ESL One New York 2016

ESL One New York 2016 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. Eight teams from around the globe competed in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and a playoffs. It featured a US$250,000 prize pool.^[2]

ESL One New York 2016

2016
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	New York, New York
Dates	September 30, 2016–October 2, 2016
Administrator	Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Venue	Barclays Center
Teams	8 teams
Purse	US$250,000
Final positions
Champions	Natus Vincere
1st runners-up	Virtus.pro
2nd runners-up	SK Gaming Team Liquid
Tournament statistics
Attendance	8,500^[1]
MVP	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
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Format

ESL invited six teams to compete in ESL One New York. One team from the European Qualifier and one team from the North American Qualifier will also have a ticket to the tournament. Both qualifiers are played online.^{[citation needed]}

The group stage played in a best-of-one Swiss-system tournament format consisting of 5 rounds, much like the ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier. In the end, the top four teams will advance to the Playoffs.

The Playoffs were formatted in a four team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.

Broadcast Talent

Stage Hosts

• Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
• Alex "Machine" Richardson

Analysts

• Janko "YNk" Paunović
• Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Commentators

• Anders Blume
• Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
• Hugo Byron
• Henry "HenryG" Greer
• Mitch "Uber" Leslie
• Joona "natu" Leppänen
• John "BLU" Mullen
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Observers

• DJ "Prius" Kuntz
• Alex "Rushly" Rush
• Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift

Qualifiers

In each qualifier, one team will move on to the main tournament.

Europe Qualifier

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	GODSENT		16	3	4
	FaZe Clan		4	16	16
								FaZe Clan		16	16	–
								mousesports		12	7	–
	Gambit Gaming		9	12	–
	mousesports		16	16	–
															FaZe Clan		10	5	–
															Astralis		16	16	–
	Team EnVyUs		19	16	–
	Flipsid3 Tactics		17	7	–
								Team EnVyUs		5	16	12
								Astralis		16	8	16
	Team Dignitas		16	10	9
	Astralis		11	16	16

North America Qualifier

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	Counter Logic Gaming		13	14	–
	Cloud9		16	16	–
								Cloud9		16	16	–
								Team SoloMid		6	9	–
	Echo Fox		12	16	8
	Team SoloMid		16	14	16
															Cloud9		14	16	6
															OpTic Gaming		16	13	16
	OpTic Gaming		16	19	–
	NRG Esports		14	19	–
								OpTic Gaming		16	17	16
								Immortals		10	19	14
	compLexity Gaming		0	3	–
	Immortals		16	16	–

Teams Competing

SK Gaming Natus Vincere Team Liquid G2 Esports Virtus.pro Fnatic Astralis OpTic Gaming

Group stage

Place	Team	Record	Differential	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1	Natus Vincere	3–0	+24	Team Liquid 16–9 Mirage	Virtus.pro 16–9 Train	SK Gaming 16-6 Mirage	Playoffs	Playoffs
2	SK Gaming	3–1	+7	OpTic Gaming 16–10 Train	Astralis 16–13 Overpass	Natus Vincere 6–16 Mirage	Virtus.pro 16-8 Train	Playoffs
3–4	Virtus.pro	3–2	+15	Fnatic 16–6 Cobblestone	Natus Vincere 9–16 Train	Team Liquid 16–8 Mirage	SK Gaming 8–16 Train	OpTic Gaming 16–14 Cobblestone
	Team Liquid	3–2	0	Natus Vincere 9–16 Mirage	G2 Esports 16–7 Train	Virtus.pro 8-16 Mirage	Fnatic 16–14 Dust II	Fnatic 16–12 Dust II
5–6	Fnatic	2-3	+4	Virtus.pro 6–16 Cobblestone	OpTic Gaming 16-3 Train	Astralis 16–9 Dust II	Team Liquid 14–16 Dust II	Team Liquid 12–16 Dust II
	OpTic Gaming	2-3	-8	SK Gaming 10–16 Train	Fnatic 3–16 Train	G2 Esports 16–7 Cache	Astralis 16–12 Overpass	Virtus.pro 14–16 Train
7	Astralis	1-3	-11	G2 Esports 16–13 Dust II	SK Gaming 13–16 Overpass	Fnatic 9-16 Dust II	OpTic Gaming 12–16 Overpass	Eliminated
8	G2 Esports	0-3	-21	Astralis 13–16 Dust II	Team Liquid 7–16 Train	OpTic Gaming 7–16 Cache	Eliminated	Eliminated

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	Natus Vincere		2
	Team Liquid		1
						Natus Vincere		2
						Virtus.pro		1
	SK Gaming		1
	Virtus.pro		2

Semifinals Scores

Semifinals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	7	Cobblestone	16	Team Liquid
Natus Vincere	16	Train	13	Team Liquid
Natus Vincere	16	Dust II	10	Team Liquid
SK Gaming	19	Mirage	16	Virtus.pro
SK Gaming	21	Overpass	25	Virtus.pro
SK Gaming	7	Nuke	16	Virtus.pro

Finals Scores

Finals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	3	Cobblestone	16	Virtus.pro
Natus Vincere	16	Train	8	Virtus.pro
Natus Vincere	19	Mirage	17	Virtus.pro

Final standings

Final Standings
Place	Prize Money	Team	Roster	Coach
1st	US$125,000	Natus Vincere	s1mple, Edward, flamie, seized, GuardiaN	starix
2nd	US$50,000	Virtus.pro	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali	kuben
3rd – 4th	US$25,000	SK Gaming	FalleN, coldzera, fnx, TACO, fer	dead
		Team Liquid	Hiko, EliGE, jdm64, nitr0, Pimp	peacemaker
5th – 6th	US$8,500	Fnatic	twist, olofmeister, Lekr0, dennis, wenton	Jumpy
		OpTic Gaming	stanislaw, NAF, tarik, RUSH, mixwell
7th	US$5,000	Astralis	karrigan, dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Kjaerbye	zonic
8th	US$3,000	G2 Esports	shox, bodyy, Rpk, SmithZz, ScreaM	NiaK

References

1. "ESL One New York generates record-breaking digital engagement worldwide | ESL Gaming".
2. ESL. . en.esl-one.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2016-10-02.