2017 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Location | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
Dates | January 22, 2017–January 29, 2017 |
Administrator | Valve ELEAGUE |
Tournament format(s) | 16 team swiss-system group stage 8 team single-elimination playoff |
Venue | Fox Theatre |
Teams | 16 teams |
Purse | $1,000,000 USD |
Final positions | |
Champions | Astralis |
1st runners-up | Virtus.pro |
2nd runners-up | SK Gaming Fnatic |
MVP | Markus "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.