ESL One New York 2017

ESL One New York 2017
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	FaZe Clan
organizer	Electronic Sports League
venue	Barclays Center , New York
Participating clans	8th
Beginning	15th September 2017
final	17th September 2017
Prize pool	$ 250,000
Homepage	official website

The ESL One New York in 2017 is one of the ESL hosted a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, which on 15 September 2017 to 17 September 2017 at the Barclays Center in New York took place. The eight participating teams played for a total of $ 250,000 in prize money. The winner of the tournament is the FaZe Clan . At the same time, a Street Fighter V tournament took place for the second time in a row , in which 256 players played for $ 50,000.

format

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups according to the world rankings, the mode was subsequently determined by the teams by vote. The group stage was played in a double-elimination system, with the opening game and the winning round being a best-of-one game, elimination games and the losing round being played in a best-of-three . The two best teams in each group were promoted to the play-offs, which were played in the usual single-elimination system. The semi-finals were decided by best-of-three games, the winner was determined by a best-of-five game in the grand finale.

groups

Group A

• SK Gaming (# 1) (Invite)
• Cloud 9 (# 5) (North America Qualifier)
• Natus Vincere (# 9) (Invite)
• Team EnVyUs (# 16) (Europe Qualifier)

Group B

• FaZe Clan (# 7) (Invite)
• Astralis (# 8) (Invite)
• Team Liquid (# 11) (Invite)
• Virtus.Pro (# 14) (Invite)

Tournament course

Group stage

Group A

Round 1

round 2

Qualified f. Playoffs

-

SK Gaming

16

Winning round

-

Team EnVyUs

12

G1

SK Gaming

16

G2

Cloud9

5

-

Cloud9

16

-

Natus Vincere

13

G3

SK Gaming

G5

Cloud9

V1

Team EnVyUs

0

Losers round

V2

Natus Vincere

2

G4

Natus Vincere

0

V3

Cloud9

2

SK Gaming lived up to its role as a favorite and was the first to secure a place in the playoffs. The second-placed team Cloud9 in the losers' round against Natus Vincere was able to clearly secure two cards for the semi-finals. Team EnVyUs lost 2-0 in the elimination game against Natus Vincere and was the first to be eliminated from the tournament.

Group B

Round 1

round 2

Qualified f. Playoffs

-

FaZe Clan

16

Winning round

-

Virtus.Pro

5

G1

FaZe Clan

16

G2

Astralis

6th

-

Astralis

16

-

Team Liquid

13

G3

FaZe Clan

G5

Team Liquid

V1

Virtus.Pro

1

Losers round

V2

Team Liquid

2

G4

Team Liquid

2

V3

Astralis

1

In Group B, the FaZe Clan was able to convince clearly in two games and move into the semifinals, while Team Liquid had to go over three maps in the losing round against the better seeded Team Astralis in order to secure a place in the playoffs. Virtus.Pro had to admit defeat in the elimination game and say goodbye to the tournament.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							final
		SK Gaming	18th	16	14th
		Team Liquid	22nd	5	16
									Team Liquid	3	14th	4th	-	-
									FaZe Clan	16	16	16	-	-
		FaZe Clan	16	16	-
		Cloud9	4th	3	-

In the first semi-final, Team Liquid was able to wrest the first win 22:18 in extra time on the first map from the Brazilian team SK Gaming , which had been playing without losing points until then . After the equalization, the decision had to be made in the third game, whereby the full distance of 30 rounds was necessary to determine a winner, the Americans were able to secure a place in the grand final with a 16:14 . The second semi-final was a clear matter for the last remaining European team, the FaZe Clan was able to convince clearly 16: 4 and 16: 3 against Cloud9 in two games and is thus also in the final. FaZe Clan is the only team in the tournament that was able to move into the final without losing a map.

The FaZe Clan kept their perfect statistics even after the grand finale. Already on the de_inferno map chosen by the opponent , the Europeans dominated 16: 3, on de_overpass there was tension again, but here too the FaZe Clan won 16:14 . FaZe finally took the opportunity to win the tournament already on map three - de_mirage - and defeated the Americans clearly with 16: 4 .

Table & prize money

space	team	Prize money
1.	FaZe Clan	$ 125,000
2.	Team Liquid	$ 50,000
3rd to 4th	SK Gaming	$ 25,000
3rd to 4th	Cloud 9	$ 25,000
5th-6th	Natus Vincere	$ 8,500
5th-6th	Astralis	$ 8,500
7th-8th	Virtus.Pro	$ 4,000
7th-8th	Team EnVyUs	$ 4,000

Trivia

The tournament was played with an outdated version of the game, as the last patch from Valve was only applied one day before the start of the tournament. As this patch contained significant changes to two pistols and the players had little time to prepare, it was decided to use an older version of the game for the tournament.

On the first day of the match there were internet problems in Brooklyn due to vandalism , so technical difficulties arose during the transmission.

Web links

• Coverage page for ESL One New York 2017 on 99damage.de
• Official homepage of ESL One New York 2017 (English)
• Coverage page for ESL One New York 2017 on hltv.org (English)
• Liquipedia article on ESL One New York 2017 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brooklyn Beatdown - Street Fighter V at ESL One New York. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 16, 2016 ; Retrieved September 12, 2017 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ CS: GO World Ranking. Retrieved September 7, 2017 . 
3. ↑ ESL: ESL One New York 2017 . In: ESL One . ( esl-one.com [accessed September 7, 2017]).
4. ^ SK demolish C9 to advance to playoffs in NY . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 16, 2017]).
5. ↑ Cloud9 send Na`Vi packing at ESL One NY . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 16, 2017]).
6. ↑ Na`Vi move past EnVyUs . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 16, 2017]).
7. ^ Liquid defeat Astralis; to ESL One NY semi-finals . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 16, 2017]).
8. ^ Liquid see off VP in New York . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 16, 2017]).
9. ^ Liquid to ESL One NY grand final over SK . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 17, 2017]).
10. ↑ FaZe breeze past Cloud9 to reach ESL One NY final . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 17, 2017]).
11. ^ FaZe beat Liquid to win ESL One New York . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 18, 2017]).
12. ↑ Fourth time's the charm for FaZe Clan . In: ESPN.com . ( espn.com [accessed September 18, 2017]).
13. ^ ESL One New York to run on old patch . In: HLTV.org . ( hltv.org [accessed September 15, 2017]).
14. ↑ Thousands of left without internet after vandals cut cables . In: New York Post . September 15, 2017 ( nypost.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
15. ↑ Internet outages in Brooklyn causing problems for ESL One New York stream | Slingshot Esports . In: Slingshot Esports . September 15, 2017 ( slingshotesports.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).