PGL Major: Kraków 2017

PGL Major: Kraków 2017, also known as PGL Major 2017 or Kraków 2017, was the eleventh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was organized by PGL and held in Kraków, Poland from July 16 to 23, 2017. It featured sixteen professional CS:GO teams from around the world. Eight teams qualified directly based on their top eight placement in the previous Major, ELEAGUE Major 2017, while another eight teams qualified through the Offline Major Qualifier. The PGL Major was the fourth consecutive major with a prize pool of US$1,000,000.[2]

PGL Major 2017
2017
The PGL Major 2017 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationKraków, Poland
DatesJuly 16, 2017–July 23, 2017
Administrator(s)Valve
PGL
Tournament
format(s)
16 team swiss-system group stage
8 team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)PGL
VenueTauron Arena Kraków
Teams16 teams
Purse$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Gambit Esports
1st runners-up Immortals
2nd runners-up Astralis
Virtus.pro
Tournament statistics
Attendance15,000
MVP Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev [1]

The playoffs consisted of eight teams. Astralis, Fnatic, Gambit Esports, North, SK Gaming, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends while BIG and Immortals were new Legends. FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere lost their Legends status after failing to advance from the group stage. The grand finals featured two underdogs: Gambit Esports, which defeated Fnatic and Astralis, and Immortals, which defeated BIG and Virtus.pro. The Major concluded with Gambit defeating Immortals 2–1 in a relatively close best-of-three series, marking just the third time a non-European team won a Major (the Brazilian Luminosity/SK roster won two Majors) and the first time an Asian team won a Major.

Format

The format remained the same as the previous Major.[3] The top eight teams from Atlanta 2017 ("Legends") were automatically invited to Kraków 2017. The remaining eight spots were filled by teams that advanced from the PGL Major Krakow 2017 Main Qualifier. The Krakow 2017 Main Qualifier was a 16-team Swiss-system tournament tournament consisting of the bottom eight teams from Atlanta 2017, as well as eight teams promoted from four regional qualifiers. The top eight teams at the Main Qualifier, teams with three wins, then advanced to the Major as the "Challengers".

The group stage of the Major was also a 16-team Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams at the end of the group stage, teams with three wins, advanced to the playoff stage and became the new Legends. Teams with three losses were eliminated, but earned an invite to the next Major's offline qualifier. All playoff matches were best-of-three, single elimination.

Map Pool

The map pool was changed for this major. Dust II was taken out of the active map pool and Valve reintroduced Inferno, which had been taken out of the map pool and revamped.[4]

The veto process was also changed for best-of-one games. One team decided whether to veto maps first or second. The team that vetoes first removed two maps. The second team vetoed three maps. The first team then chose one of the two remaining maps. The second team then chose the side it wanted to start on. The best-of-three veto process was unchanged. Each team first banned a map, leaving a five-map pool. Each team then chose a map, with the opposing team selecting which side they wanted to start on for their opponent's map choice. The two map picks were the first two maps in the best-of-three. The teams then each banned one more map, leaving one map remaining for the best-of-three decider if necessary.

Maps
  • Cache
  • Cobblestone
  • Inferno
  • Mirage
  • Nuke
  • Overpass
  • Train

Major Qualifier

Asia Minor

A total of eight teams will compete in the Asia Minor. Two teams will be invited and the other six will qualify in their regional qualifiers. These teams include one team from East Asia, one team from the Middle East, one team from China, one team from Oceania, and two teams from the India & Southeast Asia qualifier.[5]

Teams
  • Renegades (Invited)
  • TyLoo (Invited)
  • Flash Gaming (China)
  • The MongolZ (East Asia)
  • Team Spotnet (Middle East)
  • Team Immunity (Oceanic)
  • Signature Gaming (India + SEA)
  • 7642 (India + SEA)
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
 A1    Flash Gaming  0  
 B2   Team Immunity  2  
   B2    Team Immunity  1  
   A2    Renegades  2  
 B1    TyLoo  1
 A2    Renegades  2  
   A2    Renegades  2
   B1    TyLoo  1
 A1    Flash Gaming  0  
 B1    TyLoo  2  
   B2    Team Immunity  0
   B1    TyLoo  2  
Asian Minor summary; Shanghai, China

Teams were split up into two groups. It was played out like the old group stages in a major, most recently being at ESL One Cologne 2016. In Group A, Flash and Renegades easily took care of Signature and Spotnet, respectively. Flash then took down Renegades in the winner's match to take first seed in the group. Signature defeated Spotnet in a close 2–0 series, and Renegades defeated Signature in the decider match, 2–1. In Group B, TyLoo easily took care of 7642 while Immunity needed to take almost the full 30 rounds to take down MongolZ. TyLoo then defeated Immunity 16–4 to take first seed in the group. 7642 fell to MongolZ in the loser's match 0–2, but Immunity again defeated MongolZ in the decider match to move on to the final four.

TyLoo and Renegades won their respective maps and it came to the decider map. The third map ended up being a battle between each team's newly acquired players, with TyLoo picking up Hansel "BnTet" Ferdinand from Indonesia and Renegades signing Noah "Nifty" Francis from the United States. In the end, Renegades ended up with the win in overtime to move a step closer to the major qualifier. Immunity pulled off an upset win against Flash and both Australian teams moved on to winner's finals. In winner's finals, very lopsided matches took place, as Renegades won the first map 16–5, Immunity won the second map 16–5, and Renegades won the third map 16–4 to guarantee a spot at the major qualifier. In loser's semifinals, TyLoo fell behind early in the first map, but came back to take it; TyLoo then carried the momentum to the second map and dominated Flash and moved on to face Immunity. In loser's final, TyLoo swept up Immunity with ease and took the second Asian spot in the major qualifier. Renegades met TyLoo once again in the Asia Minor finals. This time, Renegades came up on top after a game three overtime win and took the first seed in the Asia Minor after finally defeating its Asian rival.[6]

CIS Minor

A total of eight teams will compete in the Commonwealth of Independent States Minor. The eight teams that participated in this minor all qualified through the closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, twelve teams are invited and four teams qualify through an online open qualifier. Teams were separated into four groups of four and the top two teams moved on in each group to the closed qualifier. Two teams in the minor qualified for the main qualifier.

Teams
  • Spartak Esports (CIS High)
  • Team Spirit (CIS High)
  • Team Spirit Academy (CIS High)
  • Tengri (CIS High)
  • Nemiga Gaming (CIS Low)
  • pro100 (CIS Low)
  • Quantum Bellator Fire (CIS Low)
  • Vega Squadron (CIS Low)
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
 A1    Vega Squadron  2  
 B2    pro100  0  
   A1    Vega Squadron  1  
   A2    Tengri  2  
 B1    Q.B. Fire  0
 A2    Tengri  2  
   A2    Tengri  0
   A1    Vega Squadron  2
 B2    pro100  2  
 B1    Q.B. Fire  0  
   A1    Vega Squadron  2
   B2    pro100  1  
CIS Minor summary; Moscow, Russia

Spirit Academy and Vega Squadron won close games in the initial matches, but Vega easily took the winner's match to take the top seed for Group A. Tengri defeated Nemiga in the loser's match and then got revenge on Spirit Academy to take the second seed. Both second seeds won the initial matches, as Quantum Bellator Fire (QBF) defeated Team Spirit and pro100 defeated Spartak Esports. QBF took a close winner's match 16–14 against pro100 to take the top seed of Group B. Team Spirit fell to Spartak in the loser's match, but it was pro100 to come out on top in the decider's match.

Vega easily took down pro100. Tengri had a little bit of a tougher time but still managed to close it out against QBF relatively easily. In the loser's bracket, pro10 took care of QBF relatively easily to move on toe loser's finals. In a tense winner's finals, Vega defeated Tengr in the first game 19-16 and the second game went in favor of Tengri, 16–13. Tengri then dominated the third game to secure a spot at the major qualifier. Vega and pro100 were in a hotly contested best of three, but it was the Russian team that came up on top, with the scores being 22–19, 14–16, and 16–11. Vega secured its second straight major qualifier spot. Tengri and Vega fought again and this time Vega took down Tengri to obtain the top seed at the minor.[7]

Europe Minor

All teams in the European Minor were required to compete in a closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, 8 teams were invited and 8 other teams qualified through three different open qualifiers. The teams will play in a Swiss system tournament and the top 8 teams move on to the closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, the teams will be separated into two groups of four teams. Two teams from each group move on to a four team, double elimination playoff bracket. The top three teams advance to the main qualifier.[8]

Teams

1Fnatic Academy will play under the organization Ballistix Gaming just for the European Minor due to two teams not being allowed under the same organization.[9][10]

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
 A1    BIG  0  
 B2    Team Dignitas  2  
   B2    Team Dignitas  1  
   B1    PENTA Sports  2  
 B1    PENTA Sports  2
 A2    Team EnVyUs  1  
   B1    PENTA Sports  0
   A1    BIG  2
 A1    BIG  2  
 A2    Team EnVyUs  0  
   B2    Team Dignitas  0
   A1    BIG  2  
Europe Minor summary; Bucharest, Romania

Ballistix Gaming upset Team EnVyUs in the first match of the minor after taking a dominant lead and then closing it out before EnVyUs could complete its comeback. BIG had an easy time against Team Kinguin. In the winner's match, Ballistix had a 11–4 lead at the half, but BIG was able to bring it back and take first seed in the group, 16–14. EnVyUs was able to defeat Kinguin after a slow start in the loser's matchup. In the decider's match of Group A, the French team took revenge on Ballistix and take the second spot in the group after two close games, including an overtime game for the second map. In Group B, PENTA Sports came back from a 1–9 deficit to win the game 16–14 over iGame.comTeam Dignitas handily defeated Team LDLC.com and PENTA defeated Dignitas to claim the first seed in the group. iGame continued to surprise as the underdog of the group, but LDLC was able to take it over the edge to eliminate iGame from the tournament. Dignitas easily defeated LDLC in the first match of the decider's series; the second match was much closer as LDLC made a massive comeback to win 16–14. In the final group stage map of the Kraków minors, Dignitas edged out LDLC in overtime to take the final spot in the European Minor playoffs.

In bracket play, Dignitas defeated BIG in one triple overtime game and one blowout to guarantee a spot at the main qualifier. PENTA defeated EnVyUs in the other series with relative ease in the third game. Dignitas was able to convincingly take out PENTA in the second map, but two close losses allowed PENTA to move on to the finals. BIG defeated EnVyUs to secure the last spot at the major qualifier and EnVyUs was eliminated despite being hugely favored to make it out of the minor. This was the first time EnVyUs's in game leader Vincent "Happy" Cervoni will not play at a major. BIG continued its run in the loser's bracket by taking out Dignitas in two 16-14 victories and then blew PENTA out of the water to claim the top seed at the major despite struggling the first day.[11]

Americas Minor

Two teams were invited to the Americas minor. One team out of a pool of 512 from South America qualified for the minor. The last five teams came from the North American closed qualifier. In that closed qualifier, 8 teams qualified through the open qualifier and 8 more teams were invited. The top five teams moved on to the Americas minor. In the minor, two teams moved on to the major.[12]

Teams
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
 A1    Immortals  2  
 B2    Counter Logic G.  0  
   A1    Immortals  2  
   B1    Cloud9  0  
 B1    Cloud9  2
 A2    Luminosity G.  0  
   A1    Immortals  1
   B1    Cloud9  2
 B2    Counter Logic  2  
 A2    Luminosity G.  0  
   B1    Cloud9  2
   B2    Counter Logic G.  0  
Americas Minor summary; Santa Ana, California

Immortals and Luminosity won their games as the two Brazilian teams faced off in the winner's match. Immortals convincingly won the match between the two to take the first seed. compLexity and NRG duked it out in the loser's match, but it was NRG taking the first game in double overtime and convincingly taking the second game to move on. Luminosity and NRG fought in the decider's match and it was Luminosity taking the 2–0 win, with both maps being a very close 16-14 scoreline. Cloud9 started Group B strong with a 16–1 win over paiN Gaming and Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) took down a Misfits team that was without its in-game leader Sean "seang@res" Gares due to a wedding[13] and its AWPer Shahzeeb "ShahZaM" Khan.[14] Cloud9 took the first seed of the group after edging out CLG. paiN took a 2–0 upset win over Misfits in the loser's match, including a comeback win on the second map. In the decider's match, CLG took a huge lead in the first game of the first half (13-2), but paiN started a comeback but fell short. In the second map, CLG cleaned up the third Brazilian team after paiN started another comeback to reach the final four.

Cloud9 took down Luminosity in the first game after a close first half and ran away with the game in the second. In the second game, Cloud9 came back from a deficit and took the series in overtime. Immortals had some trouble with CLG, and the Brazilians pulled away with both games despite removing CS:GO veteran Lincoln "fnx" Lau from the lineup due to internal problems.[15] Luminosity had a 12–3 lead in the first game, but CLG made the comeback to take the first game. CLG had a 13–3 lead, but losing an anti-economy round started a comeback for the other side as Luminosity came alive this time. However, CLG barely took it over the line to take it 16–14. CLG did not find the same success as it did against Luminosity as it fell to Cloud9 2–0. Cloud9 then defeated Immortals to take the top seed for the Americas Minor. This was also the first time Cloud9 defeated Immortals in a series on LAN.[16]

Teams
Atlanta 2017 Bottom 81
Regional Qualifiers
  • Renegades (Asia Minor #1)
  • TyLoo (Asia Minor #2)
  • Vega Squadron (CIS Minor #1)
  • Tengri (CIS Minor #2)
  • Cloud9 (Americas Minor #1)
  • Immortals (Americas Minor #2)
  • BIG (Europe Minor #1)
  • PENTA Sports (Europe Minor #2)
  • Team Dignitas (Europe Minor #3)

1Team EnVyUs loses its automatic bid since it changed three players after kennyS, apEX, and NBK- transferred to G2 Esports. Thus, G2 acquires EnVyUs's spot and EnVyUs must play in the regional qualifier.

The main qualifier will be a sixteen team swiss tournament, where after the Day 1 games, teams will play other teams with the same win–loss record. Every round will consist of one game. In addition, teams will not play the same team twice unless necessary. Any team with three wins would qualify for the major, and any team with three losses would be eliminated. The qualifier will be played in Bucharest, Romania.

In the first round, teams from pool 1 will be matched up against teams in pool 4. Teams in pool 2 will play teams in pool 3.

In the second round, the winners in the first round will face each other in the "high" matches; the losers will face each other in the "low" matches.

In the third round, the winners of the high matches from round two will face each other. The winners of these two matches will qualify for the major. The losers of the high round and the winners of the low round will face each other in the "mid" matches. The losers from the previous low matches will face each other in round three's low matches. The losers of these low matches are eliminated. Twelve teams remain in the Qualifier.

In the fourth round, the losers of the high matches and the winners of the low matches will face each other in round four's high matches. The winners of the high matches qualify for the major. The losers of the mid matches and the winners of the low matches will face each other in the low matches of round four. The losers of these matches are eliminated from the Qualifier. Six teams remain.

In the last round, the remaining teams will face off. The winners of these matches will qualify for the major and the losing teams will be eliminated.

The Ninjas in Pyjamas, after missing its first ever major at ELEAGUE and failed to be Legends for the first time at ESL One Cologne 2016, failed to qualify for the major qualifier and the European Minor after losing to Finland's iGame.com in the first round, losing to Sweden's Red Reserve in second round, defeating Sweden's Epsilon eSports in the third round, and losing to Turkey's Space Soldiers in the fourth round, failing to attend its second straight major.

Main Qualifier Results
Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 mousesports 3-0 +21 Tengri
16-1
Inferno		 High match
GODSENT
16-11
Train		 High match
PENTA Sports
16-14
Cobblestone		 Qualified Qualified
G2 Esports 3-0 +10 Immortals
22-20
Inferno		 High match
Cloud9
16-11
Cache		 High match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16-13
Nuke		 Qualified Qualified
3–5 PENTA Sports 3-1 +21 OpTic Gaming
16-14
Train		 High match
Team Liquid
16-3
Mirage		 High match
mousesports
14-16
Cobblestone		 High match
Vega Squadron
16-8
Train		 Qualified
Cloud9 3-1 +19 BIG
16-10
Cobblestone		 High match
G2 Esports
11-16
Cache		 Mid match
GODSENT
16-11
Train		 High match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16-3
Mirage		 Qualified
BIG 3-1 +9 Cloud9
10-16
Cobblestone		 Low match
Tengri
16-14
Cobblestone		 Mid match
Immortals
16-19
Cache		 High match
Team Liquid
16-10
Train		 Qualified
6–8 Vega Squadron 3-2 +9 HellRaisers
10-16
Mirage		 Low match
OpTic Gaming
16-10
Train		 Mid match
TyLoo
16-10
Inferno		 High match
PENTA Sports
8-16
Train		 Team Dignitas
16-5
Inferno
FlipSid3 Tactics 3-2 +1 Renegades
19-16
Train		 High match
HellRaisers
16-4
Overpass		 High match
G2 Esports
13-16
Nuke		 High match
Cloud9
3-16
Mirage		 Team Liquid
25-23
Mirage
Immortals 3-2 -1 G2 Esports
20-22
Inferno		 Low match
Team Dignitas
16-13
Cache		 Mid match
BIG
9-16
Cache		 Low match
GODSENT
16-14
Cobblestone		 HellRaisers
16-13
Overpass
9–11 Team Liquid 2-3 -4 TyLoo
22-19
Inferno		 High match
PENTA Sports
3-16
Mirage		 Mid match
HellRaisers
16-2
Train		 High match
BIG
10-16
Train		 FlipSid3 Tactics
23-25
Mirage
Team Dignitas 2–3 -5 GODSENT
14-16
Overpass		 Low match
Immortals
13-16
Cache		 Low match
Tengri
16-7
Mirage		 Low match
Renegades
16-14
Mirage		 Vega Squadron
5-16
Inferno
HellRaisers 2-3 -17 Vega Squadron
16-10
Mirage		 High match
FlipSid3 Tactics
4-16
Overpass		 Mid match
Team Liquid
2-16
Train		 Low match
TyLoo
16-11
Overpass		 Immortals
13-16
Overpass
12–14 Renegades 1-3 -1 FlipSid3 Tactics
16-19
Train		 Low match
TyLoo
14-16
Cache		 Low match
OpTic Gaming
16-10
Mirage		 Low match
Team Dignitas
14-16
Mirage		 Eliminated
GODSENT 1–3 -10 Team Dignitas
16-14
Overpass		 High match
mousesports
11-16
Train		 Mid match
Cloud9
11-16
Train		 Low match
Immortals
14-16
Cobblestone		 Eliminated
TyLoo 1-3 -12 Team Liquid
19-22
Inferno		 Low match
Renegades
16-14
Cache		 Mid match
Vega Squadron
10-16
Inferno		 Low match
HellRaisers
11-16
Overpass		 Eliminated
15–16 OpTic Gaming 0-3 -14 PENTA Sports
14-16
Train		 Low match
Vega Squadron
10-16
Train		 Low match
Renegades
10-16
Mirage		 Eliminated Eliminated
Tengri 0-3 -26 mousesports
1-16
Inferno		 Low match
BIG
14-16
Cobblestone		 Low match
Team Dignitas
7-16
Mirage		 Eliminated Eliminated

Broadcast Talent

Host

Interviewer

  • Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Fluff

  • Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen

Commentators

  • James Bardolph
  • Anders Blume
  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Analysts

  • Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
  • Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
  • Joona "natu" Leppänen
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Janko "YNk" Paunović

Observers

  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
  • DJ "Prius" Kuntz

Broadcasts

All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

  • PGL TV
  • IzakOOO
  • 500Bros
  • 99Damage
  • BiDa
  • Fragbite
  • HitpointCZ
  • ImbaTV
  • Moreira
  • Ogaming TV
  • SpilerTV
  • Starladder

Teams Competing

The top eight teams from ELEAGUE Major 2017 (Legends) were joined by the eight teams from the main qualifier (Challengers).

Legends
Challengers

Prior to the major, changes took place.

Jesper "JW" Wecksell and Robin "flusha" Rönnquist, after transferring to and playing in ELEAGUE with GODSENT, transferred back to Fnatic. GODSENT acquired Joakim "disco doplan" Gidetun and reacquired Simon "twist" Eliasson in the exchange.[17]

SK Gaming, after benching him, traded Lincoln "fnx" Lau to Immortals and acquired João "felps" Vasconcellos after Ricardo "fox" Pacheco fulfilled his duty as a stand-in for SK Gaming. fox played with SK Gaming at ECS Season 2 Finals and the ELEAGUE Major 2017, where the team placed third place at both events, losing to Astralis and Virtus.pro, respectively. fox then went on to join Team Dignitas.[18][19] After a few months playing with Immortals, fnx was benched on that team due to internal issues. He was replaced by Vito "kNg" Giuseppe.[20]

North acquired Philip "aizy" Aistrup from FaZe Clan and released Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel.[21] FaZe Clan then bought out Bosnian player Nikola "NiKo" Kovač from mousesports. NiKo officially joined the team after DreamHack Las Vegas 2017.[22] RUBINO went on to join Team Dignitas's newly formed European roster.[23] mousesports signed Robin "ropz" Kool and activated Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný from the roster to complete its five-man roster. Timo "Spiidi" Richter was moved to the inactive roster.[24][25][26]

Legendary Natus Vincere former player and current coach Sergey "starix" Ischuk leaves the team and Na'Vi's manager analyst Andrey "Andi" Prokhorov takes over the coaching role. Only Denis "seized" Kostin remains from the original Na'Vi lineup after starix departed and its former team captain Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko was released by the team in favor of Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and went on to play for Gambit Gaming (now rebranded as Gambit Esports) last year. starix signed with Team Spirit as a player and will play in the CIS qualifier.[27][28]

Arguably the biggest change of the teams in the major was the "French shuffle," which was led by Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt and Richard "shox" Papillon. NBK-. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub and, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire left Team EnVyUs for G2 Esports to join shox and Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro; in addition, former G2 AWPer Édouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux moved to the coaching position. The remaining two G2 players, Cédric "RpK" Guipouy and Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, left the team and joined Team EnVyUs.[29]

Former NRG Esports players Fatih "gob b" Dayik, Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz, and Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninic form Berlin International Gaming, abbreviated as BIG. They also buy out Johannes "nex" Maget from mousesports and Kevin "keev" Bartholomäus from ALTERNATE aTTaX to fill out its roster.[30][31]

PENTA Sports also had big changes to its lineup. After Stefan "stfN" Seier left the team because he could not commit playing full-time, Christian "loWel" Antoran being picked up by mousesports, and Tahsin "tahsiN" Broschk and Mike "mikeS" Tuns leaving the team, PENTA signed four new players. PENTA first signed Miikka "suNny" Kemppi from Finland. After Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend decided to stay on the team, PENTA filled out its five-man roster by signing Kevin "HS" Tarn from Estonia, Jesse "zehN" Linjala from Finland, and Paweł "innocent" Mocek from Poland.[32]

Pre-major ranking

HLTV.org rank teams based on results of teams' performances. The rankings shown below reflect the July 10, 2017 rankings. In addition, a list premier tournaments and relevant major events is listed. These tournaments are part of the list the HLTV.org takes into consideration when calculating the rankings, starting with ESL One Cologne 2016, in which SK Gaming defeated Team Liquid and StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2, in which Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated G2 Esports. The rankings concluded with the Esports Championship Series Season 3 Finals, in which SK Gaming defeated FaZe Clan and ESL One: Cologne 2017 in which SK Gaming defeated Cloud9 in the finals.[33][34][35][36]

HLTV.org Pre-Major Ranking
World ranking
Place Team Points Move1 Peak2 Low2
1 SK Gaming 1000 1 4
2 FaZe Clan 623 2 9
3 Astralis 518 1 3
4 G2 Esports 474 4 16
5 Cloud9 427 1 5 14
6 Natus Vincere 295 4 4 10
7 North 294 2 4 8
10 Immortals 225 2 7 27
11 Fnatic 209 4 6 14
12 mousesports 200 12 17
14 Virtus.pro 181 3 2 15
15 Gambit Esports 177 1 7 15
17 BIG 127 1 17 27
20 PENTA Sports 106 1 19 52
23 Flipsid3 Tactics 76 1 16 53
24 Vega Squadron 74 3 21 56

1Change since July 3, 2017 ranking

2Peak and low since end of ELEAGUE Major.

Group stage

The group stage was a sixteen-team Swiss-system tournament in which, after the first round, teams only played other teams with the same win–loss record. Each match was best-of-one, and no team played another team twice. All teams played until they had either won or lost three games: any team with three wins advanced to the playoff stage, and any team with three losses was eliminated. The group stage and playoffs were played in Kraków, Poland, with group stage played in closed studio and playoffs being held in Tauron Arena Kraków.

First round seeding was determined by the following:

  • Teams that placed top four at the previous Major (Astralis, Virtus.pro, Fnatic, and SK Gaming) were first seeds
  • Teams that placed 5th-8th place at the previous Major (Natus Vincere, Gambit Esports, FaZe Clan, and North) were second seeds
  • Teams that placed first in the main qualifier (mousesports and G2 Esports) and the top two teams that placed third based on their seeds going into the major qualifier (BIG and Cloud9) were third seeds
  • The remaining teams (Immortals, FlipSid3 Tactics, PENTA Sports, and Vega Squadron) were fourth seeds

In the first round, first seeds played a randomly drawn fourth seed, and second seeds played a randomly drawn third seed. After this round, teams were randomly drawn against other teams with the same record (e.g., 1–0 teams against 1–0 teams, 0–1 teams against 0–1 teams). The eight teams to win three (out of a possible five) games were granted "Legend" status and an automatic invitation to the next Major.

Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 Gambit Esports 3-0 +21 mousesports
16-10
Inferno		 High match
G2 Esports
16-6
Cache		 High match
Virtus.pro
16-11
Train		 Playoffs Playoffs
BIG 3-0 +15 FaZe Clan
16-8
Inferno		 High match
Cloud9
16-11
Inferno		 High match
SK Gaming
16-14
Inferno		 Playoffs Playoffs
3–5 SK Gaming 3-1 +16 PENTA Sports
16-13
Inferno		 High match
Astralis
16-8
Inferno		 High match
BIG
14-16
Inferno		 High match
Immortals
16-9
Overpass		 Playoffs
North 3-1 +9 Cloud9
12-16
Mirage		 Low match
PENTA Sports
16-9
Mirage		 Mid match
mousesports
19-15
Cobblestone		 High match
Virtus.pro
16-14
Mirage		 Playoffs
Astralis 3–1 +6 Immortals
19-17
Overpass		 High match
SK Gaming
8-16
Inferno		 Mid match
Fnatic
16-14
Nuke		 High match
G2 Esports
16-6
Inferno		 Playoffs
6–8 Virtus.pro 3-2 +18 Vega Squadron
16-2
Nuke		 High match
Fnatic
16-11
Cache		 High match
Gambit Esports
11-16
Train		 High match
North
14-16
Mirage		 Cloud9
16-10
Train
Immortals 3-2 +17 Astralis
17-19
Overpass		 Low match
Vega Squadron
16-6
Train		 Mid match
Natus Vincere
16-10
Overpass		 High match
SK Gaming
9-16
Overpass		 FlipSid3 Tactics
16-6
Train
Fnatic 3-2 +7 FlipSid3 Tactics
16-12
Mirage		 High match
Virtus.pro
11-16
Cache		 Mid match
Astralis
14-16
Nuke		 Low match
Natus Vincere
16-12
Mirage		 G2 Esports
16-10
Overpass
9–11 Cloud9 2-3 -4 North
16-12
Mirage		 High match
BIG
11-16
Inferno		 Mid match
G2 Esports
17-19
Cobblestone		 Low match
mousesports
16-11
Train		 Virtus.pro
10-16
Train
FlipSid3 Tactics 2-3 -12 Fnatic
12-16
Mirage		 Low match
Natus Vincere
9-16
Train		 Low match
FaZe Clan
16-10
Mirage		 Low match
PENTA Sports
16-13
Train		 Immortals
6-16
Train
G2 Esports 2-3 -22 Natus Vincere
16-14
Overpass		 High match
Gambit Esports
6-16
Cache		 Mid match
Cloud9
19-17
Cobblestone		 High match
Astralis
6-16
Inferno		 Fnatic
10-16
Overpass
12–14 Natus Vincere 1-3 -5 G2 Esports
14-16
Overpass		 Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16-9
Train		 Mid match
Immortals
10-16
Overpass		 Low match
Fnatic
12-16
Mirage		 Eliminated
PENTA Sports 1-3 -11 SK Gaming
13-16
Inferno		 Low match
North
9-16
Mirage		 Low match
Vega Squadron
16-14
Mirage		 Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
13-16
Train		 Eliminated
mousesports 1-3 -11 Gambit Esports
10-16
Inferno		 Low match
FaZe Clan
19-15
Train		 Mid match
North
15-19
Cobblestone		 Low match
Cloud9
11-16
Train		 Eliminated
15–16 FaZe Clan 0-3 -18 BIG
8-16
Inferno		 Low match
mousesports
15-19
Train		 Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
10-16
Mirage		 Eliminated Eliminated
Vega Squadron 0–3 -26 Virtus.pro
2-16
Nuke		 Low match
Immortals
6-16
Train		 Low match
PENTA Sports
14-16
Mirage		 Eliminated Eliminated

Playoffs

Bracket

BIG and Gambit received the top seeds and played a randomly selected opponent among Virtus.pro, Immortals, and Fnatic. BIG received Immortals and Gambit received Fnatic. Among SK Gaming, North, and Astralis, two randomly selected teams from this pool would go on to face each other and the teams would be SK Gaming and Astralis. The remaining two teams, North and Virtus.pro, were paired together.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Gambit Esports 2
Fnatic 0
Gambit Esports 2
Astralis 1
SK Gaming 0
Astralis 2
Gambit Esports 2
Immortals 1
BIG 1
Immortals 2
Immortals 2
Virtus.pro 0
North 0
Virtus.pro 2

Gambit Esports vs. Fnatic

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Gambit–Fnatic Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Gambit Esports BAN PICK BAN
Mirage Cache Train Inferno Cobblestone Nuke Overpass
Fnatic BAN PICK BAN
Gambit Esports vs. Fnatic Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Esports 16 Train 14 Fnatic
Gambit Esports 16 Inferno 12 Fnatic
Gambit Esports – Overpass – Fnatic

SK Gaming vs. Astralis

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

SK–Astralis Vetoes
Map Vetoes
SK Gaming BAN PICK BAN
Nuke Cobblestone Cache Overpass Inferno Train Mirage
Astralis BAN PICK BAN
SK Gaming vs. Astralis Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
SK Gaming 12 Cache 16 Astralis
SK Gaming 6 Overpass 16 Astralis
SK Gaming – Mirage – Astralis

BIG vs. Immortals

Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

Immortals–BIG Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Immortals BAN PICK BAN
Nuke Overpass Cobblestone Inferno Mirage Cache Train
BIG BAN PICK BAN
BIG vs. Immortals Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
BIG 19 Cobblestone 17 Immortals
BIG 7 Inferno 16 Immortals
BIG 14 Train 16 Immortals
BIG vs. Immortals Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
BIG 19 Cobblestone 17 Immortals
BIG 7 Inferno 16 Immortals
BIG 14 Train 16 Immortals

North vs. Virtus.pro

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

North–VP Vetoes
Map Vetoes
North BAN PICK BAN
Train Overpass Cobblestone Nuke Cache Inferno Mirage
Virtus.pro BAN PICK BAN
North vs. Virtus.pro Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
North 9 Cobblestone 16 Virtus.pro
North 10 Nuke 16 Virtus.pro
North – Mirage – Virtus.pro

Gambit Esports vs. Astralis

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Astralis–Gambit Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Astralis BAN PICK BAN
Cobblestone Mirage Overpass Inferno Nuke Cache Train
Gambit Esports BAN PICK BAN
Gambit Esports vs. Astralis Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Esports 16 Overpass 10 Astralis
Gambit Esports 8 Inferno 16 Astralis
Gambit Esports 16 Train 12 Astralis

Immortals vs. Virtus.pro

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Immortals–VP Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Immortals BAN PICK BAN
Nuke Overpass Inferno Mirage Cache Train Cobblestone
Virtus.pro BAN PICK BAN
Immortals vs. Virtus.pro Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Immortals 16 Inferno 5 Virtus.pro
Immortals 16 Mirage 11 Virtus.pro
Immortals – Cobblestone – Virtus.pro

Finals

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Gambit–Immortals Vetoes
Map Vetoes
Immortals BAN PICK BAN
Nuke Mirage Cobblestone Train Cache Overpass Inferno
Gambit Esports BAN PICK BAN

AdreN was named the MVP of the tournament.[37]

Gambit Esports vs. Immortals Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Esports 4 Cobblestone 16 Immortals
Gambit Esports 16 Train 11 Immortals
Gambit Esports 16 Inferno 10 Immortals

Final standings

The final placings are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 Gambit Esports Boston 2018 Legends Zeus, AdreN, HObbit, mou, Dosia kane
2nd US$150,000 Immortals boltz, HEN1, kNg, LUCAS1, steel zakk
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Astralis gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, Xyp9x zonic
Virtus.pro Snax, byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, TaZ kuben
5th – 8th US$35,000 Fnatic flusha, dennis, JW, KRiMZ, olofmeister Jumpy
SK Gaming FalleN, coldzera, felps, fer, TACO
BIG gob b, keev, nex, tabseN, LEGIJA kakafu
North MSL, aizy, cajunb, k0nfig, Magisk ruggah
9th – 11th US$8,750 Cloud9 Boston 2018 New Challengers Stewie2K, autimatic, n0thing, Skadoodle, shroud valens
Flipsid3 Tactics B1ad3, electronic, markeloff, wayLander, WorldEdit
G2 Esports shox, apEX, bodyy, kennyS, NBK- SmithZz
12th – 14th US$8,750 Natus Vincere seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, s1mple Andi
mousesports chrisJ, denis, loWel, oskar, ropz lmbt
PENTA Sports kRYSTAL, HS, innocent, suNny, zehN
15th – 16th US$8,750 FaZe Clan karrigan, allu, kioShiMa, NiKo, rain RobbaN
Vega Squadron jR, chopper, hutji, keshandr, mir Lk-

Post-Major Ranking

The first HLTV.org ranking after the PGL Major came out on July 24, 2017.[38]

HLTV.org Post-Major Ranking
World Ranking
Place Team Points Move†
1 SK Gaming 1000
2 Astralis 607 1
3 FaZe Clan 524 1
4 Gambit Esports 505 10
5 G2 Esports 463 1
6 Immortals 411 5
7 Cloud9 396 2
8 North 349 2
9 Virtus.pro 309 6
10 Natus Vincere 277 3
11 Fnatic 262 2
14 BIG 266 3
15 mousesports 221 3
20 PENTA Sports 111 1
21 Flipsid3 Tactics 111 4
24 Vega Squadron 72

†Change since July 17, 2017 ranking

Showmatch

A showmatch was played before the final set between Gambit Esports and Immortals. The rosters were decided by the community on Reddit's CS:GO community (r/GlobalOffensive). The community was to decide teams among twelve personalities, but it was determined that the casting duo Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and James Bardolph were to be captains and choose their teams.[39]

Team Bardolph12-16Team ddk
James Bardolph
HenryG
Izak
natu
sapphiRe 		Cache ddk
moses
Mantrousse
Prius
YNk
Casters: Fifflaren & SPUNJ

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