ELEAGUE, the premium esports tournament and content brand from Turner and IMG, will hold its second Major Championship in two years featuring Valve’s popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The ELEAGUE Major: Boston will showcase live competition originating from Boston University’s Agganis Arena – including the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship – Friday through Sunday, January 26-28.

CEVO is thrilled to have been selected as the host of the official ELEAGUE Major: Boston - Online Qualifiers. Below you will find the format & schedule for each region's qualifier.

Online qualifier features:

All matches played on premium 128-tickrate CEVO game servers across 15+ geographic locations protected by CEVO's proprietary anti-cheat technology

Complete live personal & team statistics for every match and individual ranking on the Event Leaderboards

Pick/Ban maps just like the Pros with our automated in-client veto system

CEVO's automated match server plugin

Access to automated scrim system to prepare for the tournament

Automatic recording and storage of all match GOTV demos

Real-time updated tournament brackets and team rankings

Helpful tournament officials available for LIVE support throughout the tournament

As a reminder, players with CS:GO VAC bans will not be eligible to participate in this event. If you have any questions about your eligibility, please contact CEVO Support.

Also, there will be no roster changes permitted at any stage of the ELEAGUE Major: Boston tournaments after a team has started the qualification process.

For example, a team who qualifies from the Open Online Qualifier must use the exact same roster in the Closed Online Qualifier and/or the Minor Championship. Should a team advance from the Minor Championship, they will be required to continue to use this same roster for the remaining stages of the event.

CIS Open Online Qualifier (October 9-10, 2017)

- 256 team single-elimination bracket with best-of-one (bo1) matches / best-of-three (bo3) matches from the Round of 32

- all matches in the CIS conference will be listed in Moscow Standard Time (MSK UTC +3)

- the top six teams from the CIS Open Online Qualifier will advance to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston - CIS Minor Championship

- The ELEAGUE Major: Boston - CIS Minor Championship will take place on October 26th-29th in Bucharest, Romania

- Team Spirit and Tengri have been directly invited to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston - CIS Minor Championship

- seeds will be decided randomly



Monday, October 9th:

Round of 256 (bo1): 6:00 PM MSK

Round of 128 (bo1): 7:00 PM MSK

Round of 64 (bo1): 8:00 PM MSK

Round of 32 (bo3): 9:00 PM MSK

Tuesday, October 10th:

Round of 16 (bo3): 5:00 PM MSK

Round of 8 (bo3): 7:30 PM MSK

Qualification Match (bo3): 10:00 PM MSK

European Open Online Qualifier (October 13-14, 2017)

- 512 team single-elimination bracket with best-of-one (bo1) matches / best-of-three (bo3) matches from the Round of 32

- all matches in the European conference will be listed in Central European Summer Time (CEST UTC +2)

- the top eight teams from the European Open Online Qualifier will advance to the European Closed Online Qualifier

- seeds will be decided randomly



Friday, October 13th:

Round of 512 (bo1): 8:00 PM CEST



Saturday, October 14th:

Round of 256 (bo1): 1:00 PM CEST

Round of 128 (bo1): 2:00 PM CEST

Round of 64 (bo1): 3:00 PM CEST

Round of 32 (bo3): 4:00 PM CEST

Round of 16 (bo3): 6:30 PM CEST

European Closed Online Qualifier (October 15, 2017)

- 16 team swiss format group stage with each match played as a best-of-one (bo1)

- teams will be eliminated after three losses

- the top eight teams from the European Closed Online Qualifier will advance to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston – EU Minor Championship

- LDLC, Godsent, OpTic, Hellraisers, EnVyUs, NiP, SpaceSoldiers, and Heroic have been invited to the European Closed Qualifier

- The ELEAGUE Major: Boston – EU Minor Championship will take place on November 2nd-5th in Bucharest, Romania

Sunday, October 15th:

Swiss Round 1 (bo1): 6:00 PM CEST

Swiss Round 2 (bo1): 7:00 PM CEST

Swiss Round 3 (bo1): 8:00 PM CEST

Swiss Round 4 (bo1): 9:00 PM CEST

Swiss Round 5 (bo1): 10:00 PM CEST



North American Open Online Qualifier (October 13-14, 2017)

- 256 team single-elimination bracket with best-of-one (bo1) matches / best-of-three (bo3) matches from the Round of 32

- all matches in the North American conference will be listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT UTC – 4)

- the top eight teams from the North American Open Online Qualifier will advance to the North American Closed Online Qualifier

- seeds will be decided randomly

Friday, October 13th:

Round of 256 (bo1): 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT

Round of 128 (bo1): 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT

Saturday, October 14th:

Round of 64 (bo1): 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT

Round of 32 (bo3): 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT

Round of 16 (bo3): 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

North American Closed Online Qualifier (October 15, 2017)

- 16 team swiss format group stage with each match played as a best-of-one (bo1)

- teams will be eliminated after two losses

- the top five teams from the North American Closed Online Qualifier will qualify to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston – Americas Minor Championship

- Misfits, NRG, Luminosity, Complexity, Splyce, Rogue, Ghost Gaming, and Immortals have been directly invited to the North American Closed Online Qualifier

- the ELEAGUE Major: Boston – Americas Minor Championship will take place on November 2nd - 5th in Toronto, Canada.

- Team Liquid and CLG have been directly invited to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston – Americas Minor Championship

Sunday, October 15th:

Swiss Round 1 (bo1): 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT

Swiss Round 2 (bo1): 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT

Swiss Round 3 (bo1): 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT

Swiss Round 4 (bo1): 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT

South American Open Online Qualifier (October 14-15, 2017)

- 128 team single-elimination bracket with best-of-one (bo1) matches / best-of-three (bo3) matches from the Round of 32

- all matches in the South American conference will be listed in Brasilia time (BRT UTC – 3)

- the top team from the South American Open Online Qualifier will advance directly to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston - Americas Minor Championship

- the ELEAGUE Major: Boston - Americas Minor Championship will take place on November 2nd-5th in Toronto, Canada.

- Team Liquid and CLG have been directly invited to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston - Americas Minor Championship

Saturday, October 14th:

Round of 128 (bo1): 4:00 PM BRT

Round of 64 (bo1): 5:00 PM BRT

Round of 32 (bo3): 6:00 PM BRT

Round of 16 (bo3): 8:30 PM BRT

Sunday, October 15th:

Round of 8 (bo3): 3:00 PM BRT

Round of 4 (bo3): 5:30 PM BRT

Grand Final (bo3): 8:00 PM BRT

Map Pool and Veto Process:

de_inferno

de_nuke

de_train

de_mirage

de_cache

de_overpass

de_cbble

For all best-of-one (bo1) matches:

1) The team listed as the Home Team on the CEVO website will act as Team A.

2) Team A bans one map.

3) Team A bans one map.

4) Team B bans one map.

5) Team B bans one map.

6) Team B bans one map.

7) Team A picks the map that will be played out of the two that remain (side choice to Team B).

For all best-of-three (bo3) matches:

1) The team listed as the Home Team on the CEVO website will act as Team A.

2) Team A bans one map.

3) Team B bans one map.

4) Team A picks map #1 (side choice to Team B)

5) Team B picks map #2 (side choice to Team A)

6) Team B bans one map.

7) Team A picks map #3 out of the two that remain (side choice to Team B).

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About ELEAGUE:

ELEAGUE is the premium esports tournament and content brand formed in partnership between Turner and IMG that officially launched in 2016. A leader in the delivery of live event experiences, ELEAGUE content is regularly showcased on TBS and widely distributed across digital platforms including Twitch, YouTube and ELEAGUE.com. Over its first two years, ELEAGUE has produced and staged three season-long competitions featuring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, along with the first-ever Overwatch® Open. As recognition of its industry-wide impact, ELEAGUE was awarded its first-ever CS:GO Major in January 2017. The ELEAGUE Major Grand Final set a new all-time Twitch record with more than one million concurrent streams, and a total reach of over 3.6 million viewers throughout the course of the event. ELEAGUE received a Sports Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Studio Design and Art Direction in March 2017. In August 2017, ELEAGUE made its first entry into feature-length premium episodic content with the launch of ELEAGUE | Road To The International Dota 2 Championships. ELEAGUE also recently hosted the GEICO ELEAGUE Amateur Series and will soon host the ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship, set to begin this Fall. ELEAGUE’s record-setting ELEAGUE Major in 2017 built momentum for the brand to receive a second CS:GO Major bid, with the ELEAGUE Major: Boston set for early 2018.

About CEVO:

CEVO is a global esports services and technology company. Founded in December of 2004 with the intention to transform competitive online gaming into a professional sport. Over the last ten years, CEVO has managed more than 400 live and online tournaments around the globe for ourselves and on behalf of clients across a variety of AAA esports titles. Additionally, CEVO offers event management, marketing, broadcasting, production, development, and design solutions for clients looking to get involved in the business of esports. For more information visit corp.cevo.com.