". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-04). "ImPerium release seziwana and Ryze". Dust2.us.
- ↑ tolkienfanatic (2021-02-07). "Wilky and AtomiK join ImPerium on trial". Dust2.us.
- ↑ tolkienfanatic (2021-01-15). "HavoK joins SKDC as SEMPHIS steps down". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-18). "hyun replaces HavoK on SKDC". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-18). "hyun steps down from SKDC". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-21). "rin leaves SKDC". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-02-25). "SKDC add Ryze". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2021-01-22). "ex-Recon 5 takes shape with jet-, DARYL, nguyen, Delta9, VulcaN". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2020-12-21). "Kinship on the chop-ping block". Dust2.us.
- ↑ theroadtodrwaldo (2021-01-09). "Kinship disband as chop and grape go their separate ways". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Yeah Gaming (2021-01-13). "A Yeah Gaming comunica que o jogador Eduardo “dumau” Wolkmer já não faz mais parte da organização" [Yeah Gaming reports that player Eduardo “dumau” Wolkmer is no longer part of the organization] (in
Portuguese).
- ↑ Nohte (2021-01-14). "ESEA reveal groups for Premier Season 36; Yeah replaced by Rise". Dust2.us.