ESL One New York: Final Placings

Over the past few days, eight teams from around the world competed for a chance at the ESL One New York title. The prize pool for the tournament consists of a whopping $250,000 USD for distribution amongst the teams.

By playing matches according to the Swiss Format, only Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, SK Gaming, and Team Liquid managed to survive the numerous best-of-one matches. Unfortunately, OpTic Gaming, Fnatic, Astralis, and G2 Esports were unable to reach the championship bracket (which consisted of best-of-three matches). Here are the final placings for the event:

1st Place ($125,000 USD)

• Natus Vincere

Swiss Result: 3-0

2nd Place ($50,000 USD)

• Virtus.pro

Swiss Result: 3-2

3rd/4th Place ($25,000 USD)

• SK Gaming

Swiss Result: 3-1

• Team Liquid

Swiss Result: 3-2 

5th/6th Place ($8,500 USD)

• OpTic Gaming

Swiss Result: 2-3

• Fnatic

Swiss Result: 2-3

7th Place ($5,000 USD)

• Astralis

Swiss Result: 1-3 

8th Place ($3,000 USD)

• G2 Esports

Swiss Result: 0-3

Congratulations to Natus Vincere on winning ESL One New York 2016.

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