ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 was the sixth season of ELEAGUE that started on July 21, 2018, and ended on July 29, 2018. It was broadcast on the American cable television network TBS. The season featured eight teams from across the world competing in a season. The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch and YouTube Gaming, but when on television, a limited broadcast appeared on Twitch and YouTube.
Results The finals pitted Astralis, which won the ELEAGUE Major 2017, and Team Liquid. Astralis defeated Team Liquid 2–0 and did not drop a single map in the tournament to win the championship.
Format The format was similar to that of ELEAGUE Season 2. All eight teams were invited based on their top eight HLTV.org ranks from May 21, 2018. The seeding was the reorganized once the event came around to better reflect the teams' rankings.
The group stage featured two groups of four teams, with each group being a standard GSL format. All matchups wete best of three series. The highest seed in the group played against the lowest seed and the other two teams played against each other. The two winners and two losers then played against each other. The winner of the winner's match moved on to the Playoffs and the loser of the winners match played a third match against the winner of the losers match. The loser of the losers match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams in the group will play in a decider's match; the winner of the match will get a spot in the Playoffs and the loser will head home. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs.
The Playoffs consisted of the four teams. Teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket and will keep playing until a winner is decided. Each group winner will face off against a group runner-up in the semifinals.
Teams Eight teams were invited to the Premier. In parentheses are the HLTV.org ranks from May 21, 2018.
Astralis (1) Cloud9 (7) FaZe Clan (2) Fnatic (5) mibr (8) mousesports (4) Natus Vincere (3) Team Liquid (6)
Broadcast Talent Host Alex "Machine" Richardson Interviewer Sue "Smix" Lee Commentators/Analysts James Bardolph Anders Blume Daniel "ddk" Kapadia Jason "moses" O'Toole Janko "YNk" Paunović
Group stage Group A Seed Team W-L RF-RA RD Points 1 Astralis 2–0 67–43 +24 6 2 Team Liquid 2–1 83–69 +14 6 3 mibr 1–2 72–86 −14 3 4 Cloud9 0–2 46–70 −24 0
Group A Results Astralis 2 0 Cloud9 Team Liquid 2 0 mibr Astralis 2 0 Team Liquid mibr 2 0 Cloud9 Team Liquid 2 0 mibr
Group A scores Team Score Map Score Team Astralis 19 Inferno 15 Cloud9 Astralis 16 Overpass 9 Cloud9 Astralis Train Cloud9 Team Liquid 16 Inferno 8 mibr Team Liquid 16 Cache 9 mibr Team Liquid Mirage mibr Astralis 16 Nuke 12 Team Liquid Astralis 16 Mirage 7 Team Liquid Astralis Inferno Team Liquid mibr 16 Inferno 5 Cloud9 mibr 19 Cache 17 Cloud9 mibr Overpass Cloud9 Team Liquid 16 Cache 10 mibr Team Liquid 16 Overpass 10 mibr Team Liquid Inferno mibr
Group B Seed Team W-L RF-RA RD Points 1 Natus Vincere 2–0 89–71 +18 6 2 mousesports 2–1 122–125 −3 6 3 Fnatic 1–2 111–117 −6 3 4 FaZe Clan 0–2 70–78 −8 0
Group B Results Natus Vincere 2 1 Fnatic FaZe Clan 1 2 mousesports Natus Vincere 2 1 mousesports FaZe Clan 0 2 Fnatic mousesports 2 1 Fnatic
Group B Scores Team Score Map Score Team Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 13 Fnatic Natus Vincere 11 Inferno 16 Fnatic Natus Vincere 16 Train 8 Fnatic FaZe Clan 16 Train 11 mousesports FaZe Clan 12 Cache 16 mousesports FaZe Clan 13 Mirage 16 mousesports Natus Vincere 14 Inferno 16 mousesports Natus Vincere 16 Train 7 mousesports Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 11 mousesports FaZe Clan 15 Dust II 19 Fnatic FaZe Clan 14 Mirage 16 Fnatic FaZe Clan Inferno Fnatic mousesports 13 Inferno 16 Fnatic mousesports 16 Train 14 Fnatic mousesports 16 Mirage 9 Fnatic
Playoffs
Semifinals Scores Team Score Map Score Team Astralis 16 Nuke 11 mousesports Astralis 16 Mirage 10 mousesports Astralis Inferno mousesports Natus Vincere 13 Dust II 16 Team Liquid Natus Vincere 13 Overpass 16 Team Liquid Natus Vincere Nuke Team Liquid
Finals Scores Team Score Map Score Team Astralis 16 Inferno 5 Team Liquid Astralis 16 Nuke 12 Team Liquid Astralis Dust II Team Liquid
Final standings The final standings, prize money distribution, and teams' rosters and coaches are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first. Final Standings Place Prize Money Team Roster Coach 1st 500,000 Astralis gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x zonic 2nd 200,000 Team Liquid nitr0, ELiGE, NAF, Twistzz, TACO jokasteve 3rd 4th 80,000 Natus Vincere Zeus, Edward, s1mple, electronic, kane mousesports , oskar, ropz, Snax, suNny lmbt 5th 6th 40,000 Fnatic Xizt, draken, flusha, KRiMZ, JW Jumpy mibr FalleN, coldzera, fer, Stewie2K, tarik 7th 8th 30,000 Cloud9 Golden, , RUSH, Skadoodle, STYKO valens FaZe Clan karrigan, GuardiaN, NiKo, olofmeister, rain RobbaN
References