StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019

StarLadder Berlin 2019
	StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Astralis
organizer	Star Ladder
venue	Challengers Stage and Legends Stage: Verti Music Hall, ; Champions Stage: Mercedes-Benz-Arena , Berlin;
Participating clans	24
Beginning	23 August 2019
final	September 8, 2019
Prize pool	$ 1,000,000
Sponsors	Valve Corporation
Homepage	Official website
	← IEM Major: Katowice 2019 ESL One Rio 2020 →

The StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 was the 15th major tournament in the e-sports discipline Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and took place from August 23 to September 8, 2019. The venue is Berlin for the first time . The final Champions Stage of the tournament was held in the Mercedes-Benz Arena . Astralis was the winner of the tournament . The Danish team won the third major tournament in a row.

qualification

The first two places in each of the minor tournaments in the four regions of Europe, America, Asia (including Australia and Africa) and CIS qualified directly for the Challengers Stage of the tournament. The third-placed players played in the Minors' 3rd Place Play-in from the remaining three starting places for the Major's Challengers Stage . All minors took place in Berlin.

Berlin 2019
Surname	European Minor Championship	Americas Minor Championship	Asian Minor Championship	CIS Minor Championship	Minors' 3rd Place Play-in
time	17th to 21st July 2019	17th to 21st July 2019	July 24th to 28th, 2019	July 24th to 28th, 2019	29th July 2019
Winner (prize money)	European Union mousesports ($ 30,000)	United States NRG Esports ($ 30,000)	Australia Grayhound Gaming ($ 30,000)	Russia forZe ($ 30,000)	RussiaDreamEaters / North Denmark
Finalist (prize money)	United Nations CR4ZY ($ 15,000)	Brazil FURIA Esports ($ 15,000)	China People's Republic TyLoo ($ 15,000)	Syman Gaming ($ 15,000)	RussiaDreamEaters / North Denmark
3rd place (prize money)	Denmark North ($ 5,000)	Brazil INTZ eSports ($ 5,000)	Korea South MVP PK ($ 5,000)	Russia DreamEaters ($ 5,000)	Brazil INTZ eSports
Other participants	Germany BIG fnatic NoChance Sprout Team Ancient Sweden European Union Germany Sweden	United StateseUnited Luminosity Gaming Sharks Esports Team One Team Singularity Brazil Brazil Brazil United States	China People's Republic5Power Gaming ALPHA Red Avant Gaming Energy Esports FFAmix Thailand Australia South Africa United Nations	Russia Gambit Youngsters Nemiga Gaming Team Spirit Unique Team Warthox Esport Belarus Russia Russia Russia	Korea South MVP PK

Qualification for the Challengers Stage

Qualify for the Minors' 3rd Place Play-in

Team lineups

Places 1 - 8 of the IEM Major: Katowice 2019
Denmark Astralis	Finland ENCE	European Union FaZe Clan	Brazil Made in Brazil
Denmark Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth	Finland Aleksi "allu" Jalli	Sweden Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer	Brazil Fernando "fer" Alvarenga
Denmark Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen	Finland Jani "Aerial" Jussila	Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola "NiKo" Kovač	Brazil Tacio "TACO" Filho
Denmark Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz	Finland Sami "xseveN" Laasanen	Slovakia Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács	Brazil Wilton "zews" Prado
Denmark Emil "Magisk" Reif	Finland Jere "sergej" Salo	Poland Filip "neo" Kubski	Brazil Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles
Denmark Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander	Finland Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen	Norway Håvard "rain" Nygaard	Brazil Gabriel "TrapN" Toledo
Russia Natus Vincere	Sweden Ninjas in pajamas	Australia Renegades	United States Team Liquid
Russia Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov	Sweden Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund	New Zealand Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai	United States Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella
Ukraine Olexander "s1mple" Kostyliw	Sweden Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg	Norway Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad	Canada Russell "Twistzz" van Dulken
Russia Denis "electronic" Sharipov	Sweden Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson	Australia Justin "jks" Savage	United States Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
Ukraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko	Sweden Maikil "Golden" Selim	Australia Jay "liazz" Tregillgas	Canada Keith "NAF" Markovic
Russia Egor "flamie" Vasiliev	Sweden Fredrik "REZ" Sterner	Australia Aaron "AZR" Ward	United States Jake "Stewie2k" Yip
Places 9-14 of the IEM major: Katowice 2019 and minor qualifiers
Kazakhstan AVANGAR	United States compLexity	United Nations CR4ZY	Russia DreamEaters
Kazakhstan Bektiyar "fitch" Bachytow	United Kingdom Rory "dephh" Jackson	Serbia Nemanja "nexa" Isaković	Russia Igor "Forester" Besotechesky
Russia Ali "Jame" Jami	United States Shahzeeb "ShahZaM" Khan	Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja "huNter" Kovač	Russia Svyatoslav "svyat" Dowbach
Kazakhstan Alexei "Qikert" Golubev	United States Hunter "SicK" Mims	Lithuania Rokas "EspiranTo" Milasauskas	Russia Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko
Uzbekistan Sanshar "SANJI" Kuliyev	Australia Ricky "Rickeh" Mulholland	Finland Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo	Russia Semyon "kinqie" Lissitsyn
Kazakhstan Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubajew	United States Owen "oBo" Schlatter	Serbia Nestor "LETN1" Tanić	Russia Anton "speed4k" Titov
Russia forZe	Brazil FURIA Esports	France G2 esports	Australia Grayhound Gaming
Russia Dmitri "facecrack" Alexejew	Brazil Kaike "kscerato" Cerato	France Lucas "Lucky" Chastang	Mongolia Erdenetsogt “erkaSt” Gantulga
Russia Alma's "almazer" Assadullin	Brazil Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo	France François "AmaNEk" Delaunay	Australia Chris "dexter" Nong
Russia Yevgeny "FL1T" Lebedev	Brazil Rinaldo "AbleJ" Moda Júnior	France Audric "JaCkz" Jug	Australia Liam "malta" Schembri
Russia Andrei "Jerry" Mechryakov	Brazil Andrei "arT" Piovezan	France Richard "shox" Papillon	Australia Oliver "DickStacy" Tierney
Russia Bogdan "xsepower" Chernikov	Brazil Yuri "Yuurih" Santos	France Kenny "kennyS" Schrub	New Zealand Simon "Sico" Williams
European Union HellRaisers	Brazil INTZ eSports	European Union mousesports	Denmark North
Lithuania Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas	Brazil Lucas "destiny" Bullo	Denmark Finn "karrigan" Andersen	Denmark Philip "aizy" Aistrup
Spain Christian "loWel" Garcia Antoran	Brazil Marcelo "chelo" Cespedes	Slovakia David "frozen" Čerňanský	Denmark Valdemar "valde" Bjørn
Ukraine Kyryll "ANGE1" Karasёw	Brazil Vito "kNg" Giuseppe	Netherlands Chris "chrisJ" de Jong	Denmark Nicklas "gade" Gade
Jordan Issa "ISSAA" Murad	Brazil Gustavo "yeL" Knittel	Turkey Özgür "woxic" Eker	Denmark Jakob "JUGi" Hansen
Czech Republic Tomáš “oskar” Šťastný	Brazil Alexandre "xand" Zizi	Estonia Robin "ropz" Kool	Denmark Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye
United States NRG Esports	France Team vitality	Syman Gaming	China People's Republic TyLoo
United States Ethan "approaches" Arnold	France Cédric "RpK" Guipouy	Kazakhstan Ramasan "Ramz1k" Baschisow	China People's Republic Cai "Summer" Yulun
United States Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte	France Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut	Belgium Nicolas "Keoz" Dgus	Hong Kong Cheung "Freeman" Winghei
United States Tarik "tarik" Celik	France Dan "apEX" Madesclaire	Russia Ilya "Perfecto" Saluzki	Indonesia Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand
Bulgaria Zwetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov	United Kingdom Alex "ALEX" McMeekin	Kazakhstan Sanshar "neaLaN" Ysqaqow	China People's Republic Xu "somebody" Haowen
Canada Peter "Stanislaw" Jarguz	France Nathan "NBK" Schmitt	Azerbaijan Maksim "t0rick" Zaikin	China People's Republic Sheng "Attacker" Yuanzhang
As of August 4, 2019

Challengers Stage Participant

Five teams are automatically eligible to participate by being eliminated from places 9 to 14 in the Legend Stage of the IEM Major: Katowice 2019 . The remaining eleven teams qualified via the minor tournaments or the Minors' 3rd Place Play-in . Team Cloud 9 , which would also have been automatically eligible to participate through its placement in the previous major, withdrew its participation. As a result, the third-placed team of the minor's 3rd Place Play-in moved up. The following participants of the Challengers Stage result :

Kazakhstan AVANGAR (9–11 places in the Legends Stage at the IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
France Team Vitality ( 9-11th place in the Legends Stage at the IEM Major: Katowice 2019)

compLexity (12-14 Legends Stage at the IEM Major: Katowice 2019)

G2 Esports (12-14 Legends Stage at the IEM Major: Katowice 2019)

HellRaisers (12-14 Legends Stage at the IEM Major: Katowice 2019)

mousesports (winner Europe Minor)

CR4ZY (Finalist Europe Minor)

NRG Esports (Americas Minor Winner)

FURIA Esports (Finalist Americas Minor)

Grayhound Gaming (Asia Minor Winner)

TyLoo (Finalist Asia Minor)

forZe (Winner CIS Minor)

Syman Gaming (Finalist CIS Minor)

DreamEaters (First / Second Minors' 3rd Place Play-in)

North (First / Second Minors' 3rd Place Play-in)

INTZ eSports (Third Minors' 3rd Place Play-in)

Round 1

	Result		SN
Team vitality France	08: 16	Syman Gaming	0-0
NRG Esports United States	17: 19	Russia DreamEaters	0-0
G2 esports France	16 : 10	China People's Republic TyLoo	0-0
North Denmark	16 : 05	Brazil INTZ eSports	0-0
FURIA Esports Brazil	16 : 06	European Union HellRaisers	0-0
mousesports European Union	16 : 06	Russia forZe	0-0
AVANGAR Kazakhstan	16 : 13	United States compLexity	0-0
CR4ZY United Nations	16 : 13	Australia Grayhound Gaming	0-0

round 2

	Result		SN
North Denmark	16 : 14	Syman Gaming	1-0
G2 esports France	16 : 09	Russia DreamEaters	1-0
mousesports European Union	19 : 17	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	1-0
FURIA Esports Brazil	11: 16	United Nations CR4ZY	1-0
NRG Esports United States	16 : 07	China People's Republic TyLoo	0-1
Team vitality France	16 : 09	Brazil INTZ eSports	0-1
compLexity United States	05: 16	European Union HellRaisers	0-1
Grayhound Gaming Australia	09: 16	Russia forZe	0-1

Round 3

	Result		SN
G2 esports France	16 : 05 13: 16 0 7: 16	European Union mousesports	2-0
North Denmark	08: 16 28 : 26 19 : 15	United Nations CR4ZY	2-0
Team vitality France	14: 16	Russia DreamEaters	1-1
NRG Esports United States	16 : 04	Syman Gaming	1-1
FURIA Esports Brazil	10: 16	Russia forZe	1-1
AVANGAR Kazakhstan	16 : 08	European Union HellRaisers	1-1
compLexity United States	22 : 20 16 : 02	China People's Republic TyLoo	0-2
Grayhound Gaming Australia	16 : 05 14: 16 16 : 07	Brazil INTZ eSports	0-2

Round 4

	Result		SN
G2 esports France	28 : 25 16 : 12	Russia forZe	2-1
NRG Esports United States	16 : 08 16 : 04	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	2-1
CR4ZY United Nations	12: 16 16 : 11 16 : 11	Russia DreamEaters	2-1
FURIA Esports Brazil	09: 16 0 7: 16	Syman Gaming	1-2
compLexity United States	11: 16 0 4: 16	Australia Grayhound Gaming	1-2
Team vitality France	16 : 08 16 : 11	European Union HellRaisers	1-2

Round 5

	Result		SN
AVANGAR Kazakhstan	16 : 10 10: 16 16 : 05	Syman Gaming	2-2
forZe Russia	10: 16 12: 16	Russia DreamEaters	2-2
Team vitality France	16 : 05 14: 16 16 : 10	Australia Grayhound Gaming	2-2

Legends Stage participant

Eight teams are eligible to participate in the Legends Stage due to their placement among the top eight in the last Major IEM Major: Katowice 2019 . Another eight were able to qualify on the Challenger Stage.

Denmark Astralis (Winner IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
Finland ENCE (Finalist IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
Brazil Made in Brazil (semi-finalist IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
Russia Natus Vincere (semi-finalist IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
European Union FaZe Clan (Quarter Finalist IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
Sweden Ninjas in Pajamas (Quarter Finalist IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
Australia Renegades (quarter-finalist IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
United States Team Liquid (quarter finalist IEM Major: Katowice 2019)
Denmark North (Challengers Stage)
European Union mousesports (Challengers Stage)
France G2 Esports (Challengers Stage)
United States NRG Esports (Challengers Stage)
United Nations CR4ZY (Challengers Stage)
Kazakhstan AVANGAR (Challengers Stage)
Russia DreamEaters (Challengers Stage)
France Team Vitality (Challengers Stage)

Round 1

	Result		SN
ENCE Finland	16 : 05	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	0-0
Astralis Denmark	16 : 09	Russia DreamEaters	0-0
NRG Esports United States	16 : 14	Australia Renegades	0-0
Team Liquid United States	16 : 09	United Nations CR4ZY	0-0
Team vitality France	16 : 09	Denmark North	0-0
FaZe Clan European Union	16 : 08	European Union mousesports	0-0
Natus Vincere Russia	17: 19	France G2 esports	0-0
Made in Brazil Brazil	16 : 12	Sweden Ninjas in pajamas	0-0

round 2

	Result		SN
Team Liquid United States	09: 16	United States NRG Esports	1-0
FaZe Clan European Union	07: 16	France Team vitality	1-0
ENCE Finland	16 : 08	Brazil Made in Brazil	1-0
Astralis Denmark	16 : 07	France G2 esports	1-0
Renegades Australia	13: 16	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	0-1
Natus Vincere Russia	16 : 07	Russia DreamEaters	0-1
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	10: 16	United Nations CR4ZY	0-1
North Denmark	13: 16	European Union mousesports	0-1

Round 3

	Result		SN
ENCE Finland	16 : 10 16 : 07	France Team vitality	2-0
Astralis Denmark	28: 31 0 4: 16	United States NRG Esports	2-0
Natus Vincere Russia	17: 19	European Union mousesports	1-1
Team Liquid United States	18: 22	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	1-1
Made in Brazil Brazil	04: 16	France G2 esports	1-1
FaZe Clan European Union	09: 16	United Nations CR4ZY	1-1
Renegades Australia	16 : 10 16 : 08	Russia DreamEaters	0-2
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	08: 16 0 4: 16	Denmark North	0-2

Round 4

	Result		SN
G2 esports France	16 : 09 11: 16 0 9: 16	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	2-1
Team vitality France	16 : 05 16 : 10	European Union mousesports	2-1
Astralis Denmark	16 : 11 29: 31 16 : 05	United Nations CR4ZY	2-1
Made in Brazil Brazil	11: 16 0 4: 16	Russia Natus Vincere	1-2
FaZe Clan European Union	19: 22 16 : 03 14: 16	Australia Renegades	1-2
Team Liquid United States	16 : 12 16 : 06	Denmark North	1-2

Round 5

	Result		SN
Renegades Australia	16 : 11 11: 16 16 : 09	France G2 esports	2-2
Team Liquid United States	19 : 17 22 : 20	European Union mousesports	2-2
Natus Vincere Russia	11: 16 16 : 12 16 : 04	United Nations CR4ZY	2-2

Champions Stage

Quarter finals					Semifinals					final

Finland	ENCE	5	12	-
Australia	Renegades	16	16	-
					Australia	Renegades	19th	6th	-

					Kazakhstan	AVANGAR	16	22nd	-
France	Team vitality	9	16	10

Kazakhstan	AVANGAR	16	11	16
										Kazakhstan	AVANGAR	6th	5	-
										Denmark	Astralis	16	16	-
United States	NRG Esports	16	19th	-
Russia	Natus Vincere	12	17th	-
					United States	NRG Esports	10	9	-

					Denmark	Astralis	16	16	-
Denmark	Astralis	16	16	-

United States	Team Liquid	8th	13	-

Prize money distribution

space	clan	Prize money (in US dollars )
1.	Denmark Astralis	500,000
2.	Kazakhstan Avangar	150,000
3rd - 4th	United StatesNRG Esports Renegades Australia	70,000
5th - 8th	FinlandENCE Natus Vincere Team Liquid Team Vitality Russia United States France	35,000
9-16	United NationsCR4ZY DreamEaters FaZe Clan G2 Esports Made in Brazil mousesports Ninjas in Pajamas North Russia European Union France Brazil European Union Sweden Denmark	8,750

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Luis Mira: StarLadder Major team list finalized. hltv.org, July 29, 2019, accessed on August 4, 2019 .

[:0-1] Luis Mira: StarLadder Major team list finalized. hltv.org, July 29, 2019, accessed on August 4, 2019 .

StarLadder Berlin 2019
StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Denmark Astralis
organizer	Star Ladder
venue	Challengers Stage and Legends Stage: Verti Music Hall, Champions Stage: Mercedes-Benz-Arena , Berlin Germany
Participating clans	24
Beginning	23 August 2019
final	September 8, 2019
Prize pool	$ 1,000,000
Sponsors	Valve Corporation
Homepage	Official website
← IEM Major: Katowice 2019 ESL One Rio 2020 →