The ELEAGUE Major: Final Placings

The ELEAGUE Major has come to a close and we now have a new world champion. The first Swiss-format Major has created some beautiful games in Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. The top eight teams earned Legend status, which means they automatically qualify for the next Major. Here are how all the teams fared at the ELEAGUE Major.

Teams out in the group stage:

0-3:

FlipSid3 Tactics

HellRaisers

1-3

G2 Esports

OpTic Gaming

Mousesports

2-3

GODSENT

Team EnVyUs

Team Liquid

5th-8th:

FaZe Clan (Legend)

North (Legend)

Na`Vi (Legend)

Gambit (Legend)

3rd-4th:

SK Gaming (Legend)

Fnatic (Legend)

Runner-up:

Virtus.pro (Legend)

Winner:

Astralis (Legend)

Congratulations to Astralis for winning their first ever Major tournament. You can catch up with the action from the last day, and all our other ELEAGUE Major content, at our ELEAGUE Major content hub. 

Did you expect Astralis to win the ELEAGUE Major? Let us know by commenting below or tweeting us @GAMURScom.

The author, Cam “clootch” Brierley, can be reached on Twitter @clootch_cs or by emailing cameronbrierley@yahoo.co.uk

Photo credits: @junioritis