# ELEAGUE Season 2

ELEAGUE Season 2 was the second season of the ELEAGUE Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league that ran from October 21, 2016, to December 3, 2016, and was broadcast on cable television on TBS. The season featured 120 teams overall and 16 teams in the main tournament from across the world competing in a seven-week season, which included a regular season and a playoffs. The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch.
The season began with Season 1 semifinalist mousesports defeating Brazil's second best team Immortals and ended in the grand finals with OpTic Gaming pulling off an upset against Astralis to take home Season 2's ELEAGUE title.

## Format

Season 2 will reflect a format much like a CS:GO major, such at the recent ESL One Cologne 2016.
The top eight finishers from last season's ELEAGUE will automatically be invited to compete in the second season. The other sixteen teams are invited to play in the Closed Qualifiers in their respective continents. Each continent will feature three open qualifiers that have sixteen teams each.
Each continent will have three open qualifiers, and each open qualifier will have sixteen teams playing in a single elimination, best of one bracket. Four teams from the first and second European open qualifiers, three from the third European qualifier, two from the first and second North American qualifiers, and one from the third North American qualifier will move on to play in their respective closed qualifiers.
Eleven teams from the European open qualifiers and five teams from the North American open qualifiers will compete in their respective closed qualifiers. Four teams from each closed qualifier will progress to ELEAGUE Season 2, making a total of sixteen teams. In both closed qualifiers, teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket until a four teams remain.
The group stage will feature four groups, making four teams per group. Teams will play in a double elimination group stage. The highest seed in the group will play against the lowest seed and the other two teams will play against each other. The two winners and two losers will then play against each other. The winner of the winners match will move on to the Playoffs and the loser of the winners match will play a third match against the winner of the losers match. The loser of the losers match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams in the group will play; the winner of the match will get a spot in the Playoffs and the loser will head home. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs.
The Playoffs will consist of the eight teams. Teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket and will keep playing until a winner is decided.

## Qualifiers
### European Closed Qualifier

* Europe
* Team Dignitas (Season 1)
* FaZe Clan (Season 1)
* Gambit Gaming (Season 1)
* Flipsid3 Tactics (Season 1)
* G2 Esports (Season 1)
* ALTERNATE aTTaX (Open Qualifier 1)
* Team Kinguin (Open Qualifier 1)
* HellRaisers (Open Qualifier 1)
* GODSENT (Open Qualifier 1)
* XPRESIV'E Club (Open Qualifier 2)
* ENCORE (Open Qualifier 2)
* Deadweight (Open Qualifier 2)
* passion (Open Qualifier 2)
* Tengri (Open Qualifier 3)
* tRICKED eSport (Open Qualifier 3)
* walkover (Open Qualifier 3)
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | | – | – | – |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| walkover | walkover | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| walkover | walkover | 0 | G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Team Kinguin | Team Kinguin | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Team Kinguin | Team Kinguin | 2 | Team Kinguin | Team Kinguin | 0 | | | | | | | |
| tRICKED eSport | tRICKED eSport | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| tRICKED eSport | tRICKED eSport | 1 | | | | G2 Esports | G2 Esports | Q | | | | |
| | | | | | | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | Q | | | | |
| Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | | | | | | | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | Q | | | | |
| Tengri | Tengri | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tengri | Tengri | 1 | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Gambit Gaming | Gambit Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Gambit Gaming | Gambit Gaming | 2 | Gambit Gaming | Gambit Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | |
| passions | passions | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| passions | passions | 0 | | | | | | | | ELEAGUE Season 2 | ELEAGUE Season 2 | → |
| | | | | | | | | | | ELEAGUE Season 2 | ELEAGUE Season 2 | → |
| FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | ELEAGUE Season 2 | ELEAGUE Season 2 | → |
| XPRESIV'E Club | XPRESIV'E Club | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| XPRESIV'E Club | XPRESIV'E Club | 1 | FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | HellRaisers | HellRaisers | 0 | | | | | | | |
| HellRaisers | HellRaisers | 2 | HellRaisers | HellRaisers | 0 | | | | | | | |
| ENCORE | ENCORE | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| ENCORE | ENCORE | 1 | | | | FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | Q | | | | |
| | | | | | | ALTERNATE aTTaX | ALTERNATE aTTaX | Q | | | | |
| GODSENT | GODSENT | 2 | | | | | | | ALTERNATE aTTaX | ALTERNATE aTTaX | Q | | | | |
| Deadweight | Deadweight | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Deadweight | Deadweight | 0 | GODSENT | GODSENT | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | ALTERNATE aTTaX | ALTERNATE aTTaX | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Flipsid3 Tactics | Flipsid3 Tactics | 0 | ALTERNATE aTTaX | ALTERNATE aTTaX | 2 | | | | | | | |
| ALTERNATE aTTaX | ALTERNATE aTTaX | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### North American Closed Qualifier

* North America
* SK Gaming$^1$ (Season 1)
* compLexity Gaming (Season 1)
* Echo Fox (Season 1)
* Counter Logic Gaming (Season 1)
* NRG Esports (Season 1)
* Luminosity Gaming$^1$ (Season 1)
* Team Liquid (Season 1)
* OpTic Gaming
* Renegades (Season 1)
* Selfless Gaming (Season 1)
* Team SoloMid (Season 1)
* Immortals (Open Qualifier 1)
* Splyce (Open Qualifier 2)
* Muffin Lightning (Open Qualifier 2)
* eUnited (Open Qualifier 3)
$^1$ SK Gaming released its Danish roster and picked up the roster of Luminosity Gaming. Luminosity then picked up the roster of Winout.net, another Brazilian team, after its former roster leaves for SK. The former Danish squad, now under the organization Heroic, was not invited to any qualifier.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | | – | – | – |
| SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Muffin Lightning | Muffin Lightning | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Muffin Lightning | Muffin Lightning | 0 | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | NRG Esports | NRG Esports | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Counter Logic Gaming | Counter Logic Gaming | 0 | NRG Esports | NRG Esports | 0 | | | | | | | |
| NRG Esports | NRG Esports | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| NRG Esports | NRG Esports | 2 | | | | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | Q | | | | |
| | | | | | | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | Q | | | | |
| OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | Q | | | | |
| compLexity Gaming | compLexity Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| compLexity Gaming | compLexity Gaming | 0 | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Renegades | Renegades | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Renegades | Renegades | 2 | Renegades | Renegades | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Luminosity Gaming | Luminosity Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Luminosity Gaming | Luminosity Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | ELEAGUE Season 2 | ELEAGUE Season 2 | → |
| | | | | | | | | | | ELEAGUE Season 2 | ELEAGUE Season 2 | → |
| Immortals | Immortals | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | ELEAGUE Season 2 | ELEAGUE Season 2 | → |
| Blight Gaming | Blight Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blight Gaming | Blight Gaming | 0 | Immortals | Immortals | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Team SoloMid | Team SoloMid | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Team SoloMid | Team SoloMid | 2 | Team SoloMid | Team SoloMid | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Selfless Gaming | Selfless Gaming | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Selfless Gaming | Selfless Gaming | 1 | | | | Immortals | Immortals | Q | | | | |
| | | | | | | Echo Fox | Echo Fox | Q | | | | |
| Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 2 | | | | | | | Echo Fox | Echo Fox | Q | | | | |
| eUnited | eUnited | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| eUnited | eUnited | 0 | Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Echo Fox | Echo Fox | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Echo Fox | Echo Fox | 2 | Echo Fox | Echo Fox | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Splyce | Splyce | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Teams Competing

The top eight teams from ELEAGUE Season 1 will be joined by eight other teams, four from each closed qualifier.
* Astralis (Season 1 Top 8)
* Natus Vincere (Season 1 Top 8)
* Ninjas in Pyjamas (Season 1 Top 8)
* Virtus.pro (Season 1 Top 8)
* Fnatic (Season 1 Top 8)
* Cloud9 (Season 1 Top 8)
* Team EnVyUs (Season 1 Top 8)
* mousesports (Season 1 Top 8)
* G2 Esports (EU Closed Qualifier)
* Team Dignitas (EU Closed Qualifier)
* FaZe Clan (EU Closed Qualifier)
* ALTERNATE aTTaX (EU Closed Qualifier)
* SK Gaming (NA Closed Qualifier)
* OpTic Gaming (NA Closed Qualifier)
* Immortals (NA Closed Qualifier)
* Echo Fox (NA Closed Qualifier)

## Broadcast Talent

Analysts
* Richard Lewis
* Duncan "Thorin" Shields
* Jason "moses" O'Toole
* Scott "SirScoots" Smith
Commentators
* Anders Blume
* Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
* Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
* James Bardolph
Interviewers
* Kate Yeager
* Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico
Observers
* Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
* DJ "Prius" Kuntz
* Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift
* Benjamin "CoffeeMcSwagger" Budka

## Group stage
### Group A

| Seed | Team | Record | RF-RA | RD | Points |
| 1 | mousesports | 2–0 | 35–25 | +10 | 2 |
| 2 | FaZe Clan | 2–1 | 111–98 | +13 | 2 |
| 3 | Cloud9 | 1–2 | 80–81 | −1 | 1 |
| 4 | Immortals | 0–2 | 43–65 | −22 | 0 |
Group A Results :
| mousesports | 1 | 0 | Immortals |
| Cloud9 | 1 | 0 | FaZe Clan |
| mousesports | 1 | 0 | Cloud9 |
| FaZe Clan | 2 | 1 | Immortals |
| Cloud9 | 1 | 2 | FaZe Clan |
Group A Scores :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| mousesports | 16 | Mirage | 9 | Immortals |
| Cloud9 | 16 | Train | 7 | FaZe Clan |
| mousesports | 19 | Dust II$^†$ | 16 | Cloud9 |
| FaZe Clan | 16 | Mirage | 2 | Immortals |
| FaZe Clan | 17 | Train | 19 | Immortals |
| FaZe Clan | 16 | Overpass | 13 | Immortals |
| Cloud9 | 20 | Mirage | 22 | FaZe Clan |
| Cloud9 | 19 | Train | 17 | FaZe Clan |
| Cloud9 | 9 | Overpass | 16 | FaZe Clan |

### Group B

| Seed | Team | Record | RF-RA | RD | Points |
| 1 | Virtus.pro | 2–0 | 32–8 | +24 | 2 |
| 2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2–1 | 55–39 | +16 | 2 |
| 3 | G2 Esports | 1–2 | 55–53 | +2 | 1 |
| 4 | Echo Fox | 0–2 | 6–48 | −43 | 0 |
Group B Results :
| Virtus.pro | 1 | 0 | Echo Fox |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 | 0 | G2 Esports |
| Virtus.pro | 1 | 0 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| G2 Esports | 2 | 0 | Echo Fox |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | 0 | G2 Esports |
Group B Scores :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Virtus.pro | 16 | Nuke | 1 | Echo Fox |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16 | Overpass | 5 | G2 Esports |
| Virtus.pro | 16 | Cobblestone$^†$ | 7 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| G2 Esports | 16 | Nuke | 3 | Echo Fox |
| G2 Esports | 16 | Dust 2 | 2 | Echo Fox |
| G2 Esports | – | Cache | – | Echo Fox |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16 | Nuke | 8 | G2 Esports |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16 | Train | 10 | G2 Esports |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | – | Cobblestone | – | G2 Esports |

### Group C

| Seed | Team | Record | RF-RA | RD | Points |
| 1 | Astralis | 2–0 | 32–19 | +13 | 2 |
| 2 | SK Gaming | 2–1 | 61–42 | +19 | 2 |
| 3 | Natus Vincere | 1–2 | 50–59 | −9 | 1 |
| 4 | ALTERNATE aTTaX | 0–2 | 17–48 | −31 | 0 |
Group C Results :
| Natus Vincere | 0 | 1 | SK Gaming |
| Astralis | 1 | 0 | ALTERNATE aTTaX |
| Astralis | 1 | 0 | SK Gaming |
| Natus Vincere | 2 | 0 | ALTERNATE aTTaX |
| SK Gaming | 2 | 0 | Natus Vincere |
Group C Scores :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Natus Vincere | 10 | Train | 16 | SK Gaming |
| Astralis | 16 | Nuke | 6 | ALTERNATE aTTaX |
| Astralis | 16 | Overpass$^†$ | 13 | SK Gaming |
| Natus Vincere | 16 | Cobblestone | 3 | ALTERNATE aTTaX |
| Natus Vincere | 16 | Overpass | 8 | ALTERNATE aTTaX |
| Natus Vincere | – | Nuke | – | ALTERNATE aTTaX |
| SK Gaming | 16 | Dust II | 8 | Natus Vincere |
| SK Gaming | 16 | Train | 8 | Natus Vincere |
| SK Gaming | – | Nuke | – | Natus Vincere |

### Group D

| Seed | Team | Record | RF-RA | RD | Points |
| 1 | Team Dignitas | 2–0 | 32–15 | +17 | 2 |
| 2 | OpTic Gaming | 2–1 | 94–62 | +32 | 2 |
| 3 | Fnatic | 1–2 | 38–65 | −27 | 1 |
| 4 | Team EnVyUs | 0–2 | 39–61 | −22 | 0 |
Group D Results :
| Fnatic | 1 | 0 | OpTic Gaming |
| Team EnVyUs | 0 | 1 | Team Dignitas |
| Fnatic | 0 | 1 | Team Dignitas |
| Team EnVyUS | 1 | 2 | OpTic Gaming |
| Fnatic | 0 | 2 | OpTic Gaming |
Group D Scores :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Fnatic | 19 | Cache | 17 | OpTic Gaming |
| Team EnVyUS | 12 | Cobblestone | 16 | Team Dignitas |
| Fnatic | 3 | Overpass$^†$ | 16 | Team Dignitas |
| Team EnVyUS | 3 | Overpass | 16 | OpTic Gaming |
| Team EnVyUS | 16 | Dust II | 13 | OpTic Gaming |
| Team EnVyUS | 8 | Cobblestone | 16 | OpTic Gaming |
| Fnatic | 5 | Cobblestone | 16 | OpTic Gaming |
| Fnatic | 11 | Dust II | 16 | OpTic Gaming |
| Fnatic | – | Train | – | OpTic Gaming |
$^†$ Game was broadcast on TBS.

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 1 | | | | | | |
| SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 2 | | | | | | |
| SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 2 | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 0 | | | |
| | | | Astralis | Astralis | 2 | | | |
| Astralis | Astralis | 2 | Astralis | Astralis | 2 | | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 | | | | Astralis | Astralis | 1 |
| | | | | | | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 2 |
| mousesports | mousesports | 0 | | | | | | | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 2 |
| OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 2 | | | | | | |
| OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 2 | OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 2 | | | |
| | | | FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 0 | | | |
| Virtus.pro | Virtus.pro | 1 | FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 0 | | | |
| FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 2 | | | | | | |
Quarterfinals :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Team Dignitas | 6 | Dust II | 16 | SK Gaming |
| Team Dignitas | 16 | Mirage | 4 | SK Gaming |
| Team Dignitas | 14 | Overpass | 16 | SK Gaming |
| Astralis | 13 | Cobblestone | 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Astralis | 16 | Train | 2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Astralis | 16 | Overpass | 10 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| mousesports | 7 | Train | 16 | OpTic Gaming |
| mousesports | 11 | Cache | 16 | OpTic Gaming |
| mousesports | – | Dust II | – | OpTic Gaming |
| Virtus.pro | 16 | Nuke$^†$ | 4 | FaZe Clan |
| Virtus.pro | 10 | Overpass$^†$ | 16 | FaZe Clan |
| Virtus.pro | 14 | Cache$^†$ | 16 | FaZe Clan |
Semifinals :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| SK Gaming | 11 | Overpass | 16 | Astralis |
| SK Gaming | 12 | Train | 16 | Astralis |
| SK Gaming | – | Dust II | – | Astralis |
| OpTic Gaming | 16 | Train$^†$ | 3 | FaZe Clan |
| OpTic Gaming | 16 | Overpass$^†$ | 12 | FaZe Clan |
| OpTic Gaming | – | Dust II | – | FaZe Clan |
Finals :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Astralis | 16 | Train$^†$ | 9 | OpTic Gaming |
| Astralis | 6 | Cobblestone$^†$ | 16 | OpTic Gaming |
| Astralis | 11 | Overpass$^†$ | 16 | OpTic Gaming |

## Final standings

Final Standings :
| Place | Prize Money | Team | Roster |
| 1st | US$400,000 | OpTic Gaming | NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, tarik, mixwell |
| 2nd | US$140,000 | Astralis | dev1ce, Xyp9x, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, gla1ve |
| 3rd – 4th | US$60,000 | SK Gaming | FalleN, coldzera, fnx, TACO, fer |
| 3rd – 4th | US$60,000 | FaZe Clan | karrigan, aizy, rain, kioShiMa, allu |
| 5th – 8th | US$50,000 | Team Dignitas | k0nfig, cajunb, Magiskb0y, MSL, RUBINO |
| 5th – 8th | US$50,000 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, pyth, friberg |
| 5th – 8th | US$50,000 | mousesports | denis, Spiidi, NiKo, ChrisJ, loWel |
| 5th – 8th | US$50,000 | Virtus.pro | NEO, TaZ, Snax, pashaBiceps, byali |
| 9th – 12th | US$30,000 | Cloud9 | n0thing, Stewie2K, Skadoodle, autimatic, shroud |
| 9th – 12th | US$30,000 | G2 Esports | shox, SmithZz, Rpk, bodyy, ScreaM |
| 9th – 12th | US$30,000 | Natus Vincere | s1mple, seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN |
| 9th – 12th | US$30,000 | Fnatic | olofmeister, KRiMZ, twist, disco doplan, Jumpy |
| 13th – 16th | US$30,000 | Immortals | HEN1, LUCAS1, zews, felps, boltz |
| 13th – 16th | US$30,000 | Echo Fox | sgares, ShahZaM, roca, fREAKAZOiD, ryx |
| 13th – 16th | US$30,000 | ALTERNATE aTTaX | kzy, crisby, keev, tiziaN, syrsoN |
| 13th – 16th | US$30,000 | Team EnVyUs | kennyS, Happy, SIXER, apEX, NBK- |