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Starting on November 2, ELEAGUE Major will host the Americas Qualifier with the assistance of FACEIT. The top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams will face off against one another. These teams include the invited teams of Cloud 9, Immortals, Echo Fox, and Team SoloMid competing against four teams coming from the Open Qualifier stage.The four winning teams will advance to compete live from ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta starting Saturday, Dec. 3, at 12 p.m. ET, with live coverage on Twitch. The two finalist teams will be invited to the ELEAGUE Major Championship Qualifier, held December 15-18 (also from ELEAGUE Arena with coverage presented live on Twitch).
The first-ever ELEAGUE Major will be held January 22-29, 2017 in Atlanta as the collective 16 Legend and Challenger teams compete for the title of CS:GO Major Champion and a majority share of the one million dollar prize pool. The entire event will be streamed live via the ELEAGUE channel on Twitch, with the Grand Final presented live on TBS and Twitch.
The first-ever ELEAGUE Major will be held January 22-29, 2017 in Atlanta as the collective 16 Legend and Challenger teams compete for the title of CS:GO Major Champion and a majority share of the one million dollar prize pool. The entire event will be streamed live via the ELEAGUE channel on Twitch, with the Grand Final presented live on TBS and Twitch.
The full event format and schedule can be seen below. Tickets for the ELEAGUE Major can be purchased here.
Americas Qualifier Tournament Format
Powered by the FACEIT platform, the online portion of the Americas Qualifier will consist of two Open Qualifier rounds and one Closed Qualifier round. The top two teams from each Open Qualifier round (four teams total) will advance to the Closed Qualifier, where they will be split into two groups. Each group will consist of two invited teams and two qualifying teams in a double-elimination bracket. The four advancing teams will play a double elimination bracket at ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, starting with two best-of-one matches on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 12 p.m. and continuing with three best-of-three matches on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 10 a.m.
Americas Qualifier Tournament Schedule
Open Qualifier #1 (single elimination; top two advance)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Nov. 2 1–7 p.m. best-of-one; Round of 512-Round of 16
Nov. 3 1–6 p.m. best-of-three; Round of 8 and Round of 4
Open Qualifier #2 (single elimination; top two advance)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Nov. 6 1–7 p.m. best-of-one; Round of 512-Round of 16
Nov. 7 1–6 p.m. best-of-three; Round of 8 and Round of 4
Closed Qualifier (Eight teams; two groups; both groups play simultaneously)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Nov. 8 1–6 p.m. 2 best-of-one followed by 1 best-of-three winners’ match
Nov. 9 1–6 p.m. 1 best-of-three losers’ match followed by 1 best-of-three deciding match
Finals at ELEAGUE Arena (Four teams; two finalists receive invitations to ELEAGUE Major Qualifier)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Dec. 3 12 p.m. 2 best-of-one
Dec. 4 10 a.m. 3 best-of-three
Powered by the FACEIT platform, the online portion of the Americas Qualifier will consist of two Open Qualifier rounds and one Closed Qualifier round. The top two teams from each Open Qualifier round (four teams total) will advance to the Closed Qualifier, where they will be split into two groups. Each group will consist of two invited teams and two qualifying teams in a double-elimination bracket. The four advancing teams will play a double elimination bracket at ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, starting with two best-of-one matches on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 12 p.m. and continuing with three best-of-three matches on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 10 a.m.
Americas Qualifier Tournament Schedule
Open Qualifier #1 (single elimination; top two advance)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Nov. 2 1–7 p.m. best-of-one; Round of 512-Round of 16
Nov. 3 1–6 p.m. best-of-three; Round of 8 and Round of 4
Open Qualifier #2 (single elimination; top two advance)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Nov. 6 1–7 p.m. best-of-one; Round of 512-Round of 16
Nov. 7 1–6 p.m. best-of-three; Round of 8 and Round of 4
Closed Qualifier (Eight teams; two groups; both groups play simultaneously)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Nov. 8 1–6 p.m. 2 best-of-one followed by 1 best-of-three winners’ match
Nov. 9 1–6 p.m. 1 best-of-three losers’ match followed by 1 best-of-three deciding match
Finals at ELEAGUE Arena (Four teams; two finalists receive invitations to ELEAGUE Major Qualifier)
Date Time (ET) Match Format
Dec. 3 12 p.m. 2 best-of-one
Dec. 4 10 a.m. 3 best-of-three
