ELEAGUE Season 1
ELEAGUE Season 1 ran 24 May–30 July 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and was won by Virtus.pro. A $1.4M prize pool and 24 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.
- Dates: 24 May–30 July 2016
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Prize pool: $1.4M
- Teams: 24
- Tier: Tier 1
- Type: Intl. LAN
Final standings
- 1st — Virtus.pro — $390K
- 2nd — fnatic — $140K
- 3-4th — MOUZ — $60K
- 3-4th — Natus Vincere — $60K
- 5-8th — Ninjas in Pyjamas — $50K
- 5-8th — Astralis — $50K
- 5-8th — Envy — $50K
- 5-8th — Cloud9 — $50K
- 9-10th — FaZe — $40K
- 9-10th — Renegades — $40K
- 11-14th — CLG — $40K
- 11-14th — Gambit — $40K
- 11-14th — FlipSid3 — $40K
- 11-14th — G2 — $40K
- 15-16th — OpTic — $30K
- 15-16th — Dignitas — $30K
- 17-22nd — Liquid — $30K
- 17-22nd — Complexity — $30K
- 17-22nd — NRG — $30K
- 17-22nd — TSM — $30K
- 17-22nd — Echo Fox — $30K
- 17-22nd — Selfless — $30K
- 23-24th — SK — $30K
- 23-24th — X — $30K
Format
- Group stage: Group Round-Robin: · * 6 groups of 4 teams · * Round-robin (BO2) · Group Playoffs: · * Teams are seeded according to round-robin standings · * Single-elimination (BO3) · * Top team advances to Playoffs
- Playoffs: Last Chance Qualifier: · * 6 runners-up from each group + 2 additional teams (based on points won in group stage) · * Single-elimination bracket (BO3) · * Top 2 teams advance to Playoffs · Playoffs: · * Single-elimination bracket (BO3)
- Veto: Best of 1 (Group): · * Teams send in two blind vetos · * Maps are chosen randomly from the remaining maps · Best of 1 (Decider): · * Coin flip winner decides who is Team A and Team B · * Team A bans · * Team B bans · * Team A bans · * Team B bans · * Team A bans · * Team B bans · * Remaining map will be played · Best of 3: · * Coin flip winner decides who is Team A and Team B · * Team A bans · * Team B bans · * Team A picks · * Team B picks · * Team A bans · * Team B bans · * Remaining map will be played
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.