ELeague CS:GO Premier 2018

ELEAGUE

2018
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dates	July 21, 2018–July 29, 2018
Administrator	Turner Sports William Morris Endeavor
Tournament format(s)	Group stage (Bo1/Bo3) Single-Elimination Brackets (Bo3)
Venue	Turner Studios
Teams	8 teams
Final positions
Champions	Astralis
1st runners-up	Team Liquid
2nd runners-up	mousesports Natus Vincere
MVP	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz

ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 was the sixth season of ELEAGUE that started on July 21, 2018, and ended on July 29, 2018. It was broadcast on the American cable television network TBS. The season featured eight teams from across the world competing in a season. The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch and YouTube Gaming, but when on television, a limited broadcast appeared on Twitch and YouTube.

Results

The finals pitted Astralis, which won the ELEAGUE Major 2017, and Team Liquid. Astralis defeated Team Liquid 2–0 and did not drop a single map in the tournament to win the championship.

Format

The format was similar to that of ELEAGUE Season 2. All eight teams were invited based on their top eight HLTV.org ranks from May 21, 2018. The seeding was the reorganized once the event came around to better reflect the teams' rankings.

The group stage featured two groups of four teams, with each group being a standard GSL format. All matchups wete best of three series. The highest seed in the group played against the lowest seed and the other two teams played against each other. The two winners and two losers then played against each other. The winner of the winner's match moved on to the Playoffs and the loser of the winners match played 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 in a decider's match; 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 consisted of the four teams. Teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket and will keep playing until a winner is decided. Each group winner will face off against a group runner-up in the semifinals.

Teams

Eight teams were invited to the Premier. In parentheses are the HLTV.org ranks from May 21, 2018.

Astralis (1) Cloud9 (7) FaZe Clan (2) Fnatic (5) mibr (8) mousesports (4) Natus Vincere (3) Team Liquid (6)

Broadcast Talent

Host

• Alex "Machine" Richardson

Interviewer

• Sue "Smix" Lee

Commentators/Analysts

• James Bardolph
• Anders Blume
• Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Janko "YNk" Paunović

Group stage

Group A

Seed	Team	W-L	RF-RA	RD	Points
1	Astralis	2–0	67–43	+24	6
2	Team Liquid	2–1	83–69	+14	6
3	mibr	1–2	72–86	−14	3
4	Cloud9	0–2	46–70	−24	0

Group A Results
Astralis	2	0	Cloud9
Team Liquid	2	0	mibr
Astralis	2	0	Team Liquid
mibr	2	0	Cloud9
Team Liquid	2	0	mibr

Group A Scores

Group A scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Astralis	19	Inferno	15	Cloud9
Astralis	16	Overpass	9	Cloud9
Astralis	–	Train	–	Cloud9
Team Liquid	16	Inferno	8	mibr
Team Liquid	16	Cache	9	mibr
Team Liquid	–	Mirage	–	mibr
Astralis	16	Nuke	12	Team Liquid
Astralis	16	Mirage	7	Team Liquid
Astralis	–	Inferno	–	Team Liquid
mibr	16	Inferno	5	Cloud9
mibr	19	Cache	17	Cloud9
mibr	–	Overpass	–	Cloud9
Team Liquid	16	Cache	10	mibr
Team Liquid	16	Overpass	10	mibr
Team Liquid	–	Inferno	–	mibr

Group B

Seed	Team	W-L	RF-RA	RD	Points
1	Natus Vincere	2–0	89–71	+18	6
2	mousesports	2–1	122–125	−3	6
3	Fnatic	1–2	111–117	−6	3
4	FaZe Clan	0–2	70–78	−8	0

Group B Results
Natus Vincere	2	1	Fnatic
FaZe Clan	1	2	mousesports
Natus Vincere	2	1	mousesports
FaZe Clan	0	2	Fnatic
mousesports	2	1	Fnatic

Group B Scores

Group B Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	16	Mirage	13	Fnatic
Natus Vincere	11	Inferno	16	Fnatic
Natus Vincere	16	Train	8	Fnatic
FaZe Clan	16	Train	11	mousesports
FaZe Clan	12	Cache	16	mousesports
FaZe Clan	13	Mirage	16	mousesports
Natus Vincere	14	Inferno	16	mousesports
Natus Vincere	16	Train	7	mousesports
Natus Vincere	16	Mirage	11	mousesports
FaZe Clan	15	Dust II	19	Fnatic
FaZe Clan	14	Mirage	16	Fnatic
FaZe Clan	–	Inferno	–	Fnatic
mousesports	13	Inferno	16	Fnatic
mousesports	16	Train	14	Fnatic
mousesports	16	Mirage	9	Fnatic

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	Astralis	2
	B2	mousesports	0
						A1	Astralis	2
						A2	Team Liquid	0
	B1	Natus Vincere	0
	A2	Team Liquid	2

Semifinals Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Astralis	16	Nuke	11	mousesports
Astralis	16	Mirage	10	mousesports
Astralis	–	Inferno	–	mousesports
Natus Vincere	13	Dust II	16	Team Liquid
Natus Vincere	13	Overpass	16	Team Liquid
Natus Vincere	–	Nuke	–	Team Liquid

Finals Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Astralis	16	Inferno	5	Team Liquid
Astralis	16	Nuke	12	Team Liquid
Astralis	–	Dust II	–	Team Liquid

Final standings

The final standings, prize money distribution, and teams' rosters and coaches are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Final Standings
Place	Prize Money	Team	Roster	Coach
1st	US$500,000	Astralis	gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x	zonic
2nd	US$200,000	Team Liquid	nitr0, ELiGE, NAF, Twistzz, TACO	jokasteve
3rd – 4th	US$80,000	Natus Vincere	Zeus, Edward, s1mple, electronic, flamie	kane
		mousesports	chrisJ, oskar, ropz, Snax, suNny	lmbt
5th – 6th	US$40,000	Fnatic	Xizt, draken, flusha, KRiMZ, JW	Jumpy
		mibr	FalleN, coldzera, fer, Stewie2K, tarik
7th – 8th	US$30,000	Cloud9	Golden, autimatic, RUSH, Skadoodle, STYKO	valens
		FaZe Clan	karrigan, GuardiaN, NiKo, olofmeister, rain	RobbaN