Faceit Major: London 2018

Faceit London 2018
Faceit Major: London 2018
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Astralis
organizer	FACEIT
venue	Wembley Arena , London
Participating clans	24
Beginning	5th September 2018
final	23rd September 2018
Prize pool	$ 1,000,000
Sponsors	Valve Corporation
Homepage	Official website
← Eleague Major: Boston 2018 IEM Major: Katowice 2019 →

The Faceit Major: London 2018 was the 13th major tournament in the e-sports discipline Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and took place in London from September 5 to 23, 2018 . The Challengers Stage and the Legends Stage took place at Twickenham Stadium ; the Champions Stage was held at Wembley Arena . It was the first major tournament in the UK . The winner of the tournament was the Danish team Astralis , which won its second major title after the Eleague Major: Atlanta 2017 .

qualification

The finalists of the minor tournaments of the American, CIS and Europe regions as well as the winner and the third-placed Asian minor qualified for the Challengers Stage of the major. All minors take place in London .

London 2018

Surname	Americas Minor Championship	CIS Minor Championship	Asian Minor Championship	European Minor Championship
time	July 7-11, 2018	July 10-13, 2018	July 16-20, 2018	July 19-22, 2018
Winner (prize money)	compLexity ($ 30,000)	HellRaisers ($ 30,000)	Renegades ($ 30,000)	Ninjas in Pajamas ($ 30,000)
Finalist (prize money)	Rogue ($ 15,000)	Team Spirit ($ 15,000)	TyLoo ($ 15,000)	OpTic Gaming ($ 15,000)
3rd place (prize money)	eUnited ($ 5,000)	per100 ($ 5,000)	Tainted Minds ($ 5,000)	ENCE eSports ($ 5,000)
Other participants	Furia eSports Não Tem Como NRG Esports Swole Patrol Team Dignitas	AVANGAR forZe Monolith Gaming PLINK-TECH	5Power Gaming Signature Gaming SZ Absolute Uniquestars VG .Flash Gaming	3DMAX LeftOut Red Reserve Sprout Team Kinguin

Qualification for the Challengers Stage

Team lineups

Places 1 - 8 of the Eleague Major: Boston 2018
Cloud 9	FaZe Clan	fnatic	G2 esports
Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham	Finn "Karrigan" Andersen	Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson	Kevin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans
Maikil "Golden" Selim	Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer	Richard "Xizt" Landström	Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux
Martin "STYKO" Styk	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač	William "draken" Sundin	Richard "shox" Papillon
Timothy "autimatic" Ta	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács	Robin "flusha" Rönnquist	Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro
Will "RUSH" Wierzba	Håvard "rain" Nygaard	Jesper "JW" Wecksell	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
Made in Brazil	mousesports	Natus Vincere	Winstrike team
Fernando "fer" Alvarenga	Chris "chrisJ" de Jong	Olexander "s1mple" Kostyliw	Saweli "jmqa" Bragin
Tarik "tarik" Celik	Miikka "suNny" Kemppi	Denis "electronic" Sharipov	Aurimas "Kvik" Kvakšys
Marcelo "coldzera" David	Robin "ropz" Kool	Ioann "Edward" Sukharev	Nikita "waterfaLLZ" Matveev
Gabriel "TrapN" Toledo	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski	Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko	Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov
Jake "Stewie2k" Yip	Tomáš “oskar” Šťastný	Egor "flamie" Vasiliev	Grigori "Balblna" Oleinik
Places 9-16 of the Eleague Major: Boston 2018
Astralis	BIG	Gambit Gaming	North
Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth	Owen "smooya" Butterfield	Nikolai "me" Bitjukow	Philip "aizy" Aistrup
Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen	Fatih "gob b" Dayik	Abai "HObbit" Chassenow	Valdemar "valde" Bjørn
Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz	Tizian "tiziaN" fieldbusch	Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubajew	Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye
Emil "Magisk" Reif	Johannes "nex" Maget	Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov	Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen
Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander	Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz	Rustem "mou" Telepow	Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen
Space soldiers	Team Liquid	Vega Squadron	Virtus.pro
Buğra "Calyx" Arkın	Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella	Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikow	Paweł “byali” Bieliński
Can "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş	Russell "Twistzz" van Dulken	Pavel "hutji" Laschkow	Jarosław “pasha” Jarząbkowski
Ahmet "paz" Karahoca	Tacio "TACO" Filho	Yhor "crush" Shevchenko	Filip "Neo" Kubski
Engin "ngiN" Cor	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski	Dmytryj "jR" Tscherwjak	Michał "MICHU" Müller
Engin "MAJ3R" Kupeli	Keith "NAF" Markovic	Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov	Michał "snatchie" Rudzki
Minor qualifiers
compLexity	HellRaisers	Ninjas in pajamas	OpTic Gaming
Bradley "ANDROID" Fodor	Bence "DeadFox" Böröcz	Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund	René "cajunb" Borg
Rory "dephh" Jackson	Özgür "woxic" Eker	Dennis "dennis" Edman	Nicklas "gade" Gade
Peter "Stanislaw" Jarguz	Kyryll "ANGE1" Karasёw	Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg	Jakob "JUGi" Hansen
Shahzeeb "ShahZaM" Khan	Issa "ISSAA" Murad	Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson	Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer
Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker	Wladyslav "bondik" Nechyportchuk	Fredrik "REZ" Sterner	Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke
Renegades	Rogue	Team spirit	TyLoo
Noah "Nifty" Francis	Daniel "vice" Kim	Dmitri "Dima" Bandurka	Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand
Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad	Spencer "Hiko" Martin	Dmitri "S0tF1k" Forostjanko	Xu "somebody" Haowen
Karlo "USTILO" Pivac	Hunter "SicK" Mims	Vyktor "somedieyoung" Orudžev	Wu "DD" Hui
Justin "jks" Savage	Casper "cadiaN" Møller	Vadim "DavCost" Wassiljew	Liu "Mo" Ke
Aaron "AZR" Ward	Ricky "Rickeh" Mulholland	Pavel "COLDYY1" Weklenko	Kevin "xccurate" Susanto
As of September 1, 2018

Challengers Stage

Eight teams are automatically qualified by being eliminated from the Legend Stage at the Eleague Boston 2018 . The remaining eight teams qualified through the minor tournaments.

• Astralis (Participant in the Legends Stage at the Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Berlin International Gaming (Participant in the Legends Stage at the Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Gambit Esports (Legends Stage Participant at Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• North (Legends Stage participant in Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Space Soldiers (Legends Stage Participant in Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Team Liquid (Participant in the Legends Stage at the Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Vega Squadron (Legends Stage participant in Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Virtus.pro (Participant in the Legends Stage at the Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• compLexity (Americas Minor Winner)
• Rogue (Finalist Americas Minor)
• HellRaisers (Winner CIS Minor)
• Team Spirit (Finalist CIS Minor)
• Renegades (Asia Minor Winner)
• TyLoo (Finalist Asia Minor)
• Ninjas in Pajamas (Europe Minor Winner)
• OpTic Gaming (Finalist Europe Minor)

Round 1

	Result		SN
Space soldiers	10: 16	Rogue	0-0
Virtus.pro	05: 16	Ninjas in pajamas	0-0
Gambit Esports	17: 19	TyLoo	0-0
BIG	16 : 06	Renegades	0-0
Vega Squadron	16 : 14	Team spirit	0-0
North	17: 19	HellRaisers	0-0
Team Liquid	16 : 04	OpTic Gaming	0-0
Astralis	16 : 04	compLexity	0-0

round 2

	Result		SN
Ninjas in pajamas	16 : 12	TyLoo	1-0
BIG	16: 19	Vega Squadron	1-0
Team Liquid	16 : 09	HellRaisers	1-0
Rogue	13: 16	Astralis	1-0
Renegades	10: 16	Gambit Esports	0-1
North	13:16	Team spirit	0-1
OpTic Gaming	16 : 13	Virtus.pro	0-1
Space soldiers	11: 16	compLexity	0-1

Round 3

	Result		SN
Team Liquid	19 : 17	Vega Squadron	2-0
Astralis	26: 28	Ninjas in pajamas	2-0
compLexity	16 : 12	BIG	1-1
Team spirit	16 : 04	Rogue	1-1
Gambit Esports	14: 16	HellRaisers	1-1
TyLoo	26: 28	OpTic Gaming	1-1
Renegades	19 : 15	Space soldiers	0-2
North	16 : 06	Virtus.pro	0-2

Round 4

	Result		SN
Astralis	16 : 03	Team spirit	2-1
HellRaisers	25 : 23	OpTic Gaming	2-1
Vega Squadron	15: 19	compLexity	2-1
TyLoo	16 : 10	Renegades	1-2
BIG	16 : 08	Gambit Esports	1-2
North	25 : 23	Rogue	1-2

Round 5

Round 5 is played in best-of-3 mode.

	Result		SN
Team spirit	12: 16 23: 25	TyLoo	2-2
OpTic Gaming	06: 16 14: 16	BIG	2-2
Vega Squadron	16 : 08 16 : 13	North	2-2

Legends Stage

Eight teams are already qualified by placing them in the top eight at the last Major Eleague Boston 2018 . Another eight can qualify via the Challenger Stage.

• Cloud 9 (Eleague Major Winner: Boston 2018)
• FaZe Clan (Eleague Major Finalist: Boston 2018)
• Natus Vincere (semi-finalist Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Made in Brazil (semi-finalist Eleague Major: Boston 2018) ¹
• fnatic (quarter-finalist Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• G2 Esports (quarter-finalist Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• mousesports (quarter-finalist Eleague Major: Boston 2018)
• Winstrike Team (quarter-finalist Eleague Major: Boston 2018) ²
• Team Liquid (Challengers Stage)
• Ninjas in Pajamas (Challengers Stage)
• Astralis (Challengers Stage)
• HellRaisers (Challengers Stage)
• compLexity (Challengers Stage)
• TyLoo (Challengers Stage)
• BIG (Challengers Stage)
• Vega Squadron (Challengers Stage)

¹The majority of the Made in Brazil players played for SK Gaming at the last major .

²The majority of the Winstrike Team players played for Quantum Bellator Fire in the previous Major .

Round 1

	Result		SN
G2 esports	22 : 20	HellRaisers	0-0
Winstrike team	07: 16	Team Liquid	0-0
FaZe Clan	05: 16	BIG	0-0
fnatic	04: 16	compLexity	0-0
Made in Brazil	13: 16	TyLoo	0-0
mousesports	12: 16	Ninjas in pajamas	0-0
Natus Vincere	14: 16	Astralis	0-0
Cloud 9	04: 16	Vega Squadron	0-0

round 2

	Result		SN
BIG	16 : 07	TyLoo	1-0
compLexity	16 : 11	G2 esports	1-0
Vega Squadron	04: 16	Astralis	1-0
Team Liquid	16 : 10	Ninjas in pajamas	1-0
Natus Vincere	16 : 12	FaZe Clan	0-1
mousesports	06: 16	Made in Brazil	0-1
Cloud 9	16: 19	HellRaisers	0-1
Winstrike team	07: 16	fnatic	0-1

Round 3

	Result		SN
compLexity	16 : 08	BIG	2-0
Astralis	15: 19	Team Liquid	2-0
Vega Squadron	14: 16	fnatic	1-1
TyLoo	10: 16	HellRaisers	1-1
Natus Vincere	16 : 06	Ninjas in pajamas	1-1
G2 esports	04: 16	Made in Brazil	1-1
Winstrike team	16: 19	Cloud 9	0-2
FaZe Clan	16 : 08	mousesports	0-2

Round 4

	Result		SN
BIG	16 : 09	HellRaisers	2-1
Natus Vincere	16 : 09	fnatic	2-1
Astralis	16 : 00	Made in Brazil	2-1
Vega Squadron	11: 16	Ninjas in pajamas	1-2
TyLoo	04: 16	FaZe Clan	1-2
G2 esports	22 : 19	Cloud 9	1-2

Round 5

	Result		SN
fnatic	19 : 17 09: 16 0 9: 16	HellRaisers	2-2
G2 esports	02: 16 22: 25	FaZe Clan	2-2
Ninjas in pajamas	15: 19 16 : 10 11: 16	Made in Brazil	2-2

Champions Stage

	Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
		compLexity	4th	12
		Made in Brazil	16	16
									Made in Brazil	10	5
									Natus Vincere	16	16
		BIG	2	6th
		Natus Vincere	16	16
																Natus Vincere	6th	9
																Astralis	16	16
		Team Liquid	16	10	16
		HellRaisers	10	16	8th
									Team Liquid	8th	7th
									Astralis	16	16
		Astralis	16	16
		FaZe Clan	14th	12

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Luis Mira: FACEIT to host next major in London. hltv.org, July 7, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018 .