ELEAGUE Major 2017

ELEAGUE Major 2017
2017
The ELEAGUE Major 2017 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
DatesJanuary 22, 2017–January 29, 2017
AdministratorValve
ELEAGUE
Tournament
format(s)
16 team swiss-system group stage
8 team single-elimination playoff
VenueFox Theatre
Teams16 teams
Purse$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsAstralis
1st runners-upVirtus.pro
2nd runners-upSK Gaming
Fnatic
MVPMarkus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye

ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017, also known as ELEAGUE Major 2017 or Atlanta 2017, was the tenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was organized by ELEAGUE and held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from January 22 to 29, 2017. It featured sixteen professional teams from around the world. Eight teams directly qualified based on their top eight placement in the last major, ESL One Cologne 2016, while another eight teams qualified through the ELEAGUE Offline Major Qualifier. ELEAGUE Major was the third consecutive Major with a prize pool of $1,000,000.[1]

The playoff stage consisted of eight teams. Astralis, Fnatic, Gambit Gaming, Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends. FaZe Clan and North were new Legends, replacing FlipSid3 Tactics and Team Liquid, who failed to make it past the group stage. The grand finals pitted Astralis, in its first ever final after nine playoff appearances, and Virtus.pro, which was in its second finals and looking for its second major title. Astralis had defeated Natus Vincere and Fnatic in the playoff stage, while Virtus.pro had beaten North and defending champions SK Gaming. In the third map of the best-of-three final, Astralis edged out Virtus.pro in the final round of regulation for its first major title.

  1. ^ "ELEAGUE to Host CS:GO Major Championship". ELEAGUE. Retrieved February 13, 2017.