Major League Gaming (MLG) will host the first Counter Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship of 2016 in Columbus, Ohio on March 29 through April 3, 2016. One of the ways to qualify for MLG Columbus 2016, is through the MLG CS:GO Major LAN Qualifier, which will be held at the MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, OH on February 26 through 28, 2016.
After Games Academy was able to qualifiy through the Americas Last Chance Qualifier last weekend (Jan 23-24), we move over to Europe for the CIS/EU Last Chance Online Qualifier next week (Feb 2-6). MLG will offer teams from the Americas and CIS/EU a final opportunity to earn an invitation to the Major LAN Qualifier. Teams that were ineligible to participate in a Minor Championship will be eligible to participate in their region’s Last Chance Qualifier hosted by CEVO.
You’ll be able to watch the CIS/EU Last Chance Online Qualifier broadcast by the CEVO-TV crew all week long at http://MLG.tv/playCEVO.
Format & Schedule:
– 11 team single elimination best-of-three (bo3) bracket
– map & side selection: VETO process (see below)
– the top two teams will receive a direct invitation to the MLG Major LAN Qualifier (Feb 26-28)
– bracket seeds: random
MLG CS:GO CIS/EU Last Chance Qualifier Bracket – Coming Soon!
Tuesday, February 2nd:
Pixelfire Gaming vs. Lounge Gaming – 17:00 CET / 11:00 AM ET
Method vs. ENCE eSports – 19:30 CET / 1:30 PM ET
Arcade eSports vs. SK Gaming – 22:00 CET / 4:00 PM ET
Wednesday, February 3rd:
Team YP vs. Lounge Gaming – 17:00 CET / 11:00 AM ET
PENTA Sports vs. ENCE – 19:30 CET / 1:30 PM ET
Ancient vs. E-frag.net – 22:00 CET / 4:00 PM ET
Friday, February 5th:
Team Empire vs. SK – 17:00 CET / 11:00 AM ET
ENCE vs. Winner of Team Empire/SK – 19:30 CET / 1:30 PM ET
Team YP vs. Ancient – 22:00 CET / 4:00 PM ET
Invited Teams (listed in no particular order):
SK Gaming
AcillioN | Friis | MODDII | Magiskb0Y | PIMP
Ancient
pronax | twist | devilwalk | schneider | pauf
Team YP
S0tF1k | arch | Dima | kibaken | DavCost
ENCE
juhob | suNny | xartE | stonde | allu
Team Empire
CyberFocus | electronic | fix | spaz | spiker
Arcade
jR |Mir | Keshandr | hutji | COLDYY1
Method
waterfaLLZ | jmqa | facecrack | spaze | ub1que
Lounge Gaming
peet | michu | szpero | mouz | innocent | mnk1 (c)
PixelFire
BARBARR | flash | tabu | maeVe | DeadFox | bocoREPORTS (c)
PENTA
kRYSTAL | tahsiN | tabseN | Davidp | mikeS
E-frag.net
bubble | pNshr | v1c7oR | splyleadeR | nkl
Maps, Rules, & Veto Process
Each match will be played as a best-of-three (bo3) series utilizing the Valve Active Duty Group (current competition map pool) of de_dust2, de_inferno, de_train, de_mirage, de_cobblestone, de_cache, and de_overpass. Standard CEVO CS:GO Rules will apply.
1) A Coin Toss will be conducted prior to the start of all Matches.
2) For all Matches, the Team that wins the Coin Toss must elect to have Side Choice for Game 3 or to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban/Pick process. If the Team that wins the Coin Toss elects to have Side Choice for Game 3, the other Team will choose to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban/Pick process, and vice versa.
3) The Map Ban/Pick process is as follows:
a) Team A Bans 1 Map
b) Team B Bans 1 Map
c) Team A Picks the Game 1 Map
d) Team B Picks the Game 2 Map
e) The Server randomly Picks the Game 3 Map from the three Maps that remain.
f) Team B will have Side Choice for Game 1 and Team A will have Side Choice for Game 2
General Admission tickets to the MLG CS:GO Major Championship: Columbus are still available! Purchase today at MLG.tv/CSMajor. To learn more about the road to MLG CS:GO Major Championship: Columbus, click here.