ELEAGUE Season 2

ELEAGUE
2016
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
DatesOctober 21, 2016–December 3, 2016
AdministratorTurner Sports
William Morris Endeavor
Tournament
format(s)
Group Stage (Bo1/Bo3)
Single-Elimination Brackets (Bo3)
VenueTurner Studios
Teams16 teams
Purse$1,100,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsOpTic Gaming
1st runners-upAstralis
2nd runners-upSK Gaming
FaZe Clan
MVPWill "RUSH" Wierzba

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.[1] The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "ELEAGUE Announces Schedule for Second Season of CS:GO".
  2. ^ "Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and WME | IMG Form Strategic Partnership to Create Groundbreaking eSports League". Time Warner. September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.