PGL Major: Kraków 2017

PGL Major 2017
2017
The PGL Major 2017 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationKraków, Poland
DatesJuly 16, 2017–July 23, 2017
AdministratorValve
PGL
Tournament
format(s)
16 team swiss-system group stage
8 team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)PGL
VenueTauron Arena Kraków
Teams16 teams
Purse$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsGambit Esports (1st title)
1st runners-upImmortals
2nd runners-upAstralis
Virtus.pro
Tournament statistics
Attendance15,000
MVPDauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev [1]

PGL Major: Kraków 2017, also known as PGL Major 2017 or Kraków 2017, was the eleventh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It is the first Major organized by the Romanian organization PGL and it was held in Kraków, Poland from July 16 to 23, 2017. It featured sixteen professional CS:GO teams from around the world. Eight teams qualified directly based on their top eight placement in the previous Major, ELEAGUE Major 2017, while another eight teams qualified through the Offline Major Qualifier. The PGL Major was the fourth consecutive major with a prize pool of US$1,000,000.[2]

The playoffs consisted of eight teams. Astralis, Fnatic, Gambit Esports, North, SK Gaming, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends while BIG and Immortals were new Legends. FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere lost their Legends status after failing to advance from the group stage. The grand finals featured two underdogs: Gambit Esports, which defeated Fnatic and Astralis, and Immortals, which defeated BIG and Virtus.pro. The Major concluded with Gambit defeating Immortals 2–1 in a relatively close best-of-three series, marking just the third time a non-European team won a Major (the Brazilian Luminosity/SK roster won two Majors) and the first time an Asian team won a Major.

Format

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The format remained the same as the previous Major.[3] The top eight teams from Atlanta 2017 ("Legends") were automatically invited to Kraków 2017. The remaining eight spots were filled by teams that advanced from the PGL Major Krakow 2017 Main Qualifier. The Krakow 2017 Main Qualifier was a 16-team Swiss-system tournament consisting of the bottom eight teams from Atlanta 2017, as well as eight teams promoted from four regional qualifiers. The top eight teams at the Main Qualifier, teams with three wins, then advanced to the Major as the "Challengers".

The group stage of the Major was also a 16-team Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams at the end of the group stage, teams with three wins, advanced to the playoff stage and became the new Legends. Teams with three losses were eliminated, but earned an invite to the next Major's offline qualifier. All playoff matches were best-of-three, single elimination.

Map Pool

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The map pool was changed for this major. Dust II was taken out of the active map pool and Valve reintroduced Inferno, which had been taken out of the map pool and revamped.[4]

The veto process was also changed for best-of-one games. One team decided whether to veto maps first or second. The team that vetoes first removed two maps. The second team vetoed three maps. The first team then chose one of the two remaining maps. The second team then chose the side it wanted to start on. The best-of-three veto process was unchanged. Each team first banned a map, leaving a five-map pool. Each team then chose a map, with the opposing team selecting which side they wanted to start on for their opponent's map choice. The two map picks were the first two maps in the best-of-three. The teams then each banned one more map, leaving one map remaining for the best-of-three decider if necessary.

Maps
  • Cache
  • Cobblestone
  • Inferno
  • Mirage
  • Nuke
  • Overpass
  • Train

Major Qualifier

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Regional Qualifiers

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Asia Minor

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A total of eight teams will compete in the Asia Minor. Two teams will be invited and the other six will qualify in their regional qualifiers. These teams include one team from East Asia, one team from the Middle East, one team from China, one team from Oceania, and two teams from the India & Southeast Asia qualifier.[5]

Teams
  • Renegades (Invited)
  • TyLoo (Invited)
  • Flash Gaming (China)
  • The MongolZ (East Asia)
  • Team Spotnet (Middle East)
  • Team Immunity (Oceanic)
  • Signature Gaming (India + SEA)
  • 7642 (India + SEA)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Flash Gaming0
B2Team Immunity2
B2Team Immunity1
A2Renegades2
B1TyLoo1
A2Renegades2
A2Renegades2
B1TyLoo1
Lower round 1Lower final
B2Team Immunity0
A1Flash Gaming0B1TyLoo2
B1TyLoo2

CIS Minor

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A total of eight teams will compete in the Commonwealth of Independent States Minor. The eight teams that participated in this minor all qualified through the closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, twelve teams are invited and four teams qualify through an online open qualifier. Teams were separated into four groups of four and the top two teams moved on in each group to the closed qualifier. Two teams in the minor qualified for the main qualifier.

Teams
  • Spartak Esports (CIS High)
  • Team Spirit (CIS High)
  • Team Spirit Academy (CIS High)
  • Tengri (CIS High)
  • Nemiga Gaming (CIS Low)
  • pro100 (CIS Low)
  • Quantum Bellator Fire (CIS Low)
  • Vega Squadron (CIS Low)
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Vega Squadron2
B2pro1000
A1Vega Squadron1
A2Tengri2
B1Q.B. Fire0
A2Tengri2
A2Tengri0
A1Vega Squadron2
Lower round 1Lower final
A1Vega Squadron2
B2pro1002B2pro1001
B1Q.B. Fire0

Europe Minor

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All teams in the European Minor were required to compete in a closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, 8 teams were invited and 8 other teams qualified through three different open qualifiers. The teams will play in a Swiss system tournament and the top 8 teams move on to the closed qualifier. In the closed qualifier, the teams will be separated into two groups of four teams. Two teams from each group move on to a four team, double elimination playoff bracket. The top three teams advance to the main qualifier.[6]

Teams
  • PENTA Sports (1st–2nd)
  • Team EnVyUs (1st–2nd)
  • BIG (3rd–5th)
  • iGame.com (3rd–5th)
  • Team LDLC.com (3rd–5th)
  • Ballistix Gaming1 (6th–8th)
  • Team Dignitas (6th–8th)
  • Team Kinguin (6th–8th)

1Fnatic Academy will play under the organization Ballistix Gaming just for the European Minor due to two teams not being allowed under the same organization.[7][8]

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1BIG0
B2Team Dignitas2
B2Team Dignitas1
B1PENTA Sports2
B1PENTA Sports2
A2Team EnVyUs1
B1PENTA Sports0
A1BIG2
Lower round 1Lower final
B2Team Dignitas0
A1BIG2A1BIG2
A2Team EnVyUs0

Americas Minor

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Two teams were invited to the Americas minor. One team out of a pool of 512 from South America qualified for the minor. The last five teams came from the North American closed qualifier. In that closed qualifier, 8 teams qualified through the open qualifier and 8 more teams were invited. The top five teams moved on to the Americas minor. In the minor, two teams moved on to the major.[9]

Teams
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
A1Immortals2
B2Counter Logic G.0
A1Immortals2
B1Cloud90
B1Cloud92
A2Luminosity G.0
A1Immortals1
B1Cloud92
Lower round 1Lower final
B1Cloud92
B2Counter Logic2B2Counter Logic G.0
A2Luminosity G.0

Main Qualifier

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Teams

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Atlanta 2017 Bottom 8[a]
Regional Qualifiers
  • Renegades (Asia Minor #1)
  • TyLoo (Asia Minor #2)
  • Vega Squadron (CIS Minor #1)
  • Tengri (CIS Minor #2)
  • Cloud9 (Americas Minor #1)
  • Immortals (Americas Minor #2)
  • BIG (Europe Minor #1)
  • PENTA Sports (Europe Minor #2)
  • Team Dignitas (Europe Minor #3)
  1. ^ Team EnVyUs lost its automatic bid after three players, kennyS, apEX, and NBK, transferred to G2 Esports. Thus, G2 acquired EnVyUs's spot and EnVyUs had to play in the regional qualifier.

The main qualifier was a sixteen-team Swiss-system tournament format in which, after the first round, teams only played other teams with the same win–loss record. Each match was best-of-one, and no team played another team twice. All teams played until they had either won or lost three games: any team with three wins advanced to the playoff stage, and any team with three losses was eliminated. The qualifier was played in Bucharest, Romania.

The Ninjas in Pyjamas, after missing its first ever major at ELEAGUE and failed to be Legends for the first time at ESL One Cologne 2016, failed to qualify for the major qualifier and the European Minor after losing to Finland's iGame.com in the first round, losing to Sweden's Red Reserve in second round, defeating Sweden's Epsilon eSports in the third round, and losing to Turkey's Space Soldiers in the fourth round, failing to attend its second straight major.

Main Qualifier Results
Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 mousesports 3–0 +21 Tengri
16–1
Inferno 		High match
GODSENT
16–11
Train 		High match
PENTA Sports
16–14
Cobblestone 		Qualified Qualified
G2 Esports 3–0 +10 Immortals
22–20
Inferno 		High match
Cloud9
16–11
Cache 		High match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16–13
Nuke 		Qualified Qualified
3–5 PENTA Sports 3–1 +21 OpTic Gaming
16–14
Train 		High match
Team Liquid
16–3
Mirage 		High match
mousesports
14–16
Cobblestone 		High match
Vega Squadron
16–8
Train 		Qualified
Cloud9 3–1 +19 BIG
16–10
Cobblestone 		High match
G2 Esports
11–16
Cache 		Mid match
GODSENT
16–11
Train 		High match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16–3
Mirage 		Qualified
BIG 3–1 +9 Cloud9
10–16
Cobblestone 		Low match
Tengri
16–14
Cobblestone 		Mid match
Immortals
16–19
Cache 		High match
Team Liquid
16–10
Train 		Qualified
6–8 Vega Squadron 3–2 +9 HellRaisers
10–16
Mirage 		Low match
OpTic Gaming
16–10
Train 		Mid match
TyLoo
16–10
Inferno 		High match
PENTA Sports
8–16
Train 		Team Dignitas
16–5
Inferno
FlipSid3 Tactics 3–2 +1 Renegades
19–16
Train 		High match
HellRaisers
16–4
Overpass 		High match
G2 Esports
13–16
Nuke 		High match
Cloud9
3–16
Mirage 		Team Liquid
25–23
Mirage
Immortals 3–2 −1 G2 Esports
20–22
Inferno 		Low match
Team Dignitas
16–13
Cache 		Mid match
BIG
9–16
Cache 		Low match
GODSENT
16–14
Cobblestone 		HellRaisers
16–13
Overpass
9–11 Team Liquid 2–3 −4 TyLoo
22–19
Inferno 		High match
PENTA Sports
3–16
Mirage 		Mid match
HellRaisers
16–2
Train 		High match
BIG
10–16
Train 		FlipSid3 Tactics
23–25
Mirage
Team Dignitas 2–3 −5 GODSENT
14–16
Overpass 		Low match
Immortals
13–16
Cache 		Low match
Tengri
16–7
Mirage 		Low match
Renegades
16–14
Mirage 		Vega Squadron
5–16
Inferno
HellRaisers 2–3 −17 Vega Squadron
16–10
Mirage 		High match
FlipSid3 Tactics
4–16
Overpass 		Mid match
Team Liquid
2–16
Train 		Low match
TyLoo
16–11
Overpass 		Immortals
13–16
Overpass
12–14 Renegades 1–3 −1 FlipSid3 Tactics
16–19
Train 		Low match
TyLoo
14–16
Cache 		Low match
OpTic Gaming
16–10
Mirage 		Low match
Team Dignitas
14–16
Mirage 		Eliminated
GODSENT 1–3 −10 Team Dignitas
16–14
Overpass 		High match
mousesports
11–16
Train 		Mid match
Cloud9
11–16
Train 		Low match
Immortals
14–16
Cobblestone 		Eliminated
TyLoo 1–3 −12 Team Liquid
19–22
Inferno 		Low match
Renegades
16–14
Cache 		Mid match
Vega Squadron
10–16
Inferno 		Low match
HellRaisers
11–16
Overpass 		Eliminated
15–16 OpTic Gaming 0–3 −14 PENTA Sports
14–16
Train 		Low match
Vega Squadron
10–16
Train 		Low match
Renegades
10–16
Mirage 		Eliminated Eliminated
Tengri 0–3 −26 mousesports
1–16
Inferno 		Low match
BIG
14–16
Cobblestone 		Low match
Team Dignitas
7–16
Mirage 		Eliminated Eliminated

Broadcast Talent

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Host

Interviewer

  • Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Fluff

  • Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen

Commentators

  • James Bardolph
  • Anders Blume
  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
  • Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Analysts

  • Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
  • Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
  • Joona "natu" Leppänen
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Janko "YNk" Paunović

Observers

  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
  • DJ "Prius" Kuntz

Broadcasts

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All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

  • PGL TV
  • IzakOOO
  • 500Bros
  • 99Damage
  • BiDa
  • Fragbite
  • HitpointCZ
  • ImbaTV
  • Moreira
  • Ogaming TV
  • SpilerTV
  • Starladder

Teams Competing

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The top eight teams from ELEAGUE Major 2017 (Legends) were joined by the eight teams from the main qualifier (Challengers).

Legends
Challengers

Arguably the biggest change of the teams in the major was the "French shuffle," which was led by Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt and Richard "shox" Papillon. NBK-. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub and, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire left Team EnVyUs for G2 Esports to join shox and Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro; in addition, former G2 AWPer Édouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux moved to the coaching position. The remaining two G2 players, Cédric "RpK" Guipouy and Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, left the team and joined Team EnVyUs.[10]

Pre-major ranking

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HLTV.org rank teams based on results of teams' performances. The rankings shown below reflect the July 10, 2017 rankings, the last before the Major.[11]

HLTV.org Pre-Major Ranking
World ranking
Place Team Points Move1 Peak2 Low2
1 SK Gaming 1000 Steady 1 4
2 FaZe Clan 623 Steady 2 9
3 Astralis 518 Steady 1 3
4 G2 Esports 474 Steady 4 16
5 Cloud9 427 Increase 1 5 14
6 Natus Vincere 295 Increase 4 4 10
7 North 294 Decrease 2 4 8
10 Immortals 225 Decrease 2 7 27
11 Fnatic 209 Decrease 4 6 14
12 mousesports 200 Steady 12 17
14 Virtus.pro 181 Decrease 3 2 15
15 Gambit Esports 177 Decrease 1 7 15
17 BIG 127 Increase 1 17 27
20 PENTA Sports 106 Decrease 1 19 52
23 Flipsid3 Tactics 76 Decrease 1 16 53
24 Vega Squadron 74 Decrease 3 21 56

1Change since July 3, 2017 ranking

2Peak and low since end of ELEAGUE Major.

Group stage

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The group stage was a sixteen-team Swiss-system tournament in which, after the first round, teams only played other teams with the same win–loss record. Each match was best-of-one, and no team played another team twice. All teams played until they had either won or lost three games: any team with three wins advanced to the playoff stage, and any team with three losses was eliminated. The group stage and playoffs were played in Kraków, Poland, with group stage played in closed studio and playoffs being held in Tauron Arena Kraków.

First round seeding was determined by the following:

  • Teams that placed top four at the previous Major (Astralis, Virtus.pro, Fnatic, and SK Gaming) were first seeds
  • Teams that placed 5th–8th place at the previous Major (Natus Vincere, Gambit Esports, FaZe Clan, and North) were second seeds
  • Teams that placed first in the main qualifier (mousesports and G2 Esports) and the top two teams that placed third based on their seeds going into the major qualifier (BIG and Cloud9) were third seeds
  • The remaining teams (Immortals, FlipSid3 Tactics, PENTA Sports, and Vega Squadron) were fourth seeds

In the first round, first seeds played a randomly drawn fourth seed, and second seeds played a randomly drawn third seed. After this round, teams were randomly drawn against other teams with the same record (e.g., 1–0 teams against 1–0 teams, 0–1 teams against 0–1 teams). The eight teams to win three (out of a possible five) games were granted "Legend" status and an automatic invitation to the next Major.

Place Team Record Differential Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 Gambit Esports 3–0 +21 mousesports
16–10
Inferno 		High match
G2 Esports
16–6
Cache 		High match
Virtus.pro
16–11
Train 		Playoffs Playoffs
BIG 3–0 +15 FaZe Clan
16–8
Inferno 		High match
Cloud9
16–11
Inferno 		High match
SK Gaming
16–14
Inferno 		Playoffs Playoffs
3–5 SK Gaming 3–1 +16 PENTA Sports
16–13
Inferno 		High match
Astralis
16–8
Inferno 		High match
BIG
14–16
Inferno 		High match
Immortals
16–9
Overpass 		Playoffs
North 3–1 +9 Cloud9
12–16
Mirage 		Low match
PENTA Sports
16–9
Mirage 		Mid match
mousesports
19–15
Cobblestone 		High match
Virtus.pro
16–14
Mirage 		Playoffs
Astralis 3–1 +6 Immortals
19–17
Overpass 		High match
SK Gaming
8–16
Inferno 		Mid match
Fnatic
16–14
Nuke 		High match
G2 Esports
16–6
Inferno 		Playoffs
6–8 Virtus.pro 3–2 +18 Vega Squadron
16–2
Nuke 		High match
Fnatic
16–11
Cache 		High match
Gambit Esports
11–16
Train 		High match
North
14–16
Mirage 		Cloud9
16–10
Train
Immortals 3–2 +17 Astralis
17–19
Overpass 		Low match
Vega Squadron
16–6
Train 		Mid match
Natus Vincere
16–10
Overpass 		High match
SK Gaming
9–16
Overpass 		FlipSid3 Tactics
16–6
Train
Fnatic 3–2 +7 FlipSid3 Tactics
16–12
Mirage 		High match
Virtus.pro
11–16
Cache 		Mid match
Astralis
14–16
Nuke 		Low match
Natus Vincere
16–12
Mirage 		G2 Esports
16–10
Overpass
9–11 Cloud9 2–3 −4 North
16–12
Mirage 		High match
BIG
11–16
Inferno 		Mid match
G2 Esports
17–19
Cobblestone 		Low match
mousesports
16–11
Train 		Virtus.pro
10–16
Train
FlipSid3 Tactics 2–3 −12 Fnatic
12–16
Mirage 		Low match
Natus Vincere
9–16
Train 		Low match
FaZe Clan
16–10
Mirage 		Low match
PENTA Sports
16–13
Train 		Immortals
6–16
Train
G2 Esports 2–3 −22 Natus Vincere
16–14
Overpass 		High match
Gambit Esports
6–16
Cache 		Mid match
Cloud9
19–17
Cobblestone 		High match
Astralis
6–16
Inferno 		Fnatic
10–16
Overpass
12–14 Natus Vincere 1–3 −5 G2 Esports
14–16
Overpass 		Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
16–9
Train 		Mid match
Immortals
10–16
Overpass 		Low match
Fnatic
12–16
Mirage 		Eliminated
PENTA Sports 1–3 −11 SK Gaming
13–16
Inferno 		Low match
North
9–16
Mirage 		Low match
Vega Squadron
16–14
Mirage 		Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
13–16
Train 		Eliminated
mousesports 1–3 −11 Gambit Esports
10–16
Inferno 		Low match
FaZe Clan
19–15
Train 		Mid match
North
15–19
Cobblestone 		Low match
Cloud9
11–16
Train 		Eliminated
15–16 FaZe Clan 0–3 −18 BIG
8–16
Inferno 		Low match
mousesports
15–19
Train 		Low match
FlipSid3 Tactics
10–16
Mirage 		Eliminated Eliminated
Vega Squadron 0–3 −26 Virtus.pro
2–16
Nuke 		Low match
Immortals
6–16
Train 		Low match
PENTA Sports
14–16
Mirage 		Eliminated Eliminated

Playoffs

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Bracket

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BIG and Gambit received the top seeds and played a randomly selected opponent among Virtus.pro, Immortals, and Fnatic. BIG received Immortals and Gambit received Fnatic. Among SK Gaming, North, and Astralis, two randomly selected teams from this pool would go on to face each other and the teams would be SK Gaming and Astralis. The remaining two teams, North and Virtus.pro, were paired together.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1 Gambit Esports 16 16 – 2
8 Fnatic 14 12 – 0
1 Gambit Esports 16 8 16 2
5 Astralis 10 16 12 1
5 Astralis 16 16 – 2
3 SK Gaming 12 6 – 0
1 Gambit Esports 4 16 16 2
7 Immortals 16 11 10 1
2 BIG Clan 19 7 14 1
7 Immortals 17 16 16 2
7 Immortals 16 16 – 2
6 Virtus.pro 5 11 – 0
4 North 9 10 – 0
6 Virtus.pro 16 16 – 2

Quarterfinals

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Gambit Esports vs. Fnatic

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Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Gambit Esports vs. Fnatic Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Esports 16 Train 14 Fnatic
Gambit Esports 16 Inferno 12 Fnatic
Gambit Esports – Overpass – Fnatic

SK Gaming vs. Astralis

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Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

SK Gaming vs. Astralis Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
SK Gaming 12 Cache 16 Astralis
SK Gaming 6 Overpass 16 Astralis
SK Gaming – Mirage – Astralis

BIG vs. Immortals

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Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

BIG vs. Immortals Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
BIG 19 Cobblestone 17 Immortals
BIG 7 Inferno 16 Immortals
BIG 14 Train 16 Immortals

North vs. Virtus.pro

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Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

North vs. Virtus.pro Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
North 9 Cobblestone 16 Virtus.pro
North 10 Nuke 16 Virtus.pro
North – Mirage – Virtus.pro

Semifinals

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Gambit Esports vs. Astralis

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Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Gambit Esports vs. Astralis Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Esports 16 Overpass 10 Astralis
Gambit Esports 8 Inferno 16 Astralis
Gambit Esports 16 Train 12 Astralis

Immortals vs. Virtus.pro

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Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Immortals vs. Virtus.pro Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Immortals 16 Inferno 5 Virtus.pro
Immortals 16 Mirage 11 Virtus.pro
Immortals – Cobblestone – Virtus.pro

Finals

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Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

AdreN was named the MVP of the tournament.[12]

Gambit Esports vs. Immortals Scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Gambit Esports 4 Cobblestone 16 Immortals
Gambit Esports 16 Train 11 Immortals
Gambit Esports 16 Inferno 10 Immortals

Final standings

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The final placings are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 Gambit Esports Boston 2018 Legends Zeus, AdreN, HObbit, mou, Dosia kane
2nd US$150,000 Immortals boltz, HEN1, kNg, LUCAS1, steel zakk
3rd – 4th US$70,000 Astralis gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, Xyp9x zonic
Virtus.pro Snax, byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, TaZ kuben
5th – 8th US$35,000 Fnatic flusha, dennis, JW, KRiMZ, olofmeister Jumpy
SK Gaming FalleN, coldzera, felps, fer, TACO –
BIG gob b, keev, nex, tabseN, LEGIJA kakafu
North MSL, aizy, cajunb, k0nfig, Magisk ruggah
9th – 11th US$8,750 Cloud9 Boston 2018 New Challengers Stewie2K, autimatic, n0thing, Skadoodle, shroud valens
Flipsid3 Tactics B1ad3, electronic, markeloff, wayLander, WorldEdit –
G2 Esports shox, apEX, bodyy, kennyS, NBK- SmithZz
12th – 14th US$8,750 Natus Vincere seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, s1mple Andi
mousesports chrisJ, denis, loWel, oskar, ropz lmbt
PENTA Sports kRYSTAL, HS, innocent, suNny, zehN –
15th – 16th US$8,750 FaZe Clan karrigan, allu, kioShiMa, NiKo, rain RobbaN
Vega Squadron jR, chopper, hutji, keshandr, mir Lk-

Post-Major Ranking

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The first HLTV.org ranking after the PGL Major came out on July 24, 2017.[13]

HLTV.org Post-Major Ranking
World Ranking
Place Team Points Move†
1 SK Gaming 1000 Steady
2 Astralis 607 Increase 1
3 FaZe Clan 524 Decrease 1
4 Gambit Esports 505 Increase 10
5 G2 Esports 463 Decrease 1
6 Immortals 411 Increase 5
7 Cloud9 396 Decrease 2
8 North 349 Decrease 2
9 Virtus.pro 309 Increase 6
10 Natus Vincere 277 Decrease 3
11 Fnatic 262 Increase 2
14 BIG 266 Increase 3
15 mousesports 221 Decrease 3
20 PENTA Sports 111 Increase 1
21 Flipsid3 Tactics 111 Increase 4
24 Vega Squadron 72 Steady

†Change since July 17, 2017 ranking

References

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