ELEAGUE Premier 2017 invites revealed

26-7-2017 17:25

ELEAGUE has announced the invite list for its upcoming tournament, called CS:GO Premier 2017.

Starting in September, the tournament marks the return of ELEAGUE to big CS:GO tournaments after hosting two Counter-Strike seasons, a Major and a $250,000 single-match competition called Clash for Cash.

Sixteen teams will be taking part in the CS:GO Premier, 12 of whom have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE seasons. The remaining four teams will be determined by open online qualifiers for teams from the Americas and from Europe/CIS.

ELEAGUE Major champions Astralis invited to CS:GO Premier

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A (September 8-9)	Group B (September 15-16)
FaZe	North
Natus Vincere	MOUZ
G2	fnatic
Qualifying Team	Qualifying Team
Group C (September 22-23)	Group D (September 29-30)
Virtus.pro	SK
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Astralis
Cloud9	OpTic
Qualifying Team	Qualifying Team

Teams can sign up for the open qualifiers by heading over to CEVO's website. Both regional qualifiers will take place on August 26-27 and feature a single-elimination bracket, with matches being played in a best-of-three format from the quarter-finals onwards.

Additional details about ELEAGUE Premier, including prize pool, tournament format and on-air team, will be released in the coming weeks, Turner Sports has added.

ELEAGUE Premier matches will be played at the G FUEL ELEAGUE Arena, located in Atlanta. The tournament will be broadcast on YouTube and Twitch, with TBS also providing live coverage on Friday evenings.

The #ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 teams 🙌 pic.twitter.com/0n28v0QQsF
— ELEAGUE (@EL) July 26, 2017

RIP gambit

2017-07-26 17:28

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sad for optic

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Feelsbadman

2017-07-26 17:29

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I understand the reasoning behind gambit not being invited, but what the fuck is the reasoning behind the groups? Optic first, Astralis second, and SK 3-4th in the previous season, all of them in the same damn group??

2017-07-26 18:36

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2017-07-26 19:26

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eleague = best tournament

2017-07-26 20:17

1 reply

2017-07-27 00:35

It says the invitations are based upon how teams did on the previous two ELEAGUE seasons; excluding the major they held and any other tournament results are irrelevant to the invites as well. EZ katka, my friend

2017-07-26 19:57

No, I understand that, I'm talking about how the groups are set up. They put Optics, Astralis, and SK in one group even though they are literally top 3 in the previous Eleague tourney. Each of these teams should have their own group respectively based on previous results, this is how seeding works.

2017-07-26 21:07

Ahhh, I understand now. Yeah the grouping is actually strange

2017-07-28 22:24

2017-07-26 20:55

Since groups take place 1 week at a time some teams can't do groups during a certain time cuz they have to attend an event, that's why the seeding kinda sucks

2017-07-27 01:09

Oh, i was missing that kind of formats.

2017-07-26 17:30

+1000000

2017-07-26 18:15

> wins lower competition events > doesn't get invited to large events > wins major > still doesn't get invited

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Yeah, because all of the invites were definitely decided, sent and accepted in the short time since Gambit won the major. Idiot.

2017-07-26 17:32

what the hell are you on about? They even explained their method of how they picked the invited teams. Maybe read the article next time?

2017-07-26 17:35

Guys you have to understand that these invites were made way before Krakow Major so don't blame E-League...

2017-07-26 17:31

C9 win these

Ibp brah. Brax

Not happening, Ex-IBP still banned by ELEAGUE

2017-07-29 23:42

nice

Gambit?

Team invites are explained in the news.

2017-07-27 13:24

Group D LUL

Group C is full of tier 4 teams while group d has 2 of the 3 best teams in the world

2017-07-26 17:59

XDXDXDXDXD group d - tier 1 team - astralis, tier 2 team - SK, tier 37374737 - optic Group c - tier 1,5 team - virtus.pro, tier 3 cloud9, Cache in Pyjamas

2017-07-26 18:06

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vp tier 1,5??? LUL

2017-07-26 18:07

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sk < vp

2017-07-26 18:11

0/8

2017-07-26 18:12

Head to head SK 10 Wins 5 Overtimes Virtus.pro 13 Wins

2017-07-26 18:20

what about the overtimes 4Head

2017-07-27 00:42

Sk tier 2?

2017-07-27 01:10

Still not to bad since 2 teams will qualify from each group.

2017-07-26 18:23

EZ IBP

Imt ready

jeez I wonder who's gonna make it in the Group D

Imagine going through open qualifiers Through main qualifiers just to end up in a group with sk and astralis

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yep thought of that right away hahaha

2017-07-26 17:34

Lol that will be rogue XD

2017-07-26 17:49

Yeah sure it's a bad thing to gain experience playing good teams

2017-07-26 17:50

Yeah, imagine it being Gambit :D

2017-07-26 18:03

+1111 My thougts excatly

2017-07-26 23:02

Hope gambit qualify

And then they qualified to the group D xd

2017-07-26 23:27

Online Gambit? I aren't think that.

2017-07-27 05:49

PogChamp

north instead of gambit LUL

Nip instead of gambit too

2017-07-27 01:11

Invites are explained in the news.

2017-07-27 13:41

RIP Gambit

Explained in the news.

2017-07-27 13:28

Nice no gambit ...

no gambit gg

groups were predetermined before Krakow

Even before krakow gambit were a better team then nip...

2017-07-27 01:12

The way viewership ( Brand value and fanbase ) not " the best teams on hltv rankings " .

2017-07-27 01:31

without Major winner ......N1

No major winning team, LUL

2017-07-27 13:27

Lol no gambit

invite for me

where is gambit? where is spaceS? i am armenian btw

Everything is explained in the news.

2017-07-27 13:25

omg.. what a groups.. Why Na'Vi not in group C/B ;((((

AHHAHAHAHAHA Thorin is gonna roast E-League so hard

and we all gonna care about thorins opinion

2017-07-26 18:00

lol no Gambit and immortals really?

What Gambit needs to do in order to get invites

Lol it's not like they won a major or anything OpTic are soooooooooooo much better - every tournament organiser

dude, the teams were invited before the major.

yes, which was stupid

2017-07-26 23:03

TOP 12 ELeague Season 2

2017-07-26 20:11

rly no gambit eleague shitters but they invite fnatic mouz optic cloud 9 and navi

You call these teams shitter lmao where is space kebabs and you don't put nip as a shit team. You may be retarded I agree Gambit should be in but really would only replace nip with them

SS isn't here? and NiP can't exactly be called bad yet since they haven't played almost at all with the roster

2017-07-26 20:14

U need to understand those teams bring way more viewership than Gambit, lol.

2017-07-27 05:51

valid point eleague has viewership revenue as priority

2017-07-27 13:32

ez NiP

Lol Gambit left out again.

I know but it really couldn't have hurt to invite the Major champions. A lot of people want to see how Gambit plays in other big leagues/tournaments and it would probably up their viewers a bit.

2017-07-27 13:33

Gambit should have done their part for it to happen, as they did not they will have to qualify. Hopefully the major win is a boost of morale for them but being the qualifier online it will surely be tough for them.

2017-07-27 13:40

where are major champions? lol

2017-07-27 13:39

Group D wtf, SK and Astralis. Also rip C9.

DUDUDUDUDUDUDU is coming xD

They got a new dudududu :(

2017-07-26 17:39

GAMBIT LUL

Shity group B

1) No Gambit or Immortals? 2) FaZe, G2, NaVi in one group? And Astralis and SK in another??? 3) why do OpTic keep getting invites over Gambit, Liquid, Immortals etc? They don't even have a full roster yet???!?!?

ELEAGUE is probably on Television, so by default they invite the orgs with bigger pockets. Perhaps gambit isn't one of those just yet.

I know, but it's still BS. They still shouldn't leave out the fuckin major winners. Pretty sure almost everybody who knows about CS would rather see Gambit there than OpTic

2017-07-26 17:33

Lol I understand your upset about Gambit, but the invite was set up before the major, so they couldn't know Gambit will win the major. But don't worry for Gambit, They will get invited to others up comings DH .

2017-07-28 22:48

Optic won e league season 2 bro

Oh yeah, that's true. -mouz then I guess

mouz el season 1 - semifinals mouz el season 2 - quarterfinals

Gambit PGL Major - winners s2 and s1 were quite a while ago

Check the terms of invitation. Gambit didn't place in the eleague tournaments good and the brackets were made before krakow ;)

2017-07-26 17:38

I know. That's a retarded way of doing it. The major says wayyyy more about how good a team is than any other tourney, but hey let's ignore it

NIP lul

gambit? lol

2017-07-27 13:38

they are having fun enjoying 500k lul

I want to see gambit!! The only top team who is missing

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if they're so top then they surely can qualify with no problem lol *upd: this post is ironic

2017-07-26 17:41

you would think the major champions wouldnt have to go through online quals

Its about previous eleague tournament stats so gambit maybe did bad on there

gambit made top 8 at the last eleague no?

2017-07-26 20:24

True but probs not enoug done. As other teams in here did quite allot in elague but could also be they didn't accept the invite thats what no one knows. Maybe they know they shit on online

2017-07-26 20:25

I'm 100% sure inviting was done long before the Major

2017-07-26 17:37

Mate they're 6 wins 7 losses in the fucking ESEA Premier against T3/4, they're like VP online

I know, I was being ironic

2017-07-26 17:36

Only problem is they are like VP shit online and gods on lan

Yeah all the more reason to just give them an invite since eleague is on lan and they can skip online qualififers

2017-07-26 20:12

they are not onliners

2017-07-26 17:40

Rip Optic lol

waste of slot kick g2 and fnatic give gambit and immortals slot wtf

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Lol Fnatic is much better then half those teams what are you on about SK fangay.

better? hahaha so funny only JW is good on that team

Lol you have surely been watching from 2017 when SK was created faggot all those players are legends now stfu and eat a donut fat american

Nice 1

2017-07-26 17:45

whatever fnatic can't win ez SK

2017-07-26 17:52

Fnatic > sk

2017-07-26 18:09

Fnatic still made the quarters of the major, more than can be said about Navi and a bunch of other's, like C9 and optic...

immortals lmao? just watch how this team gonna drop off, 2-3 bigger turnaments they will go out of groups, this team is never close to tier 1

Ikr they made it to the finals by beating tier 3 teams and now fangays think that they are top 2 LMAO

2017-07-26 18:08

hltv.org/matches/2308150/immortals-vs-fn..

2017-07-26 20:10

Lol 16-14 is just even and fnatic in beginning of 2017 was T2 no they back again good not the best but good. I doubt that IMT can win against Fnatic now

2017-07-26 20:27

still win... IMT>Fnatic all day my friend

2017-07-27 14:27

Sure SK fangay who just watched the game and immediatly supports brazil noobs

2017-07-27 14:47

+1 its so unreal how lucky they got and now people think they they are top 5 XD imo not even top 10 team and im 100% sure other top teams will prove in future events im right by smashing these favelas

2017-07-26 22:15

C9 with nip and vp...

Yeah, mouz,optic , navi , nip , vp, But no Gambit

2017-07-26 19:10

holy shit do people not read? It says the invites are from places at last ELeague just like the legend system at a major.

2017-07-26 22:57

ez4fnc but where the F. is Gambit/IMT?

Immortals aswell

RIP IMT

might as well add another group and make it gambit liquid and big and some other shit team

would be nice

2017-07-26 18:29

who needs major finalists xD

LUL ALL THESE GROUPS, none at group a made playoffs at major, group b is t2 teams at best, group c CLOWN9 ENOUGH SAID LUL, group d xD SK,Astralis GG

group b - 15-16 Sep esl one new york - 16-17 Sep Thats why group b is full of tier2 teams

2017-07-26 18:16

-NaVi +Gambit

this is bullshit, wont watch it

These invites are based on "ELEAGUE tournaments" which means IMT and Gambit didn't do good in there

>nip and optic couldnt even qualify for major and get invites >gambit won the last major and dont get invited eleague??????

NiP is gonna be favorite in the Next Game between Nip and gambit ;)

these were the top 12 teams from last eleague season nothing to do with majors.....

gambit made top 8 at the last eleague event

the major in eleague doesnt count as a season twitter.com/GambitEsports/status/8902409..

2017-07-26 20:44

Gambit didn't deserve for invite but NaVi deserves? OH RLLY?

2017-07-27 13:37

Group B super lucky. And once again, SK and Astralis in the same group. Poor SK, might be eliminated in the group stage.

Might? I don't agree with the group drawing but the worst case scenario for either team is losing one map then shrekking whoever they have to face next. The level of these two teams is beyond upsetting imo

2017-07-26 23:12

Optic and SK in the same group AGAIN... wtf

all groups are so shit, qualifier slots are too small, no gambit aka major winner, but shit optic who were just extremly lucky in el season2 and didnt achieve anything in their whole career

have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE season

2017-07-26 19:34

its not even called eleague season 3, and the previous eleague event was the eleague major, so that dont make any sense

2017-07-26 21:13

NO GAMBIT NO IMMORTALS ... ok

Immortals is shit team tbh

There are shittier teams there.. Optic with no 5th, NaVi, mouz, VP, NiP

2017-07-26 19:12

shit team yet stomped Virtus Pro in front of their homecrowd and Virtus Pro got an invite

2017-07-26 20:54

Immortals best results on lan 2nd major ???????? 1st Dh summer 2016 XDDD tier5 event XDXD immortals is shit

2017-07-27 09:52

and still better than VP

2017-07-27 16:16

All of these people saying no Gambit or IMT please READ the article. It says that invites were based on "previous ELEAGUE performances". Gambit has partaken in two ELEAUGE tournaments. They failed to make it out of the groups in one event and make it to the quarterfinals in another. IMT has not made any appearances in ELEAGUE to date. That's why they have to qualify.

IMT played eleague season 2. Was the first time with Zews like IGL, but they re eliminated in groups.

2017-07-26 17:46

Okay still they didn't perform well hence they didn't get an invite.

2017-07-26 17:48

Lol Gambit has to play qualifier... They still made Top 8 at Eleague major but ok...

idiot french guy

2017-07-27 16:34

envyus? lol

G2 is envyus now lol keeep up.

no gambit, not gonna watch

it's a joke or its just a tier 2 tournament?

Gambit ez win :)

SK – Astralis again? What a match!

In Eleague season 2 they was in same group too. I think they should avoid repeat groups

2017-07-26 17:44

oh VP vs. Nip rivalry ty Eleague <3

Good to see ELEAGUE back again , i miss dudududu but no Gambit :(

Lets hope NiP doesnt fall of as fast, they really need to step up.

Gambit will qualify ez

lol without gambit, idiots (facepalm)

2017-07-26 17:42

2017-07-26 19:35

rip optic

Nice, SK and Astralis invited to a tier 2 tournament

I think VP will go easy

2017-07-26 17:43

Ez4VP

Why not Gambit??

2017-07-27 13:36

No Gambit, no Big, no imt. BUT HEY! lets invite optic, nip and navi

Top 12 last season got invited...

2017-07-26 18:44

Yea i know, i know im just little bummed since i would like to see these teams much more

2017-07-26 18:52

Then that's even more stupid than the legend spots. Holy shit ELEAUGE are mental...#Abort

2017-07-26 19:13

nice ELEAGUE hype again

BiG Immortal Gambit LUUUL

SK and Astralis en the same group : / come on

QUOTE: Open online qualifiers for teams from the Americas and from Europe/CIS. WHERE'S CIS? Gambit, mmmkay!

2017-07-26 17:51

Win major but still no invite for gambit

?????

I think instead of NiP or North it will be greater to see Gambit.

-shits in pyjamas / optic + gambit

- virtus throw /+ gambit more fair

Gambit? RiP OG btw

No Immortals

nice groups lmao

DUDUDUDUDUDU

They just draw the groups completely random? No seeding at all?

2017-07-26 17:53

Invites solely based on what happened a fucking year ago... That's too bad for better and more hardworking teams but what are you gonna do. Can't wait for those shitty online buttfuck qualifiers to have some online hero soldiers to get shit on lan anyway. Wanna guess if the next invites will be based on the results of this tournament as well so they can have a worse tournament every year

2017-07-26 17:56

where is Gambit motherflowers?

2017-07-27 13:35

Gogo dig lets go qualifier

2017-07-26 17:57

why is G2 again in a death group..

2017-07-26 17:58

It's not that bad, look at Optic lol.

haha you're right. I have not see that XD

2017-07-26 18:01

Apparently they don't use any seeding, just random draw.

2017-07-26 18:02

-Optic -Fnatic +Gambit +Immortals

NiP invited but Gambit isn't. That's why cs is dying

nom thats why cs is still alive, noone wants to watch shit teams like gambit, everyone wants to watch nip, expect newfags ofc

if you want to watch NiP go and watch old videos when they didn't suck. Nowadays they shouldn't be invited even for dinner.

2017-07-26 18:47

Didn't realized that gambit sucked @season2 xD But still, i feel like 12 teams invited are too much. Maybe invite last top 4, and do some kind of playoff to the 5-12th > whoever loses have to play the qualifier or whatever...

2017-07-27 15:46

LOL NICE

How do NA get same 2 qual spots as Eu/Cis we need to stop this bullshit. 1 NA spot, 3 EU/CIS

2 spots for EU and 2 spots for NA, CIS teams will play in NA qualifer probably

2017-07-26 18:04

everyonehere.Premier B|

GAMBIT??????????????? IMMORTALS????????????????????? WHERE IS THE MAJOR FINALISTS???????????

have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE season have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE season have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE season have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE season have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE season have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE season WHY CANT YOU READ THE ARTICLE?

2017-07-26 18:48

2017-07-26 18:59

I hope Gambit will not play for Europe Qualifer so Space Chokers can qualify

Why they didn't invite Gambit and Immortals??

read the flippin article dude

2017-07-27 00:45

If BIG, Gambit and Immortals qualify then this will be good

Group C (September 22-23) Virtus.pro NiP Cloud9 The 3 teams with the biggest viewer base in one group lol

2017-07-26 18:10

1 million viewers on twitch once again

2017-07-26 18:21

Lul, Gambit's way better than NiP, VP and FNC. Cry is free, fake polak. Gambit beat fnatic and VP but not NiP cuz NiP not here nt faggot

Group A: G2, Faze and NaVi Group C: VP, C9 and NIP WTF hahahaha

what bow dah?

Hmmm nice, thanks for forgetting the best 2 in form teams at the moment, rofl..

2017-07-26 18:13

lets be real, tournaments invite by popularity and not by level, and that is why the actual hltv ratings is so bad.

2017-07-26 18:50

C9 and NIP are always in the same group wtf

2017-07-26 18:14

article..

2017-07-27 00:46

Trash gaming instead of gambit...

article...

2017-07-27 11:00

Instead of writing non-sense, those who are complaining about the teams invited should read the article

2017-07-26 18:19

Why are they trying to push gambit away? WTF Inviting teams like optic, nip, c9 instead of major champions lmao

article....

2017-07-27 00:47

Uhhh not inviting gambit is retarded. Ignoring the major they won dreamhack Austin and got 2nd at cs_summit. Those 2 accomplishments alone are better than a lot of the team's invited.

2017-07-26 18:22

Can you read? "12 of whom have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE seasons" These teams came top 12 last season and got invited.

tier 2 tournament... no gambit? no immortals? LUL b8

2017-07-26 18:25

gambit wasn't in last season and immortals didn't make the top 12 which got invited..

2017-07-26 18:46

i understand eleague's decision but i can't say i like it.

2017-07-26 18:34

No gambit fuck

2017-07-26 18:39

sk and astralis same group again? What a boring --'

dude finally sk in a decent group..

2017-07-27 00:48

sk astralis faze g2 in 1 group? Also, NaVi could be a force by that time. C group sucks as well and B is the most interesting one.

gambit not invited cause theyre a fluke team who won the easiest major in csgo history and didnt even have to face SK. go cry gambit fans. gambit totally overrated wont ever win a major or a big tournament again except like a dreamhack open which isnt even a big tourney. cry is free. not to mention theyre also in ESEA Premiere LUL

2017-07-26 19:06

CIS premier team won a Major before the best NA pro team. Yeah I can't wait for iBUYPOWER to win the next major.

2017-07-26 23:19

Gambit??? Are u fak u invites North, Optic, Cloud9?

2017-07-26 19:22

2017-07-27 13:31

Yeah I replied before I red

2017-07-27 13:59

This will be better than the PGL major. thank Mr. Eleague for saving CSGO

2017-07-26 19:28

i couldn't imagine EL Premier without virtus.premier

2017-07-26 19:41

no gambit not immortals, what a fucking joke

2017-07-26 20:00

Souvenir drops?

its not a major dude, next major - april 2018 MLG Columbus.

2017-07-26 20:59

february dreamhack

2017-07-27 00:49

Nonsense groups

2017-07-26 20:56

Let's go Brazil, we can do it! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2017-07-26 21:08

Optic invited Gambit not invited NA Logic

2017-07-26 21:29

Group A: Ez for G2. Group B: Probably North or Fnatic but nothing certain. Group C: Everyone has a chance, most competitive group. Group D: Rip Optic.

2017-07-26 22:04

G2 LUL

2017-07-27 10:24

People think gambit now is a super team, wait for their next results and top with cry.

group C with all clown teams. n1

2017-07-26 22:06

ez 4 new navi

2017-07-26 22:39

Why Gambit can't get an invite instead of NiP?

2017-07-26 22:53

"Sixteen teams will be taking part in the CS:GO Premier, 12 of whom have been invited based on their performances in the previous ELEAGUE seasons. " do you know read ?

2017-07-27 04:34