ESL One Cologne 2016

ESL One Cologne 2016, also known as ESL Cologne Major 2016 or Cologne 2016, was an Electronic Sports League Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the ninth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship^[1] and was held at the Lanxess Arena In Cologne, Germany from July 8–10. It featured 16 teams from throughout the world competing. Cologne 2016 had the second consecutive major with a prize pool of $1,000,000.^[2]

ESL One Cologne 2016

2016
The ESL One Cologne 2016 logo
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dates	July 5, 2016–July 10, 2016
Administrator	Valve ESL
Tournament format(s)	16 team double-elimination group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff
Venue	Lanxess Arena
Teams	16 teams
Purse	$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
Champions	SK Gaming (1st title)
1st runners-up	Team Liquid
2nd runners-up	Fnatic Virtus.pro
MVP	Marcelo "coldzera" David
← Columbus 2016 Atlanta 2017 →

The LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany will host the tournament for the second year in a row.

The playoffs featured eight teams. Astralis, Fnatic, Gambit Gaming, Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, Team Liquid, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends and FlipSid3 Tactics was the only new Legend. Ninjas in Pyjamas failed to retain its Legends status after eight straight majors of being Legends. The grand finals had SK Gaming, which was the defending champion from the previous major at MLG Major Championship: Columbus,^{[nb 1]} against Team Liquid, which was the first ever North America team to reach the grand finals at a major. SK Gaming defeated FlipSid3 Tactics and Virtus.pro and Team Liquid upset Natus Vincere and Fnatic to reach the finals. In the end, SK Gaming defended its title 2–0 over the underdog Team Liquid and continued to be the only non-European team to win a title until the PGL 2017 Kraków Major Championship, in which Gambit Esports from Kazakhstan won the title. SK Gaming also joined Fnatic to be the only teams to have multiple major titles.

Format

The top eight teams from the MLG Columbus Major ("Legends") were automatically invited to ESL One Cologne 2016. The remaining eight spots were filled by teams that advanced from the ESL One Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier. These 16 teams were then split into four groups, seeded based on results from Columbus 2016 and the Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier. The groups were decided by a random number generator. First the bottom four teams of the qualifier – G2 Esports, Team EnVyUs, Team Dignitas, and FlipSid3 Tactics – were randomly assigned to groups as the fourth seeds. The top four teams of the qualifier – Gambit Gaming, OpTic Gaming, mousesports, and FaZe Clan – were then randomly selected to be the third seeds. The teams that placed fifth through eighth at Columbus 2016 – Fnatic, Virtus.pro, Counter Logic Gaming, and Ninjas in Pyjamas – were randomly assigned the second seeds in the group. Finally, the top four teams from Columbus 2016 – SK Gaming (formerly Luminosity Gaming), Natus Vincere, Astralis, and Team Liquid – were randomly given the top seeds in the four respective groups.^[4]

The way that ESL seeded the groups drew some criticism. While Groups A and B combined had three of HLTV's top-10 teams,^[5][6] Group D alone had SK Gaming (#1), G2 Esports (#2), Fnatic (#4), and FaZe (#16).^[7] CS:GO analysts called for a more effective seeding method.^[8][9]

All group matches were best-of-ones with the exception of the final decider match, deciding the last playoff spot. The highest seed would play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds would play against each other. The winner of those two matches would play each other to determine which team moved on to the playoff stage, while the losers of the first round of matches also played. The loser of the lower match was then eliminated from the tournament. With one team advanced and one eliminated, the two remaining teams would play a best-of-three elimination match for the second playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League.^[10]

The playoffs bracket consisted of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches were best-of-three, single elimination. Teams advanced in the bracket until a winner was decided.

Map Pool

There were seven maps to choose from. Between Columbus 2016 and Cologne 2016, Inferno was taken out of the active map pool and Nuke was reintroduced after the CSGO development team revamped the map.^[11] Before each best-of-one match in the group stage, teams alternated banning maps until five maps had been banned. One of the two remaining maps was randomly selected, and the team that that did not get a third ban then selected which side it wanted to start on. In all best-of-three series, 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. If the series were to require a third map, the map was randomly selected from the three remaining maps.

Maps Cache Cobblestone Dust II Mirage Nuke Overpass Train

Main Qualifier

Regional Qualifiers

The final four bracket from each qualifier are shown below; two from each move on to the main qualifying event. All games are offline.

Asia Minor

The winner and runner-up of Intel Extreme Masters Season X Taipei were invited to the qualifier. In addition, two teams from the Korean qualifier, two teams from the Chinese qualifier, one team from the Southeast Asia qualifier, and one team from the Oceania qualifier will be in the minor.

Asia Minor Bracket; Seoul, South Korea

Teams The MongolZ (IEM Taipei #1) Renegades (IEM Taipei #2) MVP Project (Korea #1) m0nster.kr (Korea #2) VG.CyberZen (China #1) TyLoo (China #2) Risky Gaming (SEA #1) Team Immunity (Oceania #1)

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

A1

Team Immunity

0

B2

Renegades

2

B2

Renegades

2

B1

TyLoo

0

B1

TyLoo

2

A2

VG.CyberZen

1

B2

Renegades

1

B1

TyLoo

2

Lower round 1

Lower final

B1

TyLoo

2

A1

Team Immunity

0

A2

VG.CyberZen

0

A2

VG.CyberZen

2

Europe Minor

The Europe Minor was held by DreamHack in Tours, France. Two qualifiers were held and four teams from each qualifier moved on to the minor.

DreamHack Tours 2016 Bracket; Tours, France

Teams HellRaisers (Qualifier #1) Lounge Gaming (Qualifier #1) SK Gaming (Qualifier #1) Team Dignitas (Qualifier #1) ENCE eSports (Qualifier #2) Epsilon eSports (Qualifier #2) GODSENT (Qualifier #2) Team Orbit (Qualifier #2)

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

A1

Team Dignitas

2

B2

ENCE eSports

0

A1

Team Dignitas

2

A2

Team Orbit

1

B1

HellRaisers

0

A2

Team Orbit

2

A1

Team Dignitas

2

B1

HellRaisers

1

Lower round 1

Lower final

A2

Team Orbit

1

B2

ENCE eSports

0

B1

HellRaisers

2

B1

HellRaisers

2

CIS Minor

In the CIS Minor, four teams were invited and four more teams from the closed qualifier arrived to the minor in Moscow.

CIS Minor Bracket; Moscow, Russia

Teams ANOX (Invited) Arcade eSports (Invited) Team Empire (Invited) Worst Players (Invited) Binary Dragons Gold (Closed Qualifier) Digital Wave (Closed Qualifier) FLuffy Gangsters (Closed Qualifier) Vesuvius (Closed Qualifier)

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

A1

FLuffy Gangster

2

B2

ANOX

1

A1

FLuffy Gangster

1

A2

Team Empire

2

B1

Worst Players

1

A2

Team Empire

2

A2

Team Empire

0

A1

FLuffy Gangster

2

Lower round 1

Lower final

A1

FLuffy Gangster

2

B2

ANOX

1

B1

Worst Players

0

B1

Worst Players

2

Americas Minor

The Americas Minor had four teams invited, three teams from the North American qualifier, and one team from the South American qualifier.

Americas Minor Bracket; Columbus, Ohio, USA

Teams NRG Esports (Invited) OpTic Gaming (Invited) Selfless Gaming (Invited) Tempo Storm (Invited) Team SoloMid (NA #1–2) Winterfox (NA #1–2) Team Kaliber (NA #3) WinOut.net (SA #1)

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

A1

Tempo Storm

2

B2

Selfless Gaming

0

A1

Tempo Storm

0

B1

OpTic Gaming

2

B1

OpTic Gaming

2

A2

Team SoloMid

1

B1

OpTic Gaming

2

A1

Tempo Storm

1

Lower round 1

Lower final

A1

Tempo Storm

2

B2

Selfless Gaming

0

A2

Team SoloMid

0

A2

Team SoloMid

2

Main Qualifier

Like the previous majors, there will be a major qualifier and regional qualifiers. The bottom eight teams from MLG Columbus 2016 received automatic bids to the main qualifier. Two teams each from the Asia, North America, Europe, and CIS Minors will be able to compete in the major qualifier.

Unlike previous qualifiers, this main qualifier will be a sixteen team swiss tournament, where after the Day 1 games, teams will play other teams with the same win–loss record. Every round will consist of one game. In addition, teams will not play the same team twice. Any team with three wins would qualify for the major, and any team with three losses would be eliminated.

First round seeding was determined by the following:

• Teams that placed 9th at the previous major (mousesports, FaZe Clan, Gambit Gaming, G2 Esports) were first seeds
• Teams that placed 13th place at the previous major (FlipSid3 Tactics, Splyce, Team EnVyUs, Cloud9) were second seeds
• Teams that placed first in their regional qualifiers (OpTic Gaming, TyLoo, FLuffy Gangsters, Team Dignitas) were third seeds
• Teams that were runners-up in their regional qualifiers (Immortals, Renegades, Team Empire, HellRaisers) were fourth seeds

In the second round, the winners in the first round will face each other in the "high" matches; the losers will face each other in the "low" matches.

In the third round, the winners of the high matches from round two will face each other. The winners of these two matches will qualify for the major. The losers of the high round and the winners of the low round will face each other in the "mid" matches. The losers from the previous low matches will face each other in round three's low matches. The losers of these low matches are eliminated. Twelve teams remain in the Qualifier.

In the fourth round, the losers of the high matches and the winners of the low matches will face each other in round four's high matches. The winners of the high matches qualify for the major. The losers of the mid matches and the winners of the low matches will face each other in the low matches of round four. The losers of these matches are eliminated from the Qualifier. Six teams remain.

In the last round, the remaining teams will face off. The winners of these matches will qualify for the major and the losing teams will be eliminated.

Columbus 2016 Bottom 8 mousesports FaZe Clan Gambit Gaming G2 Esports FlipSid3 Tactics Splyce Team EnVyUs Cloud9	Regional Qualifiers OpTic Gaming (Americas Minor #1) Immortals (Americas Minor #2) TyLoo (Asia Minor #1) Renegades (Asia Minor #2) FLuffy Gangsters (CIS Minor #1) Team Empire (CIS Minor #2) Team Dignitas (Europe Minor #1) HellRaisers (Europe Minor #2)

Qualifier results

Main Qualifier Results

Place	Team	Record	Differential	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1–2	FaZe Clan	3–0	+24	Team Dignitas 16–8 Mirage	High match FlipSid3 Tactics 16–5 Cobblestone	High match Gambit Gaming 16–11 Train	Qualified	Qualified
	mousesports	3–0	+22	FLuffy Gangsters 19–17 Dust II	High match Cloud9 16–12 Mirage	High match G2 Esports 16–1 Dust II	Qualified	Qualified
3–5	Team EnVyUs	3–1	+20	Immortals 16–6 Dust II	High match Gambit Gaming 10–16 Cobblestone	Mid match Splyce 16–4 Cobblestone	High match Cloud9 16–12 Cobblestone	Qualified
	OpTic Gaming	3–1	+16	Gambit Gaming 14–16 Cobblestone	Low match FLuffy Gangsters 16–9 Train	Mid match FlipSid3 Tactics 16–7 Train	High match HellRaisers 16–14 Cache	Qualified
	Gambit Gaming	3–1	+9	OpTic Gaming 16–14 Cobblestone	High match Team EnVyUs 16–10 Cobblestone	High match FaZe Clan 11–16 Train	High match G2 Esports 16–10 Train	Qualified
6–8	Team Dignitas	3–2	+6	FaZe Clan 8–16 Mirage	Low match Team Empire 16–13 Nuke	Mid match HellRaisers 10–16 Nuke	Low match Renegades 16–12 Dust II	TyLoo 16–3 Cobblestone
	G2 Esports	3–2	+2	TyLoo 16–9 Cache	High match HellRaisers 16–8 Dust II	High match mousesports 1–16 Nuke	High match Gambit Gaming 10–16 Cache	Cloud9 16–8 Overpass
	FlipSid3 Tactics	3–2	−2	Renegades 16–9 Mirage	High match FaZe Clan 5–16 Cobblestone	Mid match OpTic Gaming 7–16 Train	Low match Immortals 16–12 Train	HellRaisers 16–9 Overpass
9–11	HellRaisers	2–3	−9	Splyce 17–19 Cobblestone	Low match G2 Esports 11–16 Dust II	Low match Team Dignitas 16–9 Nuke	Low match OpTic Gaming 16–8 Cache	FlipSid3 Tactics 13–16 Overpass
	Cloud9	2–3	−6	Team Empire 16–12 Cobblestone	High match mousesports 12–16 Mirage	Mid match TyLoo 16–13 Cache	High match Team EnVyUs 12–16 Cobblestone	G2 Esports 8–16 Cache
	TyLoo	2–3	−16	G2 Esports 9–16 Cache	Low match Immortals 16–11 Cache	Mid match Cloud9 13–16 Cache	Low match Splyce 16–14 Mirage	Team Dignitas 3–16 Cobblestone
12–14	Renegades	1–3	−8	FlipSid3 Tactics 9–16 Mirage	Low match Splyce 14–16 Cobblestone	Low match FLuffy Gangsters 11–16 Mirage	Low match Team Dignitas 12–16 Dust II	Eliminated
	Immortals	1–3	−10	Team EnVyUs 6–16 Dust II	Low match TyLoo 11–16 Cache	Low match Team Empire 16–7 Cobblestone	Low match FlipSid3 Tactics 12–16 Train	Eliminated
	Splyce	1–3	−19	HellRaisers 9–16 Cobblestone	Low match Renegades 16–14 Cobblestone	Mid match Team EnVyUs 4–16 Cobblestone	Low match TyLoo 14–16 Mirage	Eliminated
15–16	FLuffy Gangsters	0–3	−15	mousesports 16–19 Dust II	Low match OpTic Gaming 9–16 Train	Low match Renegades 11–16 Mirage	Eliminated	Eliminated
	Team Empire	0–3	−16	Cloud9 12–16 Cobblestone	Low match Team Dignitas 13–16 Nuke	Low match Immortals 7–16 Cobblestone	Eliminated	Eliminated

Broadcast talent

Stage Hosts

• Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
• Alex "Machine" Richardson
• Mitch "Uber" Leslie

Analysts

• Duncan "Thorin" Shields
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Janko "YNk" Paunović

Commentators

• Anders Blume
• Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
• Henry "HenryG" Greer
• Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
• Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
• James Bardolph
• Lauren "Pansy" Scott
• John "BLU" Mullen

Broadcasts

All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

ESL CSGO 99Damage CSGOITALIA ESL Brazil ESL France ESL Poland ESL Spain Magyar Esport TV RuHub striimIT Strimok

Teams

Legends SK Gaming[a] Natus Vincere Astralis Team Liquid Ninjas in Pyjamas Virtus.pro Fnatic Counter Logic Gaming	Challengers mousesports FaZe Clan OpTic Gaming FlipSid3 Tactics Gambit Gaming G2 Esports Team Dignitas Team EnVyUs

1. A few months before the Major, SK Gaming and Luminosity Gaming were in a contract dispute in which the Luminosity owner accused SK Gaming of attempting to poach the roster. SK Gaming claimed the Luminosity players, coach, and manager all signed a contract with SK Gaming before they joined Luminosity Gaming. After weeks of conflict, both sides agreed to the contract. Thus, the roster of Luminosity was acquired by SK Gaming prior to the Major.^[12]

Pre-Major ranking

The HLTV.org July 4, 2016, ranking, the final one released before ESL One Cologne 2016, is displayed below.^[13]

HLTV.org Pre-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move†
1	SK Gaming	964
2	G2 Esports	734
3	Fnatic	627	1
4	Ninjas in Pyjamas	596	1
5	Natus Vincere	596	2
6	Team EnVyUs	340	3
7	Virtus.pro	320
8	Astralis	320	2
11	Team Liquid	230	1
13	mousesports	209
14	Team Dignitas	190	1
16	OpTic Gaming	188	1
17	FaZe Clan	161	1
20	Gambit Gaming	101
23	FlipSid3 Tactics	84	2
26	Counter Logic Gaming	65	4

^†Change since June 27, 2016, ranking

Group stage

A match between SK Gaming and G2 Esports in the group stage

The four groups were announced on ESL's social media accounts on June 12, 2016.^[14]

Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Gambit Gaming	2	0	32	19	+13	2
2	Astralis	2	1	70	71	−1	2
3	Team Dignitas	1	2	71	65	+8	1
4	Counter Logic Gaming	0	2	14	32	−18	0

Group A Matches
Astralis	1	0	Team Dignitas
Counter Logic Gaming	0	1	Gambit Gaming
Astralis	0	1	Gambit Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming	0	1	Team Dignitas
Astralis	2	1	Team Dignitas

Group A Scores

Group A Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Astralis	16	Overpass	12	Team Dignitas
Counter Logic Gaming	13	Dust II	16	Gambit Gaming
Astralis	6	Dust II	16	Gambit Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming	1	Cobblestone	16	Team Dignitas
Astralis	16	Cobblestone	19	Team Dignitas
Astralis	16	Mirage	10	Team Dignitas
Astralis	16	Cache	14	Team Dignitas

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Natus Vincere	2	0	32	19	+13	2
2	FlipSid3 Tactics	2	1	69	58	+11	2
3	Ninjas in Pyjamas	1	2	57	66	−9	1
4	OpTic Gaming	0	2	17	32	−15	0

Group B Matches
Natus Vincere	1	0	FlipSid3 Tactics
Ninjas in Pyjamas	1	0	OpTic Gaming
Natus Vincere	1	0	Ninjas in Pyjamas
OpTic Gaming	0	1	FlipSid3 Tactics
Ninjas in Pyjamas	1	2	FlipSid3 Tactics

Group B Scores

Group B Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	16	Train	7	FlipSid3 Tactics
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Dust II	4	OpTic Gaming
Natus Vincere	16	Cobblestone	12	Ninjas in Pyjamas
OpTic Gaming	13	Train	16	FlipSid3 Tactics
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Overpass	14	FlipSid3 Tactics
Ninjas in Pyjamas	2	Cache	16	FlipSid3 Tactics
Ninjas in Pyjamas	11	Mirage	16	FlipSid3 Tactics

Group C

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Virtus.pro	2	0	32	22	+10	2
2	Team Liquid	2	1	60	40	+20	2
3	mousesports	1	2	43	60	−17	1
4	Team EnVyUs	0	2	19	32	−13	0

Group C Matches
Team Liquid	1	0	Team EnVyUs
Virtus.pro	1	0	mousesports
Team Liquid	0	1	Virtus.pro
mousesports	1	0	Team EnVyUs
Team Liquid	2	0	mousesports

Group C Scores

Group C Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Liquid	16	Train	7	Team EnVyUs
Virtus.pro	16	Train	10	mousesports
Team Liquid	12	Cobblestone	16	Virtus.pro
mousesports	16	Train	12	Team EnVyUs
Team Liquid	16	Cobblestone	11	mousesports
Team Liquid	16	Mirage	6	mousesports
Team Liquid	–	Dust II	–	mousesports

Group D

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	SK Gaming	2	0	32	17	+15	2
2	Fnatic	2	1	62	45	+17	2
3	FaZe Clan	1	2	38	62	−24	1
4	G2 Esports	0	2	24	32	−8	0

Group D Matches
SK Gaming	1	0	G2 Esports
Fnatic	0	1	FaZe Clan
SK Gaming	1	0	FaZe Clan
Fnatic	1	0	G2 Esports
FaZe Clan	0	2	Fnatic

Group D Scores

Group D Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
SK Gaming	16	Cobblestone	11	G2 Esports
Fnatic	14	Dust II	16	FaZe Clan
SK Gaming	16	Cobblestone	6	FaZe Clan
Fnatic	16	Train	13	G2 Esports
FaZe Clan	9	Cache	16	Fnatic
FaZe Clan	7	Mirage	16	Fnatic
FaZe Clan	–	Dust II	–	Fnatic

Also known as the "Group of Death," Group D featured four world class teams in one group, including the top three teams in the world. The matchup of the number 1, number 2, and number 3 teams all in the same group received criticism when a team of a lesser caliber such as Gambit could make it to the playoffs and a top three team would not. CS:GO analyst Duncan "Thorin" Shields called it the hardest group of all time.^[15]

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Virtus.pro

2

A2

Astralis

0

C1

Virtus.pro

1

B1

SK Gaming

2

D1

SK Gaming

2

B2

FlipSid3 Tactics

0

B1

SK Gaming

2

C2

Team Liquid

0

B1

Natus Vincere

1

C2

Team Liquid

2

C2

Team Liquid

2

D2

Fnatic

0

A1

Gambit Gaming

0

D2

Fnatic

2

Quarterfinals

Virtus.pro vs. Astralis

Casters: moses & Pansy

Virtus.pro vs. Astralis Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	19	Overpass	17	Astralis
Virtus.pro	19	Train	15	Astralis
Virtus.pro	–	Cache	–	Astralis

SK Gaming vs FlipSid3 Tactics

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

SK Gaming vs. FlipSid3 Tactics Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
SK Gaming	16	Mirage	7	FlipSid3 Tactics
SK Gaming	19	Nuke	17	FlipSid3 Tactics
SK Gaming	–	Train	–	FlipSid3 Tactics

Natus Vincere vs Team Liquid

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Natus Vincere vs. Team Liquid Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	16	Train	11	Team Liquid
Natus Vincere	12	Nuke	16	Team Liquid
Natus Vincere	6	Cobblestone	16	Team Liquid

Gambit Gaming vs Fnatic

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Gambit Gaming vs. Fnatic Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Gambit Gaming	5	Train	16	Fnatic
Gambit Gaming	3	Cache	16	Fnatic
Gambit Gaming	–	Dust II	–	Fnatic

Semifinals

Virtus.pro vs SK Gaming

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Virtus.pro vs. SK Gaming Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	19	Cobblestone	17	SK Gaming
Virtus.pro	5	Nuke	16	SK Gaming
Virtus.pro	12	Mirage	16	SK Gaming

Team Liquid vs. Fnatic

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Team Liquid vs. Fnatic Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Liquid	16	Cobblestone	13	Fnatic
Team Liquid	16	Cache	13	Fnatic
Team Liquid	–	Train	–	Fnatic

Finals

Casters: Anders Blume, Semmler, & moses

SK Gaming vs. Team Liquid Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
SK Gaming	16	Train	7	Team Liquid
SK Gaming	16	Cobblestone	6	Team Liquid
SK Gaming	–	Nuke	–	Team Liquid

Final standings

Place	Prize Money	Team	Seed	Roster	Coach
1st	US$500,000	SK Gaming	ELEAGUE Major 2017	FalleN, coldzera, fnx, TACO, fer	zews
2nd	US$150,000	Team Liquid		Hiko, EliGE, jdm64, nitr0, s1mple	peacemaker
3rd – 4th	US$70,000	Virtus.pro		TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali	kuben
		fnatic		flusha, olofmeister, JW, dennis, KRiMZ	vuggo
5th – 8th	US$35,000	Astralis		karrigan, dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve, zonic[a]	zonic
		FlipSid3 Tactics		B1ad3, markeloff, Shara, WorldEdit, waylander	kane
		Natus Vincere		Zeus, Edward, flamie, seized, GuardiaN	starix
		Gambit Gaming		hooch, Dosia, spaze, mou, AdreN	beAst
9th – 12th	US$8,750	Team Dignitas	ELEAGUE Major 2017 Qualifiers	cajunb, MSL, k0nfig, tenzki, RUBINO	ruggah
		Ninjas in Pyjamas		GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, pyth	THREAT
		mousesports		nex, denis, Spiidi, chrisJ, NiKo	kassad
		FaZe Clan		fox, rain, jkaem, aizy, kioShiMa	RobbaN
13th – 16th	US$8,750	Counter Logic Gaming		reltuC, hazed, tarik, koosta, pita	pita
		OpTic Gaming		daps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, mixwell	–
		Team EnVyUs		NBK-, Happy, kennyS, apEX, DEVIL	Next
		G2 Esports		shox, RPK, bodyy, SmithZz, ScreaM	NiaK

1. Due to dupreeh needing surgery, Astralis coach zonic stood in for the player from July 7 onwards.

Post-Major Ranking

The HLTV.org July 11, 2016 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the first one released after the ESL One Cologne 2016.^[16]

HLTV.org Post-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move†
1	SK Gaming	1000
2	Fnatic	615	1
3	G2 Esports	530	1
4	Natus Vincere	509	1
5	Team Liquid	467	6
6	Ninjas in Pyjamas	422	2
7	Virtus.pro	403
8	Astralis	310
9	Team EnVyUs	256	3
11	Gambit Gaming	188	9
12	FlipSid3 Tactics	184	11
15	mousesports	179	2
16	FaZe Clan	175	1
18	Team Dignitas	168	4
19	OpTic Gaming	149	3
24	Counter Logic Gaming	64	2

^†Change since July 4, 2016, ranking

Notes

1. Although Luminosity Gaming had been the champions of the previous major, SK Gaming acquired their roster in June 2016, thus gaining the organization's Legend's place.^[3]