Esports Championship Series Season 2

The Esports Championship Series 2 is the second season of the Esports Championship Series, which has been taking place since 2016 . It started on October 7, 2016 and ends with the final of the offline playoffs on December 11, 2016 in Anaheim .

European League

A new addition to the European league is the Godsent team , which qualified through the Europe Development League . In contrast to last year, when the top 2 entered the playoffs and had to play 3rd to 6th place knockout matches, this time the top 4 are automatically qualified for the playoffs.

EU table

Esports Championship Series # 2 EU Division
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Astralis
organizer	FACEIT
venue	On-line
Participating clans	10
Beginning	October 7, 2016
final	November 27, 2016
Prize pool	$ 90,000
Games	81

(As of November 26, 2016)

rank	team	Sp.	S.	N	R +	R-	Diff.	Points	Prize money
1.	Astralis (M)	18th	13	5	249	196	+53	36	-
2.	Team EnVyUs	18th	11	7th	246	208	+38	33	-
3.	FaZe Clan	18th	11	7th	254	219	+35	33	-
4th	Team Dignitas	18th	8th	10	241	236	+5	24	-
5.	G2 esports	18th	8th	10	228	229	−1	24	-
6th	Godsent (N)	18th	8th	10	219	231	−12	24	-
7th	mousesports	18th	8th	10	230	245	−15	24	-
8th.	Ninjas in pajamas	18th	8th	10	224	250	−26	24	-
9.	Virtus.pro	18th	8th	10	201	239	−38	24	-
10.	fnatic	18th	7th	11	218	257	−39	21st	-
Legend:  Qualification for the offline finals Participation in the relegation games			(M) Champion of the E-Sport Championship Series # 1 EU Division: Astralis (N) Promoted from the ECS Development League (Europe) : Godsent

North American League

SK Gaming and Immortals were promoted to the North American league this season and got the starting places for the teams Echo Fox and Team Kaliber, who were relegated in the previous season .

NA table

Esports Championship Series # 2 NA Division
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	SK Gaming
organizer	FACEIT
venue	On-line
Participating clans	10
Beginning	October 7, 2016
final	November 24, 2016
Prize pool	$ 90,000
Games	81

(As of November 24, 2016)

rank	team	Sp.	S.	N	R +	R-	Diff.	Points	Prize money
1.	SK Gaming (N)	18th	14th	4th	277	198	+79	42	-
2.	Cloud 9	18th	14th	4th	275	205	+70	42	-
3.	OpTic Gaming	18th	12	6th	247	203	+44	36	-
4th	Immortals (N)	18th	12	6th	276	219	+57	36	-
5.	Counter Logic Gaming	18th	10	8th	255	232	+23	30th	-
6th	Luminosity Gaming (M)	18th	8th	10	220	261	−41	24	-
7th	Team Liquid	18th	8th	10	216	235	−19	24	-
8th.	NRG eSports	18th	5	13	207	272	−65	15th	-
9.	Team SoloMid	18th	4th	14th	217	263	−46	12	-
10.	compLexity	18th	3	15th	191	293	−102	9	-
Legend:  Qualification for the offline finals Participation in the relegation games			(M) Champion of the E-Sport Championship Series # 1 NA Division: Luminosity Gaming 1 (N) Promoted from the ECS Development League (NA) : SK Gaming, Immortals

¹ Luminosity Gaming's lineup is now playing for SK Gaming.

Offline finals

Esports Championship Series # 2 Finals
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	TBA
organizer	FACEIT
venue	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim
Participating clans	8th
Beginning	December 9, 2016
final	December 11, 2016
Prize pool	$ 570,000

Venue taking place from 9 to 11 December 2016 off-finals is the Convention Center in Anaheim . The top 4 of the two divisions play the winner there.

Team lineups

SK Gaming	Cloud 9	Immortals	OpTic Gaming
Gabriel "TrapN" Toledo	Jake "Stewie2k" Yip	Henrique "hen1" Teles	Keith "NAF" Markovic
Fernando "fer" Alvarenga	Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham	Lucas "Lucas" Teles	Will "RUSH" Wierzba
Marcelo "coldzera" David	Mike "shroud" Grzesiek	Ricardo "boltz" Prass	Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas
Tacio "TACO" Filho	Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert	Joao "felps" Cabral	Tarik "TaRiK" Celik
Lincoln "fnx" Lau	Timothy "autimatic" Ta	Lucas "steel" Lopes	Peter "Stanislaw" Jarguz
Astralis	Team EnVyUs	FaZe Clan	Team Dignitas
Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz	Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer	Håvard "rain" Nygaard	Emil "MagiskB0y" Reif
Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen	Nathan "NBK" Schmitt	Philip "aizy" Aistrup	René "cajunb" Borg
Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub	Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey	Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke
Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye	Dan "apEX" Madesclaire	Finn "Karrigan" Andersen	Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel
Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander	Christophe "SIXER" Xia	Aleksi "allu" Jalli	Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen

Group A

	Semifinals					Group victory game
		Astralis	16
		OpTic Gaming	7th
							Astralis	16
							FaZe Clan	3
		FaZe Clan	16
		Cloud 9	6th

Loser match

Game for the second group place

FaZe Clan

10

19th

4th

OpTic Gaming

8th

16

19th

OpTic Gaming

16

15th

16

Cloud 9

16

12

17th

Group B

	Semifinals					Group victory game
		SK Gaming	7th
		Team Dignitas	16
							Team Dignitas	3
							Team EnVyUs	16
		Immortals	19th
		Team EnVyUs	22nd

	Loser match							Game for the second group place
									Team Dignitas	9	16	10
		SK Gaming	16	16					SK Gaming	16	7th	16
		Immortals	9	14th

Playoffs

	Semifinals							final
		Astralis	16	16
		SK Gaming	9	4th
									Astralis	16	16
									OpTic Gaming	6th	11
		Team EnVyUs	3	12
		OpTic Gaming	16	16

Web links

• Liquipedia article on Esports Championship Series # 2
• Coverage for Esports Championship Series # 2 on csgo.99damage.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zvonimir Burazin: ECS S2 LAN to the Anaheim Arena. hltv.org, October 14, 2016, accessed on November 16, 2016 .