ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017, also known as ELEAGUE Major 2017 or Atlanta 2017, was the tenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was organized by ELEAGUE and held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from January 22 to 29, 2017. It featured sixteen professional teams from around the world. Eight teams directly qualified based on their top eight placement in the last major, ESL One Cologne 2016, while another eight teams qualified through the ELEAGUE Offline Major Qualifier. ELEAGUE Major was the third consecutive Major with a prize pool of $1,000,000.[1]

ELEAGUE Major 2017
2017
The ELEAGUE Major 2017 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
DatesJanuary 22, 2017–January 29, 2017
AdministratorValve
ELEAGUE
Tournament
format(s)
16 team swiss-system group stage
8 team single-elimination playoff
VenueFox Theatre
Teams16 teams
Purse$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsAstralis
1st runners-upVirtus.pro
2nd runners-upSK Gaming
Fnatic
MVPMarkus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye

The playoff stage consisted of eight teams. Astralis, Fnatic, Gambit Gaming, Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends. FaZe Clan and North were new Legends, replacing FlipSid3 Tactics and Team Liquid, who failed to make it past the group stage. The grand finals pitted Astralis, in its first ever final after nine playoff appearances, and Virtus.pro, which was in its second finals and looking for its second major title. Astralis had defeated Natus Vincere and Fnatic in the playoff stage, while Virtus.pro had beaten North and defending champions SK Gaming. In the third map of the best-of-three final, Astralis edged out Virtus.pro in the final round of regulation for its first major title.

Background

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.[2][3]

Entering the 2017 ELEAGUE Major, the two-time defending champion was SK Gaming, which won both MLG Columbus 2016 (as Luminosity Gaming) and ESL One Cologne 2016. SK was also the first non-European team to win a Major. At the time, Fnatic was the most decorated team, with three Majors, and SK Gaming was in second, with two.

Format

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The top eight teams from the ESL One Cologne 2016 ("Legends") were automatically invited to ESL One Cologne 2016. The remaining eight spots were filled by teams that advanced from the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier. The ELEAGUE Main Qualifier was a 16-team tournament consisting of the bottom eight teams from Cologne 2016, as well as eight teams promoted from four regional qualifiers. The top eight teams at the Main Qualifier then advanced to the Major as the "Challengers".

Unlike previous Majors, which used the GSL-format for group stages, this Major was the first to use the Swiss-system for group stages.[4] The top eight teams at the end of the group stage advanced to the playoff stage. All playoff matches were best-of-three, single elimination.

Map pool

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The seven-map pool did not change from Cologne 2016. Before each best-of-one match in the group stage, teams alternated banning maps until five maps had been banned. One of the two remaining maps was randomly selected, and the team that that did not get a third ban then selected which side it wanted to start on.[5] In all best-of-three series, 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.[5]

Maps
  • Cache
  • Cobblestone
  • Dust II
  • Mirage
  • Nuke
  • Overpass
  • Train

Broadcast talent

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ELEAGUE retained much of the broadcast team that had been featured in ELEAGUE Season 1 and Season 2.[6]

Hosts

  • Sue "Smix" Lee
  • Chris Puckett

Analysts

  • Richard Lewis
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Commentators

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

Observers

  • Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift
  • David DJ "Prius" Kuntz
  • Benjamin "CoffeeMcSwagger" Budka

Others

  • Jason "Alchemist" Baker (Producer)
  • Steve Daily (Director)
  • Reece Fowler (Gameplay Director)

Broadcasts

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All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

  • ELEAGUE TV
  • 99Damage
  • BiDa
  • HuomaoTV
  • Ogaming TV
  • SpilerTV
  • Starladder

Major Qualifier

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Like the previous Majors, there was a single Main Qualifier after four Minors, or regional qualifiers. The bottom eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2016 received automatic bids to the Main Qualifier. Two teams each from the Asia, North America, Europe, and CIS Minors also competed in the Main Qualifier.

Regional Qualifiers

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The final four teams from each qualifier are shown below: two from each moved on to the Main Qualifier.

Asia Minor

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Teams
  • Renegades (Invited)
  • TyLoo (Invited)
  • VG.CyberZen (China)
  • MVP Project (East Asia)
  • BOT (India + Middle East)
  • Athletico (Oceanic)
  • Fire Dragoon E-Sport (SEA)
  • Tean nxl (SEA)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1TyLoo0
B2VG.CyberZen2
B2VG.CyberZen0
B1Renegades2
B1Renegades2
A2MVP Project0
B1Renegades0
A1TyLoo2
Lower round 1Lower final
B2VG.CyberZen1
A1TyLoo2A1TyLoo2
A2MVP Project0

Europe Minor

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Teams
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Space Soldiers0
B2HellRaisers2
B2HellRaisers2
A2GODSENT0
B1Epsilon eSports1
A2GODSENT2
B2HellRaisers1
A2GODSENT2
Lower round 1Lower final
A2GODSENT2
A1Space Soldiers0B1Epsilon eSports1
B!Epsilon eSports2

CIS Minor

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Teams
  • ALL-IN (High Seed)
  • RoX (High Seed)
  • Team Spirit (High Seed)
  • Tengri (High Seed)
  • EYESport (Low Seed)
  • Quantum Bellator Fire (Low Seed)
  • VwS Gaming (Low Seed)
  • zARLANS (Low Seed)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
B1Team Spirit2
A2VwS Gaming0
B1Team Spirit2
A1ALL-IN1
A1ALL-IN2
B2Q.B. Fire0
B1Team Spirit0
A1ALL-IN2
Lower round 1Lower final
A1ALL-IN1
A2VwS Gaming1A2VwS Gaming0
B2Q.B. Fire0

Americas Minor

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Teams
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
1Cloud91
4Muffin Lightning0
1Cloud90
2Immortals2
2Immortals1
3Team SoloMid0
2 Immortals
1 Cloud9
Lower round 1Lower final
1Cloud92
4Muffin Lightning03Team SoloMid0
3Team SoloMid2

Main Qualifier

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The Main Qualifier 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 Major, and any team with three losses was eliminated.

First round seeding was determined by the following:

  • Teams that placed 9th–12th at the previous Major (Team Dignitas, FaZe Clan, mousesports, Ninjas in Pyjamas) were first seeds
  • Teams that placed 13th–16th at the previous Major (Team EnVyUs, G2 Esports, OpTic Gaming, Counter Logic Gaming) were second seeds
  • Teams that placed first in their regional qualifiers (TyLoo, Vega Squadron, GODSENT, Immortals) were third seeds
  • Teams that were runners-up in their regional qualifiers (Renegades, Team Spirit, Hellraisers, Cloud9) were fourth seeds

GODSENT and FaZe Clan were the first teams to advance to the Major. The next three teams to move on were mousesports, OpTic Gaming, and Team Dignitas. In the fifth round of matches, the final teams to move on were Team EnVyUs, G2 Esports, and HellRaisers.[7]

Teams

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Cologne 2016 Bottom 8
Regional Qualifiers
  1. ^ The players of ALL-IN were signed by Vega Squadron after the CIS Minor.[8]
Main Qualifier Results
Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 GODSENT 3–0 +15 G2 Esports
16–11

Overpass
High match
Team Dignitas
16–11

Mirage
High match
HellRaisers
16–11
Train
Qualified Qualified
FaZe Clan 3–0 +12 Cloud9
19–17

Mirage
High match
OpTic Gaming
16–11

Overpass
High match
Immortals
16–11

Mirage
Qualified Qualified
3–5 mousesports 3–1 +27 HellRaisers
6–16

Train
Low match
Team Spirit
16–5
Dust II
Mid match
Tyloo
16–3
Train
High match
Immortals
16–3

Cache
Qualified
OpTic Gaming 3–1 +15 TyLoo
16–9

Overpass
High match
FaZe Clan
11–16

Overpass
Mid match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–9

Overpass
High match
Hellraisers
16–10
Train
Qualified
Team Dignitas 3–1 +14 Team Spirit
16–11

Mirage
High match
GODSENT
11–16

Mirage
Mid match
Counter Logic Gaming
16–9

Mirage
High match
G2 Esports
16–9

Nuke
Qualified
6–8 Team EnVyUs 3–2 +12 Immortals
11–16

Cobblestone
Low match
G2 Esports
12–16

Dust II
Low match
Team Spirit
16–2

Dust II
Low match
TyLoo
16–9

Dust II
Vega Squadron
16–12

Dust II
G2 Esports 3–2 +4 GODSENT
11–16

Overpass
Low match
Team EnVyUs
16–12

Dust II
Mid match
Vega Squadron
16–6

Dust II
High match
Team Dignitas
9–16

Nuke
Immortals
19–17

Cache
HellRaisers 3–2 +3 mousesports
16–6

Train
High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
19–17

Overpass
High match
GODSENT
11–16
Train
High match
OpTic Gaming
10–16
Train
Cloud9
16–13

Overpass
9–11 Cloud9 2–3 +6 FaZe Clan
17–19

Mirage
Low match
TyLoo
11–16

Mirage
Low match
Renegades
16–9
Mirage
Low match
Counter Logic Gaming
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Overpass
HellRaisers
13–16

Overpass
Vega Squadron 2–3 −6 Counter Logic Gaming
16–14

Mirage
High match
Immortals
8–16

Cache
Mid match
G2 Esports
6–16

Dust II
Low match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–2

Cache
Team EnVyUs
12–16

Dust II
Immortals 2–3 −7 Team EnVyUs
16–11

Cobblestone
High match
Vega Squadron
16–8

Cache
High match
FaZe Clan
11–16

Mirage
High match
mousesports
3–16

Cache
G2 Esports
17–19

Cache
12–14 Counter Logic Gaming 1–3 −13 Vega Squadron
14–16

Mirage
Low match
Renegades
19–16
Dust II
Mid match
Team Dignitas
9–16

Mirage
Low match
Cloud9
8–16

Overpass
Eliminated
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1–3 −16 Renegades
16–9

Dust II
High match
HellRaisers
17–19

Overpass
Mid match
OpTic Gaming
9–16

Overpass
Low match
Vega Squadron
2–16

Cache
Eliminated
TyLoo 1–3 −22 OpTic Gaming
9–16

Overpass
Low match
Cloud9
16–11

Mirage
Mid match
mousesports
3–16
Train
Low match
Team EnVyUs
9–16

Dust II
Eliminated
15–16 Renegades 0–3 −17 Ninjas in Pyjamas
9–16

Dust II
Low match
Counter Logic Gaming
16–19
Dust II
Low match
Cloud9
9–16
Mirage
Eliminated Eliminated
Team Spirit 0–3 −30 Team Dignitas
11–16

Mirage
Low match
mousesports
5–16

Dust II
Low match
Team EnVyUs
2–16

Dust II
Eliminated Eliminated

Teams competing

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The top eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2016, the Legends, were joined by the eight teams to advance from the main qualifier, the Challengers.

Legends
Challengers

1 The five players and coach of Team Dignitas mutually part ways with the team shortly after the Major Qualifier. The roster is then signed by the Danish football (soccer) club F.C. Copenhagen and Nordisk Film was named North.[9]

Perhaps the biggest change was Team Dignitas and the Philadelphia 76ers and their players and coach mutually parting ways and the organizations announced plans to build a North American roster; in addition, it plans to invest into positions such as a sports psychologist and a nutritionist.[10][11][12] The coach, Casper "ruggah" Due, said, despite "competitive offers," the roster decided to leave the team.[13] Roughly a day later, the team is reported to sign with the Danish football (soccer) club F.C. Copenhagen and the Denmark-based Nordisk Film and officially signed on January 3, 2016. The team will be called North.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

GODSENT acquired Robin "flusha" Rönnquist, Jesper "JW" Wecksell, and Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson from Fnatic, who acquired Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson and Simon "twist" Eliasson, so GODSENT acquired the Legends spot from Fnatic.[22] However, KRiMZ rejoined Fnatic while Lekr0 rejoined GODSENT, giving the Legends spot back to Fnatic.[23]

Pre-major ranking

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The HLTV.org January 16, 2017 ranking, the final one released before the ELEAGUE Major, is displayed below.[24]

HLTV.org Pre-major Ranking
World Ranking
Place Team Points Move
1 Astralis 967  
2 OpTic Gaming 792   1
3 SK Gaming 773   1
5 Virtus.pro 611   1
6 North 560   1
7 FaZe Clan 519  
8 Team EnVyUs 457   3
10 G2 Esports 368  
11 Natus Vincere 348   2
12 mousesports 319  
14 Gambit Gaming 209   2
16 GODSENT 190   2
17 Team Liquid 175   2
18 FlipSid3 Tactics 166   4
19 HellRaisers 153   2
20 Fnatic 135   1

Change since January 9, 2017 ranking

Group stage

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The group stage was a sixteen-team Swiss-system format 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.

First round seeding was determined by the following:

  • Teams that placed top four at the previous Major (SK Gaming, Team Liquid, Fnatic, Virtus.pro) were first seeds
  • Teams that placed 5th–8th place at the previous Major (Astralis, FlipSid3 Tactics, Gambit Gaming, Natus Vincere) were second seeds
  • Teams that placed first in the main qualifier (GODSENT, FaZe Clan) and the top two teams that placed third based on their seeds going into the major qualifier (North, mousesports) were third seeds
  • The remaining teams (OpTic Gaming, Team EnVyUs, G2 Esports, HellRaisers) 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.

This was the first Major in which GODSENT players Robin "flusha" Rönnquist and Jesper "JW" Wecksell did not advance to the playoffs, after losing to North in the fifth round and placing 9th. They had maintained Legend status with Fnatic prior to transferring to GODSENT.

Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 Natus Vincere 3–0 +36 mousesports
16–3
Cobblestone
High match
Team EnVyUs
16–6
Cobblestone
High match
SK Gaming
16–3
Dust II
Playoffs Playoffs
Virtus.pro 3–0 +11 OpTic Gaming
16–13
Cobblestone
High match
G2 Esports
16–14
Nuke
High match
Gambit Gaming
16–10
Train
Playoffs Playoffs
3–5 Gambit Gaming 3–1 +11 North
16–8
Cobblestone
High match
GODSENT
16–9
Overpass
High match
Virtus.pro
10–16
Train
High match
FaZe Clan
16–14
Overpass
Playoffs
Fnatic 3–1 +7 G2 Esports
10–16
Cache
Low match
North
16–13
Cobblestone
Mid match
mousesports
16–11
Dust II
High match
Team EnVyUs
16–11
Cobblestone
Playoffs
SK Gaming 3–1 0 HellRaisers
16–7
Mirage
High match
FaZe Clan
19–17
Mirage
High match
Natus Vincere
3–16
Dust II
High match
Astralis
19–17
Dust II
Playoffs
6–8 Astralis 3–2 +15 GODSENT
6–16
Train
Low match
OpTic Gaming
16–12
Train
Mid match
G2 Esports
16–5
Train
High match
SK Gaming
17–19
Dust II
Team Liquid
16–3
Mirage
FaZe Clan 3–2 +12 FlipSid3 Tactics
16–9
Nuke
High match
SK Gaming
17–19
Mirage
Mid match
Team Liquid
22–18
Nuke
High match
Gambit Gaming
14–16
Overpass
Team EnVyUs
16–11
Nuke
North 3–2 +2 Gambit Gaming
8–16
Cobblestone
Low match
Fnatic
13–16
Cobblestone
Low match
HellRaisers
19–15
Mirage
Low match
G2 Esports
16–9
Overpass
GODSENT
19–17
Overpass
9–11 Team EnVyUs 2–3 −3 Team Liquid
25–21
Cache
High match
Natus Vincere
6–16
Cobblestone
Mid match
GODSENT
16–13
Cache
High match
Fnatic
11–16
Cobblestone
FaZe Clan
11–16
Nuke
GODSENT 2–3 −4 Astralis
16–6
Train
High match
Gambit Gaming
9–16
Overpass
Mid match
Team EnVyUs
3–16
Cache
Low match
OpTic Gaming
16–8
Cache
North
17–19
Overpass
Team Liquid 2–3 −7 Team EnVyUs
21–25
Cache
Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16–14
Overpass
Mid match
FaZe Clan
18–22
Nuke
Low match
mousesports
16–4
Nuke
Astralis
3–16
Mirage
12–14 G2 Esports 1–3 −11 Fnatic
16–10
Cache
High match
Virtus.pro
14–16
Nuke
Mid match
Astralis
11–16
Train
Low match
North
9–16
Overpass
Eliminated
OpTic Gaming 1–3 −12 Virtus.pro
13–16
Cobblestone
Low match
Astralis
12–16
Train
Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16–13
Train
Low match
GODSENT
8–16
Cache
Eliminated
mousesports 1–3 −22 Natus Vincere
3–16
Cobblestone
Low match
HellRaisers
16–7
Cache
Mid match
Fnatic
11–16
Dust II
Low match
Team Liquid
4–16
Nuke
Eliminated
15–16 FlipSid3 Tactics 0–3 −12 FaZe Clan
9–16
Nuke
Low match
Team Liquid
14–16
Overpass
Low match
OpTic Gaming
13–16
Train
Eliminated Eliminated
HellRaisers 0–3 −22 SK Gaming
7–16
Mirage
Low match
mousesports
7–16
Cache
Low match
North
15–19
Mirage
Eliminated Eliminated

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro were the top seeds after the group stage, and would face a random opponent from the pool of Astralis, FaZe Clan, and North (the teams who finished 3–2). Natus Vincere was paired with Astralis and Virtus.pro drew North. From the pool of Gambit Gaming, Fnatic, and SK Gaming (the teams who finished 3–1), Gambit and Fnatic were randomly drawn to face each other. The remaining two teams, SK Gaming and FaZe Clan, were then paired to finalize the bracket.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Natus Vincere 1
Astralis 2
Astralis 2
Fnatic 0
Gambit Gaming 1
Fnatic 2
Astralis 2
Virtus.pro 1
Virtus.pro 2
North 1
Virtus.pro 2
SK Gaming 0
SK Gaming 2
FaZe Clan 1

Quarterfinals

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Natus Vincere vs. Astralis

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Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

The first game of the playoffs in the Fox Theatre pitted Natus Vincere and Astralis against each other.

Natus Vincere vs. Astralis Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Natus Vincere 7 Overpass 16 Astralis
Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 14 Astralis
Natus Vincere 10 Dust II 16 Astralis

Gambit Gaming vs Fnatic

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Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Gambit Gaming vs. Fnatic Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Gaming 7 Cache 16 Fnatic
Gambit Gaming 16 Overpass 3 Fnatic
Gambit Gaming 7 Dust II 16 Fnatic

Virtus.pro vs North

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Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Virtus.pro was the other team along with Na'Vi to go a perfect 3–0 in the group stage, defeating OpTic Gaming, G2 Esports, and Gambit Gaming.

Virtus.pro vs North Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Virtus.pro 16 Overpass 4 North
Virtus.pro 12 Cache 16 North
Virtus.pro 16 Cobblestone 13 North

SK Gaming vs FaZe Clan

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Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

SK Gaming was considered the world's best team of 2016 after winning the two majors of the year, MLG Columbus 2016 and ESL One Cologne 2016, and could be the first team ever to win three major titles in a row.

SK Gaming vs. FaZe Clan Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
SK Gaming 7 Mirage 16 FaZe Clan
SK Gaming 16 Train 3 FaZe Clan
SK Gaming 16 Overpass 5 FaZe Clan

Semifinals

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Astralis vs Fnatic

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Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Astralis vs. Fnatic Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 19 Cache 16 Fnatic
Astralis 16 Nuke 5 Fnatic
Astralis Dust II Fnatic

Virtus.pro vs SK Gaming

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Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

The two-time defending champions in SK Gaming will faced off against Virtus.pro for the third Major in a row, with SK squeaking past Virtus.pro in both of those prior series.

Virtus.pro vs. SK Gaming Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Virtus.pro 19 Train 17 SK Gaming
Virtus.pro 16 Cobblestone 14 SK Gaming
Virtus.pro Overpass SK Gaming

Finals

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Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

After five quarterfinal and four semifinal eliminations, the roster of Astralis finally made the a grand finals at a Major. Virtus.pro, however, had been to and won a Major final at EMS One Katowice 2014, defeating the Ninjas in Pyjamas two games to zero. Since then, Virtus.pro had not been back to a grand finals.

The first map was Nuke, a map Virtus.pro was considered very strong on. Astralis would tie the game at 12 rounds apiece, but Virtus.pro won the next four rounds, taking the first map 16–12. Snax and byali lead the way for the Polish team with 24 kills while Kjaerbye lead Astralis with 22 kills and gla1ve and dev1ce had 20 kills.

The second map was Overpass. Virtus.pro took the lead for the first time since round one at 14–13 and were two rounds away from taking the Major. However, Astralis won the last three rounds, taking Overpass 16–14. Xyp9x was the most impactful with 28 kills. dev1ce had the least kills of either team with only 13 kills.

The final map, Train, was historically known as one of Virtus.pro's strongest. After a strong Virtus.pro start, Astralis made a late comeback, tying the score at 14 and taking their first lead at 15–14. After winning the final round of regulation, Astralis was crowned the champion of the ELEAGUE Atlanta Major. Kjaerbye had 29 kills in the final map,[25][26] and was named the Major MVP; he became the youngest player to earn the title.[27]

Astralis vs. Virtus.pro Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 12 Nuke 16 Virtus.pro
Astralis 16 Overpass 14 Virtus.pro
Astralis 16 Train 14 Virtus.pro

Final standings

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The final standings are shown below. The in-game leaders of each team are shown first.

Place Prize money Team Invitation to following Major Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 Astralis PGL Major 2017 gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Kjaerbye zonic
2nd US$150,000 Virtus.pro NEO, TaZ, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali kuben
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Fnatic dennis, olofmeister, KRiMZ, disco doplan, twist, Jumpy
SK Gaming FalleN, coldzera, fer, TACO, fox dead
5th – 8th US$35,000 Natus Vincere seized, s1mple, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN starix
Gambit Gaming Zeus, AdreN, mou, HObbit, Dosia kane
North MSL, k0nfig, cajunb, Magisk, RUBINO ruggah
FaZe Clan karrigan, rain, aizy, allu, kioShiMa RobbaN
9th – 11th US$8,750 GODSENT PGL Major 2017 Offline Qualifier pronax, flusha, JW, Lekr0, pronax, znajder rdl
Team EnVyUs Happy, kennyS, apEX, SIXER, NBK- enkay J
Team Liquid nitr0, Hiko, ELiGE, jdm64, Pimp zews
12th – 14th US$8,750 G2 Esports shox, SmithZz, bodyy, Rpk, ScreaM NiaK
mousesports NiKo, Spiidi, denis, chrisJ, loWel lmbt
OpTic Gaming stanislaw, NAF, RUSH, tarik, mixwell
15th – 16th US$8,750 HellRaisers ANGE1, bondik, Zero, STYKO, DeadFox Johnta
FlipSid3 Tactics Blad3, markeloff, WorldEdit, electronic, wayLander

Post-Major Ranking

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The HLTV.org January 30, 2017 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the first one released after the ELEAGUE Major.[28]

HLTV.org Post-major Ranking
World Ranking
Place Team Points Move
1 Astralis 1000  
2 Virtus.pro 705   2
3 SK Gaming 703  
4 OpTic Gaming 537   2
5 FaZe Clan 456   2
6 North 410  
8 Fnatic 395   12
9 Natus Vincere 371  
10 Team EnVyUs 355   2
12 Gambit Gaming 252   4
13 G2 Esports 251   2
14 GODSENT 200  
15 mousesports 175   3
16 Team Liquid 162   1
19 FlipSid3 Tactics 118  
20 HellRaisers 115   2

Change since January 23, 2017 ranking

Clash for Cash

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ELEAGUE announced a televised rematch, dubbed the "Clash for Cash", between the two finalists on June 16, 2017.[29] It featured a US$250,000 prize pool for the winner.[30] Despite losing the first map in the best-of-three, Astralis dominated the last two maps and took the match.[31]

Astralis vs. Virtus.pro Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 7 Nuke 16 Virtus.pro
Astralis 16 Overpass 4 Virtus.pro
Astralis 16 Mirage 3 Virtus.pro

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