FACEIT Major: London 2018
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FACEIT Major: London 2018
League Information
Series:
FACEIT Major
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
London Venue:
Teams:
24
Prize pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-09-??
End Date:
2018-09-23
Liquipedia Tier:
Tier:Links
Maps
Chronology
FACEIT Major: London 2018 is the 13th Valve-sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the second Major of 2018. The prize-pool is once again $1,000,000 and the 24-team format introduced at the previous Major will be used again. This is the first Major to be held by FACEIT.
About[edit]
Broadcast talent[edit]
- Desk Host:
- TBA
- Stage Host:
- TBA
- Interviewer:
- TBA
- Analyst:
- TBA
- Commentator:
- TBA
- Observer:
- TBA
Format[edit]
- The New Challengers Stage: September ??th - ??th, 2018
- Format to be announced
- Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Legends Stage
- Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
- Format to be announced
- The New Legends Stage: September ??th - ??th, 2018
- Format to be announced
- Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Champions Stage
- Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
- Format to be announced
- The New Champions Stage: September 20th - 23rd, 2018
- Format to be announced
Prize Pool[edit]
$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Seed | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$500,000 | Legend Status |  TBD
|
 2nd
|
$150,000 | Legend Status | TBD
|
 3rd-4th
|
$70,000 | Legend Status | TBD
|
| TBD
| |||
| 5th-8th | $35,000 | Legend Status | TBD
|
| TBD
| |||
| TBD
| |||
| TBD
| |||
| 9th-11th | $8,750 | New Challenger Status | TBD
|
| TBD
| |||
| TBD
| |||
| 12th-14th | $8,750 | New Challenger Status | TBD
|
| TBD
| |||
| TBD
| |||
| 15th-16th | $8,750 | New Challenger Status | TBD
|
| TBD
| |||
| 17th-19th | - | - | TBD
|
| TBD
| |||
| TBD
| |||
| 20th-22nd | - | - | TBD
|
| TBD
| |||
| TBD
| |||
| 23rd-24th | - | - | TBD
|
| TBD
|
Note: No prize money is awarded to teams eliminated in the New Challengers Stage.
Participants[edit]
The Current Legends[edit]
| 1 |  Edward |
|---|---|
| 2 |  flamie |
| 3 | s1mple |
| 4 | Zeus |
| 5 | electronic |
| C | kane |
 | |
| EL Major: Boston 2018 | |
For notes on the "Current Legends" Click here.
- 1 March 9th - G2 Esports announce the addition of
mixwell, who will be replacing 
shox on trial starting after his run in WESG 2017. SmithZz also steps down as coach, after expressing his desire to return to playing, resulting in manager NiaK taking over. Both SmithZz and shox move to the bench. [1] - 2 March 22nd -
TACO steps down from SK Gaming. [2] - 3 March 30th -
Skadoodle announced his inactivity and stepped down from Cloud9. [3] He later announced on April 11th that he was returning to the active roster. [4] - 4 March 30th - Stewie2K leaves Cloud9 and joins SK Gaming. [5]
- 5 April 2nd - Cloud9 sign
FNS. [6] - 6 May 25th - Fnatic sign
Xizt to replace Lekr0. [7] - 7 May 26th - Cloud9 bench FNS. [8]
- 8 May 28th - G2 Esports bench mixwell. [9]
- 9 June 4th - shox and SmithZz return to the active roster, while NBK- and apEX are benched. [10]
- 10 June 17th - Fnatic replace Golden with draken. [11]
The New Challengers[edit]
Boston's Fallen[edit]
| 1 |  NEO |
|---|---|
| 2 | pashaBiceps |
| 3 | Snax |
| 4 | byali |
| 5 | MICHU |
| C | kuben |
 | |
| EL Major: Boston 2018 | |
The Minors' Champions[edit]
| 1 |  TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
 | |
| Europe Minor #1 | |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
| |
| Americas Minor #1 | |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
| |
| CIS Minor #1 | |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
| |
| Asia Minor #1 | |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
| |
| Europe Minor #2 | |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
| |
| Americas Minor #2 | |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
| |
| CIS Minor #2 | |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
| |
| Asia Minor #2 | |
For notes on the "New Challengers" Click here.
- 1 January 26th - North part ways with
ruggah and promote ave to coach the main squad. [12] - 2 January 29th - North promotes mertz to the main roster, replacing cajunb. [13]
- 3 February 2nd - Kjaerbye transfers from Astralis to North, k0nfig leaves the active North lineup. [14] [15]
- 4 February 5th - BIG bench
keev and move LEGIJA to the position of Head of CS:GO. [16] - 5 February 5th - Team Liquid sign NAF to replace jdm64. [17]
- 6 February 6th - Gambit Esports sign seized on trial to replace
fitch, who is benched. [18] - 7 February 6th - Virtus.pro bench TaZ. [19]
- 8 February 7th - Astralis sign Magisk. [20]
- 9 February 11th - BIG sign tiziaN. [21]
- 10 March 22nd - Virtus.pro officially sign MICHU. [22]
- 11 April 6th - Team Liquid sign TACO as steel steps down. [23]
- 12 April 9th - Vega Squadron bench mir and keshandr and are made available for transfer. [24]
- 13 April 18th - Vega Squadron buyout crush from pro100. It is announced the next day that Fierce will be temporarily acting as their fifth player, taking over captaining from jR. [25]
- 14 April 21st - BIG sign smooya. [26]
- 15 May 10th - Vega Squadron announce that kibaken has joined as their fifth player. Fierce returns to the coach role. [27]
- 16 May 27th - Gambit replace seized with mir. [28]
- 17 June 10th - Andi resigns as head coach from Gambit Esports. [29]
Results[edit]
New Challengers Stage[edit]
New Legends Stage[edit]
New Champions Stage[edit]
Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
| 1 |  TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
 |
| 1 | TBD |
|---|---|
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
|
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
Interviews[edit]
-
2018-02-22 | FACEIT's Michele Attisani: "Major is a huge milestone for us; CS:GO is in our DNA" by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org - 2018-05-11 | FACEIT's Michele Attisani: "We want to bring new life to the Minors" by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
New Challengers Stage[edit]
New Legends Stage[edit]
New Champions Stage[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 | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark
|
11 | karrigan, device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve, Magisk, MSL, aizy, valde, mertz, Kjaerbye |
| 1 | Russia
|
11 | flamie, electronic, balblna, jmqa, waterfaLLZ, Boombl4, Dosia, mir, chopper, hutji, kibaken |
| 3 | USA
|
7 | Skadoodle, autimatic, RUSH, tarik, Stewie2K, nitr0, EliGE |
| 4 | Sweden
|
6 | KRIMZ, JW, flusha, Xizt, draken, olofmeister |
| 5 | Brazil
|
5 | FalleN, fer, coldzera, boltz, TACO |
| 5 | Poland
|
5 | NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali, MICHU |
| 5 |  Turkey
|
5 | XANTARES, paz, ngiN, MAJ3R, Calyx |
| 5 | Ukraine
|
5 | Edward, s1mple, Zeus, jR, crush |
| 9 | France
|
4 | shox, bodyy, kennyS, SmithZz |
| 9 | Germany
|
4 | gob b, tabseN, nex, tiziaN |
| 11 | Canada
|
3 | FNS, Twistzz, NAF |
| 11 | Kazakhstan
|
3 | AdreN, mou, Hobbit |
| 13 |  Slovak Republic
|
2 | STYKO, GuardiaN |
| 14 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1 | NiKo |
| 14 |  Czech Republic
|
1 | oskar |
| 14 |  Estonia
|
1 | ropz |
| 14 |  Finland
|
1 | suNny |
| 14 |  Lithuania
|
1 | Kvik |
| 14 |  Netherlands
|
1 | chrisJ |
| 14 |  Norway
|
1 | rain |
| 14 | United Kingdom
|
1 | smooya |
References[edit]
- ↑ Karina (2018-03-09). "CS:GO team update - NBK- to try out as in-game leader". G2 Esports.
- ↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-03-22). "TACO confirms SK exit". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham (2018-03-30). "Currently inactive with csgo, the future is uncertain and that is all guys thank you".
- ↑ Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham (2018-04-11). "Oh btw skadaddy is BACK BABY".
- ↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-03-30). "Stewie2K links up with SK squad". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "We would like to welcome our newest #C9CSGO memeber, @FNS !". Cloud9. 2018-04-02.
- ↑ "The Return of Xizt". Fnatic. 2018-05-25.
- ↑ John Nomis. "Cloud9 announces @FNS to inactive CSGO roster.". Cloud9.
- ↑ Milan "Striker" Švejda. "mixwell allowed to explore options as G2 ponder new lineup". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "G2 Announces the CS:GO Lineup for ECS Season 5 Finals". G2 Esports. 2018-06-04.
- ↑ "CSGO - Welcome Draken; Thank you Golden". Fnatic. 2018-06-17.
- ↑ Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin (2018-01-26). "ave takes over as North's coach". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "Mertz replaces CajunB on Team North". North. 2018-01-29.
- ↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-02-02). "Kjaerbye confirms North move". HLTV.org.
- ↑ North (2018-02-02). "The lineup of North now looks like this:- Kjaerbye- aizy- Mertz- valde- MSL".
- ↑ BIG (2018-02-05). "+++ CS:GO ROSTER UPDATE +++".
- ↑ "CSGO Roster Update: Liquid`NAF". Team Liquid. 2018-02-05.
- ↑ "seized joins Gambit CS:GO". Gambit Esports. 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "TaZ has been benched". Virtus.pro. 2018-02-06.
- ↑ "Astralis sign Magisk". Astralis. 2018-02-07.
- ↑ Dustin Steiner (2018-02-11). "tiziaN Joins BIG, Becomes Most Expensive Player in German CS". Unikrn.
- ↑ "MICHU joins Virtus.pro". Virtus.pro. 2018-03-22.
- ↑ "Welcome, TACO!". Team Liquid. 2018-04-06.
- ↑ German "Konservator" Gristel (2018-04-09). "Vega Squadron CS:GO roster update". Vega Squadron.
- ↑ "Представляем обновленный состав по CS:GO " [Introducing the updated lineup for CS:GO] (in Russian). Vega Squadron. 2018-04-19.
- ↑ "BIG joins forces with smooya". BIG. 2018-04-21.
- ↑ "Vega Squadron complete CS:GO roster". Vega Squadron.
- ↑ "GAMBIT LEASES NIKOLAY "MIR" BITYUKOV FROM VEGA SQUADRON". Gambit Esports.
- ↑ "Andrey "Andi" Prokhorov resigns from Gambit CS:GO head coach position". Gambit Esports. 2018-06-10.
