StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4

[e][h]StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4

League Information

Series:

StarSeries

Organizer:

StarLadder
ImbaTV

Sponsor:

CS Money
HellCase
LOOT.BET
DreamTeam
NVIDIA GeForce
Honor
Republic of Gamers
Twitch

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

Kiev

Venue:

Kiev Cybersport Arena

Teams:

16

Format:

Swiss System Group
Single Elim. Playoffs (Bo3)

Prize Pool:

$300,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-02-17

End Date:

2018-02-25

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

About[edit]

The StarLadder & i-League StarSeries returns for its 4th Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Season. The tournament will feature a $300,000 USD prize pool as well as a groundbreaking 16 team best-of-three swiss system format.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

Group Stage: February 17th - 21st, 2018
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- All matches are Bo3
- Top 8 Teams proceed to the Playoffs
- Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
- Click here for a detailed explanation of the Swiss System format

First Round (Seeded)
- Seeding Pool 1: Four Top Ranked Invited Teams
- Seeding Pool 2: Four Mid Ranked Invited Teams
- Seeding Pool 3: Two Bottom Ranked Invited Teams & 1^st place teams from NA and EU Qualifiers
- Seeding Pool 4: 2^nd place teams from NA and EU Qualifiers and both Asia Qualifier teams
- Teams from Seeding Pool 1 are drawn versus teams from Seeding Pool 4
- Teams from Seeding Pool 2 are drawn versus teams from Seeding Pool 3
Second Round
- Division into 2 groups:
  - Winners of the first round ("High")
  - Losers of the first round ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
Third Round
- Division into 3 groups:
  - Teams with a score of 2:0 ("High")
  - Teams with a score of 1:1 ("Mid")
  - Teams with a score of 0:2 ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners of the high group advance to the next stage
- Losers of the low group are eliminated
Fourth Round
- Division into 2 groups:
  - Teams with a score of 2:1 ("High")
  - Teams with a score of 1:2 ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners of the high group advance to the next stage
- Losers of the low group are eliminated
Fifth Round
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners advance to the next stage
- Losers are eliminated

Playoffs: February 23rd - 25th, 2018
- Single-Elimination Bracket
- A 3^rd place match will be played
- All matches (including the finals) are a Bo3 series

Prize Pool[edit]

$300,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Team
1st	$130,000	mousesports
2nd	$50,000	Natus Vincere
3rd	$30,000	Team Liquid
4th	$15,000	FaZe Clan
5th-8th	$10,000	G2 Esports
		SK Gaming
		Astralis
		Renegades
9th-11th	$6,000	HellRaisers
		Heroic
		Cloud9
12th-14th	$4,000	Virtus.pro
		TYLOO
		Gambit Esports
15th-16th	$2,500	Fnatic
15th-16th	$2,500	MVP PK

Participants[edit]

Astralis^{1, 5}

1	device
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	gla1ve
5	Magisk
C	zonic

Invited

Cloud9

1	Skadoodle
2	Stewie2K
3	autimatic
4	RUSH
5	tarik
C	valens

Invited

FaZe Clan

1	rain
2	karrigan
3	NiKo
4	GuardiaN
5	olofmeister
C	RobbaN

Invited

Fnatic

1	KRIMZ
2	JW
3	flusha
4	Golden
5	Lekr0
C	Jumpy

Invited

G2 Esports

1	shox
2	bodyy
3	NBK-
4	kennyS
5	apEX
C	SmithZz

Invited

Gambit Esports⁴

1	Dosia
2	AdreN
3	mou
4	Hobbit
5	seized
C	Andi

Invited

mousesports

1	chrisJ
2	oskar
3	ropz
4	suNny
5	STYKO
C	lmbt

Invited

Natus Vincere

1	Edward
2	flamie
3	s1mple
4	Zeus
5	electronic
C	kane

Invited

SK Gaming

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	coldzera
4	TACO
5	boltz
C	dead

Invited

Virtus.pro³

1	NEO
2	pashaBiceps
3	Snax
4	byali
5	MICHU
C	kuben

Invited

HellRaisers^{8, 9}

1	ANGE1
2	bondik
3	DeadFox
4	woxic
5	ISSAA
6	HS
C	Johnta

Europe #1

Heroic⁷

1	MODDII
2	Snappi
3	niko
4	JUGi
5	RUBINO
C	peacemaker

Europe #2

Team Liquid²

1	nitr0
2	EliGE
3	Twistzz
4	steel
5	NAF
C	zews

North America #1

Renegades^{2, 6}

1	AZR
2	jks
3	USTILO
4	Nifty
5	jkaem
C	kassad

North America #2

TYLOO

1	Mo
2	DD
3	somebody
4	BnTeT
5	xccurate

Asia #1

MVP PK

1	solo
2	glow
3	zeff
4	HSK
5	XigN
C	termi

Asia #2

For "News and Roster Changes" Click here.

¹ February 2nd -

Kjaerbye transfers from Astralis to North. ^[1]

² February 5th -

NAF transfers to Team Liquid, replacing

jdm64. ^[2]

³ February 6th - Virtus.pro bench

TaZ,

MICHU will stand-in for the event while on a one month loan. ^[3]

⁴ February 6th - Gambit Esports sign

seized to replace

fitch. ^[4]

⁵ February 7th - Astralis sign

Magisk. ^[5]

⁶ February 8th -

jkaem joins Renegades as a long-term stand-in. ^[6]

⁷ February 13th - Heroic bring

RUBINO into the active lineup, with

es3tag being benched. ^[7]

⁸ February 16th -

HS is hired by HellRaisers to replace

ISSAA due to visa issues. ^[8]

⁹ February 18th -

ISSAA's visa issues are resolved and he is now able to play with HellRaisers. ^[9]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

#	Team	Matches	Rounds	RD	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1.	FaZe Clan	3 - 0	102 - 51	+51	2:0	2:0	2:1
1.	G2 Esports	3 - 0	113 - 86	+27	2:0	2:1	2:1
3.	SK Gaming	3 - 1	136 - 92	+44	2:0	1:2	2:0	2:0
3.	Astralis	3 - 1	142 - 107	+35	2:1	1:2	2:0	2:0
3.	Team Liquid	3 - 1	147 - 138	+9	1:2	2:1	2:0	2:1
6.	mousesports	3 - 2	213 - 194	+19	2:1	2:1	1:2	1:2	2:0
6.	Natus Vincere	3 - 2	173 - 161	+12	2:0	2:1	1:2	0:2	2:1
6.	Renegades	3 - 2	140 - 140	0	0:2	1:2	2:0	2:0	2:0
9.	Cloud9	2 - 3	118 - 123	-5	2:0	0:2	0:2	2:0	0:2
9.	HellRaisers	2 - 3	140 - 150	-10	0:2	0:2	2:0	2:1	0:2
9.	Heroic	2 - 3	130 - 152	-22	0:2	2:0	2:0	0:2	1:2
12.	Gambit Esports	1 - 3	133 - 152	-19	2:1	1:2	0:2	1:2
12.	Virtus.pro	1 - 3	118 - 157	-39	1:2	2:1	0:2	0:2
12.	TYLOO	1 - 3	83 - 122	-39	0:2	2:0	0:2	0:2
15.	Fnatic	0 - 3	87 - 107	-20	1:2	0:2	0:2
15.	MVP PK	0 - 3	75 - 118	-43	0:2	1:2	0:2