ELEAGUE Season 2 schedule released

25-8-2016 17:37

ELEAGUE has unveiled the first details about its second season, including a provisional schedule.

For its second $1.4 million season, ELEAGUE has trimmed down the number of teams competing in the main tournament from 24 to 16, with the top eight sides from the opening season getting direct entry into the group stage.

In both Europe and North America, preliminary qualifiers will be hosted to determine the final eight teams making it to ELEAGUE. All the teams who finished outside the top eight in Season 1 have been invited to the preliminary round, in which they will be joined by the leading teams from open qualifiers.

Virtus.pro won the first ELEAGUE season

There are also changes to the format of the main competition, which will feature a double-elimination group stage instead of a two-step group stage with a round robin system that determined the seeding in a bracket.

The top two teams from each group will then progress to the single-elimination playoffs, which will conclude with the grand final, on December 3.

TBS will provide live coverage of ELEAGUE, televising a weekly Friday night showcase throughout the group stage, along with one semi-final match and the title decider.

"We’ve been very pleased with the performance of ELEAGUE and the significant levels of engagement with our content across all platforms in our first season," said Christina Alejandre, ELEAGUE general manager and vice-president of esports for Turner Sports.

"In our second season, we’ve enhanced the schedule to make the stakes even higher from a competitive standpoint, while also creating an opportunity for a more open field.

"We believe this new format will keep our audience engaged with our content from the opening week through the grand finals and be more accommodating to team and player schedules."

Below you can find a provisional schedule for season two:

Open Qualifiers

Europe: September 3-5
North America: September 10-12

Preliminary Rounds

Europe: September 7-8
North America: September 14-15
Format: 16 teams per region / single elimination / four teams per region advance to group stage

Group Stages

Group A: October 21-22
Group B: November 4-5
Group C: November 11-12
Group D: November 18-19
Format: four teams per group / double elimination / top two teams per group advance to playoffs

Playoffs

Quarterfinals: November 29-30
Semifinals: December 2
Grand Finals: December 3
Format: eight teams / single elimination

The teams from Season 1 will be distributed between the group stage and the preliminary rounds as follows:

Group Stage	Preliminary Round Europe	Preliminary Round NA
Virtus.pro	FaZe	Renegades
fnatic	FlipSid3	CLG
MOUZ	Gambit	OpTic
Natus Vincere	G2	Liquid
Envy	Dignitas	Selfless
Cloud9		NRG
Astralis		TSM
Ninjas in Pyjamas		Echo Fox
		Complexity
		SK
		Luminosity

go nip.

2016-08-25 17:37

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wtf is this shit i was first and then they deleted my comment?

2016-08-25 18:03

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u mad?

4 replies

all of my hard work gets wasted after long training then some stupid 3rd worlder gets the first comment undeserved.

2016-08-25 18:05

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unlucky

Well your country is doing shit right now and you're talking about 3rd worlder hahah gj.

2016-08-26 09:44

Brexit LUL

2016-08-26 10:05

mad cuz bad

2016-08-25 18:10

2 replies

bad cuz mad

2016-08-26 14:46

1 reply

thomas why did u change ur nickname and ur flag? LOL.

2016-08-29 20:54

Give clown9 the free spot instead of SK loooool Also, they're completely taking tyloo's spot because they couldn't go to EL S1 for visa issues? That's pretty fucking bull. I hope they get a chance somehow to make it. Pretty happy with the rest of the changes though. ELEAGUE seems to be getting a graps of what the community wants. Still a little tired of this spots owned by org bullshit, but it's happening with every league now it seems.

2016-08-25 17:47

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does it really matter? SK will win anyway

2016-08-25 17:44

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But cloud9 might not have. It's really unfair for the teams in the qualifier that could've beaten cloud9 but won't beat SK.

2016-08-25 17:45

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+1 There are 3 teams on the NA side alone that are distinctly better than C9. Even more on the European.

2016-08-25 17:56

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And who is that exactly? Optic is tied, games go back and forth between the two, liquid are ass right now, tsm is ass now they lost there fifth, and clg with there new roster are just disgusting

2016-08-25 18:12

true

2016-08-25 18:27

c9 is actually showing great form maybe liquid will be better once they pratice more but what other 2 teams are better than c9?

2016-08-25 18:28

LOL I'd love to hear those THREE teams.

2016-08-25 19:22

Please list these 3 teams that are "distinctly better" than C9. We're all waiting.

2016-08-25 20:12

You are 100% right m8... Selfless, CLG, etc they all have legit chances of beating C9 to take a spot in the League, but because of Org BS now all those teams will lose to SK... gg... C9 org strikes once again !!

2016-08-25 18:29

Youre actually retarded if you think either of those team have any chance of beating c9

2016-08-25 19:24

Immortals 16x1 on Selfless, and now they aare without RELYKS, and selfless is on eleague again hahahha

2016-08-25 21:10

Porra, selfless sem RELYKS? Kkkkk tá foda, selfless q leva surda de pau mole da immortals

2016-08-25 21:09

Let's be real, they would have taken one of the four spots, if you think they wouldn't then you're a fool/blind ass hater.

Liquid, OpTic, TSM, and Echo Fox are all teams that can reasonably beat cloud9 without it being a major surprise to anyone, especially if this is on LAN (is it on LAN? doesn't seem clear in the post). Multiple other teams (RNG, NRG) would also have semi-decent odds against them and could upset.

2016-08-25 19:35

RNG/NRG wouldn't have any, EF might be able to take a map if they're lucky....I COULD see TL/OG/even TSM beat them, but I don't think they will. OG barely beat them even when OG had lucky ass timings on Cache/Cobble that won them a few extra rounds/fucked C9 over.

2016-08-25 19:39

Immortals would be in the qualifier too which I forgot. I feel like you're overrating c9 a lot. Optic, TSM, and Liquid and Immortals have all beaten cloud9 in the past. It seems like it's online which would secure it more for cloud9 though I guess.

2016-08-25 19:50

But I'm not, and that was in the past. C9 also almost 2-0'd SK, doesn't mean it can or can't happen again....doesn't matter if it was on LAN or online tbh, I'd still see them getting at least fourth if not higher. To me it seems like you're overrating IMT/OG/TSM/TL, but to each his own.

2016-08-25 19:57

I dont understand why immortals is not there, WTF! SELFLESS? AGAIN THEY HAVE ONLY FOUR PLAYERS, CAUSE RELYKS IS NOT IN THE ORG ANYMORE!

2016-08-25 21:08

There are open qualifiers for them to get into the preliminary rounds

2016-08-26 23:33

thanks, but in a qualifier anything can happen and they can lose their spot, a spot they should have won been invited instead of skilless(selfless)

2016-09-02 20:02

They weren't invited they were part of last season so they don't need to qualify through prelims. Although I think immortals should have been there last season, but unfortunately that didn't happen

2016-09-02 20:06

thanks for the information* :D

2016-09-02 20:03

cloud9 dont cheat to get places...

I don't see what the big deal is, there would only be an issue if sk didnt make it to lan, which they clearly are, they only have to play a couple extra games, and they should be used to playing games rn with the team that currently has the biggest map pool and all so pls stfu if you are gonna be stupid

sk will be playing with shoowtime instead of fer and it will probably be online, therefore they could actually lose

2016-08-25 20:26

To be fair, SK did shitty in ELEAGUE, it does not matter if you did well on majors or in some other tournament. But if you fuck up in the previous season made by some specific company, you will need to make your stand again. It's not personal, it's just the way competitive sports work.

2016-08-25 21:07

I stopped reading after SK did shitty in ELEAGUE. They topped their group ez pz and then got disqualified because of that org owning the spot BS.

2016-08-26 13:40

Haha, my bad. That's what you get when you post drunk.

2016-08-26 14:42

dank

RIP SK

Fr shouldn't they be qualified and cloud9 should have to go through qualifiers

2016-08-25 17:39

IKR?

2016-08-25 17:40

no godsent :(

That's not true There is a Open qualifier for both regions primarilys In EU there are still 10 Spots to fill I think Godsent will make it in

2016-08-25 17:43

2016-08-25 17:49

I also think that 16 Teams is Great The Next Step would be premier Online Leagues With one in Asia, Europe, America, Africa where the Top 2 Of each Advance to 1 Lan where then the Top 4 Replaces the Bottom 4 of the League

2016-08-26 10:36

Yes

2016-08-25 17:38

good thing season 2 will be with 16 teams

ez qualify for OpTic tbh

aww less teams :/

2016-08-25 17:42

TyLoo where?????????

yeah that's a disappointment.

2016-08-25 17:59

they should really rename it if they're not going to make a league

This is only showing where teams who participated in S1 will be; stop freaking out about who isn't here.

Godsent? Immortals?

2016-08-25 17:48

Mate there are open qualifiers,there are no invites.

2016-08-25 18:22

immortals once again left behind

Mate,none of the teams have been invited randomly,all teams have to play qualifiers including immortals.

2016-08-25 18:24

SK will give Immortals the spot since the SK guys has this big fkin hate against the E-League guys.

2016-08-25 17:51

Nahh m8, thats a lot of money to throw away, SK org will definitely want their spot in the league...

2016-08-25 18:32

Im not sure but go to SK manager twitter and check what he wrote after the DQ last time. I think it was something by that they wont play anymore in this tournament. BUT IM NOT SURE BRO

2016-08-25 18:33

You're really worrying about them bitching because they got DQ'd after breaking the rules they knew about? they thought they'd be able to get away with it because they were #1-2 in the world, well they didn't cave to them and they bitched. They lost their spot fair and square thanks to their stupid actions. Don't worry, they WILL earn a spot and be in the next season, there's no doubt in my mind. GL explaining to SK why you skipped out on a possible 500k or whatever first place is now.

2016-08-25 19:27

I know that they lost their spot because of the rules. I really dont care what they do tho Im not a SK supporter :)

2016-08-25 19:28

Idk if they hate EL that much, that might not be a great decision from them if they do. Regardless, you can't 'give' a spot to a team.

2016-08-26 15:28

No Space Soldiers no FUN

2016-08-25 17:52

- Selfless - compLexity PLS

2016-08-25 17:53

Needs more TyLoo + GODSENT

2016-08-25 17:55

Great news!

Ez For Nip

2016-08-25 17:58

NRG - na with eu flag kek

2016-08-25 18:13

CS GO organizers are so determined to keep their events NA and EU only sad that ELEAGUE lied to TyLoo about helping them with visas and now straight spitting at the Asian scene by not even having qualifiers for Asia

2016-08-25 18:14

Where is Immortals?

2016-08-25 18:15

ELEAGUE FUCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2016-08-25 18:17

No TEAMS have been INVITED Why are kids typing godsent and immortals ignore again. There are open qualfiers MATE

2016-08-25 18:23

becausa nobody reads the whole page, just jump straight to the confirmed teams huehuehueh

2016-08-25 21:24

Still, they should see the teams confirmed are the last season participants

2016-08-26 13:42

C9 got the spot over SK ayyyyy EL rigged

Oh look, another dumb Brazilian. Color me surprised.....not. SK broke the rules and thought they could've skated by thanks to them being #1-2 in the world, well they didn't so they lost their spot fair and square.

2016-08-25 19:29

What good did the petition did you NA orgs? Now you'll have to compete for less slots.

The petition, which had no weight on the decision, was for them to stay true to their rules and not bend them because the best team in the world thought they could skate by thanks to their standing/fanbase/etc.

2016-08-25 19:30

I love the changes. This should now be the best league by far.

EchoFox > c9, liquid

2016-08-25 21:14

no Immortals again

2016-08-25 22:45

Can you read?

2016-08-25 23:14

Ez4jks

2016-08-26 00:28

Wow tyloo left behind... #supportAsians

2016-08-26 00:38

Where is godsent?

2016-08-26 05:08

All the teams that are directly invited is because they were at playoffs The rest need to qualify and there is open qualifiers so teams like IMT and GODsent have full possibility to attend EL.

2016-08-26 10:17