ELEAGUE Major 2017
ELEAGUE Major 2017 ran 22–29 January 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and was won by Astralis. A $1M prize pool and 16 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.
- Dates: 22–29 January 2017
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Prize pool: $1M
- Teams: 16
- Tier: Major
- Type: Major
Final standings
- 1st — Astralis — $500K
- 2nd — Virtus.pro — $150K
- 3-4th — SK — $70K
- 3-4th — fnatic — $70K
- 5-8th — Natus Vincere — $35K
- 5-8th — Gambit — $35K
- 5-8th — FaZe — $35K
- 5-8th — North — $35K
- 9-11th — Liquid — $9K
- 9-11th — GODSENT — $9K
- 9-11th — Envy — $9K
- 12-14th — MOUZ — $9K
- 12-14th — G2 — $9K
- 12-14th — OpTic — $9K
- 15-16th — HellRaisers — $9K
- 15-16th — FlipSid3 — $9K
Format
- Group stage: Swiss group stage · * Teams with 3 wins advance to playoffs, teams with 3 losses are eliminated · * Teams will play another team that: · ** They have not played previously in the tournament · ** Possess the same record
- Playoffs: Single-Elimination BO3
- Veto: Best of 1: · 1) Higher seeded team decides if they are Team A or Team B, if they are from the same pool, they will flip a coin · 2) Team A ban · 3) Team B ban · 4) Team A ban · 5) Team B ban · 6) Team A ban · 7) Map is randomly chosen from 2 remaining maps · 8) Team B picks side · Best of 3: · 1) Higher seeded team decides if they are Team A or Team B, if they are from the same pool, they will flip a coin · 2) Team A ban · 3) Team B ban · 4) Team A pick, Team B picks side · 5) Team B pick, Team A picks side · 6) Team B ban · 7) Team A pick, Team B picks side
Play with these teams
- Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
- Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
- Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
- Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
- Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
- Major Draft — Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.
- Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
- CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
- Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
- Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
- CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
- Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
- Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
- CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.