Top-6 longest official matches in CS:GO

All CS:GO admirers and those who have heard about the game for at least once know that in most cases the teams do not play more than 29 rounds. But not always. Today, we present to your attention top-6 longest maps in CS:GO history that were played on the official matches.

6 place

48 rounds — EnVyUs vs Natus Vincere - de_inferno (SL StarSeries XIII)

Natus Vincere and Team EnVyUs played this map in the grand final of StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season XIII. The opponents have been playing against each other in the best-of-five series, and de_inferno, where 48 round took place, was the 4th and the decisive one.



Playing for terrorists, Natus Vincere have been losing to their opponents with 0:9 score, but that did not prevent them from pulling themselves together and fighting back. In the first half of the game, Na’Vi managed to take 5 rounds out of 15. However, Na’Vi did not succumb to onslaught of the opponents, and won 10 remaining rounds playing for counter terrorists.



After Na’Vi played a tie with the rival team, they started to play extra rounds. Their number was 18. As a result, Zeus and his team managed to win 25th round and ended the game with 25-23 score. Due to the concentration and ability to focus on the game, the guys made a huge comeback and became the champions of the 8th season of StarLadder i-League StarSeries.



It should be mentioned, that today Natus Vincere have almost the same roster, except for s1mple, who is playing in the team instead of the captain who moved to FaZe Clan GuardiaN.



Players stats on de_inferno:





Players stats on de_inferno:

Natus Vincere K (hs) A D KAST K/D Diff ADR FK Diff Rating Edward 35 (15) 6 31 - +4 - -5 1.12 seized 37 (19) 6 36 - +1 - +1 1.09 Zeus 35 (17) 10 35 - 0 - -5 1.06 GuardiaN 29 (12) 5 32 - -3 - -2 0.91 flamie 26 (16) 6 33 - -7 - +1 0.76

EnVyUs K (hs) A D KAST K/D Diff ADR FK Diff Rating NBK- 43 (30) 8 33 - +10 - +9 1.21 Happy 42 (18) 4 33 - +9 - +1 1.20 shox 35 (21) 6 34 - +1 - +3 0.95 SmithZz 27 (14) 3 31 - -4 - -5 0.92 kioShiMa 20 (10) 8 31 - -11 - +2 0.66

5 place

58 rounds — iBUYPOWER vs Team LDLC - de_inferno (FACEIT #2)

This map was played between iBUYPOWER and Team LDLC during FACEIT League Season 2 LAN-final. de_inferno during Bo5 match of the series where the team fought for the spot in the final became one of the longest maps that have ever been played on professional CS:GO arena.



Team LDLC had a bad start. Playing for terrorists, they managed to take only 3 rounds and lost 12 points to the opponents. When the teams changed sides, NBK- and his team0 managed to defeat the opponents and showed perfect defense game for counter terrorist, and played the remaining maps in tie.



After such a turn of events, the team started to demonstrate their maximum. In result, the extra rounds were played with 31-27 score in iBUYPOWER advantage. Due to this winning, they got to the grand final of FACEIT League Season 2 Finals, but did not manage to defeat Fnatic in the main fight for the champion of FACEIT League Season 2.



It should be mentioned that Skadoodle and swag played for iBUYPOWER, who are known for being members of Cloud9. In Team LDLC roster, the French legendary players played: Shox and NBK-, who currently play for G2 Esports, SmithZz, the coach of G2 Esports, and also Happy and kioShiMa who are playing for Team EnVyUs and FaZe Clan correspondingly.



Players stats on de_inferno:

Team LDLC K (hs) A D KAST K/D Diff ADR FK Diff Rating Happy 44 (14) 8 45 - -1 - +2 1.05 shox 39 (19) 13 38 - +1 - +4 1.00 SmithZz 40 (14) 13 45 - -5 - +3 1.00 NBK- 36 (14) 9 43 - -7 - -1 0.90 kioShiMa 37 (11) 7 43 - -6 - +1 0.87

iBUYPOWER K (hs) A D KAST K/D Diff ADR FK Diff Rating DaZeD 50 (18) 12 42 - +8 - 0 1.26 AZK 46 (20) 7 40 - +6 - -1 1.07 Skadoodle 39 (8) 7 36 - +3 - 0 1.03 steel 38 (20) 8 40 - -2 - -5 0.95 swag 39 (20) 11 38 - +1 - -3 0.94

4 place

59 rounds — FlipSid3 Tactics vs mousesports - de_cobblestone (MLG Columbus 2016)

This map was played between FlipSid3 Tactics and mousesports on MLG Columbus 2016, the biggest Major tournament of that time with $1,000,000 prize pool. The match had to determine who of the players would continue to fight for moving to play-off in the group stage and who would end the game.



FlipSid3 Tactics started a game as counter terrorists. They demonstrated good team play and took 12 round losing only 3 rounds to the European opponents. In their turn, Mousesports decided not to give up and after changing sides, they showed what they prepared to the opponents on de_cobblestone map. As all other teams of top-6 list, mousesports made this main game ended in a tie.



Teams played 19 extra rounds. The matches resulted in 31-28 score for mousesports advantage. FlipSid3 Tactics left the tournament, and mousesports continued to participate in the event, but did not go far. In the elimination match that took place on the following day, they were defeated by Ninjas in Pyjamas with 2-1 score. Therefore, European mix did not manage to use the second chance and as well as FlipSid3 Tactics took 9 – 16 place and got the reward of only $8,750.



Speaking about the rosters, it should be mentioned that since MLG Columbus only Chris «chrisJ» de Jong still plays for mousesports.



Players stats on de_cobblestone:

FlipSid3 Tactics K-D +/- ADR KAST Rating markeloff 51-41 +10 100.1 81.4% 1.37 Shara 50-43 +7 92.3 67.8% 1.22 WorldEdit 43-40 +3 69.2 78.0% 1.06 bondik 36-42 -6 71.2 69.5% 0.92 B1ad3 38-43 -5 66.9 67.8% 0.91

mousesports K-D +/- ADR KAST Rating NiKo 52-42 +10 96.8 76.3% 1.32 chrisJ 50-39 +11 71.4 74.6% 1.15 denis 36-50 -14 72.3 69.5% 0.94 Spiidi 35-43 -8 72.9 62.7% 0.91 nex 36-45 -9 71.7 67.8% 0.89

3 place

68 rounds — Rebels vs Gambit - de_cobblestone (SL Regional Minor Championship)

The longest de_cobblestone match was played on the grand-final of StarLadder Regional Minor Championship CIS 2016 between two CIS teams, Rebels and Gambit eSports. As well as with teams that took 4th place, here the team that started with the counter terrorists (Gambit eSports), ended first 15 rounds with 10-5 score in their turn.



Their opponents, Rebels decided not to give up and ended the match with 15-15, moving to the match point. The teams had been trying to determine the winner for 38 additional rounds. In the result, Dosia with his team managed to pull themselves together and beat the opponents in that uneasy match. de_cobblestone map was over with 36-32 result in Gambit eSports advantage, becoming one the map with the biggest number of played rounds.



After de_cobblestone, Gambit eSports defeated Rebels one more time on the next map, de_inferno, with 16-14 score and became the champions of the tournament making the final match a memorable one.



Players stats on de_cobblestone:

Rebels K-D +/- Rating electronic 100-71 +29 1.34 CyberFocus 65-65 0 0.99 fix 56-71 -15 0.83 spaz 57-72 -15 0.83 spiker 61-75 -14 0.79

Gambit K-D +/- Rating mou 94-60 +34 1.43 AdreN 72-65 +7 1.07 wayLander 72-75 -3 0.98 Dosia 59-69 -10 0.82 hooch 57-70 -13 0.79

2 place

79 rounds — DenDD vs PixelFire - de_mirage (PGL Regional Minor Championship)

De_mirage was played in bo3 on PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe 2016 between DenDD and PixelFire. To determine the winner of the first map, the teams needed 79 rounds. It took over 2 hours, which happens quite rarely in CS:GO.



Playing for counter terrorists, DenDD managed to win the first part of the match with 11:4. When the sides were changed, PixelFire did not give up and pressured the opponents demonstrating a strong game in the defense. After PixelFire managed to get to the tie, the team started to play additional rounds. In total, 49 extra rounds were played, which was 117% from the main game rounds.



After a long fight, PixelFire succeeded, and made a great comeback. As a result, they used their chance, defeated DenDD on the next map and won bo3 match.



Players stats de_mirage:

DenDD K-D +/- Rating Dumas 77-66 +11 1.14 zende 72-69 +3 1.01 berg 61-69 -8 0.91 cype 57-83 -26 0.71 BENDJI 47-75 -28 0.68

PixelFire K-D +/- Rating DeadFox 82-58 +24 1.25 BARBARR 81-63 +18 1.22 tabu 74-62 +12 1.11 flash 66-62 +4 1.05 maeVe 59-70 -11 0.85

1 place

88 rounds — XENEX vs exceL - de_inferno (ESL UK Premiership #1)

The longest map on the official matches was played on ESL UK Premiership Season 1. On de_inferno, a long-lasting and complicated battle between Team XENEX and exceL eSports happened.



This uneasy fight on de_inferno was an opening of the first playing day on ESL UK Premiership #1. The scenario was the same as for other matches listed in this list.



Team XENEX played confidently for counter terrorists and when the sides were changed they had 10 won rounds. After a list of lost rounds, the British team managed to pick themselves up and end main rounds with match point.



After that, none of the teams wanted to give up the game, so they started to play additional rounds that took twice as longer time than the main match. In total, 58 additional rounds were played, and 88 rounds in general. This game between two not very famous teams went down to the history of CS:GO as the longest official match. It won't be easy to hit such a record, so 88 played rounds will be the best result at the official matches for a long time in future.



Players stats de_inferno:

XENEX K-D +/- Rating Sheekey 92-79 +13 1.11 RattlesnK 94-85 +9 1.08 JT 89-81 +8 1.05 Puls3 94-92 +2 1.02 mole 80-80 0 0.97