Esports Championship Series Season 6

The Esports Championship Series 6 ( ECS Season 6 for short ) was the sixth season of the Esports Championship Series organized by FACEIT . It started on October 3, 2018 and ended with victory in the final of Astralis' offline finals on November 25, 2018 at Esports Stadium Arlington . Overall, for a prize money of 750,000 $ played.

format

Initially, an online league in double round robin format was played on both continents . The top four teams each qualified for the offline finals in Arlington, with a prize pool of $ 660,000. The eight best teams of the previous season and the two winners of the “Challenger Cup” were eligible to participate in the league. The eight best teams at the end of the season automatically qualified for the ECS Season 7, the last two teams take part in the Challenger Cup of Season 7.

Europe

Esports Championship Series # 6 EU Division
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Astralis
organizer	FACEIT
venue	On-line
Participating clans	10
Beginning	3rd October 2018
final	November 11, 2018
Prize pool	$ 45,000
Games	81

Challenger Cup

The Challenger Cup was played in the double elimination system, with all games being played in best-of-three mode.

Attendees

• Gambit Gaming (Season 5)
• HellRaisers (Invited)
• North (Invited) ¹
• OpTic Gaming (Invited)
• Team LDLC.com (Open Qualifier)
• Epsilon eSports (Open Qualifier)
• Space Soldiers (Open Qualifier)
• HAVU Gaming (Open Qualifier)

Tournament course

First round

Second round

Semifinals

final

Qualified

Game 1

Gambit Gaming

WHERE

HAVU Gaming

W.

Game 5

HAVU Gaming

0

Game 2

Team LDLC.com

2

HellRaisers

WHERE

Team LDLC.com

W.

Game 7

Winning round

Team LDLC.com

0

Game 3

North

2

North

2

Epsilon eSports

1

Game 6

North

2

Game 4

OpTic Gaming

1

OpTic Gaming

2

Space soldiers

0

North

Q

OpTic Gaming

Q

Gambit Gaming

WHERE

HellRaisers

WHERE

OpTic Gaming

W.

Losers round

OpTic Gaming

2

Epsilon eSports

2

HAVU Gaming

Team LDLC.com

0

Space soldiers

1

HAVU Gaming

2

OpTic Gaming

2

Epsilon eSports

0

European league

Attendees

Season 5 mousesports Ninjas in pajamas FaZe Clan Astralis G2 esports fnatic Virtus.pro

Challenger Cup North OpTic Gaming Team LDLC.com 2

¹ Team EnVyUs did not set up a team for the region in time and was therefore replaced by an invited team.

² Godsent did not set up a team for the championship in time, so the license was transferred to the third-placed winner of the Challenger Cup.

table

rank	team	Sp.	S.	N	R +	R-	Diff.	Points	Prize money
1.	Astralis (M)	18th	17th	1	292	162	+130	51	-
2.	North	18th	13	5	234	201	+33	39	-
3.	mousesports	18th	11	7th	231	210	+21	33	-
4th	Ninjas in pajamas	18th	10	8th	244	232	+12	30th	-
5.	FaZe Clan	18th	9	9	237	242	-5	27	$ 15,000
6th	Team LDLC.com	18th	8th	10	208	210	-2	24	$ 12,500
7th	fnatic	18th	6th	12	213	256	-43	18th	$ 10,000
8th.	OpTic Gaming	18th	6th	12	227	258	-31	18th	$ 7,500
9.	Virtus.pro	18th	5	13	211	258	-47	15th	-
10.	G2 esports	18th	5	13	196	266	-70	15th	-
Legend:  Qualification for the offline finals  Participation in the Challenger Cup season 7			(M) Champion of the ECS Season 5 EU Division: Astralis

Results

EU League
1.	Astralis		16: 2	16:10	16: 1	16: 8	16:12	16: 8	16: 6	16: 3	14:16
2.	G2 esports	11:16		14:16	13:16	11:16	9:16	16:13	12:16	8:16	10:16
3.	mousesports	5:16	16: 4		6:16	7:16	16: 4	16: 7	16:12	7:16	16:13
4th	fnatic	7:16	10:16	7:16		13:16	6:16	13:16	16: 5	14:16	16:14
5.	Ninjas in pajamas	13:16	13:16	7:16	14:16		11:16	16:12	16:11	7:16	16:10
6th	FaZe Clan	14:16	13:16	12:16	16:14	4:16		19:17	12:16	16: 5	16:14
7th	Virtus.pro	14:16	16: 5	12:16	16:10	12:16	16: 5		16:11	7:16	8:16
8th.	OpTic Gaming	9:16	16:13	16:12	12:16	17:19	14:16	16: 4		12:16	16:10
9.	North	4:16	16: 4	6:16	16:12	16: 8	8:16	16:11	16:12		16:11
10.	Team LDLC.com	19:22	9:16	16: 8	16:10	7:16	16:14	16: 6	16:10	8:16

North America

Esports Championship Series # 6 NA Division
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	NRG eSports
organizer	FACEIT
venue	On-line
Participating clans	10
Beginning	3rd October 2018
final	November 11, 2018
Prize pool	$ 45,000
Games	81

Challenger Cup

The Challenger Cup was played in the double elimination system, with all games being played in best-of-three mode.

Attendees

• compLexity (Season 5)
• Mibr (invited) ¹
• Furia eSports (Invited) ²
• Team One (Invited)
• Gorilla Gang (Open Qualifier)
• Bravado Gaming (Open Qualifier)
• AZIO Esports (Open Qualifier)
• lmfao (Open Qualifier)

Tournament course

First round

Second round

Semifinals

final

Qualified

Game 1

compLexity

2

lmfao

0

Game 5

compLexity

2

Game 2

Bravado Gaming

1

Furia eSports

0

Bravado Gaming

2

Game 7

Winning round

compLexity

Q

Game 3

AZIO Esports

Q

Team One

1

Gorilla gang

2

Game 6

Gorilla gang

0

Game 4

AZIO Esports

2

Mibr

WHERE

AZIO Esports

W.

lmfao

0

Furia eSports

2

Gorilla gang

2

Furia eSports

0

Losers round

Gorilla gang

0

Team One

0

Mibr

2

Mibr

2

Bravado Gaming

0

Mibr

Q

Mibr

2

¹ Mibr had originally canceled his participation due to conflicting appointments with a tournament, which is why the first game was abandoned, since the date of the next round was rescheduled, the team could still participate.

² OpTic Gaming did not set up a team for the region in time and was therefore replaced by an invited team.

North American League

Attendees

Season 5 Team Liquid NRG eSports Cloud 9 Renegades Rogue Luminosity Gaming eUnited

Challenger Cup compLexity Mibr 3 Spacestation 4

³Since SK Gaming did not set up a team in time, another team from the Challenger Cup was granted a place to participate. Therefore, the last two Challenger Cup games no longer had to be played.

^4thSpacestation signed the entire AZIO team during the season. Since AZIO had not previously signed any contracts with the players, Spacestation was allowed to take over the place in the league, although the players under AZIO have qualified for the league.

table

rank	team	Sp.	S.	N	R +	R-	Diff.	Points	Prize money
1.	NRG eSports (M)	18th	13	5	259	179	+80	39	-
2.	Renegades	18th	13	5	256	224	+32	39	-
3.	Mibr	18th	12	6th	266	216	+50	36	-
4th	Team Liquid	18th	11	7th	244	220	+24	33	-
5.	Cloud 9	18th	10	8th	251	216	+35	30th	$ 15,000
6th	compLexity	18th	9	9	238	217	+21	27	$ 12,500
7th	Rogue	18th	9	9	234	249	-15	27	$ 10,000
8th.	eUnited	18th	7th	11	198	244	-46	21st	$ 7,500
9.	Luminosity Gaming	18th	3	15th	186	271	-85	9	-
10.	Space station	18th	3	15th	186	279	-93	9	-
Legend: Qualification for the offline finals Participation in the Challenger Cup season 7			(M) Master of the ECS season 5: NRG eSports

Results

NA League
1.	Team Liquid		8:16	14:16	16:13	16: 9	16: 4	16:19	16:10	16:14	16: 7
2.	NRG eSports	16: 2		16:12	16: 2	16: 4	10:16	16: 2	12:16	12:16	16:14
3.	Cloud 9	4:16	12:16		16: 4	16:13	14:16	8:16	16: 7	16:12	16: 2
4th	eUnited	12:16	5:16	5:16		16: 6	16:14	11:16	16:10	11:16	16: 8
5.	Luminosity Gaming	12:16	5:16	19:16	16: 6		17:19	11:16	2:16	5:16	12:16
6th	Rogue	5:16	11:16	10:16	16: 6	16:14		12:16	16:11	16:12	14:16
7th	Renegades	19:16	10:16	15:19	10:16	16: 8	5:16		16:14	16:12	16: 7
8th.	compLexity	16: 2	16: 5	16: 8	16:11	16: 7	16:12	8:16		13:16	16:14
9.	Mibr	16:10	16:12	16:14	14:16	16:10	16: 2	10:16	16:11		16:10
10.	Space station	12:16	12:16	3:16	6:16	9:16	16:19	8:16	16:10	10:16

Finals

The offline finals were held from November 22nd to November 25th, 2018 at Esports Stadium in Arlington. The four best teams in each online league first played a double elimination tournament, with the two best teams in each group being promoted to the playoffs, where the tournament was played in the normal knockout system.

Attendees

Europe Astralis North mousesports Ninjas in pajamas

North America NRG eSports Mibr Team Liquid Cloud 9 1

¹The actually qualified Renegades had to cancel their participation due to scheduling difficulties and visa problems. The fifth-placed team, Cloud9, took the place.

Group stage

Group A

Semifinals

final

Qualified

Astralis

16

Winning round

Cloud 9

3

Astralis

1

Mibr

2

mousesports

7th

Mibr

16

Mibr

Astralis

Cloud 9

0

Losers round

mousesports

2

Astralis

2

mousesports

0

Group B

Semifinals

final

Qualified

NRG eSports

6th

Winning round

Ninjas in pajamas

16

Ninjas in pajamas

2

North

0

Team Liquid

12

North

16

Ninjas in pajamas

North

NRG eSports

2

Losers round

Team Liquid

0

North

2

NRG eSports

1

Playoffs

	Semifinals							final
		Ninjas in pajamas	7th	16	5
		Astralis	16	11	16
									Astralis	16	22nd	-
									Mibr	14th	20th	-
		Mibr	16	8th	16
		North	2	16	9

Prize money distribution

Prize money distribution
space	Prize money (in US $ )	team
1.	250.00	Astralis
2.	120,000	Mibr
3rd - 4th	65,000	Ninjas in pajamas
		North
5th - 6th	45,000	mousesports
		NRG eSports
7th - 8th	35,000	Cloud 9
		Team Liquid

reporting

The English stream of the ECS was broadcast exclusively on Youtube .

league

In its online broadcasts, FACEIT did not differentiate between analysts and commentators, but instead let the commentators carry out the analyzes between games.

• Commentators:
  • James Bardolph
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Erik “da_bears” Stromberg

• Observer: Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield

Finals

• Moderator: Alex "Machine" Richardson
• Analysts:
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
  • Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
  • Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
• Commentators:
  • James Bardolph
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Metthew "Sadokist" Trivett
• Reporter:
  • Freya "Freya" Spiers
  • Pala Gilroy Sen.
• Observer: Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield

Web links

• Coverage page for ECS Season 6 on hltv.org (English)
• Liquipedia article on ECS Season 6 (English)
• Official homepage of the ECS (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Luis Mira: Arlington to host ECS Season 6 Finals. hltv.org, September 19, 2018, accessed on September 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Luis Mira: LDLC claim final ECS Europe spot as GODSENT miss registration deadline. hltv.org, October 3, 2018, accessed October 3, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Brandon Martin: MIBR pull out of the ECS Challenger Cup. hltv.org, September 26, 2018, accessed on October 2, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Zvonimir Burazin: ECS S6 Challenger Cup schedule adjusted; MIBR return to competition. hltv.org, September 26, 2018, accessed on October 2, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Luis Mira: ECS Challenger Cup NA qualifying spots increased as SK pull out of league. hltv.org, October 2, 2018, accessed on October 3, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Luis Mira: Spacestation squad to hold AZIO ECS spot. hltv.org, October 10, 2018, accessed on October 11, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Zvonimir Burazin: Renegades to miss ECS S6 Finals due to visa issues; Cloud9 to fill in. Hltv.org, November 15, 2018, accessed on November 17, 2018 .