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StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019

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The StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019, also known as StarLadder Major 2019 or Berlin 2019, was the fifteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship. It was held in Berlin, Germany from August 23 to September 8, 2019.[1][2] Fourteen teams qualified for this Major based on their placement at the previous Major, Katowice 2019, while another ten teams qualified from their respective regional qualifiers.[3] It featured a US$1,000,000 prize pool, the eighth consecutive Major with this prize pool. It was also the first time the Ukrainian-based organization StarLadder. along with its long-term Chinese partner ImbaTV, hosted a Major.[4]

StarLadder Major 2019
2019
The StarLadder Major 2019 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationBerlin, Germany
DatesAugust 23–September 8, 2019
AdministratorValve
StarLadder
ImbaTV
Tournament
format(s)
Two 16 team swiss-system group stages
8 team single-elimination playoff
VenueVerti Music Hall
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Teams24
PurseUS$1,000,000
Final positions
ChampionsAstralis (4th title)
1st runners-upAVANGAR
2nd runners-upRenegades
NRG Esports
MVPNicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz

Astralis won the final against underdogs AVANGAR to become the only team in CS:GO history to win four Majors, and the only team to win three Majors consecutively. Astralis's Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz was the MVP, joining coldzera as the only players to have two Major MVPs.

Background

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 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.[5][6]

The defending champions were Astralis, after winning their second consecutive and third total Major at IEM Katowice 2019. Astralis and Fnatic entered the tournament tied for most Major titles.

Format

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The Major cycle began with four Minors, or regional qualifiers: Americas, Asia, CIS, and Europe. Two teams from each qualifier moved on to the Major. In addition, because Valve reduced the number of direct Major invites from sixteen to fourteen, the third-place teams at each respective Minor advanced to a third-place qualifier that sent two more teams to the Major.

The Major featured twenty-four teams. The top eight teams from the Katowice 2019 were the Legends, and the remaining sixteen teams—the teams that placed ninth through fourteenth at Katowice and the ten teams that advanced from the Minors—were known as Challengers.

The Major was split into three stages. The first stage was the New Challengers stage, featuring all Challengers in a Swiss-system tournament: the top eight teams advanced to the next stage and the bottom eight teams were eliminated.[7] Teams in the New Challengers stage were initially given an Elo ranking based on the HLTV world rankings. Each round of matches was seeded based on this Elo system.[8] The second stage was the New Legends stage, a second Swiss-system group stage seeded in the same way. This stage featured the eight Legends from the Katowice Major and the eight teams advancing from the New Challengers stage. Like the New Challengers stage, the New Legends stage also advanced the top eight teams and eliminated the bottom eight teams. All teams from this stage except the bottom two teams earned automatic invites to the following Major. The final stage was the New Champions stage, and teams that advanced to this stage received Legends status at the following Major. This stage featured an eight team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.

Map Pool

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The map pool for this Major changed from Katowice 2019. Valve took Cache out of the map pool and announced it would be redesigned. Rather than reintroducing Cobblestone, which had been in the map pool in previous Majors, Valve added Vertigo to the competitive map pool for the first time.[9]

Maps
  • Dust II
  • Mirage
  • Inferno
  • Nuke
  • Train
  • Overpass
  • Vertigo

Minors

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Each regional qualifier, called "Minors", featured eight teams. Each Minor also had a US$50,000 prize pool, with first place receiving US$30,000, second place taking in US$15,000, and third place raking in the last US$5,000. Like past recent Minors, no teams were directly invited to the Minors.[10] There is no prize pool for the third place play in. The Europe and Americas Minors will start on July 17 and last until July 21. The CIS and Asia Minors will start on July 24 and last until July 28; the third place play in will take place on July 29.

Each Minor will feature two groups of four teams in a standard, GSL format group stage. The highest and lowest seed of the group and then other two teams will play in a best of one. The winners will play in a best of three and then the losers will play in a best of three. The winner of the winner's match will qualify for the bracket stage while the loser of the loser's match will be eliminated. The last two teams in the group will play in a best of three; the winner will move on to the bracket stage and the loser will be eliminated. The bracket stage will be a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The top two teams will qualify for the New Challengers stage of the Major, the third place team will have another shot in the third place play-in, while the fourth place team will be eliminated.

The third place play-in will be a four team, double elimination bracket. The initial and winner's match will be a best of one while the elimination matches will be a best of three. The top three teams move on to the Major as Cloud9 lost their Major spot so the spot is replaced by a team from the third place play-in.

Americas Minor

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The Americas Minor will feature six teams from North America and two teams from South America. The North American closed qualifier featured sixteen teams, with eight teams being invited and another eight teams coming from four open qualifiers. Like the Europe Minor closed qualifier, the North America qualifier was a sixteen team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Notable teams such as Luminosity Gaming, Team Envy, and Boston 2018 champions Cloud9 failed to make it to the Minor. The South America qualifier initially had eight invited teams, but DETONA Gaming's Vinicius "v$m" Moreira had a VAC ban, forcing the team to withdraw from the qualifier. The last spot was filled in by a last chance qualifier.[11]

Teams
  • eUnited (NA Closed #1–4)
  • FURIA Esports (NA Closed #1–4)
  • NRG Esports (NA Closed #1–4)
  • Team One (NA Closed #5–6)
  • Team Singularity (NA Closed #5–6)
  • Luminosity Gaming (NA Closed #7–8)[Note 1][12]
  • Sharks Esports (SA Closed #1)
  • INTZ eSports (SA Closed #2)
Notes
  1. ^ Lazarus Gaming decide to withdraw from the Minor due to roster issues involving Braxton "swag" Pierce, who was permanently banned by Valve due to his involvement in the iBUYPOWER and NetcodeGuides.com match fixing scandal. StarLadder decided to replace the team with the two teams that placed 7th in the closed qualifier: Team Envy and Luminosity Gaming. However, Envy decided not to have a chance to attend the Major and attend Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV – Chicago, giving the spot to Luminosity.
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1INTZ eSports2
B2Sharks Esports0
A1INTZ eSports0
B1NRG Esports2
B1NRG Esports2
A2FURIA Esports0
B1NRG Esports
A1FURIA Esports
Lower round 1Lower final
A1INTZ eSports1
B2Sharks Esports0A2FURIA Esports2
A2FURIA Esports2

Europe Minor

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The Europe Minor closed qualifier featured sixteen teams. No teams were invited to the Minor, but eight teams were invited to the closed qualifier while another eight teams came from four open qualifiers. The closed qualifier was a sixteen team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Notable teams such as Virtus.pro, OpTic Gaming, Heroic, and Windigo Gaming did not qualify for the Minor.[13]

Teams
  • CR4ZY (Closed #1–4)
  • Fnatic (Closed #1–4)
  • mousesports (Closed #1–4)
  • North (Closed #1–4)
  • BIG (Closed #5–8)
  • NoChance (Closed #5–8)
  • Sprout (Closed #5–8)
  • Team Ancient (Closed #5–8)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1Fnatic0
B2mousesports2
B2mousesports2
A2North0
B1CR4ZY0
A2North2
B2mousesports
B1CR4ZY
Lower round 1Lower final
A2North0
A1Fnatic0B1CR4ZY2
B1CR4ZY2

Asia Minor

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The Asia Minor will feature eight teams. Unlike the other Minors, the Asia Minor featured teams from six geographical regions. All qualifiers featured four invited teams with four more coming from two open qualifiers, except for the Greater China qualifier – which had sixteen teams, eight of which were invited – and the African qualifier – which had no invited teams. All qualifiers were a double elimination, best of three bracket.[14]

Teams
  • Grayhound Gaming (Oceania #1)
  • Avant Gaming (Oceania #2)
  • TYLOO (Greater China #1)
  • 5Power Gaming (Greater China #2)
  • MVP PK (East Asia)
  • ALPHA Red (Southeast Asia)
  • FFAmix (Middle East)
  • Energy Esports (Africa)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1Grayhound G.2
B2MVP PK0
A1Grayhound G.2
B1TYLOO0
B1TYLOO2
A2Avant Gaming0
A1Grayhound G
B1TYLOO
Lower round 1Lower final
B1TYLOO2
B2MVP PK2B2MVP PK0
A2Avant Gaming0

CIS Minor

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The CIS Minor will feature eight teams. The CIS closed qualifier featured the same format as the other Minor qualifiers. Notable teams such as Vega Squadron, pro100, and Winstrike Team failed to make it to the Minor.[15]

Teams
  • forZe (Closed #1–4)
  • Nemiga Gaming (Closed #1–4)
  • Syman Gaming (Closed #1–4)
  • Team Spirit (Closed #1–4)
  • DreamEaters (Closed #5–8)
  • Gambit Youngsters (Closed #5–8)
  • Unique Team (Closed #5–8)
  • Warthox Esport (Closed #5–8)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1forZe2
B2Team Spirit0
A1forZe2
A2Syman Gaming0
B1DreamEaters1
A2Syman Gaming2
A1forZe
A2Syman Gaming
Lower round 1Lower final
A2Syman Gaming2
B2Team Spirit0B1DreamEaters0
B1DreamEaters2

Minor play-in

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This qualifier featured the teams that placed third in their respective Minors. This phase was a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The opening matches were the Asia Minor representative against the Europe Minor representative and the CIS Minor team versus the Americans Minor team. After Cloud9 forfeited its spot by not fielding the majority of its lineup from the last Major, a third team would qualify from this qualifier.[16]

Teams
  • INTZ eSports (Americas #3)
  • North (Europe #3)
  • MVP PK (Asia #3)
  • DreamEaters (CIS #3)
Upper round 1Qualified
EUNorth2
ASMVP PK0
EUNorth
CISDreamEaters
AMINTZ eSports1
CISDreamEaters2
Lower round 1Qualified
AMINTZ eSports
ASMVP PK0
AMINTZ eSports2

Broadcast Talent

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The Major was streamed in various languages across Twitch. It was also streamed on StarLadder's YouTube channel, Steam.tv, and on CS:GO's in-game viewing client GOTV.

Desk Hosts

  • Tres "stunna" Saranthus
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Interviewers

  • Sue "Smix" Lee
  • James Banks

Analysts

Commentators

  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Alex "Machine" Richardson
  • Anders "Anders" Blume
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • James "JFZB" Bardolph
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • Harry "JustHarry" Russell
  • Hugo Byron[17]

Teams competing

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Legends
Katowice 2019 9th–14th
Regional Qualifiers
  • forZe (CIS Minor #1)
  • Syman Gaming (CIS Minor #2)
  • mousesports (Europe Minor #1)
  • CR4ZY (Europe Minor #2)
  • Grayhound Gaming (Asia Minor #1)
  • TYLOO (Asia Minor #2)
  • NRG Esports (Americas Minor #1)
  • FURIA Esports (Americas Minor #2)
  • North (Play-in #1–2)
  • DreamEaters (Play-in #1–2)
  • INTZ eSports (Play-in #3)

New Challengers stage

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The New Challengers stage took place from August 23 to August 26, 2019, at the Verti Music Hall. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, is a sixteen team swiss tournament. Initial seeding was determined using HLTV.org's world rankings from March 4 to August 12, 2019. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played, out of all teams still in the tournament.

Place Team Record RD Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 mousesports (6) 3–0 +13 forZe (11) High match
AVANGAR (6) 		High match
G2 Esports (2) 		New Legends stage New Legends stage
North (4) 3–0 +11 INTZ eSports (13) High match
Syman Gaming (14) 		High match
CR4ZY (6) 		New Legends stage New Legends stage
3–5 NRG Esports (2) 3–1 +39 DreamEaters (15) Low match
TYLOO (15) 		Mid match
Syman Gaming (14) 		High match
AVANGAR (7) 		New Legends stage
G2 Esports (3) 3–1 +19 TYLOO (14) High match
DreamEaters (12) 		High match
mousesports (3) 		High match
forZe (7) 		New Legends stage
CR4ZY (8) 3–1 +16 Grayhound Gaming (9) High match
FURIA Esports (4) 		High match
North (1) 		High match
DreamEaters (10) 		New Legends stage
6–8 Team Vitality (1) 3–2 +25 Syman Gaming (16) Low match
INTZ eSports (16) 		Mid match
DreamEaters (13) 		Low match
HellRaisers (12) 		Grayhound Gaming (10)
DreamEaters (15) 3–2 +1 NRG Esports (2) High match
G2 Esports (2) 		Mid match
Team Vitality (4) 		Mid match
CR4ZY (5) 		forZe (9)
AVANGAR (7) 3–2 0 Complexity Gaming (10) High match
mouseports (5) 		Mid match
HellRaisers (10) 		Mid match
NRG Esports (4) 		Syman Gaming (12)
9–11 Grayhound Gaming (9) 2–3 +10 CR4ZY (8) Low match
forZe (11) 		Low match
INTZ eSports (16) 		Low match
Complexity Gaming (10) 		Team Vitality (6)
Syman Gaming (16) 2–3 −1 Team Vitality (1) High match
North (1) 		Mid match
NRG Esports (5) 		Mid match
FURIA Esports (8) 		AVANGAR (7)
forZe (11) 2–3 −14 mousesports (7) Low match
Grayhound Gaming (10) 		Mid match
FURIA Esports (7) 		Mid match
G2 Esports (3) 		DreamEaters (9)
12–14 Complexity Gaming (10) 1–3 −15 AVANGAR (7) Low match
HellRaisers (14) 		Low match
TYLOO (15) 		Mid match
Grayhound Gaming (12) 		Eliminated
FURIA Esports (5) 1–3 −17 HellRaisers (12) Low match
CR4ZY (7) 		Mid match
forZe (8) 		Low match
Syman Gaming (14) 		Eliminated
HellRaisers (12) 1–3 −20 FURIA Esports (5) Low match
Complexity Gaming (9) 		Mid match
AVANGAR (8) 		Low match
Team Vitality (7) 		Eliminated
15–16 TYLOO (14) 0–3 −31 G2 Esports (3) Low match
NRG Esports (7) 		Low match
Complexity Gaming (12) 		Eliminated Eliminated
INTZ eSports (13) 0–3 −36 North (4) Low match
Team Vitality (3) 		Low match
Grayhound Gaming (11) 		Eliminated Eliminated

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Round 1 scores
Round 1 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Vitality 8 Dust2 16 Syman Gaming
NRG Esports 17 Overpass 19 Dreameaters
G2 Esports 16 Overpass 10 Tyloo
North 16 Train 5 INTZ
FURIA 16 Inferno 6 Hellraisers
mousesports 16 Inferno 6 forZe
AVANGAR 16 Inferno 13 compLexity Gaming
CR4ZY 16 Nuke 13 Grayhound Gaming
Round 2 scores
Round 2 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
North 16 Train 14 Syman Gaming
NRG Esports 16 Train 7 Tyloo
G2 Esports 16 Overpass 9 Dreameaters
Team Vitality 16 Mirage 9 INTZ
mousesports 19 Inferno 17 AVANGAR
compLexity Gaming 5 Inferno 16 Hellraisers
FURIA 11 Train 16 CR4ZY
Grayhound Gaming 9 Train 16 forZe
Round 3 scores
Round 3 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Vitality 14 Inferno 16 Dreameaters
NRG Esports 16 Inferno 4 Syman Gaming
AVANGAR 16 Dust2 8 Hellraisers
FURIA 10 Nuke 16 forZe
compLexity Gaming 22 Overpass 20 Tyloo
compLexity Gaming 16 Vertigo 2 Tyloo
compLexity Gaming – Inferno – Tyloo
G2 Esports 16 Train 5 mousesports
G2 Esports 13 Dust2 16 mousesports
G2 Esports 7 Vertigo 16 mousesports
Grayhound Gaming 16 Train 5 INTZ
Grayhound Gaming 14 Nuke 16 INTZ
Grayhound Gaming 16 Dust2 7 INTZ
North 8 Mirage 16 CR4ZY
North 28 Inferno 26 CR4ZY
North 19 Train 15 CR4ZY
Round 4 scores
Round 4 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
G2 Esports 28 Dust2 25 forZe
G2 Esports 16 Inferno 12 forZe
G2 Esports – Overpass – forZe
FURIA 9 Train 16 Syman Gaming
FURIA 7 Inferno 16 Syman Gaming
FURIA – Overpass – Syman Gaming
compLexity Gaming 11 Dust2 16 Grayhound Gaming
compLexity Gaming 4 Inferno 16 Grayhound Gaming
compLexity Gaming – Overpass – Grayhound Gaming
NRG Esports 16 Train 8 AVANGAR
NRG Esports 16 Dust2 4 AVANGAR
NRG Esports – Overpass – AVANGAR
CR4ZY 12 Inferno 16 Dreameaters
CR4ZY 16 Dust2 11 Dreameaters
CR4ZY 16 Mirage 11 Dreameaters
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 8 Hellraisers
Team Vitality 16 Mirage 11 Hellraisers
Team Vitality – Overpass – Hellraisers
Round 5 scores
Round 5 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
AVANGAR 16 Inferno 10 Syman Gaming
AVANGAR 10 Mirage 16 Syman Gaming
AVANGAR 16 Dust2 5 Syman Gaming
forZe 10 Overpass 16 Dreameaters
forZe 12 Mirage 16 Dreameaters
forZe – Train – Dreameaters
Team Vitality 16 Dust2 5 Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality 14 Overpass 16 Grayhound Gaming
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 14 Grayhound Gaming

New Legends stage

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The New Legends stage, formerly known as the Group stage, used the same format as the Challengers stage. This stage took place from August 28 to September 1, 2019, at the Verti Music Hall. Next to each team's name under the "Team" column is each team's initial seeding. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played.

Place Team Record Round Difference Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 ENCE 3–0 +34 AVANGAR (14) High Match
MIBR (6) 		High MatchTeam Vitality (4) New Champions stage New Champions stage
NRG Esports 3–0 +24 Renegades (8) High Match
Team Liquid (2) 		High MatchAstralis (1) New Champions stage New Champions stage
3–5 Team Vitality 3–1 +18 North (11) High Match
FaZe Clan (4) 		Middle MatchENCE (2) High Match mousesports (11) New Champions stage
Astralis 3–1 +15 Dreameaters (16) High Match
G2 Esports (11) 		Middle MatchNRG Esports (5) High Match CR4ZY (12) New Champions stage
AVANGAR 3–1 +1 ENCE (3) Low Match
Renegades (8) 		Middle MatchTeam Liquid (3) High Match G2 Esports (9) New Champions stage
6–8 Natus Vincere 3–2 +33 G2 Esports (13) Low Match
Dreameaters (16) 		Middle Matchmousesports (11) Low Match MIBR (7) CR4ZY (13)
Team Liquid 3–2 +14 CR4ZY (15) High Match
NRG (8) 		Middle MatchAVANGAR (14) Low Match North (14) mousesports (12)
Renegades 3–2 +8 NRG Esports (9) Low Match
AVANGAR (14) 		Middle MatchDreameaters (16) Low Match FaZe Clan (6) G2 Esports (11)
9–11 G2 Esports 2–3 −7 Natus Vincere (4) High Match
Astralis (1) 		Middle MatchMIBR (8) High Match AVANGAR (10) Renegades (10)
CR4ZY 2–3 −19 Team Liquid (2) Low Match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (9) 		Middle MatchFaZe Clan (6) High Match Astralis (2) Natus Vincere (6)
mousesports 2–3 −24 FaZe Clan (5) Low Match
North (12) 		Middle MatchNatus Vincere (7) High Match Vitality (4) Team Liquid (5)
12–14 FaZe Clan 1–3 0 mousesports (12) High Match
Team Vitality (5) 		Middle MatchCR4ZY (15) Low Match Renegades (13) Eliminated
North 1–3 −4 Team Vitality (6) Low Match
mousesports (13) 		Low MatchNinjas in Pyjamas (12) Low Match Team Liquid (5) Eliminated
MIBR 1–3 −33 Ninjas in Pyjamas (10) High Match
ENCE (3) 		Middle MatchG2 Esports (9) Low Match Natus Vincere (8) Eliminated
15–16 Ninjas in Pyjamas 0–3 −30 MIBR (7) Low Match
CR4ZY (15) 		Low MatchNorth (13) Eliminated Eliminated
DreamEaters 0–3 −30 Astralis (1) Low Match
Natus Vincere (7) 		Low MatchRenegades (9) Eliminated Eliminated
Round 1 scores
Round 1 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
ENCE 16 Overpass 5 AVANGAR
Astralis 16 Dust2 9 Dreameaters
NRG Esports 16 Dust2 14 Renegades
Team Liquid 16 Mirage 9 CR4ZY
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 9 North
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 8 mousesports
Natus Vincere 17 Overpass 19 G2 Esports
MIBR 16 Dust2 12 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Round 2 scores
Round 2 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Renegades 13 Vertigo 16 AVANGAR
Natus Vincere 16 Overpass 7 Dreameaters
Ninjas in Pyjamas 10 Train 16 CR4ZY
North 13 Inferno 16 mousesports
Team Liquid 9 Dust2 16 NRG Esports
FaZe Clan 7 Dust2 16 Team Vitality
ENCE 16 Inferno 8 MIBR
Astralis 16 Nuke 7 G2 Esports
Round 3 scores
Round 3 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Natus Vincere 17 Nuke 19 mousesports
Team Liquid 18 Overpass 22 AVANGAR
MIBR 4 Inferno 16 G2 Esports
FaZe Clan 9 Mirage 16 CR4ZY
ENCE 16 Nuke 10 Team Vitality
ENCE 16 Dust2 7 Team Vitality
ENCE – Mirage – Team Vitality
Renegades 16 Mirage 10 Dreameaters
Renegades 16 Train 8 Dreameaters
Renegades – Inferno – Dreameaters
Astralis 28 Train 31 NRG Esports
Astralis 4 Nuke 16 NRG Esports
Astralis – Overpass – NRG Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 8 Train 16 North
Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 Dust2 16 North
Ninjas in Pyjamas – Nuke – North
Round 4 scores
Round 4 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
G2 Esports 16 Dust2 9 AVANGAR
G2 Esports 11 Inferno 16 AVANGAR
G2 Esports 9 Overpass 16 AVANGAR
MIBR 11 Mirage 16 Natus Vincere
MIBR 4 Inferno 16 Natus Vincere
MIBR – Train – Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan 19 Mirage 22 Renegades
FaZe Clan 16 Nuke 4 Renegades
FaZe Clan 14 Vertigo 16 Renegades
Team Vitality 16 Vertigo 5 mousesports
Team Vitality 16 Mirage 10 mousesports

New Champions stage

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The New Champions Stage, also known as the Playoffs, is a best of three single elimination bracket. Teams play until a winner is decided. This stage took place between September 5 to September 8 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Brackets were revealed shortly after Natus Vincere defeated CR4ZY in the last map of the group stages. Teams were seeded first based on their record in the New Legends stage and based on the strength of their schedule. To the left of each team's name is their seed and to the right is their score.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1 ENCE 5 12 – 0
8 Renegades 16 16 – 2
8 Renegades 19 6 – 0
5 AVANGAR 22 16 – 2
3 Team Vitality 9 16 10 1
5 AVANGAR 16 11 16 2
5 AVANGAR 6 5 – 0
4 Astralis 16 16 – 2
4 Astralis 16 16 – 2
7 Team Liquid 8 13 – 0
4 Astralis 16 16 – 2
2 NRG Esports 10 9 – 0
2 NRG Esports 16 19 – 2
6 Natus Vincere 12 17 – 0

Quarterfinals

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ENCE vs. Renegades

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Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

ENCE vs. Renegades scores
Team Score Map Score Team
ENCE 5 Mirage 16 Renegades
ENCE 12 Nuke 16 Renegades
ENCE – Dust II – Renegades

Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR

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Casters: Anders & moses

Team Vitality vs. AVANGAR scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Vitality 9 Mirage 16 AVANGAR
Team Vitality 16 Inferno 11 AVANGAR
Team Vitality 10 Dust II 16 AVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere

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Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

NRG Esports vs. Natus Vincere scores
Team Score Map Score Team
NRG Esports 16 Dust II 12 Natus Vincere
NRG Esports 19 Mirage 17 Natus Vincere
NRG Esports – Nuke – Natus Vincere

Astralis vs. Team Liquid

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Casters: Anders & moses

Astralis vs. Team Liquid scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 16 Vertigo 8 Team Liquid
Astralis 16 Overpass 13 Team Liquid
Astralis – Inferno – Team Liquid

Semifinals

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Renegades vs. AVANGAR

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Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Renegades vs. AVANGAR scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Renegades 19 Mirage 22 AVANGAR
Renegades 6 Dust II 16 AVANGAR
Renegades – Train – AVANGAR

NRG Esports vs. Astralis

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Casters: Anders & moses

NRG Esports vs. Astralis scores
Team Score Map Score Team
NRG Esports 10 Train 16 Astralis
NRG Esports 9 Overpass 16 Astralis
NRG Esports – Nuke – Astralis

Finals

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AVANGAR vs. Astralis

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Casters: Anders & moses

AVANGAR vs. Astralis scores
Team Score Map Score Team
AVANGAR 6 Inferno 16 Astralis
AVANGAR 5 Dust II 16 Astralis
AVANGAR – Overpass – Astralis

Final standings

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The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 Astralis Rio 2020 Legends gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x zonic
2nd US$150,000 AVANGAR Jame, buster, qikert, Sanji, AdreN dastan
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Renegades jkaem, Gratisfaction, AZR, jks, Liazz kassad
NRG Esports stanislaw, CeRq, Brehze, Ethan, tarik ImAPet
5th – 8th US$35,000 ENCE Aleksib, allu, sergej, Aerial, xseveN Twista
Team Vitality ALEX, apEX, NBK-, ZywOo, RpK XTQZZZ
Natus Vincere s1mple, Zeus, flamie, electronic, Boombl4 kane
Team Liquid NAF, Twistzz, nitr0, EliGE, Stewie2K adreN
9th – 11th US$8,750 mousesports Rio 2020 Challengers ropz, karrigan, woxic, frozen, chrisJ Rejin
CR4ZY EspiranTo, ottoNd, nexa, huNter-, LETN1 emi
G2 Esports shox, kennyS, Lucky, JaCkz, AmaNEk maLeK
12th – 14th US$8,750 MIBR FalleN, zews, TACO, fer, LUCAS1 –
FaZe Clan NiKo, NEO, rain, olofmeister, GuardiaN YNk
North valde, Kjaerbye, aizy, JUGi, gade mithR
15th – 16th US$8,750 Ninjas in Pyjamas – GeT RiGhT, f0rest, REZ, Lekr0, Plopski pita
Dreameaters speed4k, kinqie, Forester, Krad, svyat zoneR
17th – 19th – forZe xsepower, Jerry, almazer, facecrack, FL1T liTTle
Grayhound Gaming erkaSt, Sico, dexter, malta, Dickstacy Neil_M
Syman Gaming neaLaN, Ramz1kBO$$, Perfecto, t0rick, Keoz Solaar
20th – 22nd – FURIA Esports arT, VINI, KSCERATO, yuurih, ableJ guerri
HellRaisers ANGE1, ISSAA, oskar, loWel, nukkye –
Complexity Gaming dephh, Rickeh, ShahZaM, SicK, oBo keita
23rd – 24th – TYLOO BnTeT, Freeman, Summer, somebody, Attacker –
INTZ eSports kNgV-, chelo, xand, DeStiNy, yeL Apoka

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