ELeague Season 2 is the second season of the ELeague Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league that will run from October 21, 2016 to December 3, 2016 and will be broadcast on cable television on TBS and online on twitch.tv. The season will feature 120 teams overall and 16 teams in the main tournament from across the world to compete in a seven week season, which includes a regular season and a playoffs.[1] The broadcast is simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch.[2]
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.[3][4] 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)
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North American Closed Qualifier
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.
Teams Competing
The top eight teams from ELEAGUE Season 1 will be joined by eight other teams, four from each closed qualifier.[5]
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
Group Stage
Group A
| Group A Results |
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| mousesports |
1 |
0 |
 Immortals |
| Cloud9 |
1 |
0 |
FaZe Clan |
| mousesports |
1 |
0 |
Cloud9 |
| FaZe Clan |
2 |
1 |
Immortals |
| Cloud9 |
1 |
2 |
FaZe Clan |
Group B
| Group B Results |
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| 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 C
| Group C Results |
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| 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 D
| Group D Results |
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| 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 |
Playoffs
Final Standings
| Final Standings |
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| 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 |
FaZe Clan  |
karrigan, aizy, rain, kioShiMa, allu |
| 5th – 8th |
US$50,000 |
Team Dignitas  |
k0nfig, cajunb, Magiskb0y, MSL, RUBINO |
Ninjas in Pyjamas  |
f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, Xizt, pyth, friberg |
mousesports  |
denis, Spiidi,  NiKo,  ChrisJ, loWel |
Virtus.pro  |
NEO, TaZ, Snax, pashaBiceps, byali |
| 9th – 12th |
US$30,000 |
Cloud9  |
n0thing, Stewie2K, Skadoodle, autimatic, shroud |
G2 Esports  |
shox, SmithZz, Rpk, bodyy, .svg.png) ScreaM |
Natus Vincere  |
s1mple, seized, Edward, flamie,  GuardiaN |
Fnatic  |
olofmeister, KRiMZ, twist, disco doplan, Jumpy |
| 13th – 16th |
US$30,000 |
Immortals  |
HEN1, LUCAS1, zews, felps, boltz |
Echo Fox  |
sgares, ShahZaM, roca, fREAKAZOiD, ryx |
| ALTERNATE aTTaX |
kzy, crisby, keev, tiziaN, syrsoN |
Team EnVyUs  |
kennyS, Happy, SIXER, apEX |
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