ESL One: New York 2016

ESL One: New York 2016

2016
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	New York, New York
Dates	September 30, 2016–October 2, 2016
Administrator(s)	Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Teams	8 teams
Purse	US$250,000
Final positions
Champions	Natus Vincere
1st runners-up	Virtus.pro
2nd runners-up	SK Gaming Team Liquid
MVP	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev

ESL One: New York 2016 is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive run by ESL. Eight teams from around the globe compete in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and a playoffs. There will be a US$250,000 prize pool that will be paid out to each team.^[1]

Format

ESL invited six teams to compete in ESL One: New York. One team from the European Qualifier and one team from the North American Qualifier will also have a ticket to the tournament. Both qualifiers are played online.^[2][3]

The group stage will be in a format of a Swiss-system tournament, much like the ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier. In the end, the top four teams will advance to the Playoffs. All games in this stage will be a best-of-one. It will consist of five rounds.

The Playoffs will be formatted in a four team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket. The champion is decided when a team wins in the Finals.

Broadcast Talent

Stage Hosts

• Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
• Alex "Machine" Richardson

Analysts

• Duncan "Thorin" Shields
• Janko "YNk" Paunović

Commentators

• Anders Blume
• Henry "HenryG" Greer
• Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
• Hugo Byron
• John "BLU" Mullen
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Joona "natu" Leppänen
• Mitch "Uber" Leslie
• Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill

Observers

• DJ "Prius" Kuntz
• Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift
• Alex "Rushly" Rush

Qualifiers

In each qualifier, one team will move on to the main tournament.

Europe Qualifier

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		GODSENT	16	3	4
		FaZe Clan	4	16	16
									FaZe Clan	16	16	–
									mousesports	12	7	–
		Gambit Gaming	9	12	–
		mousesports	16	16	–
																FaZe Clan	10	5	–
																Astralis	16	16	–
		Team EnVyUs	19	16	–
		Flipsid3 Tactics	17	7	–
									Team EnVyUs	5	16	12
									Astralis	16	8	16
		Team Dignitas	16	10	9
		Astralis	11	16	16

North America Qualifier

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Counter Logic Gaming	13	14	–
		Cloud9	16	16	–
									Cloud9	16	16	–
									Team SoloMid	6	9	–
		Echo Fox	12	16	8
		Team SoloMid	16	14	16
																Cloud9	14	16	6
																OpTic Gaming	16	13	16
	*	OpTic Gaming	16	19	–
		NRG eSports	14	19	–
									OpTic Gaming	16	17	16
									Immortals	10	19	14
		compLexity Gaming	0	3	–
		Immortals	16	16	–

Teams Competing

Swiss Group Stage

Round 1

Round 1 Games
Virtus.pro	16	6	Fnatic
G2 Esports	13	16	Astralis
SK Gaming	16	10	OpTic Gaming
Natus Vincere	16	9	Team Liquid

Round 2

Low Matches

Round 2 Low Games
Fnatic	16	3	OpTic Gaming
G2 Esports	7	16	Team Liquid

High Matches

Round 2 High Games
Virtus.pro	9	16	Natus Vincere
SK Gaming	16	13	Astralis

Round 3

Low Matches

Round 3 Low Game
G2 Esports	7	16	OpTic Gaming

Mid Matches

Round 3 Mid Games
Virtus.pro	16	8	Team Liquid
Astralis	9	16	Fnatic

High Match

Round 3 High Game
Natus Vincere	16	6	SK Gaming

Round 4

Low Match

Round 4 Low Game
Astralis	12	16	OpTic Gaming

Mid Match

Round 4 Mid Game
Team Liquid	16	14	Fnatic

High Match

Round 4 High Game
SK Gaming	16	8	Virtus.pro

Round 5

Round 5 Games
Team Liquid	16	12	Fnatic
Virtus.pro	16	14	OpTic Gaming

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Final
		SK Gaming	19	21	7
		Virtus.pro	16	25	16
									Virtus.pro	16	8	17
									Natus Vincere	3	16	19
		Natus Vincere	7	16	16
		Team Liquid	16	13	10

Final Standings

Final Standings
Place	Prize Money	Team	Roster
1st	US$125,000	Natus Vincere	s1mple, Edward, flamie, seized, GuardiaN
2nd	US$50,000	Virtus.pro	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali s1mple
3rd – 4th	US$25,000	SK Gaming	FalleN, coldzera, fnx, TACO, fer
		Team Liquid	Hiko, EliGE, jdm64, nitr0, Pimp
5th – 6th	US$8,500	Fnatic	twist, olofmeister, Lekr0, dennis, wenton
		OpTic Gaming	stanislaw, NAF, tarik, RUSH, mixwell
7th	US$5,000	Astralis	karrigan, dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Kjaerbye
8th	US$3,000	G2 Esports	shox, bodyy, Rpk, SmithZz, ScreaM

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