ESL One: New York 2016

ESL One: New York 2016
Tournament information
2016
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
3rd – 4th	US$25,000	Team Liquid	Hiko, EliGE, jdm64, nitr0, Pimp
5th – 6th	US$8,500	Fnatic	twist, olofmeister, Lekr0, dennis, wenton
5th – 6th	US$8,500	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

References

Professional Counter-Strike competition

Games

Tournaments

DreamHack
ELeague (Season 1, Season 2)
Electronic Sports League
- ESL Pro League: (Season 3, Season 4)
Electronic Sports World Cup
ESEA League
IeSF
Intel Extreme Masters
World Electronic Sports Games
X Games

CS:GO Majors	DreamHack Winter 2013 EMS One Katowice 2014 ESL One Cologne 2014 DreamHack Winter 2014 ESL One Katowice 2015 ESL One Cologne 2015 DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 MLG Major Championship: Columbus ESL One Cologne 2016

Defunct	Championship Gaming Series Cyberathlete Professional League World Cyber Games World e-Sports Games World Series of Video Games

Notable teams

Europe	Astralis EnVyUs Flipsid3 Tactics Fnatic G2 Esports Gambit Gaming Godsent mousesports Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas Virtus.pro Team LDLC.com

North America	Cloud9 Counter Logic Gaming compLexity Gaming Echo Fox FaZe Clan NRG OpTic Gaming Team Liquid Splyce Team SoloMid Renegades Winterfox

Other	Immortals (Brazil) Luminosity Gaming (Brazil) MiTH (Thailand) SK Gaming (Brazil)

Defunct	EFGaming Jax Money Crew Team 3D Team Curse Team NoA Tempo Storm Titan WeMade FOX

Notable commentators

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