





The ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 is the 12th Valve sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the first of two in 2018. The tournament featured a $1,000,000 USD prize pool as well as Valve's newly rebranded format and increase to 24 teams.

About [ edit ]

Overview [ edit ]

Following their success with the ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017, Valve announced that ELEAGUE shall return to host the third CS:GO Major Championship in North America, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts. The event featured an expected prize pool of $1,000,000 USD, which was fought over by 23 teams.

A partially new format was announced by ELEAGUE & Valve on December 13th, 2017, which brought in the Offline Qualifier as now part of the Major Championship and rebranded all the stages of the tournament. The offline qualifier was named The New Challengers Stage, the group stage was re-named to The New Legends Stage and the playoffs to The New Champions Stage. This increased the number of teams at the Major Championships from 16 to 24, with all 24 teams receiving stickers. [1]

The New Challengers Stage (formerly the Offline Qualifier), lasting from January 12th to 15th, was held at the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, but was closed to spectators. The New Legends Stage, taking place from January 19th to 22nd, was also be held at the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The New Champions Stage was held later at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts, starting on January 26th, and concluding with the Grand finals on January 28th, 2018.[2][3]

Broadcast Talent [ edit ]

Note: The Analysts & Commentators occasionally rotated roles on the desk.

Note: n0thing joined the analyst desk for the Legends stage. [4]

Note: Goldenboy and seang@res joined broadcast talent for the Champions stage. [5]

Format [ edit ]

A graphical explanation of the Swiss System format

The New Challengers Stage: January 12th - 15th, 2018 in Formerly the Major Offline Qualifier 16 Team Swiss System Format All matches are Bo1 Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Legends Stage Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated



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The New Legends Stage: January 19th - 22nd, 2018 in Formerly called the Group Stage 16 Team Swiss System Format All matches are Bo1 Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Champions Stage Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated



The New Champions Stage: January 26th - 28th, 2018 in Formerly called the Playoffs Single-Elimination Bracket All matches (including the finals) are a Bo3 series



Prize Pool [ edit ]

$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Note: No prize money is awarded to teams eliminated in the New Challengers Stage.

Participants [ edit ]

The Current Legends [ edit ]

For notes on the "Current Legends" Click here.

The New Challengers [ edit ]

Kraków's Fallen [ edit ]

The Minors' Champions [ edit ]

For notes on the "New Challengers" Click here.

Results [ edit ]

New Champions Stage [ edit ]

Quarterfinals FaZe Clan 2 mousesports 0 Natus Vincere 2 QB Fire 0 G2 Esports 0 Cloud9 2 SK Gaming 2 Fnatic 1 Semifinals FaZe Clan 2 Natus Vincere 0 Cloud9 2 SK Gaming 1 Grand Final FaZe Clan 1 Cloud9 2

Pro-Am Challenge Showmatch [ edit ]

Participants [ edit ]

Broadcast Talent [ edit ] Commentators: Richard Lewis (Richard Lewis) HenryG (Henry Greer)

Format [ edit ] Match ( Bo1 ) between teams with captains ddk & JZFB .

) between teams with captains & . Captains recruit players from Major players and talent.

Map is decided by community vote on Twitter. [43]

Additional Content [ edit ]

Country Representation [ edit ]