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StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 5

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[e][h]StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 5
League Information
Organizers:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Ukraine Kyiv
Prize Pool:
$300,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-28
End Date:
2018-06-03
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Cache • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train

About[edit]

The newly re-branded StarSeries & i-League returns for its 5th Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Season. The tournament will again feature a $300,000 USD prize pool as well as the best-of-three swiss system from the previous season.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage: May 28th - June 1st, 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
    • Teams are drawn randomly for first round match-ups
  • 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: June 2nd - 3rd, 2018
    • Single-Elimination Bracket
    • All matches (including the final) are Bo3

Prize Pool[edit]

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

Participants[edit]

1 April 3rd - Russia Jame returns to AVANGAR's active lineup. Kazakhstan Ramz1k is released. [6]
2 May 11th - Cloud9 were invited to the tournament, but declined their invite, so their slot was allocated to the North American Qualifier. [7]
3 May 15th - FaZe Clan, Fnatic, & G2 Esports also declined their invites, leading to North, Virtus.pro, & Gambit Esports replacing them from their respective qualifiers. [8]
4 May 17th - Serbia kassad announces his departure from Renegades. [9]
5 May 21st - China AE joins TYLOO on loan from TSGaming E-Sports Club while China Mo recovers from an injury. [10]
6 May 22nd - NRG Esports replace United Kingdom Immi with United States ImAPet. [11]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Overview[edit]

#TeamMatchesRoundsRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1.AGO Esports AGO Esports3 - 0112 - 80+32Virtus.pro
2:0
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
2:0
mousesports
2:1
To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
1.SK GamingSK Gaming SK Gaming3 - 0114 - 93+21VG.FlashGaming
2:1
AVANGAR
2:0
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
2:1
To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
3.Team LiquidTeam Liquid Team Liquid3 - 1155 - 121+34NRG EsportsNRG Esports
2:0
GODSENTGODSENT
2:1
SK GamingSK Gaming
1:2
AVANGAR
2:1
To Be Determined
3.Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas3 - 1116 - 103+13HellRaisers
2:0
AGO Esports
0:2
TYLOO
2:0
NorthNorth
2:0
To Be Determined
3.mousesports mousesports3 - 1141 - 134+7NorthNorth
2:1
TYLOO
2:0
AGO Esports
1:2
Natus Vincere
2:1
To Be Determined
6.Natus Vincere Natus Vincere3 - 2154 - 130+24TYLOO
0:2
VG.FlashGaming
2:0
Virtus.pro
2:0
mousesports
1:2
AVANGAR
2:0
6.NorthNorth North3 - 2168 - 147+21mousesports
1:2
NRG EsportsNRG Esports
2:1
HellRaisers
2:0
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
0:2
GODSENTGODSENT
2:0
6.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports3 - 2142 - 128+14Team LiquidTeam Liquid
0:2
NorthNorth
1:2
VG.FlashGaming
2:0
HellRaisers
2:0
Renegades
2:0
9.GODSENTGODSENT GODSENT2 - 3159 - 144+15Renegades
2:0
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
1:2
AVANGAR
1:2
TYLOO
2:1
NorthNorth
0:2
9.AVANGAR AVANGAR2 - 3149 - 159-10Gambit Esports
2:0
SK GamingSK Gaming
0:2
GODSENTGODSENT
2:1
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
1:2
Natus Vincere
0:2
9.Renegades Renegades2 - 3138 - 195-57GODSENTGODSENT
0:2
HellRaisers
1:2
Gambit Esports
2:1
Virtus.pro
2:1
NRG EsportsNRG Esports
0:2
12.HellRaisers HellRaisers1 - 3108 - 124-16Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
0:2
Renegades
2:1
NorthNorth
0:2
NRG EsportsNRG Esports
0:2
To Be Determined
12.Virtus.pro Virtus.pro1 - 3120 - 137-17AGO Esports
0:2
Gambit Esports
2:0
Natus Vincere
0:2
Renegades
1:2
To Be Determined
12.TYLOO TYLOO1 - 394 - 136-42Natus Vincere
2:0
mousesports
0:2
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
0:2
GODSENTGODSENT
1:2
To Be Determined
15.Gambit Esports Gambit Esports0 - 3104 - 116-12AVANGAR
0:2
Virtus.pro
0:2
Renegades
1:2
To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
15.VG.FlashGaming VG.FlashGaming0 - 373 - 100-27SK GamingSK Gaming
1:2
Natus Vincere
0:2
NRG EsportsNRG Esports
0:2
To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined

Detailed Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]
Round 1 Matches
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
2
0
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
May 28, 2018 - 10:00 EEST
1612
4
63
3
1610
6
115
6
SK GamingSK GamingSK
2
1
VG.FlashGamingVG.FlashGamingVG.Flash
May 28, 2018 - 10:00 EEST
11
0
1614
2
19103
51
1550
100
1613
3
22
0
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
0
2
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
May 28, 2018 - 13:00 EEST
1691
60
1962
92
125
7
1610
6
AGO EsportsAGO EsportsAGO
2
0
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
May 28, 2018 - 13:30 EEST
1962
92
1791
61
1611
5
134
9
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
1
NorthNorthNorth
May 28, 2018 - 16:30 EEST
1942
112
16111
40
74
3
1611
5
168
8
127
5
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
2
0
Gambit EsportsGambit EsportsGambit
May 28, 2018 - 16:40 EEST
1611
5
74
3
168
8
127
5
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
2
0
HellRaisersHellRaisersHR
May 28, 2018 - 20:40 EEST
169
7
136
7
1952
102
17101
51
GODSENTGODSENTGOD
2
0
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
May 28, 2018 - 19:20 EEST
1612
4
33
0
1613
3
32
1
Round 2[edit]
High[edit]
Round 2 High Matches
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
0
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
May 29, 2018 - 16:00 EEST
1611
5
74
3
169
7
86
2
SK GamingSK GamingSK
2
0
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
May 29, 2018 - 16:30 EEST
1611
5
84
4
1610
6
115
6
AGO EsportsAGO EsportsAGO
2
0
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
May 29, 2018 - 19:00 EEST
168
8
107
3
1611
5
74
3
GODSENTGODSENTGOD
1
2
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
May 29, 2018 - 19:00 EEST
21
1
1614
2
1612
4
73
4
97
2
168
8
Low[edit]
Round 2 Low Matches
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
2
0
Gambit EsportsGambit EsportsGambit
May 29, 2018 - 10:00 EEST
1971
83
1782
70
166
10
139
4
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
1
2
NorthNorthNorth
May 29, 2018 - 10:00 EEST
54
1
1611
5
1610
6
65
1
84
4
1611
5
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
2
0
VG.FlashGamingVG.FlashGamingVG.Flash
May 29, 2018 - 13:50 EEST
168
8
87
1
1611
5
84
4
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
1
2
HellRaisersHellRaisersHR
May 29, 2018 - 13:15 EEST
1610
6
95
4
85
3
1610
6
11
0
1614
2
Round 3[edit]
High[edit]
Round 3 High Matches
SK GamingSK GamingSK
2
1
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
May 30, 2018 - 21:30 EEST
168
8
127
5
145
9
1610
6
166
10
139
4
AGO EsportsAGO EsportsAGO
2
1
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
May 30, 2018 - 19:00 EEST
1611
5
84
4
1311
2
164
12
167
9
98
1
Mid[edit]
Round 3 Mid Matches
HellRaisersHellRaisersHR
0
2
NorthNorthNorth
May 30, 2018 - 14:50 EEST
76
1
169
7
1410
4
165
11
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
2
1
GODSENTGODSENTGOD
May 30, 2018 - 13:00 EEST
108
2
167
9
1611
5
44
0
1610
6
135
8
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
0
2
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
May 30, 2018 - 18:00 EEST
114
7
1611
5
95
4
1610
6
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
2
0
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
May 30, 2018 - 16:20 EEST
1614
2
61
5
1610
6
135
8
Low[edit]
Round 3 Low Matches
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
2
0
VG.FlashGamingVG.FlashGamingVG.Flash
May 30, 2018 - 10:00 EEST
167
9
148
6
1612
4
103
7
Gambit EsportsGambit EsportsGambit
1
2
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
May 30, 2018 - 10:00 EEST
25112101
41230
2841232
112102
1610
6
55
0
147
7
168
8
Round 4[edit]
High[edit]
Round 4 High Matches
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
2
0
NorthNorthNorth
May 31, 2018 - 15:00 EEST
1612
4
93
6
169
7
136
7
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
1
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
May 31, 2018 - 18:00 EEST
1611
5
54
1
22
0
1613
3
1611
5
94
5
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
1
2
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
May 31, 2018 - 18:45 EEST
1610
6
115
6
54
1
1611
5
105
5
1610
6
Low[edit]
Round 4 Low Matches
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
1
2
GODSENTGODSENTGOD
May 31, 2018 - 12:00 EEST
1611
5
124
8
22
0
1613
3
72
5
1613
3
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
2
0
HellRaisersHellRaisersHR
May 31, 2018 - 12:00 EEST
1612
4
33
0
1610
6
135
8
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
2
1
Virtus.proVirtus.proVP
May 31, 2018 - 15:00 EEST
169
7
76
1
82
6
167
9
169
7
126
6
Round 5[edit]
Round 5 Matches
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
0
2
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
June 1, 2018 - 12:00 EEST
137
6
168
8
128
4
167
9
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
0
2
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
June 1, 2018 - 15:10 EEST
114
7
1611
5
76
1
169
7
NorthNorthNorth
2
0
GODSENTGODSENTGOD
June 1, 2018 - 18:00 EEST
169
7
116
5
166
10
127
5


Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
SK GamingSK GamingSK
1
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
2
June 2, 2018 - 23:00 EEST
22913
621
19620
911
63
3
1612
4
88
0
167
9
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
1
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
June 2, 2018 - 19:00 EEST
169
7
96
3
117
4
168
8
96
3
169
7
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
2
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
1
June 3, 2018 - 16:00 EEST
75
2
1610
6
166
10
129
3
168
8
87
1
AGO EsportsAGO EsportsAGO
1
NorthNorthNorth
2
June 2, 2018 - 14:20 EEST
133
10
1612
4
164
12
1411
3
106
4
169
7
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
1
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
2
June 2, 2018 - 10:35 EEST
1610
6
105
5
66
0
169
7
66
0
169
7
NorthNorthNorth
1
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
2
June 3, 2018 - 12:00 EEST
54
1
1611
5
169
7
136
7
97
2
168
8
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
2
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
0
June 3, 2018 - 20:30 EEST
168
8
87
1
169
7
76
1

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